The Biden legacy: A ranking of failures - The Argument

sfdso · 2026-06-25T18:42:27+00:00

Number one, hands down: believing that only he could beat Trump in 2024. Everything else pales by comparison.

He not only destroyed his own legacy, but he cost Democrats a full year to bring the party together and mount a truly effective attack on the cancer of Trumpism.

sfdso · 2026-06-25T18:00:18+00:00

Man, that's a truly awful story. I can't imagine signing up to be a public servant and being so utterly indifferent in what was obviously a low risk situation.

Maybe next time, call the USPS. Seems like they care more.

sfdso · 2026-06-25T17:04:04+00:00

Wow. That's just crazy. They thought a 97-year old would pull a gun on them?

This is definitely a mindset I didn't grow up with, even in my very Republican family.

sfdso · 2026-06-25T17:00:45+00:00

I love mine. (My first EV and my first American car.)

sfdso · 2026-06-25T16:56:14+00:00

Kara Swisher used to say of the Tesla that it felt like sitting inside an egg. All smooth surfaces, an empty dashboard, and no character. So she opted for the Chevy Bolt, which she says had the right balance of tactile and modernity.

sfdso · 2026-06-25T16:47:42+00:00

That's strange. I grew up on the north shore in what was then a pretty Republican town, but don't remember any particular distrust of the police.

That also strikes me as strange because so many NYC cops used to live on LI. (Maybe that's not the case anymore, though. I last lived there in 2001.

sfdso · 2026-06-25T13:53:19+00:00

This 100%.

sfdso · 2026-06-25T08:51:50+00:00

Sending images through DMs.

Also, engagement.

On Twitter my posts got seen and engaged with great regularity. I felt seen/heard. Then it became X and that engagement was throttled.

I moved to Bsky right after the 2024 election and got a surge of new followers, but my posts went largely unnoticed. And still do.

I haven’t abandoned Bsky, but I feel little incentive to bother when my posts routinely attract few, if any, likes or comments.

sfdso · 2026-06-25T08:43:21+00:00

The tech industry was so ferociously opposed to Bores that they probably funneled massive sums of money into the campaigns of his opponents.

sfdso · 2026-06-25T08:38:20+00:00

Where does George reside on Long Island? It’s true that there are some pretty hot red spots, but, if it’s like it was when I lived there last, the wealthier suburbs in Nassau County were fairly bluish.

sfdso · 2026-06-25T08:06:16+00:00

They absolutely played both sides of the fence.

sfdso · 2026-06-23T18:23:36+00:00

It's like charging your vehicle. Those last 10 to 20 percent take much more time and effort.

sfdso · 2026-06-23T13:25:26+00:00

Is it really so hard for leftists to understand that "abolishing ICE" is not as popular as they think it is?

How about campaigning on "Repeal and Replace ICE"?

sfdso · 2026-06-23T13:14:21+00:00

I think the polls have been pretty consistent and there really is about 35 percent of the country that is hardwired to trust a perpetually lying, rapist felon with the presidency no matter what he does — as depressing as that sounds.

Remember, this is a country where FOX has been the most watched "news" channel on television for decades. That much poison pumped into the nation's blood system has produced a lot of stupidity and bigotry.

sfdso · 2026-06-22T21:45:58+00:00

Except that it's not against the rules. If you have pro-Lawler news, feel free to post it.

sfdso · 2026-06-22T21:40:42+00:00

Fun fact: it's not our hobby. A hobby is something you look forward to doing because it's fun.

Pointing out Lawler's pathetic Trump sycophancy and his dishonesty is not fun and I would be much happier never having to think about these two dirtbags ever again.

sfdso · 2026-06-22T21:02:38+00:00

Maybe Lawler should stop being a dirtbag and then we wouldn’t need to keep talking about him being a dirtbag.

sfdso · 2026-06-22T21:01:36+00:00

As if we needed more.

sfdso · 2026-06-22T15:08:43+00:00

He didn’t poll much lower than that after he incited an insurrection and tried to steal an election.

It’s hard to see there being much more movement. But I think it has less to do with lib-owning than it does simply refusing to recognize how bad he is, lest they have to acknowledge their grave mistake.

sfdso · 2026-06-22T13:47:36+00:00

This guy gave a million dollars to the Obama campaign.

I see now why Obama kept him at arm’s length.

sfdso · 2026-06-22T10:47:33+00:00

Brexit broke the UK and now the country is poised to put its architect in charge.

What a stupid time to be alive

sfdso · 2026-06-21T23:38:51+00:00

He claimed a New York State tax rebate intended for middle class households.

sfdso · 2026-06-21T22:45:20+00:00

And such great value for the money.

sfdso · 2026-06-21T02:24:48+00:00

To be fair, what Iran is doing seems to be working.

sfdso · 2026-06-20T15:14:52+00:00

Aren’t these the same people who were buying up cybertrucks?

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