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Still, to claim that there is now no Covid pandemic except among the unvaccinated, as Biden has, seems strange.
For the US president to say that there is no pandemic among the vaccinated sounds dangerous as presumably they will be less likely to take precautions to reduce transmission
1. Vaccinated people are much less likely to be infected and then spread it. They aren't the problem, unvaccinated people are.
2. The Trumpists who are refusing to get vaccinated are largely the same people who refuse to take precautions. Tennessee has banned ALL vaccine outreach, not just for covid, but for all diseases. Basically, if Democrats are in favour of vaccines, Trumpists are against them.
https://twitter.com/courierjournal/status/1415365308785827843
He can't last the full term surely?
I got less than 30 seconds in until he compared Bidens misinformation to Trumps. When Bidens is erroneously saying the vaccines will prevent all infections compared to the vast volumes of vomit spewed forth by Trump I have Dore down as a peddler of shite.
Watched a bit more but it’s unbearable, those two “presenters” don’t even manage coherent speech any better than the man they’re trying to stitch up.
How popular in the US is that sort of feeble garbage?
That video has 189k views and he has near 900k subscribers.
Enjoy Jimmy Dore's content a lot but yes he does go a bit to stretch out small clips.
Watch the whole thing - Biden is struggling bigtime.
He can’t last the full term surely?
Trump did so he must be safe
Anyone who uses phrases like 'experimental vaccine' can do one.
Joe Biden does sound a bit confused at times but a) he has a stutter and b) it's still nothing like being a lying, corrupt, narcissistic bully is it.
He can’t last the full term surely?
The Former Guy did.
https://youtu.be/8k57GLVu5o8?t=8
https://youtu.be/UevrEsoGO7Y?t=51
The Catholic church hasnt got the authority too comment on matters relating to sex, especially given the cover ups of abuse they've orchestrated.
Yeah, Biden can't string a coherent sentence together (see also the current UK PM), but what's the extremely unwatchable irritating twonk Jimmy Dore saying? He wishes Trump had got another term? Cos I believe that was the alternative.
The only guy that likes cucumbers.
Got windmills and TV all worked out.
Dishwashing expert too.
https://youtu.be/P2MwQQdtYCA?t=226
You're thinking we need a reminder of what a **** Trump is?
Let's hope this thread doesn't deteriorate as the Ukraine one did into pointless squabbling and points scoring which led to it being closed.
I don't hold out much hope.
I shouldn't think so. All the replies thus far are about Joe Biden and Donald Trump...oh no hold on ....
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Rule #1 please
How the hell is Biden going to do another campaign and then term of office? Watching him arrive and Windsor castle he can barely walk. Don't want to be ableist or ageist but surely there comes a point where it's abvious that someone younger is required for such a job?
It's a job you can do from a chair, surely. Who cares if he's no runner?
Has there ever been a single term President who stood aside to let someone else run rather than chase a second term? I don't know. If he did so, would that count against his party, and help the Republicans? Again I don't know... we need a USA perspective...
[Google says not since the 1960s]
I remember when he was running for the presidency a few ago it was thought that he'd support Kamala Harris campaign but it hasn't happened. Not sure why she didn't step up.
"I will not exploit for political gain the youth and inexperience of my opponent"
said Reagan when he was in his 70's I think. Although if he runs again, Biden's going to be 86 at the end of his 2 term. That does seem too old.
It’s a job you can do from a chair, surely. Who cares if he’s no runner?
It's not just his physical mobility though is it? When you hear him speak he doesn't exactly sound like he's switched on. Think the democrats are making a big mistake given there's already huge support for all the 'deep state' conspiracy stuff. They'll be saying Biden's not all there mentally, so who is really running the govt?
I remember when he was running for the presidency a few ago it was thought that he’d support Kamala Harris campaign but it hasn’t happened. Not sure why she didn’t step up.
She's been a bit of a damp squib and there seems to be a consensus that she's the wrong woman for the job.
Some interesting approval stats here: https://www.latimes.com/projects/kamala-harris-approval-rating-polls-vs-biden-other-vps/
I agree Biden is oast his usefulness. Probably by 15 years.
Not sure the Democrats have a plan b though
It’s not just his physical mobility though is it? When you hear him speak he doesn’t exactly sound like he’s switched on.
I think Biden has been terribly underestimated by his critics and allies alike. He has spent about 5 decades in government and understands that getting results is more important than getting headlines for a week or two. He's a centrist, so he positions his policies where the votes are, not to meet purity tests from wingnuts. Most voters don't care that he talks like their grandpa - they like grandpa.
She’s been a bit of a damp squib and there seems to be a consensus that she’s the wrong woman for the job.
Yes. My hope when Biden was elected was that he would say that he was only going to serve one term and that Harris or somebody younger would take over. Harris has really not made any strong case that she would be able to succeed against Donald Trump. I'm sure she's a smart, capable woman, but she has not made the case that she should be president.
The next election is going to be a rematch of Biden versus Trump. Biden may not be the president that Democrat base voters hope for, but Trump is a much, much worse prospect. Biden is the safe, sensible choice. Not exciting, but that's the point - being a stable, boring guy is actually a great qualification when the job involves having your finger on the nuclear trigger.
I think Biden has been terribly underestimated by his critics and allies alike. He has spent about 5 decades in government and understands that getting results is more important than getting headlines for a week or two
I was talking to an American last week and he reckoned Biden has achieved a massive amount but it never really gets reported over here due to the Trump circus getting all the attention.
When you hear him speak he doesn’t exactly sound like he’s switched on.
he has a stammer. That’s why he has always spoken with quite a calm, slow and deliberate cadence to his speech.
Trump is running again and he’s now older than Biden was in last election when Trump claimed Biden was too old
Biden has achieved a massive amount but it never really gets reported over here due to the Trump circus getting all the attention.
isn’t this thread gloriously short compared to the Trump one. Not really knowing or caring about what’s going on in the mind, from one minute to the next, of the leader (or ex leader) of a country 1000s of miles away is normal. That’s how it used to be. That’s hopefully his things will stay. The world wants its bandwidth back.
i now know so much more about American domestic politics than I want to
dazh
Full MemberHow the hell is Biden going to do another campaign and then term of office? Watching him arrive and Windsor castle he can barely walk.
Franklin Roosevelt would like a word
Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and issues 39 pardons in biggest single-day act of clemency in history
So it turns out that the United States courts and the probation services are rubbish at deciding who should be incarcerated on an individual case by case basis.
Apparently it requires the expertise of a US president who is struggling with his own mental faculties to intervene.
Over 1500 signatures must have been a very busy day for Joe Biden, let's hope that the incoming president Donald Trump has the same level of stamina and personal expertise when it comes to deciding which individuals should or should not be released from prison.
Presumably if the courts cannot be trusted to decide which individuals should be released from prison then by that same logic they cannot be trusted to decide who should be incarcerated.
So maybe there should be a new US amendment whereby the President has special powers to also jail people without the tedious process of going through the courts , which apparently cannot be trusted anyway.
I am sure that Donald Trump would relish the ability before his presidential term expires to announce a list of individuals which he has decided should be jailed.
And after all if you are going to make a mockery of your judicial system you might as well go the whole hog.
I just read that, only on the Guardian which goes into more detail. As far as I can see it's taking into account time served by people effectively under house arrest during Covid.
It does feel a bit "divine right of kings" though, but I don't understand enough about the process to say whether I think it's right or wrong.
As far as I can see it’s taking into account time served by people effectively under house arrest during Covid.
Yeah I get that it is based on who is considered worthy to be released. But you might be forgiven for thinking that such considerations should be left to the courts and probation services rather than a very busy US president.
I don’t understand enough about the process to say whether I think it’s right or wrong
But you do understand that the next person to have that same power to overrule the courts will be Donald Trump?
Maybe Donald Trump will beat Joe Biden and set a new historical record in single-day acts of clemency? Trump could then prove how he is the most compassionate and forgiving president in history. I can see him proudly making that announcement right now!
I can see him proudly making that announcement right now!
You think he'll make it to the end?
I think it says a lot about how messed up the judicial system is in the states that clemency powers are still a thing
You think he’ll make it to the end?
You think that he might die whilst tirelessly committing himself to making America great again?
Now I can imagine the grief stricken nation and the greatest state funeral ever!
I wonder which airport would be named after him?
Anything can happen in the next 4 and a bit years.
I wonder which airport would be named after him?
O(range) Hair.
It's not really Biden poring over lists of prisoners and going "hmm, I know better than the courts about this guy, let's get him out of prison and back on the streets asap lol" is it though.
Probably something more like:
Advisor person: "Yo Joe, I've an idea, why don't we commute the sentences of everyone who's been at home for a while anyway and has shown that they're already pretty much reintegrated?"
Biden: "Ok, good idea, get me a list"
*is handed a list of names, signs it at the bottom*
Obviously Biden hasn't spent his time personally poring over the list. But how about this "advisor person" advising the courts or parole boards instead of getting a confused old man with dementia to decide whether or not to sign it, and then leaving it to a narcissistic psychopath to sign the next list?
Call me old fashioned but I believe in the separation of the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary.
And that justice should be based on fairness, not the whims of a confused or narcissistic politician.
Meanwhile, everyone else is taking about how the real USA works. Messed up though their system is, with overlaps everywhere, the sitting POTUS has a job to do in that messed up system, and people will lose out on just application of their sentences if the President was to abdicate from their responsibilities as head of state.