Biden’s Scorecard

[AZGrizFan]

JSO to drop in and claim these polls are wrong in 3...2...1...

Not. As I have said before, I do not change my view on whether polls are accurate or not based on whether they indicate what I wish were true or not. There is no question that Biden is way under water on job approval right now.

I don't think he should be as far down as he is. I think he is getting the blame for inflation when it's not due to anything he did, for example. But I understand that that's how it works. The person in the President's position gets the credit or the blame regardless of whether they "cause" something or not.

I also think the country is way better off right now than it was on the day he took office. I think there are way too may people who don't realize that. I would not say he "caused" us having unprecedented job growth and the best GDP performance in 37 years for 2021. But it's interesting to me that people appear not to even notice those things. I do think we are back to having a professional government that does not have to worry about being constantly interfered with by a corrupt nut job and we are at least TRYING to take a scientific approach to the pandemic.

But it is what it is. For whatever reason, he is way underwater on job approval.

When you shut down the entire country and force hundreds of thousands of companies to close their doors and let their staff go, and then finally open the country back up and many of those people find jobs again, you’re going to claim that as a “victory”?

Professional?

Afghanistan
Gas prices
Food prices
Great resignation
Russia
China
COVID

Yep. A real “professional”.

[JohnStOnge]

Not. As I have said before, I do not change my view on whether polls are accurate or not based on whether they indicate what I wish were true or not. There is no question that Biden is way under water on job approval right now.

I don't think he should be as far down as he is. I think he is getting the blame for inflation when it's not due to anything he did, for example. But I understand that that's how it works. The person in the President's position gets the credit or the blame regardless of whether they "cause" something or not.

I also think the country is way better off right now than it was on the day he took office. I think there are way too may people who don't realize that. I would not say he "caused" us having unprecedented job growth and the best GDP performance in 37 years for 2021. But it's interesting to me that people appear not to even notice those things. I do think we are back to having a professional government that does not have to worry about being constantly interfered with by a corrupt nut job and we are at least TRYING to take a scientific approach to the pandemic.

But it is what it is. For whatever reason, he is way underwater on job approval.

When you shut down the entire country and force hundreds of thousands of companies to close their doors and let their staff go, and then finally open the country back up and many of those people find jobs again, you’re going to claim that as a “victory”?

I wrote that I would not say he "caused" us having unprecedented job growth and the best GDP performance in 37 years for 2021.

Professional?

Afghanistan

That was badly handled. But it was set up by the previous Administration and there is no reason to believe a second Trump Administration would have handled it better.

Gas prices

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration. For this one I will link an article that I think lays out the case I agree with: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/20 ... 98a82e31e9. Stuff like pointing to Biden nixing the Keystone pipeline and restricting drilling leases as factors in current higher gasoline prices is ridiculous. The increase in gasoline prices is not the result of anything Biden or anybody else in the United States did.

Food prices

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration.

Great resignation

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration.

Russia

Being handled much more professionally now than it was during the previous Administration. The previous Administration was a clown show in this area.

China

See Russia. Same situation.

COVID

If there is ANY area such that it is being handled much more professionally than it was during the previous Administration, this is it. We don't have a President giving succor to all sorts of misinformation. We have an Administration proceeding according to what the people who know what they are talking about advise. To the extent that they are having problems, a lot of them are due to the misinformation culture the previous Administration fostered.

[JohnStOnge]

Independence means you are self-reliant. Can you honestly say that America is self-reliant WRT to energy?

Up until shortly after Biden took office, we were a net exporter of oil and gas. It was the first time in some lengthy period of time, I’m not looking it up this morning.

We will always import some types of oil for various reasons - we have the full spectrum of refining capabilities but there are some types of oil that are only produced in other parts of the world as Flaggy said. There are also some strategic reasons for maintaining supply lines so that producers like Nigeria don’t flounder.

But until very recently, we were “independent” in the sense that we were able to produce enough to cover our own needs, independently of OPEC. It’s ironic - whatever largesse Trump showered on the Saudis (like looking the other way while Bin Salman murdered a dissident journo abroad)… Biden has been significantly better for the House of Saud’s bottom line.


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US production of crude oil peaked in 2019 then declined in 2020. See https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafH ... RFPUS2&f=A. That source does not indicate 2021 production yet. But, obviously, if it declined again, we are talking about the second year of a decline that started during Trump's final year in office.

I think all of us can probably think of a reason why crude oil production might have declined in 2020 and 2021.

[AZGrizFan]

When you shut down the entire country and force hundreds of thousands of companies to close their doors and let their staff go, and then finally open the country back up and many of those people find jobs again, you’re going to claim that as a “victory”?

I wrote that I would not say he "caused" us having unprecedented job growth and the best GDP performance in 37 years for 2021.

Professional?

Afghanistan

That was badly handled. But it was set up by the previous Administration and there is no reason to believe a second Trump Administration would have handled it better.

Gas prices

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration. For this one I will link an article that I think lays out the case I agree with: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/20 ... 98a82e31e9. Stuff like pointing to Biden nixing the Keystone pipeline and restricting drilling leases as factors in current higher gasoline prices is ridiculous. The increase in gasoline prices is not the result of anything Biden or anybody else in the United States did.

Food prices

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration.

Great resignation

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration.

Russia

Being handled much more professionally now than it was during the previous Administration. The previous Administration was a clown show in this area.

China

See Russia. Same situation.

COVID

If there is ANY area such that it is being handled much more professionally than it was during the previous Administration, this is it. We don't have a President giving succor to all sorts of misinformation. We have an Administration proceeding according to what the people who know what they are talking about advise. To the extent that they are having problems, a lot of them are due to the misinformation culture the previous Administration fostered.

You are like shooting fish in a barrel.

[CID1990]

Up until shortly after Biden took office, we were a net exporter of oil and gas. It was the first time in some lengthy period of time, I’m not looking it up this morning.

We will always import some types of oil for various reasons - we have the full spectrum of refining capabilities but there are some types of oil that are only produced in other parts of the world as Flaggy said. There are also some strategic reasons for maintaining supply lines so that producers like Nigeria don’t flounder.

But until very recently, we were “independent” in the sense that we were able to produce enough to cover our own needs, independently of OPEC. It’s ironic - whatever largesse Trump showered on the Saudis (like looking the other way while Bin Salman murdered a dissident journo abroad)… Biden has been significantly better for the House of Saud’s bottom line.


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US production of crude oil peaked in 2019 then declined in 2020. See https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafH ... RFPUS2&f=A. That source does not indicate 2021 production yet. But, obviously, if it declined again, we are talking about the second year of a decline that started during Trump's final year in office.

I think all of us can probably think of a reason why crude oil production might have declined in 2020 and 2021.

And your irrelevant point is?


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[Ivytalk]

When you shut down the entire country and force hundreds of thousands of companies to close their doors and let their staff go, and then finally open the country back up and many of those people find jobs again, you’re going to claim that as a “victory”?

I wrote that I would not say he "caused" us having unprecedented job growth and the best GDP performance in 37 years for 2021.

Professional?

Afghanistan

That was badly handled. But it was set up by the previous Administration and there is no reason to believe a second Trump Administration would have handled it better.

Gas prices

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration. For this one I will link an article that I think lays out the case I agree with: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/20 ... 98a82e31e9. Stuff like pointing to Biden nixing the Keystone pipeline and restricting drilling leases as factors in current higher gasoline prices is ridiculous. The increase in gasoline prices is not the result of anything Biden or anybody else in the United States did.

Food prices

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration.

Great resignation

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration.

Russia

Being handled much more professionally now than it was during the previous Administration. The previous Administration was a clown show in this area.

China

See Russia. Same situation.

COVID

If there is ANY area such that it is being handled much more professionally than it was during the previous Administration, this is it. We don't have a President giving succor to all sorts of misinformation. We have an Administration proceeding according to what the people who know what they are talking about advise. To the extent that they are having problems, a lot of them are due to the misinformation culture the previous Administration fostered.

StPsaki, you have less credibility than Baghdad Bob and Chris Cuomo put together.

[BDKJMU]

Lawl

[BDKJMU]

[BDKJMU]

Brandon 34% approval.
Among independents 23%
Not a single state above 50%, even the deepest blue. Check out WV lol..heck, at 17% I’m surpised Manchin doesn’t oppose Brandon’s agenda more than he even does..
https://civiqs.com/results/approve_pres ... oomIn=true

[Winterborn]

I wrote that I would not say he "caused" us having unprecedented job growth and the best GDP performance in 37 years for 2021.



That was badly handled. But it was set up by the previous Administration and there is no reason to believe a second Trump Administration would have handled it better.

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration. For this one I will link an article that I think lays out the case I agree with: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/20 ... 98a82e31e9. Stuff like pointing to Biden nixing the Keystone pipeline and restricting drilling leases as factors in current higher gasoline prices is ridiculous. The increase in gasoline prices is not the result of anything Biden or anybody else in the United States did.

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration.

Not due to anything Biden has done or not done. Certainly not due to any lack of professional Administration.

Being handled much more professionally now than it was during the previous Administration. The previous Administration was a clown show in this area.

See Russia. Same situation.

If there is ANY area such that it is being handled much more professionally than it was during the previous Administration, this is it. We don't have a President giving succor to all sorts of misinformation. We have an Administration proceeding according to what the people who know what they are talking about advise. To the extent that they are having problems, a lot of them are due to the misinformation culture the previous Administration fostered.

You are like shooting fish in a barrel.

At least fish learn to try and swim out of the way instead of reacting by floating belly up.

[SDHornet]

[CID1990]

Yes, but who is getting raped and murdered?

Over/under on it being a vast majority of Dem supporters?


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[houndawg]

Not. As I have said before, I do not change my view on whether polls are accurate or not based on whether they indicate what I wish were true or not. There is no question that Biden is way under water on job approval right now.

I don't think he should be as far down as he is. I think he is getting the blame for inflation when it's not due to anything he did, for example. But I understand that that's how it works. The person in the President's position gets the credit or the blame regardless of whether they "cause" something or not.

I also think the country is way better off right now than it was on the day he took office. I think there are way too may people who don't realize that. I would not say he "caused" us having unprecedented job growth and the best GDP performance in 37 years for 2021. But it's interesting to me that people appear not to even notice those things. I do think we are back to having a professional government that does not have to worry about being constantly interfered with by a corrupt nut job and we are at least TRYING to take a scientific approach to the pandemic.

But it is what it is. For whatever reason, he is way underwater on job approval.

When you shut down the entire country and force hundreds of thousands of companies to close their doors and let their staff go, and then finally open the country back up and many of those people find jobs again, you’re going to claim that as a “victory”?

Professional?

Afghanistan
Gas prices
Food prices
Great resignation
Russia
China
COVID

Yep. A real “professional”.

Biden may be a useless hack but he isn't trump.

[SDHornet]

Yes, but who is getting raped and murdered?

Over/under on it being a vast majority of Dem supporters?


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See it here first hand in CA. Want to have apathy, but then I remember that they voted for this.

[houndawg]

Yes, but who is getting raped and murdered?

Over/under on it being a vast majority of Dem supporters?


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See it here first hand in CA. Want to have apathy, but then I remember that they voted for this.

a cuntish way to speak of these heroes sacrificing their lives for the 2nd amendment.

no surprise

[SDHornet]

See it here first hand in CA. Want to have apathy, but then I remember that they voted for this.

a cuntish way to speak of these heroes sacrificing their lives for the 2nd amendment.

no surprise

Your average donk voter in CA couldn't give 2 shits about the 2nd amendment. Ironically it's the average donk voter in CA that is statistically likely to get fucked by the emboldened hoodlums running rampant right now. These people get what they voted for.

[CID1990]

Yes, but who is getting raped and murdered?

Over/under on it being a vast majority of Dem supporters?


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See it here first hand in CA. Want to have apathy, but then I remember that they voted for this.

*empathy


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[AZGrizFan]

When you shut down the entire country and force hundreds of thousands of companies to close their doors and let their staff go, and then finally open the country back up and many of those people find jobs again, you’re going to claim that as a “victory”?

Professional?

Afghanistan
Gas prices
Food prices
Great resignation
Russia
China
COVID

Yep. A real “professional”.

Biden may be a useless hack but he isn't trump.

You’re right. He couldn’t hold Trump’s jock when it comes to being a functional president.

[houndawg]

a cuntish way to speak of these heroes sacrificing their lives for the 2nd amendment.

no surprise

Your average donk voter in CA couldn't give 2 shits about the 2nd amendment. Ironically it's the average donk voter in CA that is statistically likely to get fucked by the emboldened hoodlums running rampant right now. These people get what they voted for.

No credit to them for sacrificing their lives for the Cause? You're a hard guy.

[houndawg]

Biden may be a useless hack but he isn't trump.

You’re right. He couldn’t hold Trump’s jock when it comes to being a functional president.

Trump has never worn a jock - even if they did make them big enough for a guy that needs two trips to haul ass.

[houndawg]

a cuntish way to speak of these heroes sacrificing their lives for the 2nd amendment.

no surprise

Your average donk voter in CA couldn't give 2 shits about the 2nd amendment. Ironically it's the average donk voter in CA that is statistically likely to get fucked by the emboldened hoodlums running rampant right now. These people get what they voted for.

So move somewhere else if you don't like the way things are where you're at. Its a big beautiful country out there, go see what you're missing.

[Winterborn]

See it here first hand in CA. Want to have apathy, but then I remember that they voted for this.

*empathy


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Maybe his empathy has apathy.

[AZGrizFan]

*empathy


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Maybe his empathy has apathy.

Maybe he has empathetic apathy? Or apathetic empathy?

[SDHornet]

Your average donk voter in CA couldn't give 2 shits about the 2nd amendment. Ironically it's the average donk voter in CA that is statistically likely to get fucked by the emboldened hoodlums running rampant right now. These people get what they voted for.

So move somewhere else if you don't like the way things are where you're at. Its a big beautiful country out there, go see what you're missing.

When retirement hits, I'm gone. Right now it's too easy paying a 2013 mortgage with 2022 inflated dollars.

[AZGrizFan]

So move somewhere else if you don't like the way things are where you're at. Its a big beautiful country out there, go see what you're missing.

When retirement hits, I'm gone. Right now it's too easy paying a 2013 mortgage with 2022 inflated dollars.

Texas welcomes red-pilled brown people with open arms!