Here’s How It Would Work to Replace Biden Before or During the Democratic Convention

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I know people are focused on the implications for the upcoming election, but I find myself wondering "Who is running the country right now?"
I'm guessing the answer is something along the lines of "It's complicated", which should be a completely unacceptable answer for everyone.
- The idea that any of our presidents ever actually "ran the country" should actually be completely unacceptable. You think farmers can run an entire country? How about actors? Failsons? Sex pests? None of these people should be "running the country". The country has a massive bureaucracy running it and the president is filling a specific role of making judgement calls and tweaking the roster of bureaucrats
  
  My bad, I guess I should have written a 5000 word essay detailing the intricate workings of the executive branch instead of a simple shorthand most people readily understand.
  I'm glad to hear the president isn't actually important to the day to day operation of the executive branch. I guess I can stop caring who even gets elected.
- The country is not a dictatorship. It is run by the administration the same way it was when trump went golfing.
  
  The US is a corporate military entity masquerading as a civilian government
  
  Seriously. Do people think the president literally keeps the country running?
- The guy had a brainfart and lost his chain of thought during a debate.
  It doesn't mean he's an idiot. It happens to everyone. It actually sounded like he was a bit sick
  Trump only seemed competent because it's easy to make up BS.
  
  I disagree that the concern about the President's mental state originates from a single answer given during the debate.
  I've never really seen Trump in a state I would define as competent, but even I had this is rank whataboutism. The question at hand is whether or not Biden is well enough for continued occupation of his office and Trump has fuck all to do with that.
Is nobody going to point out that the DNC already had a primary? And that by replacing the candidate last minute, against the will of their voters, the DNC would be acting incredibly undemocratically? Do you want your core voting block to start voting in republican primaries instead? Because throwing out their primary vote is how you get that to happen.
The DNC had a primary, there were multiple candidates, Biden lost the primary in American Samoa. I voted for Biden, he won, if the party elite swap him out last minute regardless of what their primary said, why would anybody care to vote in their primaries?

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