Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came out in support of President Joe Biden amid growing calls in the Democratic Party for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race.
I actually think he’s a pretty good president, who got a lot done quietly, including getting through some bipartisan stuff (when he didn’t have a majority across both houses) that I don’t think many other people would have managed because he’s gently spoken and not a tub thumping shouter. I think he has a good heart even if his politics are noticeably further to the right than mine.
AOC would be great. She gets it. She understands ordinary people, which is rare in US politics. Biden is pretty good. Not great at all, just pretty good.
I like that he’s not in the news every day (saying something stupid or nasty showing that he doesn’t understand how stuff works or can’t take criticism like Toddler-brained Trump), but the downside of quietly getting on with the job is that people aren’t as aware of what he’s done.
exactly. i don’t think he has a good heart but he definitely did some good things, more so than a lot of presidents, and some of it were things that i thought were impossible in the corporate states of america, like the union stuff.
however, these things are not very exciting to talk about so they don’t get much consistent coverage like the age-related gaffs do, and people don’t have a long memory. and optics matter, especially if you’re a democrat.
sure, a republican can be a racist, traitor, pedo rapist who openly talks about how much he would love to fuck his own daughter, but a democrat can be disqualified for saying “yeah” a bit too loudly (I’m exaggerating Dean’s situation here but there are other ridiculous examples).
and the debate performance… i said this before but he didn’t look old. Bernie looks old. Biden looked dead.
it’s not about the number of years with this guy. he doesn’t look like he’s all there. he also massively fucked up by answering a question about his strongest issue, abortion, and tied it into his weakest, immigration. that’s not just a fumble, that’s throwing.
he also did an interview to assure voters that was a one time thing… and it didn’t look good. he fucked up there too. he was asked what would happen if he stayed in the race and lost and he said “as long as i gave it my all…” – yeah, joe? what? it doesn’t matter? the question is what if your all isn’t enough, joe… and your answer is basically "well i just wanna do it anyway and if it doesn’t work out, i’ll still be satisfied.
I don’t think the lack of coverage of Biden’s accomplishments can be totally blamed on the media. Biden’s team should be communicating more effectively and they just aren’t imo. That’s unfortunately a requirement of the office that Biden is not able to fulfill, especially not in his current state, not to mention both his press secretary and his vice president somehow managing to be just as equally terrible communicators as the demented 80 year old that’s apparently steering the ship.
I actually think he’s a pretty good president, who got a lot done quietly, including getting through some bipartisan stuff (when he didn’t have a majority across both houses) that I don’t think many other people would have managed because he’s gently spoken and not a tub thumping shouter. I think he has a good heart even if his politics are noticeably further to the right than mine.
AOC would be great. She gets it. She understands ordinary people, which is rare in US politics. Biden is pretty good. Not great at all, just pretty good.
I like that he’s not in the news every day (saying something stupid or nasty showing that he doesn’t understand how stuff works or can’t take criticism like Toddler-brained Trump), but the downside of quietly getting on with the job is that people aren’t as aware of what he’s done.
exactly. i don’t think he has a good heart but he definitely did some good things, more so than a lot of presidents, and some of it were things that i thought were impossible in the corporate states of america, like the union stuff.
however, these things are not very exciting to talk about so they don’t get much consistent coverage like the age-related gaffs do, and people don’t have a long memory. and optics matter, especially if you’re a democrat.
sure, a republican can be a racist, traitor, pedo rapist who openly talks about how much he would love to fuck his own daughter, but a democrat can be disqualified for saying “yeah” a bit too loudly (I’m exaggerating Dean’s situation here but there are other ridiculous examples).
and the debate performance… i said this before but he didn’t look old. Bernie looks old. Biden looked dead.
it’s not about the number of years with this guy. he doesn’t look like he’s all there. he also massively fucked up by answering a question about his strongest issue, abortion, and tied it into his weakest, immigration. that’s not just a fumble, that’s throwing.
he also did an interview to assure voters that was a one time thing… and it didn’t look good. he fucked up there too. he was asked what would happen if he stayed in the race and lost and he said “as long as i gave it my all…” – yeah, joe? what? it doesn’t matter? the question is what if your all isn’t enough, joe… and your answer is basically "well i just wanna do it anyway and if it doesn’t work out, i’ll still be satisfied.
I don’t think the lack of coverage of Biden’s accomplishments can be totally blamed on the media. Biden’s team should be communicating more effectively and they just aren’t imo. That’s unfortunately a requirement of the office that Biden is not able to fulfill, especially not in his current state, not to mention both his press secretary and his vice president somehow managing to be just as equally terrible communicators as the demented 80 year old that’s apparently steering the ship.
Thanks. That’s about the most genuine response I’ve had on this issue.