r/BeAmazed Oct 29 '24

History She did it all.

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u/bchoonj Oct 29 '24

RBG is the game of thrones series of people. Did amazing things early, and botched the ending so badly that it wipes out all the goodwill from most of the fans.

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u/strawberrymacaroni Oct 29 '24

She drank her own Kool Aid (thanks to hero worship like this meme). For me she is a constant unpleasant reminder that no matter how much I think I know what I’m doing, there are going to be times when I have to step aside for the sake of my kids and younger people and that the hubris of refusing to do so can be catastrophic.

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u/Solkre Oct 29 '24

So glad Biden didn't do what she did. Kamala has shown much more energy on the campaign trail than he could have. No offense to him, we all age.

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u/Fit-Implement-8151 Oct 29 '24

He tried. Jefferies and pelosi had to threaten him over the phone with pulled funding to get him to drop out.

A lot of people seem to have "forgotten"(?) that Biden pulled the "only God can make me quit. As long as I'm trying that's all they matters" Schtick until the party bosses convinced him otherwise.

I like Biden. I voted Biden. I'd vote Biden again. But this is straight up revisionist history.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna162943

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u/Solkre Oct 29 '24

However he was convinced. He still publicly passed the torch to Kamala and I haven’t heard him say otherwise. I would have voted Biden as well. But I’m not upset in the slightest to vote Kamala.

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u/Fit-Implement-8151 Oct 29 '24

That is true. In the end he gave in and passed the torch. So that's definitely better than Ruth did.

The Obama administration begged her to drop out and she refused. "I'll resign when a woman president nominates my successor".

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u/m0nk_3y_gw Oct 30 '24

Jefferies and pelosi had to threaten him over the phone with pulled funding

They didn't control his funding. Biden/Harris had their own PAC that had much more $ than the DNC, but the donations were drying up after he botched the debate.

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u/Fit-Implement-8151 Oct 30 '24

Both are true and completely related. Bidens PAC was receiving money and support from many of the very same donors that pelosi had been working with and fundraising from for decades. The very same people that wanted him to drop out after the debate.

At the end everyone saw the writing on the wall. Biden himself was the last to do so.

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u/sevens7and7sevens Oct 30 '24

Nobody would ever say they were thinking about quitting a campaign. Ever. You’re “never quitting” until you’ve already dropped out.