Why Didn't Joe Run in 2016?

[DMC]

This has puzzled me for 4 years. Why didn't Biden run? He would have been the hands down favorite to win. Was it her turn, did Bill strongarm the DNC to fuck over other candidates, and Joe decide he wasn't going to go down that road with Hillary in the race?

[Millennial_Messiah]

Idk, MSM kept saying it was because Beau Biden had recently died. I called BS. But yeah, it was "her time" and Biden and Hillary both in 2016 would have given the DNC fits.

[Spurtacular]

This has puzzled me for 4 years. Why didn't Biden run? He would have been the hands down favorite to win. Was it her turn, did Bill strongarm the DNC to fuck over other candidates, and Joe decide he wasn't going to go down that road with Hillary in the race?

How are you puzzled? You answered the question(s). The Clintons had the reigns. Joe was told to stand down.

[Reck]

Idk, MSM kept saying it was because Beau Biden had recently died. I called BS. But yeah, it was "her time" and Biden and Hillary both in 2016 would have given the DNC fits.

The guy died in 2015. So you expect a grieving father to go through a grueling campaign while dealing with heavy personal shit? If he knew Trump was such a major fuckup than maybe he would’ve done it but otherwise there’s no chance.

[Spurtacular]

Idk, MSM kept saying it was because Beau Biden had recently died. I called BS. But yeah, it was "her time" and Biden and Hillary both in 2016 would have given the DNC fits.

Yea, they run with those excuses.
They knew that if Joe ran, it would cost Democrats resources.
Bernie was supposed to only be token opposition.

[ChumpDumper]

:lol incels don't believe the death of a child could be an influence.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

DNC wanted to push Clinton, DNC and 99% of democrats had no idea the severe hatred and polarity associated with Clinton name amongst moderates and right wingers.

He'd have won in 2016, knowing what we know now, imo.

[Spurtacular]

:cry

Joe was ordered to stand down. Come to terms.

[Spurtacular]

DNC wanted to push Clinton, DNC and 99% of democrats had no idea the severe hatred and polarity associated with Clinton name amongst moderates and right wingers.

He'd have won in 2016, knowing what we know now, imo.

:lol :lmao :rollin

[hater]

This has puzzled me for 4 years. Why didn't Biden run? He would have been the hands down favorite to win. Was it her turn, did Bill strongarm the DNC to fuck over other candidates, and Joe decide he wasn't going to go down that road with Hillary in the race?

It was Shillarys turn. It was all in the 2008 agreement

[Will Hunting]

100% the DNC told him to back off because it was Hillary’s turn. Why are there still so many DNC semenshielders?
Yup it’s the same reason Warren, Sherrod Brown and all the other rumored names in 2016 didn’t run. There was clearly a DNC agenda to clear the path for Shillary.

[Reck]

:lol incels don't believe the death of a child could be an influence.

Not exclusive to magatards incels as you can see from this thread.

Both sides believe in special needs conspiracies. :cry Bernie was the one true hero who decided to run against orders.

[DMC]

The guy died in 2015. So you expect a grieving father to go through a grueling campaign while dealing with heavy personal shit? If he knew Trump was such a major fuckup than maybe he would’ve done it but otherwise there’s no chance.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-biden-didnt-run

[spurraider21]

Not exclusive to magatards incels as you can see from this thread.

Both sides believe in special needs conspiracies. :cry Bernie was the one true hero who decided to run against orders.
Bernie didn’t even want to run. He asked Warren to run and she declined to

[Millennial_Messiah]

:lol incels don't believe the death of a child could be an influence.

If my daughter died... sure I'd grieve, but I'd definitely be over it by the next year. You can't live a pessimistic life just because something happened that didn't directly affect you. If you have terminal organ failure or terminal cancer, then yeah, by all means, moan and groan and bitch and pull some shit, but otherwise, it's not a huge deal tbh.

People, even famous men, lost children all the damn time throughout history, especially when pre-vax childhood diseases took the lives of about 1 in 3 children globally. People should recall the past and stop living such a sheltered life where the loss of merely one child completely wrecks their life. :lol

[ChumpDumper]

If my daughter died... sure I'd grieve, but I'd definitely be over it by the next year.You wouldn't grieve at all.:tu

[Millennial_Messiah]

You wouldn't grieve at all.:tu

Well, she's a mixed race little girl. I'd probably grieve more if my (white, gun fiend, MAGA) best friend in Fort Worth's (fully white) daughter died instead. Plus, she's a year and a half older.

[ChumpDumper]

Well, she's a mixed race little girl. I'd probably grieve more if my (white, gun fiend, MAGA) best friend in Fort Worth's (fully white) daughter died instead. Plus, she's a year and a half older.Thanks for confirming.

[Spurtacular]

It was Shillarys turn. It was all in the 2008 agreement

I don't think Joe was part of that agreement. They picked Shit-Show Joe for a reason.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Thanks for confirming.

At least I don't deny being fascist and racist, tbh, like some on here... :lol

[LaMarcus Bryant]

:lol :lmao :rollin

lol its true tho. they didn't accept or recognize the gravity

[Spurtacular]

:lol @ the tranny apparently hurting the slob's feelings.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

You wouldn't grieve at all.:tu

that dude has to be a troll lol no way someone spends this much time posting such stupid shit and mean it

[Spurtacular]

lol its true tho. they didn't accept or recognize the gravity

I guess I agree with your overarching sentiment that the Democrats thought it was a foregone conclusion that Hillary would win. But they were not blindsided by all the animosity against her. She had been a well-despised villainous creature for a very long time.

[Spurtacular]

You wouldn't grieve at all.:tu

Would you grieve, psychopath?

[ElNono]

This has puzzled me for 4 years. Why didn't Biden run? He would have been the hands down favorite to win. Was it her turn, did Bill strongarm the DNC to fuck over other candidates, and Joe decide he wasn't going to go down that road with Hillary in the race?

I think it would've looked somewhat despotic, considering he was the VP.

Also, Hillary thought it was "her turn".

[ChumpDumper]

Would you grieve, psychopath?Oh hell yes. Good lord, we're talking about one's own child.

I know you wouldn't because you've never known a mother's love. Or anyone else's for that matter.

It's too late for you.

[Ef-man]

Oh hell yes. Good lord, we're talking about one's own child.

I know you wouldn't because you've never known a mother's love. Or anyone else's for that matter.

It's too late for you.

Derp would grieve, bigly, as he has been dickmatized by trump.

Will never brokeback quit him, never, ever!

[Spurtacular]

Oh hell yes. Good lord, we're talking about one's own child.

I know you wouldn't because you've never known a mother's love. Or anyone else's for that matter.

It's too late for you.

What if it was your wife's lover's child?

[ChumpDumper]

Derp would grieve, bigly, as he has been dickmatized by trump.

Will never brokeback quit him, never, ever!Oh sure derp will grieve if Trump loses.

[ChumpDumper]

What if it was your wife's lover's child?

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/EvergreenValuableHermitcrab-max-1mb.gif

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I guess I agree with your overarching sentiment that the Democrats thought it was a foregone conclusion that Hillary would win. But they were not blindsided by all the animosity against her. She had been a well-despised villainous creature for a very long time.

They were blindsided by the degree and extent of the animosity they were fully aware existed. I feel like this is crazy old news.

[Spurtacular]

They were blindsided by the degree and extent of the animosity they were fully aware existed. I feel like this is crazy old news.

Hillary was the anointed one. Anyone who didn't like it was told to go pound sand.

[Spurtacular]

What if it was your wife's lover's child?

:lol There's limits to Derp's "compassion."

[baseline bum]

Yup it’s the same reason Warren, Sherrod Brown and all the other rumored names in 2016 didn’t run. There was clearly a DNC agenda to clear the path for Shillary.

Aw fuck I hate when you bring up Sherrod Brown. Makes my fucking blood boil because he would have annihilated Trump in 2016.

[DMC]

I think it would've looked somewhat despotic, considering he was the VP.

Also, Hillary thought it was "her turn".

George Bush was the VP and ran successfully after a 2 term POTUS.

[Spurminator]

I think both things can be true, that the DNC wanted Hillary and also Biden didn't feel like waging a primary battle with Clinton (and potentially the DNC) right after his son died.

[DMC]

If my daughter died... sure I'd grieve, but I'd definitely be over it by the next year. You can't live a pessimistic life just because something happened that didn't directly affect you. If you have terminal organ failure or terminal cancer, then yeah, by all means, moan and groan and bitch and pull some shit, but otherwise, it's not a huge deal tbh.

People, even famous men, lost children all the damn time throughout history, especially when pre-vax childhood diseases took the lives of about 1 in 3 children globally. People should recall the past and stop living such a sheltered life where the loss of merely one child completely wrecks their life. :lol
This is the most idiotic, naive and childish thing I've read on here in quite some time. If you lose a child you never get over it. You grieve for the rest of your life. You try to hard to be edgy but you come off as a green and know-it-all dipshit.

[Spurtacular]

Aw fuck I hate when you bring up Sherrod Brown. Makes my fucking blood boil because he would have annihilated Trump in 2016.

He would've been Beta O'Dork 2.0. Calm down.

[Spurs Homer]

wgaf

[baseline bum]

I think it would've looked somewhat despotic, considering he was the VP.

Also, Hillary thought it was "her turn".

Why would it look despotic for a VP to run? It's pretty standard for the VP to run and get the nomination after the president completes an 8-year term. Right off hand, Nixon did it in 1960, Bush in 1988, and Gore in 2000.

[lefty]

Clingon !

[SnakeBoy]

It was Shillarys turn. It was all in the 2008 agreement

That's exactly right. 2008 was Hillary's year and the black man stole it from her so the deal was made.

It's amazing to me people can't see how orchestrated the D party is. There's a reason why I was able to tell libs almost 4 years ago that it had already been decided that they would be voting for Kamala this year:lol

[DMC]

You have the popularity of Obama and the incoming threat of the GOP, not running the guy who was most closely associated with your b2b winner makes no real sense. Hillary had no experience to fall back on, but Joe had 8 years as the VP and many more in congress. Seems like a no brainer. Maybe because he was a white male? Maybe because Obama broke the color barrier for the POTUS the female barrier was next, and the DNC got more caught up in identity/footnote politics than in running a good candidate? If Joe can win 4 years later, he'd have been a shoo in at that time

Even RBG wasn't going to retire until Hillary became POTUS.

[Millennial_Messiah]

This is the most idiotic, naive and childish thing I've read on here in quite some time. If you lose a child you never get over it. You grieve for the rest of your life. You try to hard to be edgy but you come off as a green and know-it-all dipshit.
Like Andrea Yates, Casey Anthony etc grieved hard for their dead children tbh? Never mind Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, etc... losing kids that got murdered by filthy American Indians. They sucked it up.

Also, there is no "rest of my life", because I'll NEVER die. Biiiyatch.

[ChumpDumper]

Like Andrea Yates, Casey Anthony etc grieved hard for their dead children tbh?

Your parenting role models.

[DMC]

Like Andrea Yates, Casey Anthony etc grieved hard for their dead children tbh? Never mind Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, etc... losing kids that got murdered by filthy American Indians. They sucked it up.

Also, there is no "rest of my life", because I'll NEVER die. Biiiyatch.

They didn't lose anything, they took those lives.

I hope you never lose a child but my intuition says you won't ever have that chance.

[Will Hunting]

This is the most idiotic, naive and childish thing I've read on here in quite some time. If you lose a child you never get over it. You grieve for the rest of your life. You try to hard to be edgy but you come off as a green and know-it-all dipshit.
DMC going HAM.

Losing your child is pretty much the worst thing that can happen to someone. Iirc like 97% of marriages end in divorce when a coupe has to bury their son or daughter.

[ElNono]

George Bush was the VP and ran successfully after a 2 term POTUS.

George Bush was also a one termer, tbh... that's sort of the problem with 'continuation'... people get tired of more of the same.

[ElNono]

Why would it look despotic for a VP to run? It's pretty standard for the VP to run and get the nomination after the president completes an 8-year term. Right off hand, Nixon did it in 1960, Bush in 1988, and Gore in 2000.

See my previous post. It's a handicap. We know how Nixon ended, Bush ended up being a one term guy and Gore didn't win.

[baseline bum]

See my previous post. It's a handicap. We know how Nixon ended, Bush ended up being a one term guy and Gore didn't win.

Meh, Gore had it stolen from him and Kennedy beat Nixon by the skin of his nuts. Regardless, don't see how a VP running is anything tyrannical.

[ElNono]

Meh, Gore had it stolen from him and Kennedy beat Nixon by the skin of his nuts. Regardless, don't see how a VP running is anything tyrannical.

I probably used the wrong term.

[DMC]

George Bush was also a one termer, tbh... that's sort of the problem with 'continuation'... people get tired of more of the same.

But that's better than being a no termer.