Opinion of Joe Biden

[heatcharger]

Well?

[President Johnson]

Massive FF. The best president of the last 50+ years and also a great person.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Has exceeded my expectations for President, and he could very well be the best of my lifetime.

Although it's so aggravating that I'm apparently in the minority with that sentiment!

[Mr. Third-Wayist]

Massive FF. The best president of the last 50+ years and also a great person.

[Sic Semper Fascistis]

Lean FF. Definitely exceeded my expectations, though they were quite low to begin with.

[Dr. Cynic]

FF, but good god, it depresses me that he's probably the best President of my lifetime.

[インターネット掲示板ユーザー Punxsutawney Phil]

Titanium FF

[TDAS04]

The right person to lead this country during these turbulent times.

[Voice of low info America]

Worst POTUS since Reagan.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Mild FF

[MarkD]

I am extremely disappointed that he has not made any effort to try to implement any reforms of the Supreme Court. The Court needs to be improved. Appointing KBJ was not an improvement, it was a continuation of the Court's mediocrity. Biden appointed a bipartisan commission that spent months studying various ways the Supreme Court could be reformed, that commission published a book-length "Final Report" that discussed the pros and cons of various reforms, and ever since that Report has been gathering dust. So appointing that commission and all of the work it did was just a big, fat waste of time,  effort,  and money.

[Drop Billionaires, Not Bombs]

He's a good president, and I'll give credit to the OP for recognizing that he would be early on since I'm sure he'd rather forget.

[CheapDollarEra?]

Cute when young.
Kinda based.
Better than what most people think.
Standing for the West.
Lean FF.

[Fuzzy Bear]

The worst President of my lifetime.  When he was elected, I thought he would be bearable.  I may have voted for him over Trump in 2016.  But he's going senile, and it's really dishonest of people to pretend that's not happening just because the MSM seeks to obscure that.

At one time he could have been a good President. 

[America Needs R'hllor]

The worst President of my lifetime.  When he was elected, I thought he would be bearable.  I may have voted for him over Trump in 2016.  But he's going senile, and it's really dishonest of people to pretend that's not happening just because the MSM seeks to obscure that.

At one time he could have been a good President. 

You've been posting "Biden is going senile" since 2022, maybe 2021. Biden is going to campaign event after campaign event, making coherent and concise speeches, while doing his job as President and meeting dozens of people every week, none of whom ever claims that he's anything but sharp. There hasn't been ONE complaint about Biden's age impacting his job, all the claims about him are based on nothing. Meanwhile, confused Donald barely campaigned ever since he held several events where he slurred his words and made constant mistakes. You're a disingenious hack.

[America needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

HP and the best President of all time.

[It's Time.]

Horrible president, spiteful person, #2 best president of my lifetime

[Proud Family Values]

He's not someone that excites me, like at all.  I think he's too old and should really retire... but other than that, he's a million times better than the only other alternative that's likely to win, so I'm voting for him.  That's not exactly a ringing endorsement.  I personally think he should have retired and make way for someone new.  A competitive Democratic primary would have been good for the Democratic voters, and made this election more interesting than just this rematch between these two.

I think by 2028, no matter who wins, there's just going to be a ton of fatigue with the person.

[AGA]

A major disappointment. I regret voting for him due to the inflation caused by the ARP, student debt forgiveness, attacks on the 1st Amendment, and the border crisis among others.

[PSOL]

Awful, just awful.

[Fuzzy Bear]

The worst President of my lifetime.  When he was elected, I thought he would be bearable.  I may have voted for him over Trump in 2016.  But he's going senile, and it's really dishonest of people to pretend that's not happening just because the MSM seeks to obscure that.

At one time he could have been a good President. 

You've been posting "Biden is going senile" since 2022, maybe 2021. Biden is going to campaign event after campaign event, making coherent and concise speeches, while doing his job as President and meeting dozens of people every week, none of whom ever claims that he's anything but sharp. There hasn't been ONE complaint about Biden's age impacting his job, all the claims about him are based on nothing. Meanwhile, confused Donald barely campaigned ever since he held several events where he slurred his words and made constant mistakes. You're a disingenious hack.

You post this and call ME disingenuous?  That's rich.

Talk to ordinary Americans who have gone down the road with an elderly loved one affected with dementia, then tell me what you think.  I know Democrats who hate Trump who see Biden and wonder why they're putting him forward again.

The Democratic Party is not lacking in candidates.  Roy Cooper, Jeh Johnson, Michael Bennett, Amy Klobuchar, Phil Murphy, Tim Kaine, are all candidates who could get elected and actually do the job.  Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom are awful people, but are at least capable of the job.  The Democratic Party does not lack for a stable of candidates.  What it lacks is the Fortitude to dump the incompetent and unpopular Harris and exert party discipline on those who insist on elevating her for identity politics reasons.  If Trump was really as bad as they say, this would have been done already.

[Alcibiades]

Talk to ordinary Americans who have gone down the road with an elderly loved one affected with dementia, then tell me what you think.

Both my maternal grandparents had dementia. It’s extremely obvious to those of us who have had extensive experience with dementia that Biden doesn’t have it, and, indeed, the constant Republican use of ‘dementia’ as some casual slur comes across as pretty offensive.

[Sir Mohamed]

Major FF. The stable hand the country and the world need right now.

Although I already liked him as VP, I was somewhat skeptical in 2020. He for sure exceeded my expectations. It's just kind of sad his accomplishments aren't valued enough in the general public and he gets blamed for stuff not under his control.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Talk to ordinary Americans who have gone down the road with an elderly loved one affected with dementia, then tell me what you think.

Both my maternal grandparents had dementia. It’s extremely obvious to those of us who have had extensive experience with dementia that Biden doesn’t have it, and, indeed, the constant Republican use of ‘dementia’ as some casual slur comes across as pretty offensive.

Biden exhibits symptoms of being at some stage of dementia or Alzheimers, and he's noticibly declining over time.  I make efforts to not offend, but in this case, I don't care if you're offended.  Indeed, I really don't believe you're that offended; your argument is merely an attempt to stifle discussion that millions of ordinary Americans are concerned about, and should be concerned about.  Indeed, your Gaslighting is offensive, but that's part of the background scenery here, so I'll ride with that.

What is so disingenuous about people who whine about "conspiracy theorists" is that the conspiracy theories they ridicule about what is going on in America are about things they would readily believe would happen in other countries.  Now LIBERALS (it used to be conservatives) pooh-pooh the idea that individuals in the Secret Service were part of the plot to kill JFK, but no one doubts the idea that Anwar Sadat's bodyguards were complicit in his assassination.  If Vladimir Putin suddenly died of a heart attack, people who worship at the altar of the Lone Nut Oswald would be all agog at who was the brave Von Stauffenbergs that brought about Putin's demise.  We would not doubt that a secret cabal were running things in the USSR in the last year or two of Brezhnev, or during the reigns of the infirm Andropov or Chernenko.  Ditto for Mao's China in his latter years.

So why is it so impossible to believe that in order to paper over the deep divisions on the Left, and to placate Identity Politics concerns, the declining Biden would be chosen as a Front Man, while people get what they want through some sort of extra-Constitutional "committee".  A secret American Politburo, if you will.  After all, I've never heard a President say on numerous occasions that he'll get in trouble if he goes off script in some way.  (Do those comments from Biden NOT seem bizarre, given that HE'S the President, and not the others?)  And given the virtue signaling and pearl clutching over the need to be rid of Trump, how would it look if it were seen that the alternative put up was a declining Front Man doing the work of some sort of cabal behind the scenes?

We have has Presidents who were incompetent Front Men for Cabals.  Warren Harding was one, and his death in office was considered rather suspicious.  Garfield was another, and he died from incompetent medical treatment from a bullet wound in an assassination attempt.  Why would we not believe that taking it to the next level is not possible?  Harding was a blithering idiot; I could have been as good a President and I don't consider myself Presidential timber.  It's certainly possible, and it's especially so when you control the Legacy Media of the nation, which the Democrats clearly do.

Millions of Americans believe that because they believe what they see when they see Biden falling, shuffling, stammering, losing trains of thought, and making comments that reflect bringing the old to the present.  ("Play the record player!" is an example of that, and the examples of the flat-out forgetfulness are there for all to see.)  They wonder about this, and they are gaslighted if they openly wonder.  They are right to wonder.  

[Drop Billionaires, Not Bombs]

Talk to ordinary Americans who have gone down the road with an elderly loved one affected with dementia, then tell me what you think.

Both my maternal grandparents had dementia. It’s extremely obvious to those of us who have had extensive experience with dementia that Biden doesn’t have it, and, indeed, the constant Republican use of ‘dementia’ as some casual slur comes across as pretty offensive.

Biden exhibits symptoms of being at some stage of dementia or Alzheimers, and he's noticibly declining over time.  I make efforts to not offend, but in this case, I don't care if you're offended.  Indeed, I really don't believe you're that offended; your argument is merely an attempt to stifle discussion that millions of ordinary Americans are concerned about, and should be concerned about.  Indeed, your Gaslighting is offensive, but that's part of the background scenery here, so I'll ride with that.

What is so disingenuous about people who whine about "conspiracy theorists" is that the conspiracy theories they ridicule about what is going on in America are about things they would readily believe would happen in other countries.  Now LIBERALS (it used to be conservatives) pooh-pooh the idea that individuals in the Secret Service were part of the plot to kill JFK, but no one doubts the idea that Anwar Sadat's bodyguards were complicit in his assassination.  If Vladimir Putin suddenly died of a heart attack, people who worship at the altar of the Lone Nut Oswald would be all agog at who was the brave Von Stauffenbergs that brought about Putin's demise.  We would not doubt that a secret cabal were running things in the USSR in the last year or two of Brezhnev, or during the reigns of the infirm Andropov or Chernenko.  Ditto for Mao's China in his latter years.

So why is it so impossible to believe that in order to paper over the deep divisions on the Left, and to placate Identity Politics concerns, the declining Biden would be chosen as a Front Man, while people get what they want through some sort of extra-Constitutional "committee".  A secret American Politburo, if you will.  After all, I've never heard a President say on numerous occasions that he'll get in trouble if he goes off script in some way.  (Do those comments from Biden NOT seem bizarre, given that HE'S the President, and not the others?)  And given the virtue signaling and pearl clutching over the need to be rid of Trump, how would it look if it were seen that the alternative put up was a declining Front Man doing the work of some sort of cabal behind the scenes?

Millions of Americans believe that because they believe what they see when they see Biden falling, shuffling, stammering, losing trains of thought, and making comments that reflect bringing the old to the present.  ("Play the record player!" is an example of that, and the examples of the flat-out forgetfulness are there for all to see.)  They wonder about this, and they are gaslighted if they openly wonder.  They are right to wonder. 

My grandmother had Alzheimer's for the majority of the time I knew her. This is a disease that turned a woman who routinely kissed her grandkids - sometimes to the point of excess, I'll say, but that's Polacks for you - to someone who had become a stranger to everyone. After a certain point, my mother decided it would be best for me not to accompany her on her visits. When we were at my cousin's wedding in 2009, my grandmother had asked who me and my father were. She did that because, in her mind, all her grandkids were still children when most of them were fully grown or in their late teens.

The delusions eventually drove her to try to attack one of her nurses with utensils. She had literally become a danger to others. The constant paranoia about her belongings being stolen never stopped. She asserted that my grandfather was out having an affair with another one of the nurses, even though he had already passed.

Now, the mods here protect YOUR right to trivialize a condition that caused MY family immense suffering. If I wanted to retaliate and call YOU senile on account of YOUR age, that would be against the rules. And you are gleefully taking advantage of the TOS to trivialize the suffering that mine and so many other families endured for political purposes. You should be ashamed of yourself.


I will say this, in case it wasn't already clear: what you read above is precisely what you do for every issue: make it about yourself. Whether it's about guns, or abortion, or mental health, it's always made out to be a personal vendetta against you and/or your family. This is a form of sophistry you employ as much as possible. It has derailed many threads. And it's time you were properly called out on it.

It's over, Anakin. I have the moral high ground.