(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Who the hell are these people and are they as dense and ignorant as they seem? [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-19 President Biden has done a damn good job and he has earned another term! Undoubtedly, this won’t be popular here, but frankly this should be called out. If they refuse to be members of the reality community, then that’s on them and there’s nothing I can do about that. They’ll be responsible for convincing themselves that their poor arguments somehow prevail. The LA Times reveals the ignorance of many in our political party. “In addition to relatively low levels of job approval, a recent CNN poll found just one-third of Americans said Biden deserved reelection. Large shares of Democrats and independents said he did not. In the Monmouth poll, for example, liberals and Democrats younger than 50 were especially keen to see Biden step aside- … Similarly, the state-by-state Morning Consult surveys found that Biden’s low ratings in several battleground states stemmed in part from significant numbers of Democrats disapproving of his job performance. Almost half of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, 45%, said the party would have a better chance of winning the White House in 2024 with someone other than Biden as the nominee, according to an NPR/Marist poll taken in February. A similar share of Democrats, 44%, said in a recent Monmouth University poll that they would like Biden to step aside and allow someone else to run, although there was no agreement on an alternative candidate. Just 25% said they wanted Biden to run again,...” What the actual fuck? President Biden doesn’t deserve re-election? Huh? He passed a shit ton of good legislation despite a very narrow majority including the most serious and consequential climate change legislation in this nation’s sorry history. He had two turncoats in the Senate and zero margin and still got legislation passed that only had the support of all senators who voted for Majority Leader Schumer to be leader. His administration oversaw an economy that created more than 12 million jobs with record breaking deficit reduction, has the lowest unemployment rate in 54 years, near record low unemployment for African Americans and Hispanic unemployment hit a record low last year, and created 800,000 manufacturing jobs. He did what many said was impossible and proof of his naivete by passing good bipartisan legislation. And if you think that Bernie Sanders could have done better, I am going to tell you that you are dead wrong. You think Joe Manchin would have voted for anything that Bernie Sanders supports? Here’s a start at the legislation that has been passed: Democrats' accomplishments don't seem to be registering with the public — at least not yet. One of Biden's first acts as president was to try to get the coronavirus pandemic under control by passing the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. The White House sent Americans in the low-to-medium income range a $1,400 payment to help fund basic necessities like rent and groceries. Biden also extended a $300 a week federal unemployment benefit for some 9.7 million people out of work at the time, temporarily expanded the child tax credit program, allotted $7.25 billion for small business loans and $128 billion in grants for state educational agencies. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law The first major gun-safety bill in decades Building semiconductors at home through the CHIPS Act The Inflation Reduction Act Not long after securing his seat in the Oval Office, Biden worked to pass the Build Back Better Act, a massive social spending bill to the tune of nearly $2 trillion. It included many promises Biden made on the 2020 campaign trail, such as major health care reform, universal pre-kindergarten and paid family leave, $550 billion dedicated to combatting climate change and more, paid for in part by increased taxes for corporations and the uber rich. That original piece of legislature stalled, but after months of negotiations, resurfaced under a different name; the Inflation Reduction Act. It took almost a year for Biden's ambitious package to pass through Congress, with Vice President Harris' vote breaking the Senate's 50-50 party line vote. It cleared the House in a 220-207 vote along party lines, without a single Republican voting in favor. The bill aims to tackle inflation by reducing the federal deficit, promote production of certain goods and limit the cost of some prescription drugs, as NPR previously reported. Support for Ukraine The PACT Act — In his first State of the Union address, President Biden called on Congress to pass legislation to make sure veterans impacted by toxic exposures and their families get the comprehensive care and benefits they earned and deserve. In August of 2022, President Biden signed the PACT Act – the largest single bill to address our service members’ exposure to burn pits and other toxins in American history. Protected marriage equality In December of 2022, President Biden signed landmark legislation that enshrined marriage equality protections into federal law. The bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act provides security to millions of LGBTQ+ and interracial couples by guaranteeing that the federal government will recognize and protect their marriages. Student Debt Relief It’s relatively uncommon for an incumbent president to run and lose? Trump was Trump and that’s once since 1992. The author points out that incumbents who lost faced some serious primary challenger and that this included Presidents George H. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. Giving up the advantages of incumbency without an obvious leader who is extremely popular with the entire political party is dumb. President Biden has been very involved on issues that mean a lot to most of the democrats I know of, being a visible advocate when African Americans are victims of gun violence like Ralph Yarl and of fighting for choice and opposing the guy who lied to get his federal judge seat and whose decision was riddled with errors according to analysis I read. Is President Biden older? Yes, but he’s in very good shape and has the best health care in the world. And he has the benefit of an incredibly accomplished, intelligent, and talented vice president, Vice President Harris. The Democratic Party united around him after South Carolina for a reason. If the party had coalesced around somebody or there were one and only one obvious choice to head the ticket last time around and that person had a good chance of defeating an incumbent Trump, then President Biden likely would not have run. He’s done an outstanding job. There is one and only one obvious choice for our political party to nominate, President Biden. Not nominating him would be a catastrophe for many reasons, not the least of which would be providing an opening for republicans to attack the progress we made thus far in his presidency. There would be division. South Carolina only confirmed that Biden is the choice for the party’s base, our backbone, our most loyal, consistent, and committed voters. For me, Vice President Harris was my first choice. However, President Biden was the choice and there’s no reason to believe that’s changed. Ignoring our base, our most loyal, consistent, and committed voters would be an egregious error. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/19/2164753/-Who-the-hell-are-these-people-and-are-they-as-dense-and-ignorant-as-they-seem Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/