That's kind of my issue with it at this point. The time to heavily criticize Biden was in the primaries. Progressives lost, unfortunately. The next time to start criticising Biden is the day he takes the presidency. Biden is not great, nor ideal. He's barely good by any argument. But claiming that people who are making compromises or biting their tongue aren't being objective or intellectually honest is pretty bogus. If we're being intellectually honest, we can see that we have one card to play, and we should play it with as much confidence as possible to win the pot. That's the game. We might not like it, I think any sensible progressive doesn't, but you can't just refuse to play the game and call anyone who does out for being dishonest.
Republicans were criticized for choosing Trump. They've been criticized as spineless for supporting him through the presidency. But supporting Biden in an election when he is the only option, is not the same. If Democrats want the power to shape anything or hold the president accountable, they need to win.
So, sure. If Biden says something dumb I'm going to ignore it, or brush it off, and I'm certainly not going to call attention to it. Why? Because I'd like Trump gone. If the Republicans were running a more balanced candidate that I still disagreed with, that'd be a different conversation, because when you have two equal options on other sides of the aisle, it's important that the best wins, and that can't happen unless you fairly critique both and fairly praise both for what they do well. But unless you believe Trump and Biden are equal options, and you might, I think Biden being the best candidate is a foregone conclusion, so what are we doing pretending otherwise?
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