J.B.Katz said:
Mothra said:
J.B.Katz said:
bear2be2 said:
J.B.Katz said:
bear2be2 said:
The Democrats may be less bad than the Republicans right now, but they present no great alternative for anyone who is not already linked to that party by tribal affiliation.
You'll get no argument from me.
Republicans are dominated by one very bad personality who has forced unity, but to a bad purpose: His own personal power.
Democrats lack coherent, unified leadership.
I don't blame that on Biden. He's not a dynamo, but I have less contempt for Biden than I do on some old-school Senate and Congressional leaders who aren't grappling with the new reality of the clear and present danger to American democracy Judge Luttig identified.
Biden is genuinely trying to lead at a time when that's hard not only b/c Republicans have tried to delegitimize his presidency (a strategy they employed very successfully with Obama, who was too cerebral and cool and calm and collected to fight fire with fire and counter the obstruction and blatant racism he and his family dealt with effectively).
I envision Biden as the overly patient parent of a bunch of truculent toddlers who is trying to walk forward while they're clinging to his legs kicking and screaming. The Senate won't pass measures to combat inflation / price gouging / other economic ills cuz that might make Biden look good & they want him to look worse than they do at the mid-terms. The balancing act of helping Ukraine is a hard one, since we only have Europe working with us. https://giphy.com/gifs/chordoverstreet-chord-overstreet-26FLgGTPUDH6UGAbm
Infrastructure would seem a no-brainer, but Republicans wouldn't vote for it b/c it would make Biden look good. Trump's attempt at an infrastructure initiative was half-hearted and he blew it up himself.
Obstruction has been McConnell's strategy since Obama was elected. At some point, people get tired of angry theater, gay-bashing, dog-whistle racism and reducing women to the status of "vessels" and they want to see some progress on bridges that don't collapse and parks that reflect thousands of years of natural heritage washing away in a couple of days and want to see some progress on basic survival issues. What's the Republican plan for that? More laws stopping confused kids from using the wrong bathroom?
Genuinely trying to do something you've proven incapable of doing isn't really a virtue. And the presidency is a results-driven, pass/fail job. Joe Biden has never in his overlong political career been a leader, and he's been a total failure in that capacity as president. It's OK to admit that. In fact, it's vital if the Democrats hope to move in a more positive direction in the future.
Joe Biden is a consensus builder.
That's how he leads.
You can't build consensus when the other party refuses flatly to work with you, and denies, even though they know better, that you even won the election.
The miracle is that he's accomplished as much as he has given the fact that he's had to do it in dealing with a Congress where about a third of the members claim to believe the Big Lie and more than that refuse to act like Biden is president b/c they care more about winning their next election and not getting primaried by Trump than they do about dealing with a global pandemic, climate change, a worldwide economy in free-fall, Putin invading Ukraine and committing war crimes, Xi shutting down China if there's a hint of COVID (I'm strongly in favor of masks and vax, but China's response to COVID is bizarre), Yellowstone washing away, Lake Mead evaporating, etc etc.
These guys are behaving like there's no tomorrow. I hope the 1-6 commission succeeds in preventing Trump from running for office and then we'll see if Republicans are going to continue to cater to goons and loons.
Excuses are like *******s. Everyone has one, and they all stink.
Please list Biden's top 10 accomplishments since January 2021. I will hang up and listen to what I should be "amazed" he has accomplished during that period.
First, what's your excuse for voting for Trump?
Second, it's clear that you don't listen to the still small voice, as that requires an open heart and an open mind, neither of which you possess. So why would I ever assume you'd listen to me?
Happy to answer your question. I have answered this same question numerous times, just FYI. You must not read these boards much.
I voted for Trump because I am a real conservative, and not someone who plays one on an internet message board, such as yourself. I value the life of babies. I value traditional family values and Judeo-Christian ethics. I value fiscal conservatism and am against out-of-control spending. I value peace with the world, as much as it depends on us. I value a foreign policy that doesn't get us into unnecessary wars or conflicts. I value a leader who puts America before the rest of the world. I value women not being forced to compete against members of the opposite biological sex. I value controlling and securing our borders. I value personal freedoms and autonomy. And I value trying to stay out of nuclear war.
For those reasons, I voted for Trump. Was he a perfect candidate? Of course not. There are numerous things I hated about him, and there were numerous occasions where his policies and actions did not fall in line with the above issues I found important. He was a constant source of frustration for me. And yet, despite these facts, he was very much the lesser of the evils for a real conservative, as Biden is the antithesis of every conservative value listed above. Again, I would not expect a liberal such as yourself to understand, just as I have difficulty fathoming anyone who favors the current incompetence over Trump.
Pretty ironic of you to say I don't listen to a still small voice when you closed off your ears to it years ago and blindly defend the current administration. Your defense of all things Biden is every bit as bad as the conservatives you decry who defend Trump. Hell, at least I can see Trump was pretty bad - the lesser of the evils as I have consistently called him - but bad nonetheless. You're actually praising Biden's accomplishments, saying we should be "amazed" by them. It's like you're reading Democrat talking points or something. Even most Democrats realize his presidency has been a total disaster. And yet, here you are, like the Iraqi foreign minister who claimed Iraq was winning the war as bombs were exploding in the background. You're as partisan as they come.
If you don't want to take me up on my challenge, I certainly understand. It would be difficult coming up with a few of his accomplishments, much less ten. But I tell you what, if it's too difficult for you to come up with 10 accomplishment, let's cut it in half. Can you name his 5 accomplishments that Americans should be "amazed" about?
