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He’s done an OK job for a run of the mill president during run of the mill times, but in my opinion he has failed to rise to the big threats of today, especially RAPIDLY encroaching fascism, climate change, and nearly catastrophic wealth inequality.

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So our choice is between run-of-the-mill president or a guy who says he wants to a dictator, violently tried to overturn the last election, had fake electors etc. etc.

I’m not excited about Biden but the choice seems to be pretty straightforward and I’ll be SURE to get to the polls.

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I’m on board with voting for him as a means of harm reduction but I’m also not gonna pretend he’s been great like a lot of blue maga liberals claim.

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Lol the downvotes. I said I’m voting for the guy, but y’all are so mad that I’m not going to dickride him as well.

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I’m not excited about Biden but the choice seems to be pretty straightforward and I’ll be SURE to get to the polls.

I will be getting to the polls as well but it won’t be to reward Moderates for picking a shit candidate and threatening not to back him every time there’s an opportunity for him to compromise with leftists and progressives.

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Trump will make sure to thank you for your efforts getting him elected.

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The president has little power to address climate change/wealth inequality on his own. That all relates to the budget and is firmly in control of congress. Replace Manchin/Sinema with two progressive senators and you would have the BBB bill, which would have addressed both these concerns.

With respect to encroaching racism I am just not sure what any politician can do about it. Ideally, you would like to change the mind of hardcore Republicans, but it’s not like they are listening.

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Encroaching *fascism. I agree there’s probably not much to do about racism.

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Democrats could have used the reconciliation bill in order to pass the BBB but they didn’t.

Tells me all I need to know about establishment Democrats: they’re not on my side.

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What part about Manchin/Sinema is difficult to understand here? How does that relate to Biden who pushed the bill?

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