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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 days ago

Not hard enough.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Joe, I get it, but the path forward was clear. Execute Trump, Roberts,Thomas, Barrett, and beer boi, and a handful of Senate and house GOP members for treason, as an executive act.

Someone would take it to the supreme Court, in the remaining liberal justices, since they have a respect for the law, would make the pretty obvious ruling that according to previous rulings what Joe Biden did wouldn't have been illegal at the time. But that moving forward no US president is allowed to violate the law as part of their official duties, at least concerning US citizens.

Then Biden can appoint new judges to the supreme Court which will be approved by a now democratic majority house and Senate. That was the play. That was the only way he was going to save the f****** country and he didn't have the balls to do it. So this is no country for old men.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

He went on to add "but I am really happy with presinald Trump's continued support for Israel's genocide. I may not agree with him on everything, but at least he understand how important it is to slaughter Palestinians!"

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

“Being a good father,” Biden said.

Do good fathers exonerate their children for corruption?

I recognize that Hunter was a target of right-wing lawfare, but I maintain that a blanket parden of all 'nonviolent crimes' for over a decade is the wrong tool for the job.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

If it wasn't trump coming in next I doubt he would have done it.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It was to protect him from the crazy MAGA lunatics, if it wasn't a blanket pardon the right would have manufactured something to get him with. There are plenty of things to criticise Biden for, but this is something I believe any parent would have done in that situation, and its completely fair and the right thing to do.

MAGA is not and will never play fair.

See, that's the thing: I know it was against any arbitrary charges that were known to come, but as you say - MAGA won't hold themselves to reason, so rational preemption won't work. And the actual crimes Hunter was convicted of during that time were absolved. All after Biden Sr avowed he would not pardon him.

I don't have children, so I cannot fault his devotion to his kid, but I still feel that justice was not (and maybe could never be) had, and that the position and responsibility of president and presidential pardon were severely cheapened as a result.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 218 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

You failed to do the one thing that mattered, Biden, which was replace Garland and make sure that someone actually put Trump's ass behind bars as well as his enablers like Musk, Bannon, Miller, and so on. (Seriously, how was the stuff in Project 2025 not enough to hit people with fucking conspiracy, racketeering and sedition charges?) Instead you slow walked this shit and it's literally entirely your own fucking fault that we're in this mess. Especially your unwillingness to stick with your original promise of being a one-term President and allowing the Democrats to have an actual primary, instead once again snatching actual choice out of the hands of the people and anointing a new candidate instead. How many fucking times has that failed now, dipshit?

I got zero sympathy for this blithering bitching idiot. Go cry about your legacy more, chucklefuck. We're facing out of control fascism because you were a pussy and didn't want to "lOoK PoLiTiCaL."

[–] Xulai@mander.xyz 89 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly, this.

But wait, there’s more…

Enabling a genocide- something all the candidates were going to do anyway- is deeply unpopular.

Supporting Israel at the expense of US citizens isn’t okay under any circumstances or leader. It is time to end this farce; the only folks who don’t listen are the ones being paid not to.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 82 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It was especially stupid because he was dealing with Netanyahu, who clearly was making decisions to make Biden look bad and enable Trump. As if Trump and Netanyahu aren't exactly the fuck alike, both total criminals looking for power to avoid paying for their criminal activities.

So, on top of enabling a fucking genocide, it was also crassly politically fucking stupid to try to be wheeling and dealing with a guy who once again clearly supported Trump and would fuck Biden over to get Trump a win. Biden is a fucking a buffoon.

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 180 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Shut the fuck up, Biden. When the Supreme Court made a president a king, you had the chance to remove ALL of these traitors as an official presidential action and you still chose the high road.

So just enjoy your dementia in peace.

[–] schema@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Darth Brendon entering the SC building with a shotgun as an official act to showcase how stupid that SC decision was would have been the best timeline.

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[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 141 points 1 week ago (11 children)

His presidency will be remembered not for what he did, which was mostly good, but for what he did not do. His legacy will be viewed similarly to Hoover's. Both were principled men who, when faced with a serious problem, could not find it in themselves to deal with it.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Dear god, Hoover was a monster and a criminal. He is known in particular for how unprincipled he was. From casually violating human rights at a national scale to targeting civil rights leaders, to blackmail and terrorism, he established the playbook that modern totalitarians like Trump continue to abuse today.

Using Hoover and Biden in the same breath, let alone calling a monster like Hoover “principled” is beyond the pale.

Edit: Ignore this rant. I was thinking J Edgar Hoover, notorious leader of the BOI/FBI, not former president Herbert Hoover who was absolutely a forgettable milquetoast president like Biden. Though Biden didn’t murder and tear-gas our own unemployed veterans, so he does have that going for him.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Herbert Hoover sucked ass too, they weren't called Hoovervilles because he did such an amazing job of stewardship and not being a racist.

What's funny is how much accidental overlap there actually is between them. Principled my ass lmao.

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Perhaps principled wasn't the best term I could have used. It was meant in terms of their philosophy of the role of government. There's no question that Herbert Hoover prioritized that over helping people.

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Oh, dear god. You’re right. Ha. That’s actually a very apt comparison.

I complain about J Edgar too much and forgot Herbert Hoover even existed, as I am sure history will forget about Biden.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I was so confused until I got to the edit.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago (1 children)

no you didn't, dumbass. we knew this was coming and you did nothing to prevent it.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Yep he should have had trump and all these ilk in jail, but nope.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why didn't you aggressively pursue the criminal terrorist known as Taco when you could do something about it?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He should have had all those traitors rounded up on Day One, and held at Guantanamo for their roles on Jan 6, and as National Security threats in general.

Instead, he appointed the weakest Republican in existence as AG, who dithered and slow-walked the investigation, and gave the MAGA traitors a 2 year head start on the election.

The Democrats are as responsible and complicit in the MAGA rise to power as the Republicans themselves.

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[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fuck off, Joe. Nobody wants to listen to you anymore. Thanks again for giving us Trump 2.0 you senile, vain, self-centered piece of shit.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 42 points 1 week ago (9 children)

You had the SCOTUS authorization (presidents can't do crimes if it's "party of their duties") to arrest Trump and make him go away, but instead we now live in the Fascist States of America. The GOP are domestic terrorists, but her, at least you can die sun knowing you played by the rules. Go to hell old man.

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 38 points 1 week ago

Well you didn't work hard at all on prosecuting traitors even after the supreme court handed you a golden ticket to do official acts so this mess is your fault bud. Take comfort that you won't have to live long with the consequences of your failures just like the rest of the geriatrics in your party that won't get the fuck out of the way.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 29 points 1 week ago

The genocide that he worked hard to not only fund but to also shield from both domestic dissent and international intervention seems to still be going strong. So Biden's work wasn't all for naught.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The American people want a failed reality host who puts on a Plain Folks act while despising the people who worship him. They want an end to education, Social Security, Medicare, and our national public spaces. They want women, LGBTQ, and nonwhites to be second-class citizens. They want violence and torture, because it's Strong.

This is the new America. You're not part of it, Joe.

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The thing is that they don't want an end to those services in reality.

They want an end to the imaginary concept of those services as sold to them by the GOP and corporate media.

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[–] ludicolo@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Holy fuck the ass cancer cannot take this guy from the earth quick enough.

Maybe you should have worked harder. idiot. Shit got busted overnight so that work was, as we in the biz say, a shit job. Never forget the Democrats witheld a primary because this corpse was their guy. Never forget when this corpse was lugged out of the race Kamala did diddly squat to distance herself from the corpse's policies. Hell she even adopted some of her opponent's policies (no tax on tips anyone?). Don't ever forget how bernie and aoc lied as well telling us this corpse was cognizant to make a ceasfire, when no talks lf that were happening at all. What about the new reports of the biden administration down playing the east palestine ohio train chemical crash? That happened like soon after the rail strikes got crushed by none other than the corpse himself. Remember though he was the most pro union corpse the oval office has seen!

FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING I SAID, REMEMBER THE CRUMBS HE GAVE YOU. THOSE TASTY, TASTY CRUMBS.

May he have a painful death.

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[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 23 points 1 week ago

Yeah he can eat shit. A genocidal war criminal both at home and abroad.

[–] match@pawb.social 22 points 1 week ago

should've retired a year in

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You sure did Biden... 50 years ago. Should've never run for reelection

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Democrats should have never pulled Biden out of retirement.

The problem, the core problem, was never Biden.

Democrat Party leadership said yes to Biden. That was the problem. That is still the problem. The problem did not go away.

All the not-Republicans need to pick a leader now. Before one is chosen for you. Again. Clock's ticking.

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[–] AntOnARant@programming.dev 14 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Why all the hate for Biden? It’s trump and the republicans that have created this situation, isn’t it?

[–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Biden had so many chances to change the path we are on today. And he squandered every single one of them.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago

This. At the very least, he could have expanded the SC to 13 and named a bunch of new judges. But nah.

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Honestly, because we had clear expectations for Biden when he was elected.

Close the inhumane border camps.

Deal with Covid.

Prosecute trump and his collaborators litany of crimes.

In the end, he went 0/3 on those. His legacy is one of shirked responsibility.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago

Is he actually this stupid? He can't actually be this stupid, can he?

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Biden’s been out of office six months and still r2o can’t move on.

I wish he was still president or that the American people voted in Harris so that they and the world would be in a better place.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (31 children)

Never forget Biden was the reason we are in this mess. He should be shamed for the rest of his life and even after that.

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