Biden's Legacy

[Politruk]

e split the country into tribal adversarial factions, he was a disuniter not a uniter. He pit progressive democrats against conservative republicans every step of the way, touting that MAGA was a threat to democracy.

That wasn't Biden's doing!

And then there’s the lawfare and weaponization of the justice system. Total failure.

And that's just a lie.

 

[butters]

Biden strengthened our alliances, got the biggest infrastructure/chips etc bills through despite everything, brought some semblance of normality back to the American Presidency... he has protected people where he could, and had many of his attempted protections (such as educational debt forgiveness) blocked or overturned by an aggressive court system. He has helped build a more diverse court system, brought down the price of certain drugs and named others to be targeted, and oversaw a soft landing for America's economy when headlines were all screaming about a collapse.
He did one hell of a lot with not much and should be remembered as a decent president despite being sandwiched between 2 trump terms.

I particularly admire his being able to push out 99% of the investing-in-America funds before trump could lay hands on them.

Joe Biden pushes out 99% of 'Investing in America' funds before Donald Trump's return

 

[Lazaran]

Biden strengthened our alliances, got the biggest infrastructure/chips etc bills through despite everything, brought some semblance of normality back to the American Presidency... he has protected people where he could, and had many of his attempted protections (such as educational debt forgiveness) blocked or overturned by an aggressive court system. He has helped build a more diverse court system, brought down the price of certain drugs and named others to be targeted, and oversaw a soft landing for America's economy when headlines were all screaming about a collapse.
He did one hell of a lot with not much and should be remembered as a decent president despite being sandwiched between 2 trump terms.

I particularly admire his being able to push out 99% of the investing-in-America funds before trump could lay hands on them.

Joe Biden pushes out 99% of 'Investing in America' funds before Donald Trump's return

And President Biden made sure more of that money went to "Red States" than "Blue States", so it will be very difficult for President Musk (and DonOld, etc) to undo those investments.

 

[Bn2f]

Biden strengthened our alliances, got the biggest infrastructure/chips etc bills through despite everything, brought some semblance of normality back to the American Presidency... he has protected people where he could, and had many of his attempted protections (such as educational debt forgiveness) blocked or overturned by an aggressive court system. He has helped build a more diverse court system, brought down the price of certain drugs and named others to be targeted, and oversaw a soft landing for America's economy when headlines were all screaming about a collapse.
He did one hell of a lot with not much and should be remembered as a decent president despite being sandwiched between 2 trump terms.

I particularly admire his being able to push out 99% of the investing-in-America funds before trump could lay hands on them.

Joe Biden pushes out 99% of 'Investing in America' funds before Donald Trump's return

Oh, look!
My dear butters has posted here for one hour now and not a rats peep is to be seen or heard from the mofos who find it fit to drop her name for undue clout!

 

[ll74]

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Please stop posting to this thread. You have not contributed and instead are just being an annoying fuck.

 

[jomar]

I'm incredibly disappointed in Biden.

Once again, the man who told us all about the danger to democracy that exists in the upcoming administration has provided his successor with the ammunition to do whatever he wants and expects that we should blame 45/47 for it.

His legacy will include providing cover for the shit that we will get for the next guy. He has given him excuse after excuse and still believes his shit doesn't stink.

People who excuse this behavior are not worthy of response...fuck off.

Please elaborate. Not sure what you’re talking about here

 

[ll74]

Please elaborate. Not sure what you’re talking about here

Biden's preemptive pardon is unprecedented (Nixon is not the same thing)

And now 47 can preemptively pardon others just as he did and when people complain, he can point to Biden ..

Biden broke through norms.

That's how things work

 

[jomar]

Biden's preemptive pardon is unprecedented (Nixon is not the same thing)

And now 47 can preemptively pardon others just as he did and when people complain, he can point to Biden ..

Biden broke through norms.

That's how things work

Ah, yes lots of norm breaking has certainly been happening since trump first won the presidency. I don’t blame Biden for doing so. And I think trump would do it under his own circumstances whether Biden did it first or not.

What does sadden me is that we’re at this point.

 

[ll74]

Ah, yes lots of norm breaking has certainly been happening since trump first won the presidency. I don’t blame Biden for doing so. And I think trump would do it under his own circumstances whether Biden did it first or not.

What does sadden me is that we’re at this point.

There is no excuse for breaking the norms. People saying "well we needed to because Trump" are actually doing exactly what authoritarians do......they declare emergencies so that they can single handedly do stuff that is not acceptable.

It's wrong no matter who does it

 

[jomar]

There is no excuse for breaking the norms. People saying "well we needed to because Trump" are actually doing exactly what authoritarians do......they declare emergencies so that they can single handedly do stuff that is not acceptable.

It's wrong no matter who does it

Not saying I disagree because we’re now in a fucked up cycle, but for me it’s down the list from trump’s norm breaking, which isn’t over yet

 

[ll74]

Not saying I disagree because we’re now in a fucked up cycle, but for me it’s down the list from trump’s norm breaking, which isn’t over yet

Perhaps. The thread is about Biden's legacy, though.

 

[ll74]

Interesting article by Sarah Isgur. I found the last year and a half to be horrible and completely changed my opinion. His pardons were one of the most heinous abuses of power I've seen in my lifetime.

Joe Biden's Legacy of Lawlessness - Sarah Isgur - The Dispatch https://search.app/R6foCGCXSTvuC7nu8

His “aww shucks,” doddering nature is effective, but Joe Biden’s legacy is not the Restorer of Norms. He is leaving office quietly having caused more damage to the rule of law than arguably any single one of his predecessors.