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spooky3

(34,477 posts)
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 10:20 AM Aug 2022

What I wish Dems would say when asked about Pres. Biden's 2024 prospects

Al Franken answered Jim Acosta (can’t recall the exact quote): this is 2022 and we have very important elections coming up this fall. We need to focus on them, not play parlor games about what we think may happen in 2024.

I thought it was a bit harsh to a reporter who has been very fair with Dems, but the more I hear pundits talking about Biden in 2024, the more I think Al is right to dismiss it this way.

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What I wish Dems would say when asked about Pres. Biden's 2024 prospects (Original Post) spooky3 Aug 2022 OP
This is what Elizabeth Warren said leftieNanner Aug 2022 #1
Yep padah513 Aug 2022 #7
Ehat I Wish THey Would Say Is Me. Aug 2022 #2
My answer would be ... dawg Aug 2022 #3
He's bang on JustAnotherGen Aug 2022 #4
Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2022 #5
That's what I always say. wryter2000 Aug 2022 #6
The M$M and republicans like to throw voters off with distractions liberal N proud Aug 2022 #8
He's absolutely right to do so HelpImSurrounded Aug 2022 #9
We need to demand more than fairness from Reporters lees1975 Aug 2022 #10
Good points. Nt spooky3 Aug 2022 #11

leftieNanner

(15,150 posts)
1. This is what Elizabeth Warren said
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 10:26 AM
Aug 2022

to Mehdi Hassan the other night. He pushed her again and again to talk about Biden in 2024 and she kept answering him that 2022 is of primary concern right now. If we don't win this fall, then 2024 won't really matter.

padah513

(2,506 posts)
7. Yep
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 12:19 PM
Aug 2022

I saw that interview and he pissed her off with that nonsense. The dude is not a Biden fan and he doesn't miss an opportunity to jab the President whenever he can. Polls like that are meant to divide the party and some people on our side just eat bad news up when it fits their narrative.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
2. Ehat I Wish THey Would Say Is
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 10:43 AM
Aug 2022

I support my president and leave it at that, which is not what Nadler and Maloney said when asked at the debate. Their opponent said he did and is now getting a lot of attention.

dawg

(10,624 posts)
3. My answer would be ...
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 10:48 AM
Aug 2022

"By 2024, the President's policies will have had plenty of time to take effect, and I think he'll win re-election in a landslide if he chooses to run."

JustAnotherGen

(31,898 posts)
4. He's bang on
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 11:07 AM
Aug 2022

And I'm in total agreement.

2024 is shiny object because the media's Dems are in Disarray and the GOP is the best Political Machine ever spiel -

Is falling to pieces.

liberal N proud

(60,344 posts)
8. The M$M and republicans like to throw voters off with distractions
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 12:41 PM
Aug 2022

Make people think the midterms are not important

HelpImSurrounded

(441 posts)
9. He's absolutely right to do so
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 12:46 PM
Aug 2022

The strategy for 2024 will be nothing but vapor until we see the results of 2022. Those results will help us know which way to go.

lees1975

(3,879 posts)
10. We need to demand more than fairness from Reporters
Wed Aug 3, 2022, 01:14 PM
Aug 2022

We need to demand accuracy. And we need to demand that they remain focused on the news, not on speculation.

This is a very difficult time for those of us who believe in free press. My college level training in journalism has me questioning the quality of many of those who have come out of colleges and universities over the past couple of decades.

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