Quote (InsaneBobb @ Jul 14 2022 11:17am)
Multiple things. Starting from how he operates his Administration. He ramrods shit through, and every time he's shot down in Courts, he just rewords the exact same thing and does it again. He's not "slightly left of center". He doesn't fall on the political compass at all. His stance is whatever will gain him more wealth and power. The guy has what... 40 years in public office? His stance on things is very clear: Grifter.
He's thrown himself into globalism and green new deal politics because the payoffs have made his family multi millionaires and kept his son out of serious legal trouble. He's done many many "things" at this point. Your portrayal of him as some "middle of the road guy" was never true. He's the kind of cancer that's been rotting our political system from the inside out for decades all for personal gain, and his "approval ratings" are clear evidence of just how much the people he swore to serve appreciate his policies. Where you were cautioning that Bernie would cause a red wave because he's too "radical", I'd say the Bernie approach would have been far less radical, and far less damaging to the every day American.
When wealth and power is your only religion, the people suffer.
bernie in office pushing for medicare for all, cancelling student debt by EO, and approving massive green new deal policies would be less radical than standard pragmatist centrism and corrupt ukrainian dealings biden did years before taking office?
so far bidens globalism is continuing to sell guns to ukraine, while also approving the sales of US oil reserves. bidens green new deal shit was ineffectual EPA bolstering we havent even seen really carried through.
IMO you self identify as nearer to center than you are and therefore forget centrism is mostly about pragmatic deal making, not actual middleground stances on political issues. center = get shit done, not sit around and say "both sides have a point" while nothing gets done lol.
so far you have:
1. biden isnt center because i define center and stuff he did mostly before being potus breaks that definition
2. he's green new deal because of 1 small move that hasnt done much
3. he's damaging to american lives because inflation and hmmm surely there must be more
do you have actual links to where i said he'd operate his admin differently? i do vaguely remember thinking he'd work with legislature more due to years there and relationships with mitch and co. other than that i dont feel incorrect about anything tbh lol. no part of the biden presidency has surprised me.