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How about you stop creeping out the parents in your neighborhood?

I won't speak to the specifics--follow medical advice. But, generally: don't mess around with knee issues and don't ignore them. Your knee sounds pretty crudded up already, which indicates to me you've got other problems to address.

Figure out what you did to screw up your knee so bad in the first place. If you elect for the surgery, remind yourself that there is plenty of exercise you can do that needn't use your legs while you recover (though I find most of them boring and it sounds like you might as well 😉).

Take care of yourself, not just the issue.

Yeah don't do that. Some person A) I don't know that's B) yelled at kids my daughter is around is C) encouraging my child to spend time alone with him without me there D) with dogs I don't know and E) further enticing the interaction by paying her and F) I find out about all of this from her and not you?

Are you really that obtuse? I would say that there was a wide variety of responses from that father that could have occurred here. You didn't get the best reaction from the dad, but you certainly didn't get the worst.

They've created a conspiracy theory about someone dying that isn't running for reelection..? They're really struggling with Biden withdrawing from the race aren't they.

Let's say he is dying (in a more concrete way than just being in his 80s and statistically being near death) and it influenced his decision to run again. What difference does that make at this point? He already withdrew from the race..?

Not only is this crazy, it's truly and utterly meaningless and seems like an inability to comprehend change. If this isn't a metaphor for the ideological ossification and denial of reality at the heart of conservatism, I don't know what is.

That whale's name? Kamala Harris.

Aren't you literally the person that posted this?

The UK is smaller than Oregon.

This is true, but having a candidate that hasn't been in power for the last four years at least forces them to invent new attacks rather than just rehearse the same bullshit and substitute "Harris" for "Biden." Read Trump's invective. It's only minorly about his age, it's mostly about "the state of the country under this administration. "

Regardless of the fact that it's basically completely false, it is ready-made to be applied to Harris. Buttigieg or Kelly would require new angles of attack on short notice, which could be advantageous for a democratic candidate.

Arguably with no confirmed nominee and the presumptive candidate withdrawing from the race, now is precisely the time to be deciding who is most electable.

The United States isn't an exception here. There are many other countries with larger populations and/or that have dramatic geopolitical influence. Canada just isn't one of them.

#herturn

Automatic loss.

Gavin is probably the least popular option of any names floated. I don't know who likes him, apparently some people do, but it's not anywhere near a majority of the country.

You can expect Harris's numbers to drop given she's vulnerable to almost every criticism Biden was except age and the fact that the Trump campaign has already been preparing to attack her.

Kelly or Mayor Pete seem like the best options.

Buttigieg and AOC ticket? That would be the youth candidacy. Kelly and Buttigieg or vice versa would be more centrist but probably be the most robust candidacy.

I hate to say it, but in this political climate and with the threat of Trump, the best shot is probably two young-ish white guys.

She's a nothing-burger. If she is the candidate, we have all the same problems, except we don't have a reasonable excuse for why she can't speak coherently. But it's her turn!

You're a non-global superpower with a total population smaller than California, 90% of which lives 100 miles or less from the US border. It would be bizarre if your elections were as complicated as the United States.

There has been some gurgling from (very few) faith leaders, but polling show an increase in conservative Christian support for Trump.

The bigger concern might be minority voters. Polling suggests a gay candidate could lose some support from some minority communities, namely African Americans.

That being said, it's a problem anyway. Biden has lost a lot of black voters. Polling shows Trump has more support from likely black voters than any republican candidate in the last 60 years.

Imagine this person debating Trump: https://youtu.be/IQ5SMO8567s?si=EHBa4IMXvBSLiijX

And just imagine the optics of old, orange felon vs. this guy.

I think he also ticks the box for people that want "normalcy." He is just very much an articulate, succinct, polished communicator/politician. And he's a white guy, which, sadly, gains him free extra votes automatically.

Edit: bonus video: https://youtu.be/4U3MDy8FF8E?si=OAQTdUrdlASuDoIk

I find it hard to believe democratic voters wouldn't rally around Petey B.