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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Joe, I get it, but the path forward was clear. Execute Trump, Roberts,Thomas, Barrett, and beer boi, and a handful of Senate and house GOP members for treason, as an executive act.

Someone would take it to the supreme Court, in the remaining liberal justices, since they have a respect for the law, would make the pretty obvious ruling that according to previous rulings what Joe Biden did wouldn't have been illegal at the time. But that moving forward no US president is allowed to violate the law as part of their official duties, at least concerning US citizens.

Then Biden can appoint new judges to the supreme Court which will be approved by a now democratic majority house and Senate. That was the play. That was the only way he was going to save the f****** country and he didn't have the balls to do it. So this is no country for old men.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

He went on to add "but I am really happy with presinald Trump's continued support for Israel's genocide. I may not agree with him on everything, but at least he understand how important it is to slaughter Palestinians!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Not hard enough.

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

“Being a good father,” Biden said.

Do good fathers exonerate their children for corruption?

I recognize that Hunter was a target of right-wing lawfare, but I maintain that a blanket parden of all 'nonviolent crimes' for over a decade is the wrong tool for the job.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was to protect him from the crazy MAGA lunatics, if it wasn't a blanket pardon the right would have manufactured something to get him with. There are plenty of things to criticise Biden for, but this is something I believe any parent would have done in that situation, and its completely fair and the right thing to do.

MAGA is not and will never play fair.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

See, that's the thing: I know it was against any arbitrary charges that were known to come, but as you say - MAGA won't hold themselves to reason, so rational preemption won't work. And the actual crimes Hunter was convicted of during that time were absolved. All after Biden Sr avowed he would not pardon him.

I don't have children, so I cannot fault his devotion to his kid, but I still feel that justice was not (and maybe could never be) had, and that the position and responsibility of president and presidential pardon were severely cheapened as a result.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

If it wasn't trump coming in next I doubt he would have done it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Didn't uphold the 14th ammendment. That would have solved it all.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Is he actually this stupid? He can't actually be this stupid, can he?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago

Well you didn't work hard at all on prosecuting traitors even after the supreme court handed you a golden ticket to do official acts so this mess is your fault bud. Take comfort that you won't have to live long with the consequences of your failures just like the rest of the geriatrics in your party that won't get the fuck out of the way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Genocide geriatric Joe didn’t prevent a fascist accelerationist takeover of the US.

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

You can only do so much in a democracy within the law. If you ignore the law and Constitution we are seeing now how things can be done instantly, but it's all illegal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I would have had a bullet in his head on January 7th. Damn the consequences.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Why all the hate for Biden? It’s trump and the republicans that have created this situation, isn’t it?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, because we had clear expectations for Biden when he was elected.

Close the inhumane border camps.

Deal with Covid.

Prosecute trump and his collaborators litany of crimes.

In the end, he went 0/3 on those. His legacy is one of shirked responsibility.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Isn't "nothing will fundamentally change" what he said to the donors at a private event? Mission accomplished I guess....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

No idea, I don't really give a fuck about a small quote without context said behind closed doors. I care about what issues were facing the nation, and what was done to solve them.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Biden had so many chances to change the path we are on today. And he squandered every single one of them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

This. At the very least, he could have expanded the SC to 13 and named a bunch of new judges. But nah.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

He's an old fart that does things by the book and does them well with mostly good intentions from an outside perspective. He worked within those confines and got shit done in an adversarial environment. He didn't anticipate the fuck-the-book approach that is now allowing trump to flagrantly ignore the constitution.

Had he known he may have reoriented his strategies. But that's hindsight right? Also fuck him for preventing an actual primary and forcing Kamala on the ticket - that was a known bad approach even without hindsight.

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

Trump did it the first time. Why would any person with common sense not believe he would do that again?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

He didn’t anticipate the fuck-the-book approach that is now allowing trump to flagrantly ignore the constitution

Trump was perfectly transparent about his intentions. If Biden didn't anticipate this he's incompetent and deserves every ounce of hate coming his way.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

He ignored plenty of "by the book" ways to avoid our current situation. And he didn't anticipate the approach that Trump had used for the 4 years prior to his presidency? That just proves he's a terrible president.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Reminds me of an adage:

It takes two to lie: one to lie, and one to listen

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's a bad adage; I wouldn't claim that as a true thing most people believe.

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