Biden's corruption

[Sarin]

Mission accomplished (by others, not me.)

I'm afraid you suffered from CSDF. Critical sarcasm detection failure.

 

[Ferocitus]

I'm afraid you suffered from CSDF. Critical sarcasm detection failure.

Your suggestion that I come up with a better one was cliched and ridiculous - it got what it deserved.

 

[Sarin]

Your suggestion that I come up with a better one was cliched and ridiculous - it got what it deserved.

Your post deserved nothing better. It was about as much constructive criticism as Trump's tantrum.

 

[Senethro]

Haha, boy howdy have events conspired since the opening of this thread to show that even when you have two bad choices, one can be obviously much worse than the other.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Haha, boy howdy have events conspired since the opening of this thread to show that even when you have two bad choices, one can be obviously much worse than the other.

Cue inno and berzerker to explain why biden is still the worst choice because of the war on drugs or something.

 

[Sarin]

Cue inno and berzerker to explain why biden is still the worst choice because of the war on drugs or something.

He's definitely in the bottom half of the list of candidates sorted by quality.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I wasn't happy with the Biden choice (at the time I commented, are the Dems looking to lose the election with a candidate pick from the exact bunch of politicians that created Trump?) but even though expectations are low, lets at least give him the benefit of being president for a while before laying down judgement.

 

[Sarin]

I wasn't happy with the Biden choice (at the time I commented, are the Dems looking to lose the election with a candidate pick from the exact bunch of politicians that created Trump?) but even though expectations are low, lets at least give him the benefit of being president for a while before laying down judgement.

He's not exactly a new guy in the politics. What makes you think that in his advanced age, he'll suddenly turn around and as a president, act completely differently?

I'd be much happier with the US people finally got their act together and started considering other candidates too. Jorgensen and Hawkins aren't exactly inspiring either, but any of them would be much better than this mess.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

He's not exactly a new guy in the politics. What makes you think that in his advanced age, he'll suddenly turn around and as a president, act completely differently?

"but even though expectations are low,"

I do not have the ability to look into the future. But I'm not going to judge his presidency before he gets to be president. I think that's only fair.

Is there a reason you need to have your judgement ready? Is it that important? Why can't it wait?

 

[Sarin]

"but even though expectations are low,"

I do not have the ability to look into the future. But I'm not going to judge his presidency before he gets to be president. I think that's only fair.

Is there a reason you need to have your judgement ready? Is it that important? Why can't it wait?

Because the candidate's competency must be judged by their previous actions to make an informed vote.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Because the candidate's competency must be judged by their previous actions to make an informed vote.

We're not voting. And if we were, the alternative was worse.

 

[El_Machinae]

"Wait to see" was the rallying cry of Trump supporters in 2016. I might say that I even did. Maybe Trump primed me for disappointment when he promised to "act so Presidential" if he won.

 

[Ferocitus]

He's definitely in the bottom half of the list of candidates sorted by quality.

Sorting is tedious and tiresome!
Just put them in a tin, give it a few shakes and, counter-intuitively, the biggest nuts end up at the top.

 

[Berzerker]

Cue inno and berzerker to explain why biden is still the worst choice because of the war on drugs or something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Marie_Johnson

Lets ask her

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war

https://www.chicagotribune.com/poli...0200113-jar75ff5tffe3ifydfws24zqdm-story.html

or those somethings

 

[Patine]

Haha, boy howdy have events conspired since the opening of this thread to show that even when you have two bad choices, one can be obviously much worse than the other.

Wait until the engines of contrived war on flawed casus bellis to enrich big corporations get started again. It's easy to forget that Establishment Democrats and Republicans had REALLY odious, egregious, criminal, unacceptable, and unforgivable aspects to their modus operandi that the four years of Trump dystopia had an included, but underappreciated and underrecognized lessoning of - the engines of unjust war based on lies and for corporate greed! While Trump is horrid and monstrous, his predecessors and successor have a few aces in their traditional repertoire of policy to compete in the "comparative evil," game.

 

[Berzerker]

didn't Elon Musk defend overthrowing the govt of Ecuador for its lithium because we can do what we want?

thats why we're staying in Afghanistan

 

[Patine]

thats why we're staying in Afghanistan

Digging your tomb in the "Graveyard of Great Empires."

 

[Lexicus]

the politics

Being a Senator and being the President are not the same thing.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Was looking for a Biden thread to post this in .... this'll do.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/24/biden-bipartisan-white-house-meeting-471429

Another point of contention has been opposition to some of his Cabinet nominations, which has been at times bipartisan. However, Biden on Wednesday made it clear that he didn’t blame the Senate for the delayed confirmations.

“I blame it on the failure to have a transition that was rational,” Biden told reporters after his remarks. “As you know, previous administrations had a significant number of their Cabinet confirmed before they even were sworn in. That’s the tradition.”

The president and Vice President Kamala Harris had met with eight senators and three House members earlier in the day. The group discussed supply chain issues that have caused problems, such as shortages in semiconductor chips and personal protective equipment needed by health professionals working at the front lines of the pandemic.

Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Michael McCaul, both Texas Republicans, echoed Biden’s comments, describing the meeting to reporters outside the West Wing as “very good” and “very positive.”

“The president was very receptive, as was the vice president,” Cornyn said. “He said, ‘We’re all in.’ We all understand this is important, not only to our economy, but to our national security, because these cutting-edge, high-end semiconductors — they operate on everything from the F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter to our cellphones. So it was very positive.”

See? They're all buddies again

 

[FriendlyFire]

didn't Elon Musk defend overthrowing the govt of Ecuador for its lithium because we can do what we want?
thats why we're staying in Afghanistan

Remember when YOU would bring Obama sending weapons to Syrian "terrorists" non stop ?
Meanwhile Trump sell weapons to Libryan and restarting the civil war gets a pass.

Trump ally Erik Prince violated Libya arms embargo: UN report

The confidential report to the Security Council, obtained by The New York Times and The Washington Post, and partly seen by Al Jazeera, said on Friday that Prince deployed a force of foreign mercenaries and weapons to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, who has fought to overthrow the UN-recognised Libyan government, in 2019.
Prince did not cooperate with the UN inquiry and his lawyer declined to comment to The New York Times, it added.

Then-President Trump in 2019 praised Haftar – who has faced accusations of war crimes – for his role in “fighting terrorism” in Libya.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021...-prince-violated-libya-arms-embargo-un-report