I've never seen a statesman such as Joe Biden

[dianaredwing]

in all of my 73 years. He transcends the idea of politician. He transcends the idea of presidency. I won't live to see another of his ilk. I hope that you do. And I hope that you young legislators learn from the best, because he is.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. I have been fortunate enough to meet Joe twice in person and I agree

[Skittles]

2. what brought this on

?

[dianaredwing]

3. Just reading all the crap

that the talking heads spout, seemingly ignorant of the intricities of statecraft.

[Skittles]

6. you mean, how fucked up Afghanistan is right now?

you know, even more fucked up than usual?

[dianaredwing]

11. Not just that

But the Covid crap and everybody whining. Fix it now or you aren't doing your job. I just hate whiners and our country seems to be infested with them. As does the world. Nothing is contained within a single country. We are a global entity and it is all tied in together. Therefore, our leaders must be able to not only lead their own nations, but somehow negotiate with other countries. Covid is not deterred by manmade borders.

[Skittles]

12. I feel like Biden has done all he can do for Covid

he's not the only one unable to crack cult behavior

Afghanistan, well, that is bad, no question about it......it LOOKS like not enough was done to prepare for was has always been INEVITABLE

[dianaredwing]

13. You do the best you can with what you've got

At least you should. And I think that Biden does that. You can't change people who don't want to change whether they are American anti-vaxers or Afghanis.

[pazzyanne]

14. Bingo!!! nt

[Grokenstein]

17. "Fix it now or you aren't doing your job."

"Also we will fight every step you take to fix it. SO FIX IT NOW!!"

[MyOwnPeace]

15. THAT is what was SO glaringly obvious with IQ45........

he had NO CLUE about the job - the 'statecraft' - the 'leadership' - the 'commitment' - the RESPONSIBILITY of the position.
Joe has seen it all from his years in DC - and has learned his lessons well.

[FalloutShelter]

4. Totally agree.

Joe is the right man for our time. He is the best.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. He's great, but I'm not going that far, personally (nt)

[Skittles]

7. oh come on, Hugh!

he is.....A DEITY! GET WITH THE PROGRAM!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. Better this than the other shit I've been hearing, but ... you know me ...

I really try to deal in reality as best as humanly possible

[COL Mustard]

22. Dude...Abide

😄

[dianaredwing]

8. Statescraft is something that goes beyond mere governing

And very few have it. I would suggest that perhaps Lincoln had it. I don't know anyone in my lifetime, however, who seemed to be able to leave his ego behind and do what he saw was the right thing regardless of personal consequences, to make the resolution somehow more tolerable to all parties. I'm not saying he has no foibles, as we all do, but in his job, he is superb.

[brush]

10. He's not backing down. He's owning the evacuation. We know it good have gone better...

but who expected the Afghan army to fold like cheap suits in a matter of a few days. He doesn't make the logistics decisions. The military does but they didn't expect the Afghanis to give up so easily either. They thought they had much more time.

But now that the evacuation is under way, I'm glad Joe Biden made the move that had to be done after twenty year of lost national treasure in training soldiers who ultimately wouldn't fight for their own nation.

[Hortensis]

16. I'm so glad we have our President Biden, we definitely caught a break

when he was able to run, but also believe he's not nearly so unique as some imagine. Sure, not many have as many years of experience, including in the WH, but personal ability and principles, absolutely.

[Botany]

18. And right now President Joe and the K-Bomb are ...

... building what will be an almost unstoppable of a new Democratic Party. Joe has skills.

[Jon King]

19. Meanwhile back on Earth 1 as Rachel says....

Rachel just had on a guest who spoke to a bunch of people at the airport in Kabul. A few hundred troops with zero supplies. The soldiers are saying they do not even have barb wire to establish the perimeter they need to establish. They said the surge in state department personnel they were promised yesterday never arrived.

Sorry, the administration needs to get its head out of its tail on this matter.

[Joinfortmill]

20. Amen

[vanlassie]

21. When I was so sure I wanted Elizabeth Warren,

I was naive. Only JOE has/has the depth of experience to be in this moment. Period.

[Tetrachloride]

23. I was a Joe Kamala combination supporter

for quite a while. i had a spreadsheet to measure electability.

The effectiveness of Team Blue: Joe Kamala Nancy Pelosi Chuck Schumer and Team Georgia Staci Abrams really exceeded my expectations.

[soldierant]

24. I agree, and am very glad you posted this.

I'm 76 , so I won't live to see another either.

But I really get tired of blame,and even more of misplaced blame.

Though I was already signed up, I was not looking at DU in 2016, but I was looking elsewhere, and I'm thinking this is starting to look a whole lot like 2016.

On a separate but relatd topic, I also wish people would stop asking/petitioning elected officials to so something which is not their job. I just received an email from someone who should know better asking me to petition President Biden to tell the DOJ to prosecute Trump** Why can't people see that that would be one of the worst kinds of corruption? Telling the DOJ to prosecute someone who happens to be a political enemy? No, Joe is not going to do that, and stop asking him to! If you want the Department of Justice told to prosecute Trump**, tell them yourself. The DOJ represents the people, and you're a people.

When Republicans claim Nancy Pelosi is responsible for Capitol Security (in case you missed it, she isn't), I expect that - from Republicans, even ones who know better, because they don't care, they just want to hurt her. I don't expect such from Democrats, Liberals, Progressives.

I apologize for letting what was supposed to be an expression of gratitude turn into a rant. But I think I'll leave it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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