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Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Old man who vaguely agrees with my politics and is just mildly disappointing or a literal shit filled dumpster fire? Hmmm tough choice.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (6 children)

How is Biden disappointing? Before he became President he gave every indication of being yet another appeasement-oriented centrist, but he's actually gotten a surprising amount done. Biden has ended up being far better than I expected him to be.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

If you'd told me we could virtually eliminate Russia's army and remove them as a competitor on the world stage for a couple billion bucks with no american troops in 2020 I would have taken that deal any day.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now imagine what he could accomplish if the people in this thread who complain so much actually went out and grassroots volunteered and got some progressives elected in their districts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry. Too busy making petitions asking others to remove Alito from the Supreme Court to do any actual, useful volunteer work.

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

What has he gotten done that you support?

I'm pretty disappointed in the Inflation Reduction Act that actually prints a trillion more dollars.

We need inherent change in the government, we need congress to get off their asses and create good bills. We need to get away from the 4th branch of government.

Not print a trillion more $ that goes to government subcontractors and the top 1%

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, there is an exhaustive list of everything he's accomplished in his term so far; which is a lot.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You listed a lot of legislative issues there. What should the executive branch do for those issues? Veto the Inflation Reduction Act? Not enact bills passed by congress?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Do what it does whenever a Republican is in office: bully the holdouts of their own party standing in the way of their agendas. When Trump's legislative agenda was imperilled, he used Twitter to the point where a whole generation of GOP legislators decided not to run for re-election.

Every time Manchin and Sinema held up his agenda in 2021, he should have been hitting the airwaves and social media every day to single them out BY NAME for holding up what he was elected to do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Before I start, let me say that Biden absolutely has my vote, because the alternative is the end of our democracy.

I'll also say he's away better than I thought he'd be.

But here's how he's a disappointment:

  1. He failed to appoint an attorney general that would give us a special prosecutor to go after Trump for the most egregious case of Obstruction of Justice in the history of the country, as laid out in the Mueller report. This was a matter of national security, should have been the first set of indictments against Trump, and should have happened a couple years ago.

  2. Student loans. Our economic engine requires a strong consumer class... Right now two generations of Americans are drowning in debt, and can't buy goods and services from other Americans. It's hurting EVERYBODY. Biden should be aiming to erase ALL student debt. Instead he's taking half-measures that leave the United States still in crisis. And that's BEFORE we talk about how weak his attempt to do this was, from a legal standpoint.

  3. Healthcare. We are still in crisis. The ACA was supposed to be a first step. Instead, it has been the only step, and Republicans continue to attempt to chip away at it. Why hasn't Biden put out a universal healthcare plan? Or at least a public option? How can we ever make progress when he won't even be the standard-bearer for these ideas?

  4. The Supreme Court was captured by fascist theocrats. Any future moderate (to say nothing of liberal) laws will be struck down by these assholes. Why is Biden not talking about packing the court until it once again reflects the values of the overwhelming majority of Americans?

I could go on, but the jist here is that the United States is in absolute crisis, and like Hillary before him, Biden is the "nothing will essentially change" or "incremental change" candidate. Not acceptable during an emergency.

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

He compromises with the Fascists a little too much for my taste.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I mean he's the only president I'm aware of who just came out and straight called the fascists fascists, and didn't backpedal when the fascists got mad.

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

But when the alternative is literally putting those fascists in office...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Oh for sure. I'll vote for him. Just mildly disappointed I can't vote for someone I really want.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah...

That's what everyone is complaining about.

And why everyone is more upset at the people running the national party who refuse to let Americans have a primary.

The ones who are willing to say "if you dont vote for this 80 year old who lied to you four years, have fun with trump!".

Do t worry tho, progressives will do what we always do and vote for the lesser evil.

Doesn't mean we have to pretend we like it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Progressive candidates lose elections, which is rather the problem here. There aren't as many of you as your online circles would have you believe

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By that logic since world peace hasnt been achieved, we need to give up.

That climate change is still happening, so fuck doing anything about.

That a wealthy ruling class has always existed so it always will.

That children dying of hunger is part of life and we just need to move on.

Is that really the outlook of "moderates"?

If something is bad, just accept it. Nothing will ever improve so stop trying

It really explains a lot

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

This is a nonsensical interpretation of what I've said. If you lose elections, you don't get a say in how the country runs. Progressives aren't popular, and suggesting the system is rigged rather than piss-poor communication and outreach among progressives (combined with a total unwillingness to compromise and the fiery rhetoric that entails) is the reason why.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Hasn't legalized cannabis on a federal level and considering his career long stance on the war on drugs, I don't really expect that he ever would support legalization.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Status quo keeps on truckin' along.

Rich keep getting richer. Poor people? Well, who cares about them anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Use the poors as a cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel.

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

Hey now, the indentured servant class is very important in maintaining quality of life. Of course they care.