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Outrage! Joe Biden fails to fix every problem on the planet in 365 days

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"The president has not yet succeeded in meeting his own goals for combating climate change,...[hasn't] delivered on his broader promise for a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented Americans" and has failed "on the central promise he made during the 2020 campaign -- to 'shut down' the pandemic...".

Here is that "liberal rag" the NYT, ragging on Joe:


He also lost 13 soldiers in the massive pull-out from Afghanistan. And Mexicans are still interested in coming to America. And supply chain issues from China are causing some temporary inflation as the world comes out of the pandemic.

All Joe's fault! Oh the outrage! What a loser! Trump would have fixed all of this? All it takes is some more of his cussing everyone out and calling everyone a loser and telling everyone how he knows more than all the experts. That woulda done the trick!
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*** Oh wait you mean we have the strongest economic recovery in decades in just the last year?

US gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic activity — expanded 5.7% last year, the fastest pace since 1984 when Ronald Reagan was in the White House?

The final three months of 2021 got a much better scorecard than economists had predicted: GDP grew at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 6.9% in the fourth quarter?

Ignore it! It means nothing! Better yet, it's fake news!
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(OK, the above is my poor attempt at imitating an Onion article)
 

As someone who voted for him, he’s a garbage president. He hasn’t even tried to accomplish half of his supposed goals.

He waffles, tries to “work” with the Republicans (who have zero interesting in working with anyone), and he doesn’t have a progressive bone in his body.

He’s a shit leader who is only in office because the Republicans were stupid enough to run Trump in 2020 and will only win in 2024 if they are monumentally stupid enough to run Trump again.
 

Manchin and Sinema shut him down on any progressive agenda. What more could any president have done?
 
Unless some major turn-around happens, Joe Biden is well on track to becoming the second-worst president in U.S. history. (the worst was Woodrow Wilson).
Why? Because there is inflation and supply chain issues as the world comes out of a pandemic? It makes no sense. Repeating it over and over doesn't make it make any more sense either.
 
Manchin and Sinema shut him down on any progressive agenda. What more could any president have done?

He has never even pushed for one. How could they shut him down for something he’s never even tried?

If Biden had a Progressive bone in his body, he’d have Manchin and Sinema in the Oval Office reading them the riot act for what will happen to them if they don’t play ball.

Baring that, he could actually do something smart like naming them both to ambassadorships and opening their seats for replacements that would be more useful.
 
He probably did. There were lots of meetings with them. But ultimately, both those folks are from red states, and have to be answerable to an electorate that mostly votes Republican. They care about that much more than Biden reading them any kid of act, let alone a riot one.

Baring that, he could actually do something smart like naming them both to ambassadorships and opening their seats for replacements that would be more useful.
That would be absolutely awful- they would probably both be replaced by Republicans- maybe even Trumpers. I don't see that as being that useful.

Yeah I'm sorry he could not pursue a more progressive agenda as well. But you really have to be careful tearing him down like this and joining the Republicans in blaming him for all that. They are just interested in character assassination so they can bring Trump back. You are just helping them here.
 
One difference between the right and the left is horn tooting. The right toots even if it's not true but the left hardly toots when it is.

Biden is doing a good job, the economy is recovering and he's showing by action that representation matters in Washington.
He takes the pandemic seriously and is encouraging vaccination and masking. He's only been in for a year and was left with less than stellar work conditions.

Dems should toot more. Way more. If this was Trumps presidency he'd be telling people, sure inflation is high but I'll take care of it, it's only because we have a ****ing great economy because of me, so we're doing great, best ****ing ever outcome and it's because I'm so ****ing great!!
 
If Biden had a Progressive bone in his body, he’d have Manchin and Sinema in the Oval Office reading them the riot act for what will happen to them if they don’t play ball.

What will happen to them?

Baring that, he could actually do something smart like naming them both to ambassadorships and opening their seats for replacements that would be more useful.

Opening up Senate vacancies in states with GOP governors in a 50-50 Senate is not smart. Biden might actually want to fill that SCOTUS vacancy!
 
What will happen to them?



Opening up Senate vacancies in states with GOP governors in a 50-50 Senate is not smart. Biden might actually want to fill that SCOTUS vacancy!

Totally cut them off from DNC funding and support, for a start. Inform them they will be primaried and the person primarying them will have every dollar of funding the DNC can throw together.

What good will Sinema and Manchin be in the Senate when the only SCOTUS candidate they would ever approve will be a non-progressive worthless moderate?
 
Why is it that some progressives want everything and they want it now, and they give no thought to practical matters, such as if Biden were to piss off Manchin
and Synema he would get none of what you want, as opposed to some of it. He can't just name them to ambassadorships, they would have to accept the position, and they wouldn't. There is no reason to believe they will not vote for his SCOTUS pick, as they have voted for all the other judgeships he has nominated.
 
911 spark you dont just give up look at what moderates have done they have blocked biden stop settling for less
manchin removed all the good stuff in the bill like free college and after that it didnt even pass.

its not a argument of settle for less because you atleast get something done whats been done in the first place
until biden starts fighting joe manchin and taking a stand against republicans whats gonna change.
 
the progressives always get blamed its the moderates that are destroying the party they have blocked
bidens agenda and then republicans will use that saying "look biden hasnt gotten anything done"
and the moderates destroying bidens agenda will give fuel to the republicans and make biden
look bad what have progressives done bad its the moderates who are blocking a moderate
president.

the moderates destroy bidens agenda and then when republicans say "see biden hasnt gotten
anything done democrats cant be united" the democrats will blame progressives when the issue
is that democrats think that progressives are the enemy and they blame progressives any time the democrats
lose when its their own failings.

im a democrat but the issue is the moderates in the party the republicans are banning
and burning books they say that they are against cancel culture but they ban books
the republicans are trying to stop people from voting they banned abortion in texas
what are democrats doing to stop them? biden wont fight the right wing he thinks
that the way to fix it is by being nice you cant fight right wing extremists by being
nice and neutral you gotta fight for your agenda or nothings gonna get done
and then people will use that against you saying see nothing got done.

if biden doesnt cancel student loan debt republicans will say see biden wont fight for his agenda
if biden does cancel student loan debt they will call him a socialist far left radical
so no matter what he does they will be upset at biden when biden has been helping the right wing
and letting them run over him.

biden is being blocked by the entire republican party and 2 moderates in the democrat party
why doesnt biden talk to manchin to support his agenda what kind of conversations does he
engage in with these people seems like hes not putting pressure on him he could atleast talk
to them.

2 points here number one biden is being blocked in congress so you cant blame him for that
but he can make executive orders to cancel student loan debt but he wont do it because hes
a moderate.

if we get more progressives who fight for these things either way if biden doesnt get stuff done
so he can please the right wing they will be upset and if he does get stuff done they will be upset
too.

its like why are you upset biden wont cancel student loan debt the right wing doesnt support that.
 
With the ALEC GOP creating new problems everyday how could any admin fix every problem .........

 
Voted for chair, got chair, totally satisfied.
 
its funny how people complain about 13 soldiers dying in afghanistan but when its covid killing people they dont give a ****.
all the sudden they are concerned about human life? give me a break.
 
biden isnt a progressive thats the issue to even call his agenda far left is a joke
he couldnt even pass his moderate agenda because of joe manchin.

according to republicans everything is far left they would probably even call other republicans far left
some people are calling fox news far left its not right wing enough for them.

the whole issue is anything slighlty left wing or moderate is seen as far left.
 
what progressives support the vast majority of america supports and the moderates in the democratic party
since they are against that they lose and then they blame the progressives when moderates lose.

the issue is the moderates are the enemy not the progressives.

progressives would fight they would get alot done and then republicans
couldnt say "see nothing got done" biden not wanting to fight for his agenda
him not wanting to cancel student loan debt will make people not like him
if he just cancelled student loan debt and did these things people would support him
progressives ideas arent the enemy dont be scared of it most people support free college
just do something im sick of congress blocking everything biden make some
executive orders to legalize abortion in texas make a executive order to
cancel student loan debt see what happens when you elect a moderate
they wont fight.
 
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