Upon further review ...
A few weeks back, I was one of the most vocal critics here of the push by the "wealthy elite" Democrats to depose #Biden, who already had been chose as the party's presidential candidate. In particular, I hated their pulling campaign funds to force the issue.
A month later, we have the dynamic #Harris2024 #Walz ticket, which has re-energized the party and the nation. #Trump is free-falling in the polls. (1/2)
Although I hate how it was done, I have to acknowledge that the "wealthy elite" were right. It was a rotten way to force the issue, but in the end it was the right call.
Who knows where we'd be now, if #Biden had insisted he was the legitimate candidate (which he was).
This #WaPo article is a behind-the-scenes look at those days from Nancy Pelosi's perspective. (2/2)
"....the end justifies the means?"
Didn't say that. In fact, I bent over backwards to say I hated how they went about it.
I'm simply acknowledging that they were right. Harris-Walz re-energized the party and the election. If we'd continued with Biden-Harris, I don't think we'd be seeing any of this.
I've posted several times that I thought Biden should have said 1-2 years ago he wasn't running again. He didn't. Somehow we wound up with a great ticket anyway.
DIdn't mean to imply you thought it, and I apologize if it came out that way.
Rather, I'm sure there are plenty of wealthy elites who are congratulating themselves on "doing the hard thing" that means their end (getting rid of Biden) justifies the means (reprehensible heave-to methods).
Agreed, we lucked out and part of me wonders if an extended fight even from 1-2 years out would have yielded these great results.
The important part that you are not considering is that 70% of the democratic base was not happy with Biden's candidacy. It was not only the elites. 50 million people saw the debate. That's why the party was ready to unite immediately behind Biden's endorsement. The possibility of endless internal fights was the concern of only a few in the party. They were not reading the room correctly and they were wrong.
@waywardflf Thank you for the apology and clarification.
I am very concerned that a precedent has been set. Don't like the party's nominee? Throw your money around or, in this case, don't.
Hopefully this is just a blip in history. But history has a tendency to repeat itself.
It certainly pales to the Republican party having sold its soul to the narcissistic con artist. It will take a long time to restore them back to a functional organization.
@WordsmithFL So.....
#politics
....the end justifies the means?
I keep thinking about the hostage negotiations and coordination happening at the same time as the old heave-ho the "wealthy elites" were giving Biden.
Gonna remember that for a long, long time. I'm voting blue, all the way with the HW ticket, but will closely examine what the "wealthy elites" and their toadies push for.