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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 38 points 6 days ago

Well you didn't work hard at all on prosecuting traitors even after the supreme court handed you a golden ticket to do official acts so this mess is your fault bud. Take comfort that you won't have to live long with the consequences of your failures just like the rest of the geriatrics in your party that won't get the fuck out of the way.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 5 days ago

Not hard enough.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 6 days ago

Is he actually this stupid? He can't actually be this stupid, can he?

[–] neuromorph@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Didn't uphold the 14th ammendment. That would have solved it all.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Genocide geriatric Joe didn’t prevent a fascist accelerationist takeover of the US.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca -4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You can only do so much in a democracy within the law. If you ignore the law and Constitution we are seeing now how things can be done instantly, but it's all illegal.

I would have had a bullet in his head on January 7th. Damn the consequences.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Joe, I get it, but the path forward was clear. Execute Trump, Roberts,Thomas, Barrett, and beer boi, and a handful of Senate and house GOP members for treason, as an executive act.

Someone would take it to the supreme Court, in the remaining liberal justices, since they have a respect for the law, would make the pretty obvious ruling that according to previous rulings what Joe Biden did wouldn't have been illegal at the time. But that moving forward no US president is allowed to violate the law as part of their official duties, at least concerning US citizens.

Then Biden can appoint new judges to the supreme Court which will be approved by a now democratic majority house and Senate. That was the play. That was the only way he was going to save the f****** country and he didn't have the balls to do it. So this is no country for old men.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

He went on to add "but I am really happy with presinald Trump's continued support for Israel's genocide. I may not agree with him on everything, but at least he understand how important it is to slaughter Palestinians!"

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

“Being a good father,” Biden said.

Do good fathers exonerate their children for corruption?

I recognize that Hunter was a target of right-wing lawfare, but I maintain that a blanket parden of all 'nonviolent crimes' for over a decade is the wrong tool for the job.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

If it wasn't trump coming in next I doubt he would have done it.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It was to protect him from the crazy MAGA lunatics, if it wasn't a blanket pardon the right would have manufactured something to get him with. There are plenty of things to criticise Biden for, but this is something I believe any parent would have done in that situation, and its completely fair and the right thing to do.

MAGA is not and will never play fair.

See, that's the thing: I know it was against any arbitrary charges that were known to come, but as you say - MAGA won't hold themselves to reason, so rational preemption won't work. And the actual crimes Hunter was convicted of during that time were absolved. All after Biden Sr avowed he would not pardon him.

I don't have children, so I cannot fault his devotion to his kid, but I still feel that justice was not (and maybe could never be) had, and that the position and responsibility of president and presidential pardon were severely cheapened as a result.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 218 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

You failed to do the one thing that mattered, Biden, which was replace Garland and make sure that someone actually put Trump's ass behind bars as well as his enablers like Musk, Bannon, Miller, and so on. (Seriously, how was the stuff in Project 2025 not enough to hit people with fucking conspiracy, racketeering and sedition charges?) Instead you slow walked this shit and it's literally entirely your own fucking fault that we're in this mess. Especially your unwillingness to stick with your original promise of being a one-term President and allowing the Democrats to have an actual primary, instead once again snatching actual choice out of the hands of the people and anointing a new candidate instead. How many fucking times has that failed now, dipshit?

I got zero sympathy for this blithering bitching idiot. Go cry about your legacy more, chucklefuck. We're facing out of control fascism because you were a pussy and didn't want to "lOoK PoLiTiCaL."

[–] Xulai@mander.xyz 89 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly, this.

But wait, there’s more…

Enabling a genocide- something all the candidates were going to do anyway- is deeply unpopular.

Supporting Israel at the expense of US citizens isn’t okay under any circumstances or leader. It is time to end this farce; the only folks who don’t listen are the ones being paid not to.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 82 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It was especially stupid because he was dealing with Netanyahu, who clearly was making decisions to make Biden look bad and enable Trump. As if Trump and Netanyahu aren't exactly the fuck alike, both total criminals looking for power to avoid paying for their criminal activities.

So, on top of enabling a fucking genocide, it was also crassly politically fucking stupid to try to be wheeling and dealing with a guy who once again clearly supported Trump and would fuck Biden over to get Trump a win. Biden is a fucking a buffoon.

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 180 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Shut the fuck up, Biden. When the Supreme Court made a president a king, you had the chance to remove ALL of these traitors as an official presidential action and you still chose the high road.

So just enjoy your dementia in peace.

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[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 141 points 1 week ago (20 children)

His presidency will be remembered not for what he did, which was mostly good, but for what he did not do. His legacy will be viewed similarly to Hoover's. Both were principled men who, when faced with a serious problem, could not find it in themselves to deal with it.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago (9 children)

no you didn't, dumbass. we knew this was coming and you did nothing to prevent it.

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