this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
43 points (87.7% liked)

politics

19834 readers
4873 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can tell you why they picked Biden. He's done so much better than I thought he would, I don't agree with everything but he's side stepped a lot of things that could have gone poorly.

  • He's elderly and Americans love/need a father figure, especially after a failed coup.
  • He knows how to get things done and will even make shitty deals to do it. Unfortunately, that's a good thing in the long run.
  • He didn't get emotional or respond to trump's bait at all. He just quietly dismantled everything trump has built up, including trump's army of domestic terrorists and/or nazis.
  • Trump has actually been indicted and arrested in some cases for a small part of his criming.
[–] Cabrio 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The US needs an 80 year old 'father figure' because half it's populace are 40 year old children. 54% of American adults read below a 6th grade comprehension level, that's a lot of 12 year olds in adult bodies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

America has definitely been dumbed down while we have the world's information at our fingertips. It's wild to watch.

[–] Cabrio 3 points 2 years ago

Hell, just look at how many people comment objectively wrong things when the answer was one Google search away, and it's not just trolls.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Im happy with him just for the no surprises act, clean energy focused budget, and getting the irs to provide tax prep.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I think he's going under the radar as one of our best presidents. I'm guessing we'll look back at it with fondness but for some reason no one is paying attention to how well he's doing. I don't like his border policies or that he kept that schmuck at the post office on, but from everything else I know about, he's been great.