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bucolic_frolic

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2. I've considered that.

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Sun Jan 4, 2026, 08:53 PM

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Biden should have run in 2016, though I know his stated reasons for not running and this is not to criticize. He was the heir apparent, Obama's VP.

Trump would not be on a vengeance tour. So retribution would be harder to sell.

Would Trump have run for a 3rd term? No, I don't think so. It would have been expected he retire. But we'd be worse off. Biden did accomplish some things, if only to remind us of normality and strengthen our resolve. The left, and Democrats, are stronger for it. The GOP is faltering and elects narrow majorities that barely function. That says something.

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During the past year I have often wondered whether we've been better off [View all] question everything Sunday OP

We'd be in his third term now, so, probably not. We could have gotten nuked as well by now. No way to know Blues Heron Sunday #1

I've considered that. bucolic_frolic Sunday #2

An interesting thought experiment, albeit a painful one. yellow dahlia Sunday #3

I hate to even think this, but my opinion is no. Because this has to become Scrivener7 Sunday #4

8 years of mind-boggling stupidity vs. 4 years of mind-boggling stupidity AND 4 years of devastating cruelty dalton99a Sunday #5

Well, better yet, maybe we should have skipped that revolutionary War thingy and just stuck with England yaesu Sunday #6

Or already engaged in WWIII rather than on the cusp. nt PufPuf23 Sunday #7