Danoff
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The only thing I can do is urge you to resist this kind of conspiratorial thinking, for your own psychological well being.I see the distinction you're making, and fair enough. I have not provided clear evidence that billionaires are ginning up concerns about Biden's age in an effort to get people concerned enough to openly discuss removing him from the ticket. But I don't need Peter Thiel to go on the Joe Rogan podcast and openly state "I am spending millions ginning up concerns about Biden's age in an effort to get people concerned enough to openly discuss removing him from the ticket" to believe that's what he and others are doing. That's not a conspiracy theory. Billionaires have the motivation, and thanks to Citizens United vs. FEC, the opportunity and means to sway the election to a more favorable outcome for themselves. Of course they're doing it.
And of course I don't think the list of people you provided have been "bought" by billionaires. I believe they are genuine in their concern. But that doesn't mean I think they're right. Democrats have a bad habit of going full Chicken Little when things aren't going 100% their way. I think that's what's happening here. A lot of good people are getting swept up by a bad idea masquerading as a good idea.
What you have developed for yourself is a conspiracy of wealthy people that you believe are behind a nefarious plot and have duped well-meaning but dumb and gullible people into supporting their nefarious end. It's nearly non-falsifiable, and confirmation bias should do the rest of the work to solidify it in your mind. But you need to take a step back and look at what you're actually proposing, and what has actually happened.
Billionaires are throwing money at Trump to help him win.
Democrats started calling for Biden to step down after a full old man meltdown in a debate.
This is not something that was happening months ago, though grumblings about age were present. And we're not talking about a young healthy spry person in his prime who is having no trouble doing the job. We're talking about the guy who introduced Zelenskyy as Putin. We're talking about someone who 4 years from now is 85 years old. The facts in front of us are that there is a very real reason to be concerned that Biden has fallen too far to convince swing voters in a tough election. You seem to acknowledge this. You also seem to acknowledge the reality that these people are Biden supporters, but are also apparently facing the real issue of Biden's decline.
Look to what is needed to explain the facts, and then hang up the phone. You do not need to invent a reason why Obama could council Biden (someone he has campaigned for and supported all along) to step aside other than what is in front of you. There is no need to pretend that Billionaires are pushing or duping democrats into doing this. All we need is the information that is plain for all to see. And if that's all you need, a conspiracy is doing nothing but harming you, personally.
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I want to make it clear for anyone else reading this, I would vote for Biden in a heartbeat. He has a VP, so if he falls apart next year, he has someone who can fill in for the job. I also don't think swing voters and apathetic voters are necessarily looking into it this far.
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