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Mr.Mark @markmetz@sfba.social1/
“Here we are, hanging on for dear life, barbarians in hot pursuit, rolling ass backward through the apocalypse in a circus train full of howling mutants, and you're like, hey, let's shoot the engineer!
Yeah, let's just shoot the guy driving the train. Good idea, right?
So, tell me, what's the plan?
What's the plan after we shoot the engineer and toss him over the side?
You want Biden to step down, resign, drop out of the race, go away.
Let's face it, Ol' Creaky Joe had a good run. Sure. No one's arguing that. But after that one debate, woo, yeah, he's just dragging us down. Dead weight, man. We gotta dump him. Throw him off the train before the barbarian mutants catch us.
Turns out Republicans were right….”
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2/
“We can admit that, can't we? New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and Bernie Bros and Trump and the MAGAs were all right. It's Dementia Joe. He's just too damn old. And so here you are in my mentions, standing with Republicans and the Russians, calling for Biden to drop out. For the good of the nation. Of course. I mean, you're not an asshole. But, look at the guy. He needs a nap and a cup of hot cocoa.
We gotta get out while we can and find us a new hero.
Right?
Right.
So, tell me, Pigkiller, what's your goddamn plan?
We're barely four months and some change away from the most important election of your lifetime. And you want to dump the one guy who has managed to win every single election he's ever been in, and who beat Trump last time around?”
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“Yeah, yeah, I hear you. This Biden is a lot older than that Biden. Yep. I got it. I'm not arguing that. Biden is old. And tired. And he's slowing down. And maybe he's not as sharp as he used to be. Biden's in the back bedroom taking a nap while Trump is out golfing 18 holes and fucking 17-year-olds. That's all true, probably.
But we're one Steve Bannon prison sentence out from the election and you're talking about handing Biden over to the mutants.
I don't think I'm out of line here asking to see what you plan to do after that.
You all love military metaphors. Military terminology.
This is war! you shout. We're in this fight to the end! We're ready for battle!
I've been to war. Couple times now. War was my profession, most of my life. I don't recommend it, but it worked for me. I know something about it.”
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“You know who wins wars? Who wins the battle? Who ends up victorious in the end?
The army with the plan, that's who.
You can lose the general. You can lose the colonels and the captains and the lieutenants. Hopefully not all at once, but if you've got a good plan and you've got good people who can execute that plan, who can flex and improvise when needed, sergeants and foot soldiers who will stay the course, well, you can win. You will win, if you've got the courage to stay the course and hold the line.
But you got to have a plan.
Which is why we in the US military spend so much time and energy on planning. I know, I used to be a military war planner, amongst other things.
We're all in this fight together you tell me. Great. What's your plan?
We dump Biden. Then what?”
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“Tell me how you spin up a full blown, fifty state, national campaign for an as-yet undetermined candidate in four months. Fully funded, fully staffed, organized, on the ground, on the air, on message, on target, in the ballots, in the debates, websites, pamphlets, buttons, slogans, yard signs, hats, bumper stickers, grassroots, in Trump's face and toe-to-toe.
Show me your plan for that.
Come on, let's see it.
Who's the candidate? Because liberals, lefties, progressives, democrats, can't even agree on what they already agree on -- see my aforementioned social media mentions for examples.
Where is that candidate? Where is that plan? The one we all agree on and are ready to fully support?
Because if you don't have that, and if you don't have that right fucking now, then you don't have a plan and you don't have a chance in hell.”
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