The Biden Presidency Vol. 2

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Year two of the Joe Biden administration start this week. He finds himself with low approval ratings, an ineffective and uncooperative Congress, and a labor and inflation crisis. Not to mention the whole panini pandemic going on. Can he right this ship or will we have two one term POTUS in a row for the first time in 40+ years*? Discuss ITT!

Edit- I forgot Ford and Carter. Also a drab and miserable time in history but at least those guys didn't have a pandemic to worry about!

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

I'd love for Biden to be a one-termer and for the Dems to get some fresh blood up there, but then we have Paul Begala exposing why the Dems lose so often and, well...

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

My best prediction for the next ten years is Biden loses in 2024 to Trump and/or Ron DeSantis. Mid 2020s are a horrifying slog that make the last five years look like the Eisenhower administration and we either elect an actual progressive reformer who'll begin digging us out of the hole in 2028 or continue our ass stumbling descent into a second civil war.

But also I think Biden *is* self aware enough that if he's this (or even more) unpopular this time next year that he will bow out and let someone else run in 2024. Idk if things will necessarily get worse though than they are now. I do think things will get marginally better this year and he'll be able to stabilize approval ratings in high 40s-low 50s before "OMG HOW COULD THE DEMOCRATS LOSE TO THE ASPIRING FASCIST!?" happens again.

 

[BruiserBrody]

I am of the belief that Trump has used up most of his GOP good will. His toadies are either turning heel on him or indicted, the 1/6 Committee should wear some shine off him, and in general sometimes people burn through their political capital faster than others (esp in a wide scale election that isn't gerrymandered to Hillbillies.) Plus Trump's promos have become stale now, with his own audience giving him heat for suggesting science works.
I cite Gov Scott Walker for one. He went from super hero, to Presidential candidate, to losing an election in his own power base within a matter of years.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Americans' political party preferences shifted to Republicans in recent months

More Americans identify as Republicans or lean towards the GOP than prefer Democrats, according to new Gallup data. The shift could portend good news for Republicans in this midterm election year.

www.npr.org

They can't pass voting rights. That can't kill the filibuster. They can't do jack shit. They knew going in they wouldn't be able to do it either so they were just throwing up their hands ready for a defeat.

Biden predicts Russia 'will move in' to Ukraine, but says 'minor incursion' may prompt discussion over consequences

President Joe Biden on Wednesday predicted Russia "will move in" to Ukraine, citing existential concerns by the country's president, Vladimir Putin, even as he acknowledged disunity within NATO over how to respond to a "minor incursion."

www.cnn.com

This was also a huge gaffe. He essentially gave the green light to Russia to invade before trying to take it back after. All of the US allies are freaking the fuck out.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I also think even if Biden manages to grind out a win, I don't think things will be *that* much better from 2025-29. Unless the left stands up and fights back harder than I think we're in for an ugly, ugly decade.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Mark Cuban, Who Endorsed Joe Biden, Laments 'Absolutely Zero Charisma' in Administration

cc @Winter Epicland

 

[snuffbox]

Biden should start dressing like a Saturday morning cartoon character if he wants progressives to start liking him.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

 

[BruiserBrody]

Trump's promos have become stale now

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1484370088467697673

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1484568330967134213

Best way to deal with the Biden administration's ineffectiveness (per his own Press Secretary)...alcohol!

 

[snuffbox]

Demon rum tequila

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1485753654854438916

Um...yes. Yes, we have.

I knew the Republicans would make a mountain out a molehill over Biden calling Steve Doocy’s idiot kid an SOB but the fact it is a minor news story in mainstream media kind of confirms Steve Doocy’s idiot kid is a dumb SOB.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Bridge in Pittsburgh collapses hours before scheduled Biden visit to talk infrastructure | CNN

Ten people were injured when a snow-covered bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed Friday morning, hours ahead of a previously scheduled visit to the city by President Joe Biden to discuss infrastructure.

www.cnn.com

So that's a glaring example of why it was so important that Build Back Better was passed. It's weird to see media blame it on Biden.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

that article isn't blaming biden, it's simply noting he was coming there. It even has quotes from his people saying how it highlights how important infrastructure work biden wants is.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1488091373827883008

I guess it’s nice Gen Z has their own Zell Miller.

 

[909]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1489244091707703306

It's a big club. You aren't in it. Our president is a cuck. When they can't get people to go vote for them, just go look at that.

 

[geniusMoment]

Someone with more video editing skills needs to redo the Golden Girls opening with Biden and Mitch. Maybe throw in Gaetz as the horny neighbor.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Grandma Biden sounds like a real one.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

that's like 70 percent of irish catholics

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Grandma Biden sounds fucking cool

 

[snuffbox]

That's not what Hubert Humphrey would've said

 

[AA484]

'The brand is so toxic': Dems fear extinction in rural US

The Democratic Party's brand is so toxic in some parts of rural America that liberals are removing bumper stickers and refusing to acknowledge their party affiliation publicly.

apnews.com

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Informal assessment from riding around a lot of rural areas in a purple state the last 10 years but there were marginally more Biden signs than Clinton or Obama signs (I wonder white). Democrats' messaging is so fragmented that even the Republican Party's which really only appeals to a increasingly small minority of the population gets more amplified and emphasized. Bernie came closest to getting it right in terms of trying to appeal to the lower class but still never found a way to find broad appeal among BIPOC.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Bernie did well with Latinos. And Biden seems to be losing that voting bloc, as well.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

bUt He HaD nO cHaNcE

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1496206547969527816

SAD!

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Should he not leave after he's finished a press conference? Some of these people are trying way too hard

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1501309570056134661

I'm not going to pretend that Biden isn't a thoroughly mediocre President so far but the mainstream media constantly blaming him for things he has no control over isn't helping.

 

[sfaJack]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1501309570056134661

I'm not going to pretend that Biden isn't a thoroughly mediocre President so far but the mainstream media constantly blaming him for things he has no control over isn't helping.

Doesn't that happen to every President?