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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm happy Joe pardoned Hunter and would be fine if that's his last official act in office. He owes the party nothing.
This is how the 'party' has thanked him for fifty years of public service and support.
Honestly - the Pelosi's/Clyburn's/Klobuchar's etc should be ashamed of themselves. Keep throwing
knives until the guy leaves. That's UNITY!
XanaDUer2
(14,441 posts)Autumn
(46,609 posts)attacked, smeared and hounded for eight years. What were those Dems doing about that?
onecaliberal
(36,227 posts)newdeal2
(1,108 posts)Thats where we are right now.
Biden hasnt done revenge. Trump does. Biden is on his way out. Trump on his way in. Biden follows rules and norms. Trump doesnt give a shit about that, only what power will allow.
Any politician with an ounce of brains can figure what the future may hold. And with all due respect, the republicans want it, and many of the dems lack conviction. When things start to go poorly, there will be a split in our party, between the ones that break for the new order out of self preservation and those that find inner conviction despite the likely personal costs.
JI7
(90,803 posts)blaming Biden for what Trump is doing now.
These whores gave Trump a pass and propped him up for the past 8+ years and are now blaming Biden for it.
Easterncedar
(3,633 posts)ecstatic
(34,490 posts)"Owes us nothing," is not how it works. He's still president until January 19th.
Biden's AG was a complete disaster and did not protect us at all from rightwing lawlessness and terrorism. He has a limited period of time to put things in place to protect us now. If he's depressed or angry, step aside and let Kamala Harris step up.
Autumn
(46,609 posts)She lost her chance to do anything about trump.
niyad
(120,528 posts)Biophilic
(4,937 posts)The media is totally unreliable and the White House and others are hopefully busy doing what they can to help us remain a democracy. His team has done yeoman work over the last 4 years and there is no reason to think they are different. Yeah, the AG sucks, but the rest have been steady and busy. The fact that the out in the public eye politicians appear to be looking to work with trump and his team may be camouflage and it may be political creatures playing political games. They make me angry, but I'm viewing all this from such a distance that it's hard to see through the rain of misinformation.
GoCubsGo
(33,126 posts)All that's needed is for him to sign it into the Registry. What are you waiting for, Joe?
Polybius
(18,226 posts)And he probably is right.
Democrats are not going to win until we stick together and "get it together" We are forever self sabotaging
Iggo
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Thats what he signed up for. No president to date is owed popularity or pleasant words from any citizen. Thats not any part of the deal they make when they decide to run for president.
That may change soon. But for now.
patphil
(7,070 posts)He should also have the FBI pursuing background checks on all the creep show candidates Trump has already announced he's going to put in his administration.
These are two parting gifts President Biden can give to the American public.
2naSalit
(93,203 posts)That not only is it the apparent fate of a Democratic leader, it's also the fate of a Scorpio.
He could cure cancer, poverty, global climate crises and make everyone a millionaire and they'd still kick him to the curb at the first opportunity.
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johnnyplankton
(456 posts)if anybody thinks he would have beaten Trump "if only we'd left him alone," is delusional. His best days are far behind him.
Midwestern Democrat
(832 posts)replacing Biden with her or just about ANY establishment Democrat was far preferable to just letting a landslide loss happen - which would have resulted in carnage to the Democratic down ticket. I'm afraid I have to give the Democratic Party an F for how they handled the 2024 election - they just let the Biden situation go on for far too long.
wryter2000
(47,564 posts)The Bidens put up with Republican sh*t for years. "Biden crime family." Give me a break.
All of those people know no one would have been pursued for those charges like Hunter B was if his name hadn't been Biden. We all thought it would be over when Trump lost. But that didn't happen. It would be wrong and plain stupid for Joe to leave his son in jeopardy. Do Pelosi et al. want to leave Hunter to the tender mercies of the "Rule of law"? They can't be that cruel. At least, I don't want to believe they're that cruel.
mucholderthandirt
(1,198 posts)I want him to push presidential power as far as he can, since the Supreme Court said Trump is a-okay no matter what he does.
Come on, Joe. Give 'em Hell, and if you can't give 'em Hell, make them wish that was the worse they could have hoped for. Just over a month to go, I bet Biden can get creative. He has nothing to lose.