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Botany

(70,422 posts)
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 08:45 AM Oct 2021

Joe Biden is doing a great job and he has put together the best team I have ever seen.

The supply chain problems are not his fault but he is still working to fix it.

Republican obstructionists and 2 bought off Democratic Senators are not Joe's fault but he is still
working to get things done that the American people want to get done.

An ISIS suicide bombing in Afghanistan was not his fault but still he did the right thing in getting
us out of that unending war and pulled off the largest international airlift/evacuation in history.
The Taliban was escorting Americans and our allies to the airport and we did not lose one American.

Joe is not responsible for misinformation on Fox and the like along with Russian backed misinformation
on Facebook telling people that their free DUMBS are being hurt by getting a life saving vaccine and
trying to stop a global pandemic. Many republicans and their wealthy backers actively want the C-19
nightmare to keep going because they think that it will keep them in power because of a very Machiavellian
use of "chaos theory."

Joe is not responsible for the violence and brutal poverty in Central America that is MAKING people flee
their homelands and try to come here. However he has Kamala working on those tough issues with those
governments and international agencies and she is doing it quietly because that is what grown ups do.

Joe and Kamala have put together and are still building a new and very diverse Democratic party that will
be a juggernaut which will crush the republicans in most states in '22 & '24 if we get out and work. Joe's
got our backs so can we have his back?


BTW Joe is responsible for Jen Psaki and her daily ass kicking of turds like Doocy.



Jen's M.O., stupid question ... Then she does her head tilt, half smile, flips hair, nuclear powered laser beams from her
eyes (which we can't see), and then she drops the hammer. I want to have her children.

BTW I think this is a good time for me to take a break from DU for "a little bit."

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Joe Biden is doing a great job and he has put together the best team I have ever seen. (Original Post) Botany Oct 2021 OP
The economy! Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #1
Enjoy your break, but hurry back. niyad Oct 2021 #2
He needs to fire Garland, though. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #3
If our justice system moved faster, Garland would already have tfg behind bars. KS Toronado Oct 2021 #6
Agreed. M.G. do your job or move over and make room for someone who will. usaf-vet Oct 2021 #7
He won't fire him Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #8
Unfortunately, Garland is his man BeyondGeography Oct 2021 #11
He makes us look weak. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #15
He is doing his job. Attorneys General do NOT tip off everything they're doing and they don't.... George II Oct 2021 #14
And that's the thing jmowreader Oct 2021 #20
I wonder how many people complaining about AG Garland are watching this hearing... George II Oct 2021 #23
To date 684 people have been charged & investigations into... CaptainTruth Oct 2021 #21
K&R Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2021 #4
On DU, we often can't resist comparing Biden's admin to the former shit-show 70sEraVet Oct 2021 #5
Basically, there are a lot of things that Biden did not break... MrModerate Oct 2021 #9
Please keep your break short. quaint Oct 2021 #10
If only folks DownriverDem Oct 2021 #12
+ 1,000 pazzyanne Oct 2021 #13
thanks for the positive post RussBLib Oct 2021 #16
Very well said, history will remember the Biden administration well PatSeg Oct 2021 #17
I have taken a break in the past, but not recently DFW Oct 2021 #18
K&R spanone Oct 2021 #19
Thank you! 2Gingersnaps Oct 2021 #22
I agree that Joe Biden has put together a great team LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #24
Kick Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #25
The doom and gloomers...Grrr LakeArenal Oct 2021 #26

Johnny2X2X

(18,945 posts)
1. The economy!
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 08:59 AM
Oct 2021

He inherited the worst US economy since 1947 for growth, and took over for a President with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover. What he has done in terms of the economy is stunningly spectacular. Experts predicted several years for a recovery and he'll have us back by mid 2022.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
3. He needs to fire Garland, though.
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 09:09 AM
Oct 2021

Garland doesn't seem to give a shit about the terror attack on our democracy.

KS Toronado

(17,121 posts)
6. If our justice system moved faster, Garland would already have tfg behind bars.
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 09:28 AM
Oct 2021

But our legal system says get all the peons first and move slowly up the ladder, and he's at the top.

usaf-vet

(6,156 posts)
7. Agreed. M.G. do your job or move over and make room for someone who will.
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 09:30 AM
Oct 2021

Don't act like Barr v0.5.

Half as bad as AG Barr is not what the country needs.

Elessar Zappa

(13,879 posts)
8. He won't fire him
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 09:39 AM
Oct 2021

unless there’s evidence of malfeasance on Garland’s part. Biden has said that the DOJ will remain an independent institution.

BeyondGeography

(39,339 posts)
11. Unfortunately, Garland is his man
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:03 AM
Oct 2021

Which is why I can’t get behind this OP. While the other side builds momentum based on past fictions, Biden has tried to move on, and choosing Garland—Mr. Don’t Look Back, the norms just need to reassert themselves—was a big part of that. From a political standpoint, it isn’t working and it won’t work.

George II

(67,782 posts)
14. He is doing his job. Attorneys General do NOT tip off everything they're doing and they don't....
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:36 AM
Oct 2021

....hold daily press briefings.

jmowreader

(50,517 posts)
20. And that's the thing
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 11:17 AM
Oct 2021

Busting Trump is going to require serious amounts of work to build a case the Orange Demon can’t lawyer his way out of.

George II

(67,782 posts)
23. I wonder how many people complaining about AG Garland are watching this hearing...
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 11:48 AM
Oct 2021

...of the House Judiciary Committee at this very moment.

He's answering many of the questions these people are asking OR giving sensible, logical reasons why he can't (mostly "it's an ongoing investigation&quot

CaptainTruth

(6,567 posts)
21. To date 684 people have been charged & investigations into...
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 11:21 AM
Oct 2021

...the roles of higher-level politicians are underway. To me it looks like a big shit is being given.



70sEraVet

(3,471 posts)
5. On DU, we often can't resist comparing Biden's admin to the former shit-show
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 09:28 AM
Oct 2021

That's a disservice to the fine work of Biden/Harris.
If only they had the complete support of their own party.

 

MrModerate

(9,753 posts)
9. Basically, there are a lot of things that Biden did not break...
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 09:43 AM
Oct 2021

But he's willing to try to fix them anyway.

DownriverDem

(6,223 posts)
12. If only folks
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:19 AM
Oct 2021

knew how our government works, Biden's numbers would be much higher. It's so clear that the blame of holding things up belongs with the repubs.

pazzyanne

(6,541 posts)
13. + 1,000
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:33 AM
Oct 2021

Couldn't agree more with your post, Downriver Dem! I have friends and family I keep in touch with via Facebook, so I do get a smattering of anti-Biden memes. Then I post a respectful set of facts refuting misinformation such as you did in your post today, and I thank you for it!

It hurts my heart when DUers display similar lack of civic information, and then that healthy dose of facts are needed. Research and facts are badly needed in today's world, imho!

RussBLib

(8,999 posts)
16. thanks for the positive post
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:44 AM
Oct 2021

there are many good things going on, if people can see thru the haze and muck that is constantly thrown up all over the place by FOX and bots and impatient Dems.

PatSeg

(47,168 posts)
17. Very well said, history will remember the Biden administration well
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:47 AM
Oct 2021

When we are right in the middle of anything, people tend to miss the bigger overall picture. This is an amazing administration and we are very fortunate.

DFW

(54,253 posts)
18. I have taken a break in the past, but not recently
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:51 AM
Oct 2021

I would not let the shriller voices drown out your own. Yes, there are the one-trick ponies (for trolling Republicans, that's "pony's" in Republicanese) with their own agendas, as if no others were worthy of consideration. One can ignore the posts without ignoring the posters (my personal preference, anyway). You never know when someone you thought you had no time for might unexpectedly have something interesting to say.

If a post has the word "corporate" or "corporatist" or "capitalism" in it, I just pass over it. If it has nothing but Bernie Sanders quotes, or praise for Nina Turner or anyone who supports her, I just pass over it. When the personal attacks on me for something I had (in my mind) not done got me in trouble, I bowed out for half a year, but that was in 2016, and it hasn't happened since (either that, or I was too stupid to take note of it).

By the way, I'm with you all the way on Jen Psaki--I think she is the best White House press secretary I have ever consciously been aware of, and I knew Pierre Salinger personally (he was an almost-neighbor, and was at the house visiting my dad a few times). That's how far I go back. Jen Psaki is what I think Aaron Sorkin originally had in mind for The West Wing, but figured anyone as good as she could never really exist in real life.

2Gingersnaps

(1,000 posts)
22. Thank you!
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 11:44 AM
Oct 2021

Leave it to a working class Irish guy to take no crap and make no excuses, just get to work and give it his all. It's not Hollywood, it is not team sports, it is not the dung heap of reality TV, it's Civics.

LakeArenal

(28,785 posts)
26. The doom and gloomers...Grrr
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 08:26 PM
Oct 2021

Some think Biden and the others have no plans to handle anything.

“Biden needs to...” comments are hilarious and annoying at the same time.

“It’s reality....!!” Really ? Whose reality?
Your dire opinion is not my reality.

I still support Biden. I don’t have any expectations that he will make things worse. I have expectations that he will salvage and improve on the mess Republicans continue to create.

Before he was elected some folks were stating it will take years to undo trump damage. Now he’s elected he’s moving to slowly. 🙄

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