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Didn't work for Biden He was incredibly successful at tackling hidden charges, and dark patterns, and extra fees tacked on after the fact The country ate aliv
by codyb 9mo ago
Didn't work for Biden
He was incredibly successful at tackling hidden charges, and dark patterns, and extra fees tacked on after the fact
The country ate alive the nicest, most well meaning president we've ever actually had as far as I can tell
Although of course he was up against every media company in the nation, all, including social media, controlled by about... 8 people or whatever
- nashashmi 9mo agoBiden was nice. It turned out his screw up in his debate was that he came back from a foreign trip and was under some medication. He was tired on stage. Full blame goes to this team who did not call the debate off when they should have. (yes i judge in my arm chair)
- baby 9mo agoHe was too old, they should not have let him run again
- nashashmi 9mo agoA younger person didn’t do any better.
- gadders 9mo agoI don't think anyone believes this versus age-related cognitive decline. There were too many other instances.
- nashashmi 9mo agoYeah it can seem that way from afar. Those who knew him… knew him. And they said he was a nice guy, and did not say he was cognitively declining. Part of the reason people liked him is he was not intrusive. He didn’t change his mind like Trump does.
- stouset 9mo agoPlease stop justifying geriatric presidents suffering clear cognitive decline, regardless of which side of the aisle they’re on. The president needs to be clear-headed and cogent as much of the time as is reasonable. Biden is and was far beyond that. So is Trump for that matter.
- uoaei 9mo agoThis is where a dogged loyalty to the two-party system gets you. Desperately trying to engender sympathy for someone who went against every better instinct regarding politics and optics.
- nashashmi 9mo agolol. I’m a Trump voter. It is not loyalty. It is sympathy, plus honesty. His failure was he was momentarily handicapped, tired. Not disabled. And he was a nice guy even though I didn’t agree with his politics.
- mschuster91 9mo agoThe very idea of executive orders is antithetical to democracy, only necessary because Congress - in particular the Republicans - has abandoned the foundational idea in the American political system that the two large parties are able and willing to engage in bipartisan work and compromises.
- tzs 9mo agoEvery US president starting with Washington has issued executive orders except for William Harrison. Harrison would have issued executive orders but he died 31 days into his term before he had time to.
- scottyah 9mo agoDefine foundational? The concept was heavily discouraged and only came about from personal feuds between Hamilton and Jefferson. They were never included in any official founding documents and Washington was right about them leading to "frightful despotism".
- orochimaaru 9mo agoThe democrats lost it on immigration enforcement (or lack thereof) and not knowing when to step aside for a new face. All they had to do was two things after trump’s first term debacle: - keep to trump’s remain in Mexico policy - have a fair primary (or stick to the person picked in the fair primary)
- baby 9mo agoWe can blame democrats but there's also some real dysfunction in the US in terms of lack of education/critical thinking and relic ideas (guns, religion, white supremacism) that still lingers on. Trump did win the popular vote.
- uoaei 9mo agoTrump did not win the popular vote this time around. Check your sources.
- NeutralCrane 9mo agoTrump did win the popular vote with a plurality at 49.8% to Harris’s 48.3%.
- baby 9mo agoI will let people downvote you (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia...) because I can't
- orochimaaru 9mo agoGuns are a part of the constitution. Those aren’t going anywhere. Unless someone wants to work towards an amendment - which means you need the president, 2/3 of Congress and senate and 2/3 of the states to agree.
- vkou 9mo ago> Guns are a part of the constitution. Those aren’t going anywhere. So is due process, but that went out the window last year. It turns out that the constitution doesn't mean shit if the executive doesn't want to follow it.
- johng 9mo agoI'm having a hard time even comprehending this. Most of the MSM propped him up and ignored his clear cognitive decline. That doesn't seem like he was up against every media company in the nation or eaten alive?
- marknutter 9mo agoThey are completely detached from reality.
- codyb 9mo agoCompare how Biden was covered whenever he made a gaffe to how the current president is covered when he gaffes constantly and you'll see what I mean. For instance, Trump has said "oranges" instead of "origins", said that Hannibal Lector was a late and great person, praised pedophiles... And where's the wall to wall coverage of that like there was when Biden screwed up that debate? Where's the weeks on end coverage of those stumbles? How come ABC doesn't even show the public when Trump calls _their own_ reporters piggy and tells them they're incompetent? Not detached from reality, but thanks for the lame, no effort comment. Similarly! Where were the weeks of coverage for the IRA which expanded energy production in this country (which most of my friends don't even know what the acronym stands for) Where was the coverage for the semiconductor act which added 500bn in semiconductor manufacturing. Biden wanted to do a land on the moon type quest to cure cancer, how much cooler would that have been for our nation than ICE raids on farm workers. The man was incredibly successful, and barely anyone realizes that, and that's what I'm talking about.
- seanmcdirmid 9mo agoAre we talking about Trump (his current cognitive decline) now or Biden last year? It’s not really clear since we have a geriatric presidency now.
- sigzero 9mo agoHe is not in cognitive decline. lol He is geriatric though.
- pphysch 9mo agoA lot of the changes you are referring to were probably implemented by Lina Khan's FTC. Guess where Lina Khan is now.
- flumpcakes 9mo agoLina Khan is probably my favourite American official of all time. Everything I've seen of her is just focus and directly pushing forward rights for all Americans, and she wasn't afraid to square up against $tn companies.
- tyre 9mo agoThe CFPB was a hub of good works as well.
- antonvs 9mo ago> The country ate alive the nicest, most well meaning president we've ever actually had Cf. Jimmy Carter