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Ocelot II

(126,546 posts)
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:31 AM May 20

Dean F*cking Phillips opens his yap again:

“I don’t think it’s coincidental that this was announced this week,” Phillips told The Times. “It’s hard to interpret it any other way.”

Like several key MAGA figures, Phillips also criticized people close to Biden for what he describes as an effort to keep the extent of the 82-year-old’s declining health from the public during his reelection campaign.

“Donald Trump isn’t shy about his corruption,” Phillips said. “What’s so troubling is that what the people around Joe Biden clearly were doing was in some ways more egregious.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-bidens-dem-rival-dean-phillips-claims-cancer-announcement-timing-was-no-coincidence/

I'd hoped we'd seen the last of him, but he might be angling for a comeback.
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newdeal2

(3,603 posts)
3. This party is sometimes so dumb I question my sanity
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:37 AM
May 20

This is starting to feel a lot like last summer.

Trump is going to get his way on everything if this keeps up.

Quiet Em

(2,142 posts)
4. This man is such an ass
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:47 AM
May 20

Everybody knew Joe Biden was an older man. And Biden still crushed him in the New Hampshire primary as a write in candidate because President Biden was not on their ballot. Marianne Williamson received more votes than Phillips. Everybody heard what Dean had to say and hardly anyone vote for him.

 

JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)
5. We don't need fucking republicans, we don't need fucking jake tapper or the media, we have Democrats doing
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:55 AM
May 20

quite well self-destructing.

I'll vote Democratic of course, but until THIS bullshit stops from within our own party, I will NOT contribute another dime to Democrats.

and some wonder why Democrats lose?



karynnj

(60,456 posts)
6. What disgusting comments
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:57 AM
May 20

If nothing else, this shows what a terrible politician ..and person.. he is.

As to politician, I have no doubt that his challenge was prompted by people wanting someone different. I remember that he argued for "someone" to challenge Biden before he himself did so and there were no takers
After the election, even as many moved to opinion that Biden should have stepped down, I saw NO mention of Phillips or anything like a reevaluation of his vanity campaign. The fake Biden robocalls alone will continue to make him unacceptable for any office.

As to person, for ANY person of any party to claim Biden hid this for a long time, it defies sanity. Biden has made fighting cancer a cause for decades. Had a doctor told him he had cancer, he would have fought it. Even Democrats who preferred he not run respect and like him as a person.

As someone who had a brilliant sister diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer who had annual mammograms and wellness appointments, I think people need to realize that all these tests have both false positives and false negatives. She survived for nearly 5 years "making memories" with her young grandchildren in her words.

Midnight Writer

(24,468 posts)
7. Say what they will, things ran pretty smoothly under Biden. It took Trump less than 100 days to fuck it all up.
Tue May 20, 2025, 12:32 PM
May 20

Who here was worried about receiving their SS...before Jan 20?

Where were the masked men jumping out of vans and kidnapping people, including citizens...before Jan 20?

How many political and military alliances have been lost or compromised...since Jan 20?

Where was the Attorney General who doesn't believe in the Rule of Law? The Sec of Defense who is a drunk talk show host? The Health Secretary who thinks doctors are conspiring to kill people with vaccines? The DOGE Bros who walked into Federal Offices and started firing people to the point of making the agencies dysfunctional? Where was the Transportation Secretary whose only qualification is being the star of three different reality TV shows?

But most of all, where were the daily, incoherent, rambling, insane statements from our Chief Executive before Jan 20?

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