I guess we fell into the trap of assuming that's what he meant. I did, anyway. Who'd want to be president at 80, under normal circumstances? I'd be exhausted.
Look, if people want to say "Biden said he'd be a bridge to a new generation of Democratic leadership and I took that as a promise to serve only one term", I wouldn't have a problem with that. But he never said he would only serve one term, that's my only point. Maybe you think that's nit-picking, that he never said those exact words, but I feel like we're already drowning in politically motivated bullshit and half-truths and we don't need to be making more ourselves.
That's not a promise to serve only one term.
I guess we fell into the trap of assuming that's what he meant. I did, anyway. Who'd want to be president at 80, under normal circumstances? I'd be exhausted.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/09/biden-reelection-transition-president/675395/
Look, if people want to say "Biden said he'd be a bridge to a new generation of Democratic leadership and I took that as a promise to serve only one term", I wouldn't have a problem with that. But he never said he would only serve one term, that's my only point. Maybe you think that's nit-picking, that he never said those exact words, but I feel like we're already drowning in politically motivated bullshit and half-truths and we don't need to be making more ourselves.
Fair point. But that’s what I understood it to mean and I’m certainly not alone.