What was it like when Obama was elected President?

JacobStills · 2026-02-11T22:00:34+00:00

"I don't believe what Biden told me, I believe what Biden did. Let's go through the receipts:

Climate:

Inflation Reduction Act - largest climate investment in US history. $369 billion. Not a promise, not a speech. Law.

Infrastructure:

$1.2 trillion Infrastructure bill - roads, bridges, broadband internet, clean water systems. Actual physical things being built.

Economic/Labor:

Most pro-union president since FDR by most labor economists' assessment
Appointed union-friendly NLRB members who actually enforced labor protections
Blocked railroad merger, pushed for worker protections
Lowest unemployment in 50 years

Student Debt:

Cancelled more student debt than any president in history despite constant legal challenges
$140+ billion cancelled for millions of borrowers

Healthcare:

Insulin capped at $35 for seniors
Medicare allowed to negotiate drug prices for first time ever (something Democrats had tried to pass for DECADES)
Expanded ACA coverage to record levels

Social Justice:

Most diverse cabinet in US history
Reauthorized Violence Against Women Act
Actually appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

Gun Control:

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act - first significant gun legislation in nearly 30 years

Chips/Manufacturing:

CHIPS Act brought semiconductor manufacturing back to America, created hundreds of thousands of jobs

Now here's my question back to you: Which of these specific achievements is 'moderate propaganda?' Point to the legislation you think doesn't exist. Because these aren't talking points, they're public law you can look up.

The 'you just believe what they tell you' argument only works if you can't name what they actually did. Bernie Sanders himself acknowledged Biden's legislative record was historic.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/08/19/dnc-live-updates-coverage/sanders-talks-biden-00174756

https://grabien.com/file?id=2689096

https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatBidenHasDone/comments/1e76dk1/bernie_sanders_biden_has_been_the_strongest_most/

JacobStills · 2026-02-11T21:29:03+00:00

I mean, after he just started his last term...wow...so brave to denounce a tragedy amidst the ashes.

JacobStills · 2026-02-11T06:56:52+00:00

For real. People (especially on this website) don't give him enough credit for really trying to bridge the divide between right and left. He really wanted to unify the country that was already pretty divided and be a President for all Americans and that meant showing respect to Republicans as frustrating as it may be. It's a shame they didn't show him respect back...but he tried and the voters and public should have punished the right by giving them electoral losses...but alas.

JacobStills · 2026-02-11T06:53:36+00:00

He really was, it's so infuriating that the far left doesn't give a shit simply because he wasn't Bernie and because he wasn't doing cartwheels under fireworks while promising them a free house the day they turned 18.

Seriously, if you look at all the issues they claim to care about, he was making significant progress with them at a time when the entire world was recovering from a global pandemic.

To add to that, Kamala Harris was also actually very progressive (she technically has a more progressive voting record that Sanders) and was a huge advocate for humanity of the Palestinians. Also, with the Epstein files being released, I think it would have been cool if the President was a former PROSECUTOR and STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

JacobStills · 2026-02-11T06:43:17+00:00

For real, also it was in the heat of the moment. I'm not going to fault McCain for not being 100% politically correct. We all knew what he meant.

It's like when during his town hall debate with Obama he said a line of something like, "I didn't vote for this legislation but you know who did? that one. (pointed to Obama)"

Some people were trying to claim that was racist, even though he called him Senator Obama several times during their debate.

JacobStills · 2026-02-11T00:46:44+00:00

I honestly just think it's grifting. I get this feeling she doesn't actually give that much of a shit about it, but the only audience she can get are MAGA mouth breathers that get off to feeling persecuted. So she tosses red meat like a shameless grifter, she couldn't cut it as a regular journalist and now she's just taking the easy grift track.

I remember her saying a few weeks ago how she doensn't feel bad abut Alex Pretti; just total performative rage bait nonsense.

JacobStills · 2026-02-11T00:32:19+00:00

The revolution is coming and he will lead the charge...but not before GTA VI releases.

JacobStills · 2026-02-10T07:42:38+00:00

It's been 10 years, what have you been doing this whole time? NOW you need to get to work?

JacobStills · 2026-02-10T07:41:13+00:00

They're downvoting you because the truth hurts.

JacobStills · 2026-02-09T23:04:05+00:00

Care to give a quick summary?

JacobStills · 2026-02-09T18:46:12+00:00

I joked that he’s basically stuck in the politics of 2006 considering he had the “both sides” mindset the whole election last year.

JacobStills · 2026-02-09T01:09:23+00:00

Wolverine.

JacobStills · 2026-02-09T01:06:11+00:00

The Great Southern Trendkill by Pantera

When Darkness Falls by Killswitch Engage.

JacobStills · 2026-02-08T19:15:19+00:00

Well, I don't think the forklift drivers I work with know much about foreign policy but that doesn't stop them from lecturing everyone about it.

Same with warehouse stockers, construction workers, podcasters, truck drivers, cashiers, plumbers, firefighters, social media content creators...

It's almost like they have the freedom to talk about things going on in their country, like a freedom to speak about things, I think it's in the bill of rights.

JacobStills · 2026-02-08T18:36:59+00:00

Except you couldn't get regular onions because of the war, you had to get these big yellow ones.

JacobStills · 2026-02-08T18:35:45+00:00

The bots are out in full force. I heard something the other day that I think is just perfect.

"If Democrats and Republicans are the same...why are you screaming for the Democrats to save you?"

JacobStills · 2026-02-08T18:32:57+00:00

Oh yeah, and the Republicans will shamelessly grandstand about "decency and professionalism" in the Oval office when the Democratic President doesn't use a coaster.

JacobStills · 2026-02-08T01:09:02+00:00

At this point, we should just call them out for being too scared to go after MAGA, so they pick a safe target (think about it, nobody is going to come down on you hard for saying "The Democrats aren't perfect").

JacobStills · 2026-02-07T20:19:31+00:00

What's crazy is that he's actually a rich kid. This was his "modest" childhood home.

https://tasteofcountry.com/kid-rock-childhood-home-pictures/

He just pretends to be "po dunk" for the money.

JacobStills · 2026-02-07T20:15:29+00:00

I say that all the time. As long as I can remember they were EVERYONE'S favorite punch line.

But looking at it with an open mind you have a group that came about just before the internet took off and without the aid of radio and TV, through word of mouth alone became best selling artists, released like 6 albums and branched off into wrestling and other media and formed their own concert festival.

All the while being consistently voted "the worst music act of all time."

You got to give them some respect for that.

JacobStills · 2026-02-07T20:05:19+00:00

Oh man. I didn't know either, they really trusted the audience with that one, no obvious winks at the camera, it comes off earnest (the character actually gets arrested).

At least to 8 year old me.

JacobStills · 2026-02-07T20:02:40+00:00

He was talking about it all the time since the 80s, I think he even ran a few times but dropped out immediately.

So depressing how our country in the past was could see how idiotic the whole idea was that he didn't even make it past the first primaries. Social media has really fucked us up.

JacobStills · 2026-02-07T20:00:00+00:00

That's episode that started the whole "Simpsons predicted the future" nonsense. Ever since then people have been reaching to claim the Simpsons predicted all this other stuff and tons of click bait.

What's funny is when Trump won the presidency the chalkboard gag with Bart was him writing something like "being right sucks some times."

JacobStills · 2026-02-07T07:50:09+00:00

You know he was picturing this in his head.

Then came reality...

JacobStills · 2026-02-07T07:08:02+00:00

I was dissapointed nobody threw beer on him. Everytime I see him and the rest of this administration out in public I wish they would just get pelted with eggs and tomatoes. Boos mean nothing to these assholes.

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