Serious question: In his 47 years of politics, what notable accomplishment has Biden done?

[McGarnagle]

Mass incarceration, student loans can't be discharged in bankruptcy, and essentially wrote the Patriot Act.

Don't break the law, spend within your means, and don't be a terrorist.

Look, I voted for Biden days ago, but mass incarceration, the student debt crisis and infringements on civil liberties in the over-broad PATRIOT Act are still problems that will need to be addressed.

[Hammy]

Not to give OP any credit given his motive for starting it, but this is actually a good thread because there's quite a bit here I actually wasn't aware of.

[Fuzzy Bear]

The Family and Medical Leave Act

The Violence Against Women Act

The Affordable Care Act.

He introduced one of the first climate change bills in 1986.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

The National Voter Registration Act

The Department of Education Organization Act

The Department of Energy Organization Act

The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act


Read much more here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kx8eSAUuVyjzDAL5Jbb3mKR6EsYRuxcP/view

He's supported a lot of things, advocated a number of things, but none of these "accomplishments" are particularly central.  There's no Wagner Act type legislation for Labor.  There's a correct (from a liberal perspective) voting record, but that's about it.  Most of these "accomplishments" are rather pedestrian.  Lots of big bills have scores of co-sponsors; when did Biden steer a major piece of legislation to victory.

To describe Joe Biden's career in a nutshell:  It's worthy of a Participation Trophy.  He's no Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY).  He's not even Bill Bradley.  He's not even Al Gore who did more to shift the Democratic Party toward the environmentalism that, for better or worse, is a signature issue.  He's a mediocrity.  And he's not even a Working Class Hero anymore (if he ever was).  Paul Wellstone was a Working Class Hero.  Joe Biden isn't Paul Wellstone.

[Horus]

The Family and Medical Leave Act

The Violence Against Women Act

The Affordable Care Act.

He introduced one of the first climate change bills in 1986.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

The National Voter Registration Act

The Department of Education Organization Act

The Department of Energy Organization Act

The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act


Read much more here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kx8eSAUuVyjzDAL5Jbb3mKR6EsYRuxcP/view

He's supported a lot of things, advocated a number of things, but none of these "accomplishments" are particularly central.  There's no Wagner Act type legislation for Labor.  There's a correct (from a liberal perspective) voting record, but that's about it.  Most of these "accomplishments" are rather pedestrian.  Lots of big bills have scores of co-sponsors; when did Biden steer a major piece of legislation to victory.

To describe Joe Biden's career in a nutshell:  It's worthy of a Participation Trophy.  He's no Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY).  He's not even Bill Bradley.  He's not even Al Gore who did more to shift the Democratic Party toward the environmentalism that, for better or worse, is a signature issue.  He's a mediocrity.  And he's not even a Working Class Hero anymore (if he ever was).  Paul Wellstone was a Working Class Hero.  Joe Biden isn't Paul Wellstone.

Good thing we don't need Paul Wellstone for this moment. We just need someone who can say their ABCs without insulting a random reporter in her mid 30s.

[Fuzzy Bear]

The Family and Medical Leave Act

The Violence Against Women Act

The Affordable Care Act.

He introduced one of the first climate change bills in 1986.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

The National Voter Registration Act

The Department of Education Organization Act

The Department of Energy Organization Act

The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act


Read much more here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kx8eSAUuVyjzDAL5Jbb3mKR6EsYRuxcP/view

He's supported a lot of things, advocated a number of things, but none of these "accomplishments" are particularly central.  There's no Wagner Act type legislation for Labor.  There's a correct (from a liberal perspective) voting record, but that's about it.  Most of these "accomplishments" are rather pedestrian.  Lots of big bills have scores of co-sponsors; when did Biden steer a major piece of legislation to victory.

To describe Joe Biden's career in a nutshell:  It's worthy of a Participation Trophy.  He's no Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY).  He's not even Bill Bradley.  He's not even Al Gore who did more to shift the Democratic Party toward the environmentalism that, for better or worse, is a signature issue.  He's a mediocrity.  And he's not even a Working Class Hero anymore (if he ever was).  Paul Wellstone was a Working Class Hero.  Joe Biden isn't Paul Wellstone.

Good thing we don't need Paul Wellstone for this moment. We just need someone who can say their ABCs without insulting a random reporter in her mid 30s.

That's not Joe Biden:

Joe Biden can't even meet this particular low bar.