The line Joe Biden used to put into nearly every big speech — “I’ve never been more optimistic about America’s future” — is a long way from what he says in private now.The line Joe Biden used to put into nearly every big speech — “I’ve never been more optimistic about America’s future” — is a long way from what he says in private now.

These days, multiple people who’ve spoken to him over the last year say, Biden often punctuates conversations with: “You think we can actually come back from this?”

The 83-year-old Biden continues to feel out a post-presidency that may prove to be one of the shortest in history and is already one of the most complicated.

There are days when Biden is heartbroken, indignant or in disbelief about what is happening as President Donald Trump — the man he defeated in 2020 — returned and moved not just to tear down his accomplishments, but to dig in with petty insults like the autopen photograph he put in Biden’s spot in the “Presidential Walk of Fame” installed at the White House.

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    You have to decide if you wanted to win the election or not, and its never been clear to me that you ever actually wanted to win. What its always appeared to be, is that you wanted to mantain ideological control of the party (which you did do, and have continued to: the party is still pro-genocide).

    But what is clear, is that the party could not win with the general election with a Democratic candidate supporting a genocide.

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          How many house and senate democrats support Israel and how many don’t?

          Are you able to answer the question or are you dodging it because the answer doesn’t line up with the narrative you’re pushing?

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            Are you able to answer the question or are you dodging it because the answer doesn’t line up with the narrative you’re pushing?

            They said, as they dodged the question.

            Did you want to win the election or not?

            The world now recognizes that the only path to winning was to get Harris to change her stance on Gaza. Do you?

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                Its not a relevant question. We’re talking about Harris and their campaign. I actually don’t give a shit if you answer me, because you live with your whole ass exposed. Its no secret you didn’t really give a shit about stopping Trump or you would have advocated that Harris change their policies.

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                  I understand the world is a messy place with lots of shades of gray and that’s scary to people who want it to be in black and white and have it easy to tell what’s right and wrong as you do.

                  The question is relevant.

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                    You’ve consistently argued against strategies that would have resulted in a Democratic W; there is no debating this.

                    You are a fraud, a fascist, a genocidal apologist, and should probably just go be a Republican. We could actually win elections if it were not for your involvement.