US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?

 

[The Last Stand]

Why would Canada care about what they think about an AMERICAN president?

 

[NevskyProspekt]

Why would Canada care about what they think about an AMERICAN president?

Because, like it or not, Canada's existence is very, very heavily intertwined with that of the United States. Few countries share as much economic and cultural exchange as Canada and the U.S., to the point where outsiders often have trouble differentiating the two. Apparently this is also a source of quite a bit of cultural angst in Canada.

 

[Gar For Archer]

Because, like it or not, Canada's existence is very, very heavily intertwined with that of the United States. Few countries share as much economic and cultural exchange as Canada and the U.S., to the point where outsiders often have trouble differentiating the two. Apparently this is also a source of quite a bit of cultural angst in Canada.

They must fucking seethe at the fact that the frogs are the only truly unique part of their culture that sets them apart from America.

 

[Raoul_Duke]

God, I'm not sure whether I should be relieved or worried that nothing really big has happened in the past day or two. Maybe we'll get another Black Thursday next week, and we're just holding our breath for it.

 

[Mewtwo_Rain]

Pedo Joe and the media that defends him are disgusting, sure, but what disgusts me even more are the people laughing in the background while he SNIFF'S A LITTLE GIRL'S HAIR RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM. HOW IN TF ARE Y'ALL OK WITH THIS?! If that were MY daughter's hair he sniffed, I wouldn't give a fuck if the Secret Stasi gunned me down afterwards, I'd punch his fucking lights out (in Wii Sports Boxing).

Sometimes I feel we're living in one of HP Lovecraft's nightmares. It reminds me of those surreal scenes from many movies referencing his works where someone does something overly crazy and everyone just laughs manically in the background with those extreme grins.

Not only that, but the way she smiles like she’s some monster in a human suit. It’s like someone’s constantly telling her “Kamala, you have to get people to like you.”

With how conspiracy theorist have been getting things right back to back, all we need now is for David Icke to be correct, and reveal people like Kamala really are reptile-people. At that point I'd probably start shrieking to wake up.

What is it with anyone even tangentially related to government fucking pedos?
Jesus christ it seems to be a requirement to be a chomo to work in DC.

My theory has always been people in power always get easy access to sex. Over time that access desensitizes people and they crave more daring sexual proclivities and sooner or later that leads them directly to one of the forbidden lines, incest or pedophilia or necrophilia. (add in beastiality) Pedophilia is just the more common of the three.

 

[HTTP Error 404]

I've seen plenty of very online Canucks that have incredibly strong opinions about American politics, despite being able to do fuckall about it. Same for lefty Euros.

Or Californians about say, Texas.

 

[Aldeland]

They must fucking seethe at the fact that the frogs are the only truly unique part of their culture that sets them apart from America.

And the best part is the leaf-frogs want nothing to do with them and want out. Cue more seething. I've never met a Canadian expat in the US that I've liked an somehow all of them have been extreme leftists.

 

[Caustic Gelatin]

Because, like it or not, Canada's existence is very, very heavily intertwined with that of the United States. Few countries share as much economic and cultural exchange as Canada and the U.S., to the point where outsiders often have trouble differentiating the two. Apparently this is also a source of quite a bit of cultural angst in Canada.

We should have have continued trying to to attack and eventually sack Canada while we had the chance way back during the revolutionary war. Now look where we are.

 

[Titos]

APC is Noam Chompsky?

No but he sure was a Chompskyhonk.

 

[NevskyProspekt]

And the best part is the leaf-frogs want nothing to do with them and want out. Cue more seething. I've never met a Canadian expat in the US that I've liked an somehow all of them have been extreme leftists.

The middle provinces aren't half bad. I wouldn't mind if they decided to give us Alberta in exchange for California.

 

[lolwut]

I've never met a Canadian expat in the US that I've liked an somehow all of them have been extreme leftists.

Idk, half the Canadians on places like Funnyjunk were practically begging Trump to annex them during his term and want Americans to boog out so things can kick off up there. Plus there's YouTube's favorite whipping boy, Steven Crowder.

 

[pwnest injun]

My theory has always been people in power always get easy access to sex. Over time that access desensitizes people and they crave more daring sexual proclivities and sooner or later that leads them directly to one of the forbidden lines, incest or pedophilia or necrophilia. (add in beastiality) Pedophilia is just the more common of the three.

It's more like how AGPs all seem to be 30-40 year old computer janitors. Different people with the same tastes make the same choices given the same options.

The fucked up thing about that story was only 10 charges. What kind of kind of kid fucker only has 10 pictures in a cloud drive? Weird.

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

It's more like how AGPs all seem to be 30-40 year old computer janitors. Different people with the same tastes make the same choices given the same options.

The fucked up thing about that story was only 10 charges. What kind of kind of kid fucker only has 10 pictures in a cloud drive? Weird.

The kind that had a "mysterious" addition to his dropbox that just happened to happen from a DoJ computer logged in with a CIA credential that then accessed an FBI file repository before accessing the Dropbox.

 

[LurkTrawl]

They must fucking seethe at the fact that the frogs are the only truly unique part of their culture that sets them apart from America.

That's not true. They have poutine.

 

[Vaclav]

It's more like how AGPs all seem to be 30-40 year old computer janitors. Different people with the same tastes make the same choices given the same options.

The fucked up thing about that story was only 10 charges. What kind of kind of kid fucker only has 10 pictures in a cloud drive? Weird.

Are they in the habit of stacking up tens of thousands of charges for each image a person has? I'd guess maybe they found 10 different devices with images on them.

 

[northstar747]

Heres a fun article

https://archive.is/7BkDJ

President Biden needs a base. “Every politician has to have a base,” a member of Congress once told me. “Your base is the people who are with you when you’re wrong.”

Ronald Reagan’s base stuck with him during the Iran-contra scandal, even though it was shocked when he was caught selling arms to Iran. Bill Clinton’s base stood by him during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, even though it couldn’t defend his behavior. Donald Trump’s base remains loyal even though he was defeated (something they refuse to accept).

Joe Biden is not an inspirational figure like Barack Obama or the champion of a cause like Reagan or a leader who channels resentments like Trump. Biden is a professional politician. A professional politician is expected to have the skills to reconcile competing interests, make deals and get things done. His job is to deliver results. Biden is under enormous pressure right now to do just that.

Biden has so far failed to deliver on many of his campaign promises — police reform, immigration, voting rights, a federal minimum wage hike, eliminating the filibuster. He did deliver a withdrawal from Afghanistan but in a way that most Americans saw as incompetent and humiliating. To make matters worse, the economic recovery appears to have stalled. Inflation is threatening to get out of control, which leads to speculation that Biden could become another Jimmy Carter.

The one issue that Biden is expected to deliver on is the pandemic. It’s the issue that defeated Trump and got Biden elected. Right now, the country has pandemic fatigue and the perception that the Biden administration isn’t doing enough about it. Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg told Politico, “The president’s decline is alarming, It’s serious. ... And it isn’t going to be reversed by passing these two bills alone [the president’s infrastructure bill and his safety net legislation]. He’s got to get COVID under control.”

Ending the pandemic may be beyond the power of any president or any government. But it’s the issue at the core of the current national malaise. The Biden administration’s strategy is focused on vaccination mandates and masking, while Republicans are doing everything they can to undermine those policies.

Most voters outside the Democratic Party don’t understand or even care too much about the legislation Democrats are fighting about in Congress. Nevertheless, it will be a serious blow to Biden if the legislation fails to pass. It will mean the president can’t deliver. “If we don’t pass one of these [bills] before the [Virginia] gubernatorial election [Nov. 2], it’s a huge mistake,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) warned his party.

If Democrats lose next month’s Virginia election — after having won every statewide election since 2009 — progressives will argue that Biden failed to deliver for the party’s liberal base. Moderates will argue that the party failed to reach out to swing voters, particularly in the suburbs. And they will both be right.

Biden will look weak. Which is exactly the problem Carter had. Carter was called weak, ineffectual and “wishy-washy,” especially in contrast to Reagan. The contrast could show up again if Trump runs against Biden in 2024. Trump comes across as anything but weak. He has bullied nearly the entire Republican Party into submission. The danger for Democrats is something Clinton said after the 2002 midterm election. That was the first election following the 9/11 attacks, when Democrats were dismayed by their failure to make gains. What Clinton said was “When people feel uncertain, they’d rather have someone strong and wrong than weak and right.”

In "The Prince," published in 1532, Niccolo Machiavelli asked whether it was wiser for a prince to be loved or feared. His answer: “It is better to be feared than loved.” That is true for presidents as well as princes. Every new president has to establish “the fear factor.” He must show that there is a price to be paid for defying him. In the old days, Democratic presidents were famous for their toughness. Franklin D. Roosevelt said about his political opponents in 1936, “They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.” Harry Truman displayed his toughness when he fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur for insubordination. John F. Kennedy displayed it in the Cuban missile crisis. Anyone who dared to defy Lyndon Johnson would be in for “the Johnson treatment.” Reagan displayed his toughness when he faced down a strike by the nation’s air traffic controllers.

Trump, on the other hand, overplayed “the fear factor.” He was so vengeful, he ended up frightening the voters. And he paid a price for it at the polls in 2020.

Democrats could abandon Biden if they don’t believe he can offer them political cover. That often happens when a president’s job approval rating drops below 50 percent, which is what happened to Biden after the withdrawal from Afghanistan in August. Somewhere, sometime, members of Congress must understand that they cannot defy the president with impunity. They must fear him.

Biden hasn’t established “the fear factor” yet.

 

[Gehenna]

@northstar747 Damn reply bug. I am amused how basically every actual point in that article is stuff I have personally pointed out and even gone into some depth on. This article gets a pass since it's a foreign outlet that shouldn't be tapped into U.S. politics, but the entirety of the MSM seems to be missing these points now glaringly obvious to anyone who knows how the system works.

 

[northstar747]

@northstar747 Damn reply bug. I am amused how basically every actual point in that article is stuff I have personally pointed out and even gone into some depth on. This article gets a pass since it's a foreign outlet that shouldn't be tapped into U.S. politics, but the entirety of the MSM seems to be missing these points now glaringly obvious to anyone who knows how the system works.

I thought of you when I read it.

The MSM is basically propaganda and are part of the game.

I also made the point a few weeks ago that Biden having decades in the senate and 8 years as vice president should be wielding go tier power.

He should have decades of relationships with senators know how the senate/house function and how to work it.

He should also know how every lever in the executive branch work

But he isnt.

 

[Gehenna]

I thought of you when I read it.

The MSM is basically propaganda and are part of the game.

I also made the point a few weeks ago that Biden having decades in the senate and 8 years as vice president should be wielding go tier power.

He should have decades of relationships with senators know how the senate/house function and how to work it.

He should also know how every lever in the executive branch work

But he isnt.

Hypothetically his handler's should have as well. There should be no issues at all, it should be rubber stamps all the way to sundown. The sheer number of connections to both the entire democratic apparatus in Congress and the RINOs means they should constantly have votes where the RINOs are trumpeting their bipartisan support to just -pound- McConnell politically.

But instead, we have nothing.

Anyone trying to refute the "Democrat Civil War" theory must grapple with that. They must answer why this admin is crippled despite the fact that on the books this Admin should be an absolute powerhouse if all was well.

 

[King Dead]

I thought of you when I read it.

The MSM is basically propaganda and are part of the game.

I also made the point a few weeks ago that Biden having decades in the senate and 8 years as vice president should be wielding go tier power.

He should have decades of relationships with senators know how the senate/house function and how to work it.

He should also know how every lever in the executive branch work

But he isnt.

To be fair, Joe was never all that bright to begin with. He barely squeaked by in his first election (only 3000 votes more than the incumbent Republican), then pretty much rode incumbent advantage through every election after that. The shift of the Democrats towards supporting corporate interests certainly helped him out in the state with more corporations than people. His previous attempts at presidential runs showed just how much of a moron he was, to the point that the winning strategy this time was to shove him in the basement and not let anyone see him (along with other things like a culpable media running interference and likely a lot of voter fraud too).

Between that and stories like his home improvement disasters, it's to the point that I wonder if he ever actually understood any of the deals going on in his name. Put another way, it would not surprise me to find out that all he did was sign the contract, do whatever it said, and collect a paycheck. I mean, that's basically what he does these days, right? Sign an executive order (or a bill if Congress could ever get one passed), read the teleprompter, and collect his ice cream.

I suppose we should count our blessings that the government is as dysfunctional as it is, despite the myriad crises that are only getting worse. Imagine how much damage they would be doing right now if they could actually get everyone working together.