Just to add balance here, Bidden was reported as saying the only way he could loose would be due to some type of voting place shenanigans—one possible implication being he will also not accept the results.
I suspect one of the highly positive/reassuring points might be the military has come out saying they will not get involved.
one possible implication being he will also not accept the results
The first article in that search says:
Before leaving the state, Biden told reporters his comments were ‘taken a little out of context’ and added that ‘I’m going to accept the outcome of this election, period.’
That is good to hear but was not part of the news story I read—which wasn’t one of the ones in the google search—and the report I read was from the Saturday so perhaps prior to his clarification/retraction. I would say his retraction/clarification was provided because that “possible interpretation” was noted by more than just me.
“I can only lose due to shenanigans” and “maybe I’ll just stay in office” are miles apart in terms of how troubling they are.
One is a prediction about other people, and the other is a prediction about the speaker’s future actions.
//of course, given the speaker of the second statement, I assign epsilon weight to it as evidence either way.
I don’t see how those are really all that far apart—both say if the results don’t support me they are questionable. After all, if an election is contested and that cannot be resolved what does happen with a sitting President? Does the US just do without one for a while?
But perhaps more relevant, it was merely pointing out the extent of the situation in the current election—neither side is willing to say the results can sure to be taken as is but that they will be looking closely and very likely questioning them.
Statements by a private, albeit famous and moderately popular, citizen are inherently different than statements from an elected official, especially the head of the executive branch.
Statements about other people are inherently different than statements about the speaker.
Is either side actually saying that they will “look closely at the results” or is that your interpretation of the actual statements?
Just to add balance here, Bidden was reported as saying the only way he could loose would be due to some type of voting place shenanigans—one possible implication being he will also not accept the results.
I suspect one of the highly positive/reassuring points might be the military has come out saying they will not get involved.
Sources?
Public news reports. But here is a google search for you. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=Did+Biden+say+he+could+only+loose+if+poling+places+were+messed+with%3F&ia=web
In your original comment, you wrote:
The first article in that search says:
That is good to hear but was not part of the news story I read—which wasn’t one of the ones in the google search—and the report I read was from the Saturday so perhaps prior to his clarification/retraction. I would say his retraction/clarification was provided because that “possible interpretation” was noted by more than just me.
“I can only lose due to shenanigans” and “maybe I’ll just stay in office” are miles apart in terms of how troubling they are. One is a prediction about other people, and the other is a prediction about the speaker’s future actions.
//of course, given the speaker of the second statement, I assign epsilon weight to it as evidence either way.
I don’t see how those are really all that far apart—both say if the results don’t support me they are questionable. After all, if an election is contested and that cannot be resolved what does happen with a sitting President? Does the US just do without one for a while?
But perhaps more relevant, it was merely pointing out the extent of the situation in the current election—neither side is willing to say the results can sure to be taken as is but that they will be looking closely and very likely questioning them.
Statements by a private, albeit famous and moderately popular, citizen are inherently different than statements from an elected official, especially the head of the executive branch.
Statements about other people are inherently different than statements about the speaker.
Is either side actually saying that they will “look closely at the results” or is that your interpretation of the actual statements?