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President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Jan 20, 2021.

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  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Technically, it's not that he has tiny hands, it's that he's "short-fingered."
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 9, 2024
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  2. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    You're dismissing everything he's done as president, and you're doing it because he had one bad night in June despite years of evidence to the contrary.

    Trump is babbling like an idiot, and you never say he should abandon his campaign. But when Biden has a bad hour? Yeah, you go nuts.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Jul 9, 2024
    #87566
  3. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    The biggest difference between the two parties has been on display since the debate. The Democrats who are saying Biden should step aside aren't (to my knowledge) getting death threats, being primaried by a Biden stan, being doxxed or called DINOs. The Democrats are actually able to discuss the pros and cons of Biden running. Compare and contrast that with how the MAGA GOP treats Republicans who dare to not pledge their unwavering fealty to Trump.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Jul 9, 2024
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  4. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Hard to find a media outfit friendlier to Democrats than The Nation. And yet a writer there raises a larger point: If Biden is truly going to battle back from this low point, rallies in middle school auditoriums and handing scripted questions to radio interviewers is playing it too safe to change the race.

    https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/biden-madison-rally-campaign/
     
    dixiehack, Jul 9, 2024
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  5. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    If you are in a "toss-up" to Trump (really, behind in almost all the states that matter), you wonder how far Biden would be behind against a "normal" candidate, one who doesn't have the baggage of Trump. You would think that would register with TeamBiden. Trump had a 34 percent approval rating when he exited the WH. About where Biden is now. Even if his debate performance was ok, and there weren't questions about his cognitive abilities - it shouldn't be a "given" that he gets a free pass on the nomination. LBJ bowed out with similar numbers.
     
    DanOregon, Jul 9, 2024
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  6. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    And what happened after that?

    Jesus Fucking Christ.

    The fucking ahistorical, ignorant shit on this thread ...
     
    Regan MacNeil, Jul 9, 2024
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  7. Octave

    Octave Well-Known Member

    That computes. His base is 34 percent. Eroded since, but within that range.
     
    Octave, Jul 9, 2024
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  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Biden was already going to lose the election prior to that debate. Against Donald Trump. ... who just about anyone who sounds reasonable and is NOT the status quo that a majority of the country can't stand, would be trouncing if we didn't have a nation of idiots and a two-party system that combined with apathy gives us the worst candidates imaginable.

    "Everything he's done as president," isn't winning this election for Joe Biden.

    It's not enough this time around to simply not be Donald Trump. More than half the people in the country feel financially insecure. Millions of full-time jobs have given way to people working multiple gig / part-time jobs to try to make ends meet in the face of prices that have run up dramatically over the past few years. When those people worry at night, it's not about Donald Trump's legal woes or about what a douchebag he is. It's about how much their rent and insurance have run up and how squeezed they are feeling. Being the incumbent in that environment is not a good thing. Even against a BS artist like Donald Trump.

    That is why Biden had a 30-something percent approval rating prior to the debate. He's an unpopular president who needed to kill it during that debate -- it's the reason they scheduled a debate so early, as a hail mary to try to magically gain him some traction. They must have been hoping that Trump would act completely unhinged and it would shift the focus AWAY from Biden and "everything he's done as president."

    The debate did the opposite. And nothing his campaign has done since to stem the bleeding has helped at all.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 9, 2024
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  9. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    He lost to Nixon, but he'd already lost the party. If you think LBJ would have beaten Nixon in '68, well - we will just disagree on that. Evidence says otherwise.
    Hope was a great tagline for Obama, it shouldn't be the entire Biden strategy.
     
    Last edited: Jul 9, 2024
    DanOregon, Jul 9, 2024
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  10. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    Well, it ain't inflation...so it's cool

     
    garrow, Jul 9, 2024
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  11. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    That's the difference between serious (if extremely flawed) political party and a cult of personality.
     
    Big Circus, Jul 9, 2024
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  12. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I thought political correctness was a bad thing?
     
    Baron Scicluna, Jul 9, 2024
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