If Not Biden, Then…
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🗓️ 1 July 2024
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If you’re questioning the choice of Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee after his debate, uh, performance last week, you’re not alone. But how do you swap candidates this late in the calendar—and who do the Democrats even have as an option?
Guest: David Faris, associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and author of The Kids Are All Left and It’s Time to Fight Dirty.
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| 0:00.0 | You want to hear a sad story? On Thursday night, I did not just watch the presidential debate. I had a debate watching party. |
| 0:17.0 | We're live from Georgia, a key battleground state in the race for the White House. |
| 0:27.0 | So picture this, dozens of people having beer and chips in my backyard. |
| 0:32.0 | I'd made bingo cards to use. |
| 0:34.4 | This is the CNN presidential debate. |
| 0:38.6 | And then we sat there, getting progressively more alarmed as the candidates spoke. |
| 0:44.4 | President Biden's voice in particular seemed papery and thin. |
| 0:49.4 | Even when he got tossed a softball, like on abortion, |
| 0:54.0 | his response was simply garbled. |
| 0:57.0 | Do you support any legal limits on how late a woman should be able to terminate a pregnancy? |
| 1:02.0 | I support it Roe v. Wade, which happens. how late a woman should be able to terminate a pregnancy? |
| 1:02.6 | I support at Row v. Wade, which had three trimesters. |
| 1:06.6 | The first time is between the woman and the doctor. |
| 1:09.2 | Second time is between the doctor and an extreme situation. The third time is between the |
| 1:15.1 | doctor, I mean between the women and the state. The idea that the politicians... |
| 1:20.0 | To be clear, no one on this debate stage looked very good. |
| 1:24.8 | Trump lied a lot. |
| 1:27.0 | The moderators said little more than thank you |
| 1:30.0 | as both candidates evaded their questions. |
| 1:33.8 | But Joe Biden, he simply looked and sounded nothing like a presidential candidate. |
| 1:40.3 | Yeah, as soon as Biden walked out onto the stage, kind of looking a little shaky, like he needed to be, he looked like he needed to be directed to the podium. |
| 1:48.0 | And I just, I just said, oh boy, here we go. |
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