Democrats really have to comeout and vote.

[ondma]

Bottom line, he looked and acted like it was a surprise with no political road show or anything in the wings. That's what an active politician does. Maybe it's just smoke and mirrors but at least it looks like he has a pulse!
You don't think BS sells? We had four years of it being lapped up.

Yea, things are definitely bad. And no, it is not all Biden's fault. The only thing I really fault him (and the Fed), for, is failure to act quickly enough on inflation, calling it "temporary", when it was accelerating every month, and anybody with a brain could tell it was a serious, continuing problem.

However, Biden simply lacks any kind of presence to establish a rapport with either party, and fair or not, if things are bad, a good politician should at least be able to put a better outlook on things and inspire some hope for things getting better.

Edit: I do also fault him on border policy. He needs to at least address it and let us know what the policy actually is and if any steps are being taken to improve things. As it is, he is getting destroyed by the "open borders" claims and doesnt even seem to address them.

 

[Zorba]

Bernie Sanders was sure fired up on ABC's THIS WEEK news show.

I don't get it. You'd think America would LOVE Bernie and elect him hands down to the presidency. You would think the Americans could realize how right Bernie Sanders is especially when it comes to telling it like it is and getting people to understand why things are sooos soooo bad and will not get any better in the future.
You get what you pay for, and vote for....

And Bernie also would've gotten nothing done, probably much less than Biden.

 

[Brainonska511]

And Bernie also would've gotten nothing done, probably much less than Biden.

Sadly, many people subscribe to the Green Lantern theory of politics, thinking that if someone has enough will, they can just twist arms and get stuff done.

 

[Zorba]

Ask yourself if the Dumpster were POTUS would he have taken a blow of this magnitude without going all scorched-earth on anyone/anything in reach in retaliation?

At the very least you would have to look at his stupid face blabbing about the "injustice" to "Great Americans" or some such nonsense EVERY SINGLE DAY AND people would be eating it up.

We would have a "packed" supreme court and no more filibuster so fast it would make your dang head spin... but instead we have Biden and the joke "status-quo" Democrats doing next to nothing while America goes straight into the $hitter.

Trump shut down the government for over 45 days because he couldn't get wall funding. Trump couldn't get Obama care repealed. Trump couldn't get a infrastructure bill passed.

The only thing Trump could do was get was infinite news coverage of everything he said. Biden can't get any coverage, and when he does it's about how other Dems don't like him.

 

[eelw]

And Bernie also would've gotten nothing done, probably much less than Biden.

Nah he would get Manchin and Sinema to fall in line /s

But people are delusional that getting rid of the old members will make any difference. POTUS AOC would have even more obstruction from the Repugicans. Getting reasonable politicians on the other side, then things will change.

 

[Lezunto]

Joe Manchin is not a Progressive. He simply wants to be be known as this generation's version of Senator No.

Bob Dole played that role once in 1985-96.

Manchin enjoys the limelight and all the angst his position creates. This guy is no fool. He lacks charisma and his anti-human being stances would tick off Mother Theresa.

I want some dimwitted fools to run AOC for President. This clown thinks she is God's Gift to the masses. She is so egotistical that she actually flirted with challenging Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker a few weeks after she was first elected.

Then blinded by a stunned news media and buoyed by half blind dudes who were convinced she is beautiful, this clown decided she was gonna end Donald Trump's government shutdown all by herself.

So, she fixes her hair, puts on some lipstick, calls a press conference and with a few fellow radicals in tow, proceeds to stomp into the Senate's Russell Building looking for Mitch McConnell. Not knowing where she was going, she gets lost and never found him. She claimed he was running away from her.

AOC is too danged presumptuous, thinks she knows everything and has no clue that many Blacks and even Latinos cannot stand her. But she is liked on Social Media because we all know those comments translate into votes.

But c'mon, Progressives, overplay your feeble hand again. Run the Socialist, Defund the Police Witch for President. This is one political stomping I really wanna see.

I will never vote for anyone who thinks reducing the police budget is going to make people safer. It won't. Ask Chicago's Lori Lightfoot.

 

[sportage]

Oh well...
At least we still have freedom of speech, and the freedom of posting.
Something that will go away should Donald Trump succeed in his quest for dictatorship.
AnandTech "may" survive the new Trump America, or maybe not....?
If you don't post pro-Trump in the forums, the Trump police will remove your post, then shut off your internet.
You think I'm kidding?
YOU THINK I'M KIDDING???
Just look into the eyes of Steve Bannon.

If Trump runs for 2024, the fix will be in. All of those republican states will use their new found powers to slide Donald Trump right into the oval office. And why not? They will defend their actions by claiming that Joe Biden stole the first election and thus Donald Trump has a right to steal 2024. And he will. And they will justify this.
So the moment Trump announces for 2024, he's in.
Votes will not matter, ballots will not matter, who the people want will not matter. The fix is in, and all Donald Trump has to do is to announce. Everything else has been set in place.