Biden’s Scorecard

[UNI88]

So endeth the biden administration.

[Bobcat]

Darkest 4 year chapter in US history. Thank god its over and the country can start healing from the epic assault and destruction

[GannonFan]

FYP - Ganny is the adult but the child moniker apples to you, I, BobQAT, etc. just as much as it does kalm.

I'm pretty sure Ganny puts Buchanan ahead of biden on the worst Presidents list.

Would Ganny vote for ole James Buch?

Nope, Buchanan was the worst there was. He's a certain no in terms of voting for him.

[UNI88]

Darkest 4 year chapter in US history. Thank god its over and the country can start healing from the epic assault and destruction

Exaggerate much? The last 4 years are dwarfed by the Civil War, the Great Depression, etc.

[Bobcat]

Agree to disagree, I would much rather have another civil war than 4 more years of Biden. Hes literally killed US citizens with his bullshit foreign and domestic policies. Joey didn't do it he's the diaper shitting moron figurehead, but he's the guy, sharp as a tack

[BDKJMU]

Decades from now, Biden will regarded similar to LBJ. Some progressive policies that helped and navigated the COVID crisis ok, but also some mistakes and things to fairly criticize.

His legacy will be a middle of the road presidency.

Wasn't LBJ's war on poverty declared an epic failure, as well as his decision to escalate the Vietnam War? Middle of the road is a highly optimistic reading of LBJ's presidency.

As for Biden, we were already moving on from COVID when he took office. His actions extended it far beyond what it should've been in terms of economic policy and impact, and he implemented one of the worst, self-owned inflation periods in our country's history. Real wages were down over the 4 years of his Presidency, something we haven't seen in a very long time. Couple that with his disastrous actions on the global scene (chaotic withdraw from Afghanistan, failure to deter Russia's invasion of Ukraine, failure to seriously put a dent in Russia's economy after the invasion by refusing to touch Russia's petroleum exports, and failure to address Iran's growing ambitions in the Middle East (although he got a huge assist he didn't work for when Israel confronted Hamas and Hezbollah and when Sryian rebels rose up there). And we found out near the end of his administration that the orchestrations played behind the scenes to limit free speech and to censor opposing opinions would've made Orwell blush. Biden's administration has been a colossal failure, and capped off with a return of the regime that preceded him and left in disgrace only puts a cherry on top of how bad his Presidency was. He wasn't as bad as Buchanan, but Biden will forever be in the lower realms of Presidential rankings.

+ you left off one of the top 2 issues why he lost besides the inflation: the mass illegal migration. Heck even the NYT put the number at 8+ million, and thats probably lowballed.

[BDKJMU]

Wasn't LBJ's war on poverty declared an epic failure, as well as his decision to escalate the Vietnam War? Middle of the road is a highly optimistic reading of LBJ's presidency.

As for Biden, we were already moving on from COVID when he took office. His actions extended it far beyond what it should've been in terms of economic policy and impact, and he implemented one of the worst, self-owned inflation periods in our country's history. Real wages were down over the 4 years of his Presidency, something we haven't seen in a very long time. Couple that with his disastrous actions on the global scene (chaotic withdraw from Afghanistan, failure to deter Russia's invasion of Ukraine, failure to seriously put a dent in Russia's economy after the invasion by refusing to touch Russia's petroleum exports, and failure to address Iran's growing ambitions in the Middle East (although he got a huge assist he didn't work for when Israel confronted Hamas and Hezbollah and when Sryian rebels rose up there). And we found out near the end of his administration that the orchestrations played behind the scenes to limit free speech and to censor opposing opinions would've made Orwell blush. Biden's administration has been a colossal failure, and capped off with a return of the regime that preceded him and left in disgrace only puts a cherry on top of how bad his Presidency was. He wasn't as bad as Buchanan, but Biden will forever be in the lower realms of Presidential rankings.

I didn’t say perfect I said middle of the road.

LBJ’s war on poverty and Great Society programs were also considered a success by many despite the political obstacles faced and limiting factors (like war spending) and political support after he left office.

Medicare and medicaid alone pulled millions out of poverty.

Not perfect but they helped ordinary folks which seems to be a continuing hang up for the economic right who have been trying to dismantle them similar to New Deal programs since their inception. For what? Lower taxes and more billionaires?

You could create a similar list of grievances for every administration depending on your opinion of how government should treat the working class, military action, etc.



They would have, still could, do more if expanded. Remember,

30 trillion and nothing to show for it. All the racist Great Society did was destroy families, esp black:

…Until the mid-60s, in 85% of all black families, two parents were raising their children. Since the advent of the Welfare State, more than 75% of black children were born to single mothers. The system included penalties for marriage and work through which benefits would be decreased or terminated. As income was detached from work, the role of fathers in the family was undermined and dismissed….

https://constitutingamerica.org/the-tru ... oodson-sr/

Its not surprising that he passed the racist Great Society programs. He was a bigger racist than Joe Biden:

In Senate cloakrooms and staff meetings, Johnson was practically a connoisseur of the word. According to Johnson biographer Robert Caro, Johnson would calibrate his pronunciations by region, using "nigra" with some southern legislators and "negra" with others. Discussing civil rights legislation with men like Mississippi Democrat James Eastland, who committed most of his life to defending white supremacy, he'd simply call it "the nigger bill."

Then in 1957, Johnson would help get the "nigger bill" passed, known to most as the Civil Rights Act of 1957…

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/msna305591

Could tax those billionaires you hate 100% and it wouldn’t pay for the debt + New Deal/Great Society programs and unfunded liabilities.

[Caribbean Hen]

Would Ganny vote for ole James Buch?

Nope, Buchanan was the worst there was. He's a certain no in terms of voting for him.

I would bet if he became the President 4 years ago he would of done better than Biden

[Caribbean Hen]

Biden was horrible and had no voice of reason to talk him out of bad decisions, this might be for a few reasons though:
1) he was to belligerent and stubborn and senile to listen and understand good advice (I doubt there was much)
2) he wasn't really the one running things, Biden wasn't always a progressive radical like he was as President. I'm sure the radicals saw empty headed Biden as a dream come true.

One of the biggest crimes of the administration is trying to push Biden through his 4 years knowing full well he was in decline; this is reckless and very selfish behavior..... even criminal given the duties and responsibilities of a President to protect and serve all Americans

He's the worst President you could ever imagine but I'll do some research on James Buchanon

So after trying to get a face-to-face with Joey Rotten for two months, and breaking through a progressive liberal radical barricade of Heels up Harris, Ashame Jeffries and idiot Up Chuckie, Speaker Johnson had a face-to-face with our president and JoBozo was not aware of one of his executive orders pausing LNG exports to Europe

Horrible

https://www.thefp.com/p/when-mike-johns ... -in-charge

WATCH: When Mike Johnson Knew Joe Biden Was Not in Charge
JANUARY 17, 2025
ELI LAKE
“Sir, why did you pause LNG exports to Europe?” the speaker asked. “I didn’t do that,” Biden replied. He had, three weeks earlier—but he wasn’t aware of what he’d signed.

[Caribbean Hen]

Would Ganny vote for ole James Buch?

Nope, Buchanan was the worst there was. He's a certain no in terms of voting for him.

Just checking because you did say you were voting for Scamala Harris… who was the worst candidate ever

[kalm]

Nope, Buchanan was the worst there was. He's a certain no in terms of voting for him.

Just checking because you did say you were voting for Scamala Harris… who was the worst candidate ever

I thought Joey Rotten was?

[BDKJMU]

Is Biden going to declare the 29th Amendment to the Constitution on his way out the door overturning Dobbs and declaring abortion a Constitutional right enshrined in the Constitution? Maybe throw in the 30th Amendment while he‘s at it outlawing ‘assualt weapons‘ ie those scary looking black guns.

[Caribbean Hen]

Just checking because you did say you were voting for Scamala Harris… who was the worst candidate ever

I thought Joey Rotten was?

Joey worst President

Scamala worst candidate

[kalm]

Is Biden going to declare the 29th Amendment to the Constitution on his way out the door overturning Dobbs and declaring abortion a Constitutional right enshrined in the Constitution? Maybe throw in the 30th Amendment while he‘s at it outlawing ‘assualt weapons‘ ie those scary looking black guns.

Let’s hope so.

[kalm]

[BDKJMU]

US Supreme Court dealt Biden historic series of defeats

During his four years as president, Democrat Joe Biden experienced a sustained series of defeats at the U.S. Supreme Court, whose ascendant conservative majority blew holes in his agenda and dashed precedents long cherished by American liberals.

Despite the Biden administration's efforts to preserve it, the court - which has six conservative justices and three liberals - in 2022 overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had recognized a constitutional right to abortion.

The court in 2023 rejected race-conscious admissions policies defended by his administration that long had been used by colleges and universities to increase their numbers of Black, Hispanic and other minority students. In 2022, it expanded gun rights, rejecting his administration's position, and similarly in 2024 it invalidated a federal ban on "bump stock" devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.

The justices blocked Biden's $430 billion student loan relief plan in 2023. They also limited the Environmental Protection Agency's reach as part of a series of rulings curbing the power federal regulatory agencies.

"I think it is the toughest series of defeats since Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s had many New Deal programs declared unconstitutional," said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California Berkeley Law School, referring to another conservative court that frustrated a Democratic president.

John Yoo, who served as a Justice Department lawyer under Republican former President George W. Bush, said Biden experienced "an amazing number of defeats" in his biggest cases as president.

"It's hard to think of another president in our lifetimes who lost so many high-profile cases on issues so near and dear to his constitutional agenda," said Yoo, now a professor at UC Berkeley School of Law….

…..During Biden's term, the court formalized a conservative legal principle, called the major questions doctrine, that gives judges broad discretion to invalidate executive agency actions of "vast economic and political significance" unless it is deemed that Congress clearly authorized them.

The court invoked this doctrine to block the student debt relief plan that Biden had promised as a candidate in 2020 and to roll back the EPA's authority to regulate carbon pollution from power plants.

"The environmental law and student loan cases show how disdainful the court is of Democratic executive action, precisely because the lack of congressional movement means that executive action remains the only avenue for any kind of policy progress in the U.S.," Cornell Law School professor Gautam Hans said.

In another blow to federal regulatory power, the court in 2024 overturned a landmark 1984 precedent that had given deference to U.S. agencies in interpreting laws they administer, again ruling against Biden's administration. This doctrine, known as "Chevron deference," had been long opposed by conservatives and business interest…..

…..Even as Biden often experienced disappointment at the court, Trump while out of office racked up victories - particularly in three cases decided last year.
In the biggest of those, the court embraced Trump's request for immunity after he was indicted on federal criminal charges involving his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to Biden - the first time it recognized any degree of presidential immunity from prosecution. The ruling stated that former presidents have broad immunity for official acts taken in office.

Biden called the ruling "a dangerous precedent."
University of Illinois Chicago law professor Steve Schwinn said the Biden administration found itself in the middle of longer-term trends in which the court has curtailed the power of federal agencies and enhanced the power of the presidency.

These shifts "will have dramatic impacts on the enforcement of federal law across the board," Schwinn said. "We'll see this immediately in the second Trump administration, with a president who has promised to take full advantage of these trends."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-sup ... 025-01-18/

[kalm]

US Supreme Court dealt Biden historic series of defeats

During his four years as president, Democrat Joe Biden experienced a sustained series of defeats at the U.S. Supreme Court, whose ascendant conservative majority blew holes in his agenda and dashed precedents long cherished by American liberals.

Despite the Biden administration's efforts to preserve it, the court - which has six conservative justices and three liberals - in 2022 overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had recognized a constitutional right to abortion.

The court in 2023 rejected race-conscious admissions policies defended by his administration that long had been used by colleges and universities to increase their numbers of Black, Hispanic and other minority students. In 2022, it expanded gun rights, rejecting his administration's position, and similarly in 2024 it invalidated a federal ban on "bump stock" devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.

The justices blocked Biden's $430 billion student loan relief plan in 2023. They also limited the Environmental Protection Agency's reach as part of a series of rulings curbing the power federal regulatory agencies.

"I think it is the toughest series of defeats since Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s had many New Deal programs declared unconstitutional," said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California Berkeley Law School, referring to another conservative court that frustrated a Democratic president.

John Yoo, who served as a Justice Department lawyer under Republican former President George W. Bush, said Biden experienced "an amazing number of defeats" in his biggest cases as president.

"It's hard to think of another president in our lifetimes who lost so many high-profile cases on issues so near and dear to his constitutional agenda," said Yoo, now a professor at UC Berkeley School of Law….

…..During Biden's term, the court formalized a conservative legal principle, called the major questions doctrine, that gives judges broad discretion to invalidate executive agency actions of "vast economic and political significance" unless it is deemed that Congress clearly authorized them.

The court invoked this doctrine to block the student debt relief plan that Biden had promised as a candidate in 2020 and to roll back the EPA's authority to regulate carbon pollution from power plants.

"The environmental law and student loan cases show how disdainful the court is of Democratic executive action, precisely because the lack of congressional movement means that executive action remains the only avenue for any kind of policy progress in the U.S.," Cornell Law School professor Gautam Hans said.

In another blow to federal regulatory power, the court in 2024 overturned a landmark 1984 precedent that had given deference to U.S. agencies in interpreting laws they administer, again ruling against Biden's administration. This doctrine, known as "Chevron deference," had been long opposed by conservatives and business interest…..

…..Even as Biden often experienced disappointment at the court, Trump while out of office racked up victories - particularly in three cases decided last year.
In the biggest of those, the court embraced Trump's request for immunity after he was indicted on federal criminal charges involving his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to Biden - the first time it recognized any degree of presidential immunity from prosecution. The ruling stated that former presidents have broad immunity for official acts taken in office.

Biden called the ruling "a dangerous precedent."
University of Illinois Chicago law professor Steve Schwinn said the Biden administration found itself in the middle of longer-term trends in which the court has curtailed the power of federal agencies and enhanced the power of the presidency.

These shifts "will have dramatic impacts on the enforcement of federal law across the board," Schwinn said. "We'll see this immediately in the second Trump administration, with a president who has promised to take full advantage of these trends."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-sup ... 025-01-18/

Because they’re a hyper political and corrupt court?

[UNI88]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-sup ... 025-01-18/

Because they’re a hyper political and corrupt court?

No they're not. I've disagreed with some of their rulings but Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett and have all shown that they aren't ruling simply on politics.

alito and thomas are fair game for criticism but that's only 2 out of the 6 justices appointed by a Republican.

[kalm]

Because they’re a hyper political and corrupt court?

No they're not. I've disagreed with some of their rulings but Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett and have all shown that they aren't ruling simply on politics.

alito and thomas are fair game for criticism but that's only 2 out of the 6 justices appointed by a Republican.

Did Roberts support Citizens United?

Did they all vote against presidential immunity?

Among other rulings.

Are they still originalists?

[BDKJMU]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-sup ... 025-01-18/

Because they’re a hyper political and corrupt court?

No they're not. I've disagreed with some of their rulings but Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett and have all shown that they aren't ruling simply on politics.

alito and thomas are fair game for criticism but that's only 2 out of the 6 justices appointed by a Republican.

Did Roberts support Citizens United?

Did they all vote against presidential immunity?

Among other rulings.

Are they still originalists?

Kalm: Orginalist judges all are hyper political and corrupt.

Ok. The 3 lib women judges are all commies.

[BDKJMU]

[Caribbean Hen]

Because they’re a hyper political and corrupt court?

Did Roberts support Citizens United?

Did they all vote against presidential immunity?

Among other rulings.

Are they still originalists?

Kalm: Orginalist judges all are hyper political and corrupt.

Ok. The 3 lib women judges are all commies.

Soto probably the dumbest of all 9

Shameful for the Isla

[kalm]

Because they’re a hyper political and corrupt court?

Did Roberts support Citizens United?

Did they all vote against presidential immunity?

Among other rulings.

Are they still originalists?

Kalm: Orginalist judges all are hyper political and corrupt.

Ok. The 3 lib women judges are all commies.

I’m not sure where the three lib judges stand on economics.

We know the rest are pro business via deregulation and corporate personhood while remaining pro-zealotry when it comes to ruling on social issues and individuals rights. And they do in fact take money and go on fancy trips with conservative donors.

[BDKJMU]

Biden: LOWEST APPROVAL EVER for a departing president. Complete and utter failure as POTUS.

[kalm]

Biden: LOWEST APPROVAL EVER for a departing president. Complete and utter failure as POTUS.

And Trump is a close second. This has more to do with the crisis period than performance. People aren’t happy…with almost any leader. Same is true in Europe.