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Your legacy is going to be a combination of the worst moments of Neville Chamberlain and Paul von Hindenburg. Nothing else.
God damn.
Somebody crosspost this to NotTheOnion, because...
The craziest part is some people agree with him still
When he said he wasn't ever going to pardon his son, I knew that wasn't true, and so did he. There was no reason to lie, yes it's a political witch hunt, and the only reason they went after him is because of who he was, but he knew that.
That's another reason why I am disappointed in Biden.
The democratic party needs all of its leadership gone, people like Pelosi are keeping the party down at the expense of the American people.
I'm actually of the opinion that he really meant what he said when he promised not to pardon his son. But then after the election I believe he was disappointed with the democratic party and the American public and realized that leaving his son in prison under Trump and a fully Republican Congress was dangerous (he'd already lost all of his other children). And decided to go against his own word. He really had nothing to lose in doing it. And I don't think he gives a damn shit about the Democratic party anymore. I mean, I know I don't.
Man, imagine if magats cared one inch when trump pardoned the straight up crooks Roger Stone et al. Imagine their reaction when he pardons everyone involved in the failed insurrection.
Do you think magats find us more decent and respectable when democrats "tsk tsk"?
Let Biden pardon his son, who gives a shit. It's not like Trump is gonna go "well maybe I won't be a dictator now" if Biden doesn't.
His end is similar to Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Held on too long to power and totally fucked their legacy.
the genocide enablement also didnt help.
As a powerful American I'm sure she did that at some point.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/16/biden-oil-drilling-production/ :
As he campaigned for president in 2020, Joe Biden made a bold promise at a New Hampshire town hall, adding repetition for emphasis: “No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period.” […] The Biden administration has now outpaced the Trump administration in approving permits for drilling on public lands, and the United States is producing more oil than any country ever has.
He kept his word that nothing would fundamentally change.
Yep, Which was another way of saying nothing will fundamentally improve either. Where is that old "Mission accomplished" banner from George W's stupid flight suit speech after desert storm. Biden can reuse that.
He came in from Trump, and left with Trump.
The guy didn't really want to change anything, did he?
Centrists have no platform other than keep everything the same and pretend to do something everyone wants. When it fails, they continue to do nothing. All the while making money with insider trading and running reelection campaigns.
No Biden, your legacy will be that your ego was so big, you let your country fall into fascism rather than relinquish power. He never should have run for 2024, and the DNC should have had an actual primary.
Nothing else he did during his term will end up mattering nearly as much as how it ended.
Senile old man with a giant ego can’t remember what he’s said or what he’s done. A sad state
Green energy, EV investment, union empowerment (inb4), student debt relief marijuana pardons and likely rescheduling, infrastructure, drug price controls, Chips act, PACT act, non-competes banned (by FTC along 'party lines'), pardoning people kicked out of military for being gay, supporting Ukraine, etc, etc.
People saying he didn't do anything have their head in the sand.
Is this where we cue "but he didn't do everything, everywhere, all at once"?
inb4
You lost me the moment you thought the strikes were only about sick days. Look up the unions' demand and you'll see that sick days were only one of many, and Biden still gave them less of those than they demanded.
Edit: Typo.
And then when the amazon strikers were being illegally arrested by the cops the other day Biden didnt do a damned thing.
I think people are more upset about the net change. Marijuana pardons, but he also pardoned someone who embezzled millions, as well as Hunter (after saying he wouldn't). He also showed no sympathy for union workers, like when he signed return to work for striking rail workers.
idk he certainly did some decent stuff, and tried to do even more while being blocked by the other branches, but he broke his word several times.
I'll miss the boring politics as we faceplant back into potus orange haired toadus
It's been fine waking up every day simply concerned about the economy and people experiencing terrible things from afar, soon my morning concerns will include our local immigrants, a christofacist state, political retribution against some of the few politicians with some integrity, a further broken judicial system, broken education, banned abortions, broken social security, further broken health insurance. Ugh
Spare a thought for the persecuted trans people. We need to actively defend the minorities the fascists pick on.
frankly Im more concerned about muslim americans and Palestinians than I am about trans rights.
OK, but trans rights are a serious issue too. I don't see that we have to rank who's more important here. Everyone deserves basic human rights.