Don't stop there. The US hasn't had leadership of, by, much less for the people since... I dunno. Since Carter? 🥲
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Carter wasn't exactly great as a president... But he was dignified at least. His legacy isn't as bright as his post presidential years.... But it is light years better than that we have now
Got evidence about Biden?
i can list a bunch of bad COVID related decisions he made, sure. one of the worst imo is overseeing the CDC as it told Americans to get back to work earlier and reporting was no longer necessary, all during the pandemic still raging like it currently is.
The pandemic is not raging “currently.” Many hospitals still announce infections, and there many days with zero.
But, I agree COVID was mismanaged from day one. And we can blame it getting out of control on the citizens who refused to wear masks. The overwhelming majority of them are right wing.
we are still in a pandemic so though, perhaps not “raging.” maybe that’s too alarmist. i’ll pull back on that, but.. it is still at levels indicative of a pandemic last i was aware.
it’s an endemic disease, meaning it persists at manageable levels, similar to influenza.
thanks for the info, you're right. well, that's a bit of a relief for me then. still not great lol.. just means the disease isn't an international disaster impacting several communities. i hope our vaccines against it continue to be successful.
Biden didn't do enough but the states didn't want the federal government involved. He offered compensation up to $28,000 per farm and to pay for any milk they had to dispose of if the virus was found in any of it. In the first half of 2024, Texas and a few other states were fighting to keep the CDC out of it. It was something like $100,000,000 dollars the CDC was allowed to track and try to mitigate the spread. I remember seeing it because I have chickens and wasnt sure how exactly it would evolve or transfer as my chickens walked free everywhere they wanted.
States would have freaked if Biden called a state of emergency and used an executive order to allow the CDC access to it all without restrictions, but he probably should have done it anyways.
So, not a whole lot. And, the people freaking out would most likely be republicans anyway… so all I’m hearing is “republicans are at fault”
When isn't an easily foreseeable disaster not the republicans fault?
The fact that Texas (where the first cases were reported) and many other states think infectious diseases should be political talking points to argue about is what's dumb to me. The CDC was created to be an organization separate from party bullshit. The CDC should study such outside of the executive branch. Then again most organizations created by congress should exist outside of the executive branches jurisdiction, because as we've learned from how stupid we are here in America, if the executive branch has a say in it, then they will turn people against each other for populist reasons whether or not they are good for the population.
Well, the media is to blame here. They love to stoke that fire.
Which they need to do in order to create capital to stay afloat. Blame money
Oh yeah greed is the reason for everything bad. If we solved greed there would be an instant global utopia. We just need some kind of drug that causes nausea when a person has greedy thoughts.
...sure
Your fucking eyes and ears? The court granted him all this new power and he could have used it in advance to get the courts to move fast and rule on explicit things to codify it into law. But instead he just played mr nice democrat. He literally could have changed a fuckload of things to better America, in the same way Donny 2 Dolls is doing, and anything the court didn’t block would have happened.
Specifically what could he have done to prevent an outbreak that hasn’t happened yet? Tell me. I don’t like him either but just blaming everything on him is ridiculous when we all know everything bad that happens is the right wing.
Biden has fucking dementia….
You need more evidence that he did fuck all?
Just read the books of all his staffers as they come out.
That’s not really an argument. What is a specific thing he could have done but did not do that would have prevented a thing that has not happened yet? I don’t like Biden either, but just blaming everything on “both sides” isn’t gonna get us anywhere.
Biden was incompetent because he has lost his mental faculties.
If you see that as both sides I can’t help you. That’s why buttplugs have flared bases.
I see a maga in front of me is what I see. He had an entire administration. If you can’t tell me what he should have done to prevent an outbreak of a disease that has yet to break out, then it sounds like you’re using your head as a butt plug.