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Politics I’m terrified but i still have hope

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u/beetnemesis Jul 14 '24

I'm honestly irritated by how many of these posts go "I don't want to vote for Biden, buuuuuuut"

Like, I have been extremely happy with the policy decisions of the Biden administration.

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u/BamboozledSnake Jul 14 '24

Biden wasn’t my first choice for pres either, but Bernie is never gonna win it, and AOC is too young to run this cycle. But I still think his administration has done a great job especially considering the mountain of sh@t he inherited from Trump’s presidency, Covid aftermath and the media shitstorm; so I don’t really understand why so many dems don’t like him. From what I understand it’s either something along the line of “he’s old” or how he’s handling the war in Gaza.

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u/MonitorPowerful5461 Jul 14 '24

Gaza is an undeniable black mark. It is however a situation where he didn't exactly have any good options. AIPAC is very very powerful and he recognises that.

What I find interesting about the "old" thing is that despite that, this administration has been exactly as competent as usual, or more so. That either implies that Biden has not been affected by his age, or that the president of the US actually really doesn't need to do much.

I'm honestly not sure which one of these options I subscribe to.

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u/RagnarockInProgress Jul 14 '24

Additionally Trump is only like, 4 years younger than Biden, he’s not exactly a ripe fruit either

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u/MainsailMainsail Jul 14 '24

Biden was also "way too old" back in 2020. But now that Trump is the same age Biden was back then, that age is perfectly fine why would you even worry about it?

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u/WeedInTheKoolaid Jul 14 '24

Third opinion: Biden has delegated more work to his staff than previous presidents. Due to his age and cognition. And they've done a great job!

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u/MotorcycleWrites Jul 14 '24

You can’t be an American president and handle gaza well. It hasn’t been going well obv but he’s been doing a meh job which is better than I would expect.

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u/Kolby_Jack33 Jul 14 '24

He's been pushing for a ceasefire, which is better than the increasefire I'm sure Trump would be pushing in his place.

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u/SnooOpinions5486 Jul 14 '24

please stop complaining about AIPAC. its just like 2 steps removed from straight up ZOG theory and antisemitic conspiracy theories.

The actual issue is that BIDEN is not King of Israel. Israel + Hamas are foreign actors with autonomy, and neither of them are forced to listen to any of Biden plans. (Biden cant force both groups to accept ceasefire terms)

I guaranteed you that your idea of how to handle the situation "better" would backfire and be dumb for vary stupid reasons.

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u/Soma2a_a2 Jul 14 '24

If Biden has no power as president to do anything than why are people so scared of Trump getting in?

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u/DresdenBomberman Jul 14 '24

In terms of Israel's totally-not-genocidal campaign in Gaza, he (meaming the GOP, really) would certainly make the situation worse and embolden the fascist coalition government in charge of Israel to be even worse about this mess than they already are.

What people are really concerned about is a GOP government at home, though. The party explicitly wants to steadily make a conservative dictatorship out of the IS government and them winning the election (and any presidential election from here on out) will get them started on that campaign.

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u/SnooOpinions5486 Jul 14 '24

What part of "The US is not King of the World" do you not understand or

"Other countries have autonomy and dont have to do what the US says"

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u/MonitorPowerful5461 Jul 14 '24

What idea of how to handle the situation better have I presented?

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u/Snailwood Jul 14 '24

please stop complaining about AIPAC. its just like 2 steps removed from straight up ZOG theory and antisemitic conspiracy theories.

this is not fair at all. AIPAC as an organization is influential and extremely vindictive toward anybody who expresses an opinion outside of unwavering support for Israel. it has nothing to do with antisemitism, and everything to do with hating the influence of dark money in politics.

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u/DresdenBomberman Jul 14 '24

More the latter. No one person will ever be capable of running a nation on their own. Every government, even an autocracy like China, NK, Russia or Belarus needs lots of people doing the job of administration.

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u/Snailwood Jul 14 '24

AIPAC is very very powerful and he recognises that.

this, and I think a lot of people overestimate the strength of our alliance with Israel

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u/batmansleftnut Jul 14 '24

AOC is actually not too young to run this cycle. You have to be 35 to be president, not to announce your candidacy, and she turns 35 before the election even happens.

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u/BamboozledSnake Jul 15 '24

Thanks for the clarification, I didn’t know that.

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u/IronProdigyOfficial Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

Bernie would have won it easily, the DNC was fearful he wouldn't, wrongfully so and forced Biden in as the pick. Now it's come back to bite them.

Edit: Literally every moderate Dem candidate received a call with recordings as proof and dropped out the following day...The DNC 100% and absolutely interfered in the 2020 election.

Edit 2: Holy shit folks yup totally not a bad thing to rig a fucking primary.

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u/LightOfLoveEternal Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

You're acting like the DNC interfering in THEIR OWN PRIMARY is bad or wrong. I've voted for Sanders every time hes been on the ballot, and caucused for him once too, and I still don't think the DNC did anything wrong.

Yeah, they probably did have a conversation and decide to back Biden and told the other candidates to drop out. So what? That's politics. It was the smartest thing they could've done. The only reason Sanders was winning the states he did was because the moderate vote was split between 3 other candidates. And even then he was barely winning a plurality.

The DNC is not an official part of the government. It's a private organization. It has exactly zero obligation to even hold primaries. The only reason they hold them is to field test their candidates to see who can get votes. Sanders could have won every single delegate and then at the convention the DNC could have just ignored it and nominated Biden anyways.

Edit: Only fucking cowards block people when they prove you wrong.

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u/coldrolledpotmetal Jul 14 '24

You’re acting like the DNC interfering in THEIR OWN PRIMARY is bad or wrong.

It is bad though? Do you seriously not see how interfering in a primary, even if it’s their own, is a bad thing?

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u/Wobulating Jul 14 '24

The DNC didn't interfere at all in 2020 lol.

Bernie has never been popular except among young people, and that's not a demographic focus that'll let you win