Joe Biden 2022: Enter Dark Brandon

[Underdog 28,437]

1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

If your spouse is bating with lotion, I think y’all are technically both a husband in your relationship.

Let’s not kink shame, brother. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,356]

My ideal 2024 Democratic Party ticket. 
 

 

would be unbeatable 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,824]

22 hours ago, Underdog said:

My wife if The Rock were to announce his Presidency campaign... 

 

your wife has a dick?

[wildcat09 29,187]

Absolutely fucking indefensible.

[gmr548 16,463]

Absolutely fucking indefensible.

[hobbes2702 12,771]

7 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

Absolutely fucking indefensible.

[Biff Tannen 45,477]

Good god Biden.  At least pretend to try and stand up to the Rs.  Some Dem is going to finally realize we have to fight dirty to win, but it's going to be too late by then.  We had a decent run I guess.

[chainsaw 9,831]

Biden should blanket pardon five federal criminals in Kentucky until Mitch's morale improves.

[hobbes2702 12,771]

But seriously what the fuck? Is there anyway to prevent this from going through 

[jimmyjazz 45,512]

Susan Collins believes Mitch.

[George Clooney 378]

What could've been...

 

[DixonHur 11,074]

Probably an unpopular take, but I think Biden has been a failure so far.  He is certainly not the man for the job of cleaning up Trumps mess.  

He's weak, ineffectual and doesn't seem to have a vision for America...at least not one I've heard articulated.  

The worst part is that I'll have to vote for him again if he runs in 2024.  FML

[Mrs Whiggins 13,049]

Sweatergawd, with no PAC, no fund, and armed with nothing but a dry erase marker and a whiteboard at a debate--Katie Porter would annihilate everyone. But we're too stupid to do it.

[George Clooney 378]

4 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

Probably an unpopular take, but I think Biden has been a failure so far.  He is certainly not the man for the job of cleaning up Trumps mess.  

He's weak, ineffectual and doesn't seem to have a vision for America...at least not one I've heard articulated.  

The worst part is that I'll have to vote for him again if he runs in 2024.  FML

I think a majority of those on here agree with you. Unfortunately there are currently no easy answers for who should run in his place atm. If the economy is in bad shape in summer/fall '24, then we're getting President DeSantis regardless of who the Dem candidate is.

[George Clooney 378]

3 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Sweatergawd, with no PAC, no fund, and armed with nothing but a dry erase marker and a whiteboard at a debate--Katie Porter would annihilate everyone. But we're too stupid to do it.

She'll win the CA senate race in two years to succeed Feinstein.

[Neonmoon 38,127]

I would vote Katie Porter over anyone probably 

[gmr548 16,463]

13 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

Probably an unpopular take, but I think Biden has been a failure so far.  He is certainly not the man for the job of cleaning up Trumps mess.  

He's weak, ineffectual and doesn't seem to have a vision for America...at least not one I've heard articulated.  

The worst part is that I'll have to vote for him again if he runs in 2024.  FML

His approval rating currently averages 39.2% at 538, so no, not an unpopular take.

More or less how I feel. I don't blame inflation on him any more that I do Trump - which is to say, not much blame placed at all - and he has done a good job with Ukraine. He seems to have a decent team running the day to day at federal agencies. He's ahead of every President in at least 40 years in terms of district/appeals court confirmations at this point of their term. 

But the lack of action or even a sense of urgency on the two existential issues of our time: climate and GOP/Trumpist fascism, are damning. I'm not necessarily surprised, I expected him to be a mediocre President.

I felt I had no choice but to vote for him against Trump; and all that said, I will almost certainly feel that way against anyone with an R by their name in 2024. 

[elfenix 34,167]

1 hour ago, George Clooney said:

What could've been...

 

if only he'd learned to connect with little old church going ladies. 

[David Dennison 18,603]

On 7/1/2022 at 3:19 PM, DixonHur said:

Probably an unpopular take, but I think Biden has been a failure so far.  He is certainly not the man for the job of cleaning up Trumps mess.  

He's weak, ineffectual and doesn't seem to have a vision for America...at least not one I've heard articulated.  

The worst part is that I'll have to vote for him again if he runs in 2024.  FML

At least the price of gas is going down.

[Immaculate Vibes 114]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

At least the price of gas is going down.

 

 

[Balcones 430]

Wait, is that a real tweet? He is asking gas station owners to lower gas prices because he thinks there is a high margin between wholesale and retail?

[David Dennison 18,603]

What's the current spread?

[Tom 2,959]

On 7/1/2022 at 3:47 PM, gmr548 said:

His approval rating currently averages 39.2% at 538, so no, not an unpopular take.

More or less how I feel. I don't blame inflation on him any more that I do Trump - which is to say, not much blame placed at all - and he has done a good job with Ukraine. He seems to have a decent team running the day to day at federal agencies. He's ahead of every President in at least 40 years in terms of district/appeals court confirmations at this point of their term. 

But the lack of action or even a sense of urgency on the two existential issues of our time: climate and GOP/Trumpist fascism, are damning. I'm not necessarily surprised, I expected him to be a mediocre President.

I felt I had no choice but to vote for him against Trump; and all that said, I will almost certainly feel that way against anyone with an R by their name in 2024. 

 

His approval rating is in the gutter but there still seems to be a real reluctance among many to be critical of Biden on this board.  I find myself defending him for things I wouldn't normally defend other politicians for, maybe because there is only one alternative and it's so much worse.

Truthfully though he's exactly who he always was, and there's a reason he didn't win his first two times running.  Now he's just painfully old, too.  

 

[David Dennison 18,603]

Even if I don't approve of Joe Biden's performance in office I will vote for him if he is the nominee because he isn't a Republican. 

Like Tom said, the alternative is worse.

Edited July 3, 2022 by David Dennison

[Biff Tannen 45,477]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

Even if I don't approve of Joe Biden's performance in office I will vote for him if he is the nominee because he isn't a Republican. 

Like Tom said, the alternative is worse.

Exactly.  I'd like to have a chance to dig out of whatever hole we could end up in rather than let the other party actually destroy the nation and have nothing to dig out of at all.

[Neonmoon 38,127]

26 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Even if I don't approve of Joe Biden's performance in office I will vote for him if he is the nominee because he isn't a Republican. 

Like Tom said, the alternative is worse.

Biden isn’t great, but I would vote for his rotting corpse over Republican. 

[Johnny Sack 8,397]

11 hours ago, Immaculate Vibes said:

 

[David Dennison 18,603]

I'll ask again. What's the current spread?

[Fastbreak 3,948]

Biden is going to write a sternly worded letter next.

[Immaculate Vibes 114]

48 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

 

[staboner 4,955]

2 hours ago, Balcones said:

Wait, is that a real tweet? He is asking gas station owners to lower gas prices because he thinks there is a high margin between wholesale and retail?

yikes. that tweet is awful. love his foreign policy stuff in Ukraine but pretty much anything economy/domestic is cringy. Tweets like this just open the flood gates for the mouthbreathers 

[CooterBrown 17,874]

Exactly.  I'd like to have a chance to dig out of whatever hole we could end up in rather than let the other party actually destroy the nation and have nothing to dig out of at all.

It’s not just the nation, we will turn our back on Ukraine and NATO when Trump/Desantis is elected. Shit, we will probably aid Russia.

[David Dennison 18,603]

6 minutes ago, Immaculate Vibes said:

 

I would be happy just knowing what their cost is.

 

[Biff Tannen 45,477]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

I would be happy just knowing what their cost is.

 

Maybe the oil barons know?  More to the point, had Rs voted for the bill that was going to prevent price gouging, perhaps we could have avoided some of this.  Guess we'll never know.

[Degenerate Gardner 4,081]

On 6/26/2022 at 12:23 PM, David Dennison said:

Brought to you by an archaic constitutional system we are taught from childhood to venerate.

It was a good system. Eventually demons found a way to exploit it for their benefit. That’s what they do, thus the need for eternal vigilance when you see the experiment strayed too far from the ideal. The vigilance and earnest self examination part was eventually forgotten, co-opted, and turned to nationalism under the guise of patriotism and because of an insecure, pathological need to be seen as exceptional. The bigly best. Given your vast superiority, it’s only right to kidnap democracy, ensure hegemony, and enrich yourself and your cronies. That’s the American way?

Edited July 3, 2022 by Degenerate Gardner
Pardon the rant. This 4th of July I’m a disgusted American.

[Balcones 430]

32 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I would be happy just knowing what their cost is.

 

https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/transportation-energy/estimated-gasoline-price-breakdown-and-margins

[David Dennison 18,603]

Looks like there's plenty of room for corporate America to help the consumer.

But we can't have that in Freedomland.

[Biff Tannen 45,477]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

Looks like there's plenty of room for corporate America to help the consumer.

But we can't have that in Freedomland.

Something something bootstraps something something...

[TwiceHorn 31,184]

3 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Maybe the oil barons know?  More to the point, had Rs voted for the bill that was going to prevent price gouging, perhaps we could have avoided some of this.  Guess we'll never know.

Year	Average retail gasoline margin (CPG)
2016	19.9
2017	21.8
2018	24.0
2019	24.8
2020*	34.8

https://www.cspdailynews.com/fuels/2020-fuels-50-national-gasoline-margins

[David Dennison 18,603]

Oh yeah!

 

[clapclapclap 9,000]

 

[Biff Tannen 45,477]

1 hour ago, clapclapclap said:

 

Oh look who it is.  I think there's some people that have been looking for you.

[Neonmoon 38,127]

45 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

 

Are you horrified by the extreme violence? 

[Bama Chick 28,596]

 

What’s the drop in bullshittery, ya coward?

[Chewy's Hairy Horn 868]

Wake me when Biden tells us how Washington captured the airports during the revolutionary war. 

[troph 24,547]

34% margin doesn’t seem like price gouging that seems like the retailer finally having decent margins. 

[Biff Tannen 45,477]

1 hour ago, troph said:

34% margin doesn’t seem like price gouging that seems like the retailer finally having decent margins. 

Well then I guess people should shut the fuck up and quit whining eh?

[troph 24,547]

11 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Well then I guess people should shut the fuck up and quit whining eh?

People can say what they want. We need price stability but telling a retailer to cut prices when they aren’t the root cause is kinda shitty.  

[Biff Tannen 45,477]

1 hour ago, troph said:

People can say what they want. We need price stability but telling a retailer to cut prices when they aren’t the root cause is kinda shitty.  

To be fair, I read it as wholesale, so mea culpa.  That said, I work from home most of the time and my wife drives an EV, so I'm not really affected.

[Fudge Nuggets 19,118]

50 minutes ago, troph said:

34% margin doesn’t seem like price gouging that seems like the retailer finally having decent margins. 

That was in 2020 and was considerably higher than previous margins.  When I think of commodities, I think of margins in the high single digits to low double digits, not in the 30% range.