Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell struck up a friendship during their nearly quarter-century in the Senate together. Now in their 80s, the Democratic president and the Senate GOP leader appear to be giving political cover to each other as they fend off questions about their advanced age and health issues.
Notably, McConnell, R-Ky., 81, hasnāt joined Donald Trump, 77, and other Republicans who have attacked Bidenās age, health and mental acuity as he seeks re-election.
And after McConnellās second freeze-up last week, Biden was one of the first to call McConnell, telling reporters that his āfriendā sounded like āhis old selfā and that such episodes are a āpart of his recoveryā from a fall and a concussion this year.
Sickening to hear Biden call McConnell a friend. His fucking serious? Because if he is then means he dumber than thought. Our the whole blue vs red is all theater and they are all playing us for fools. Which is the most likely case.
If youāre confused why Joe Biden is doing this, you donāt understand the American form of government, how no one party can achieve anything on itās own without consensus, and that the hyper partisan fuck it all Republicans must be wooed, and have their balls cupped, in order to be soothed and tricked into thinking they really donāt need to be so destructive, and that is what Joe Biden does, then you donāt know much, and you donāt know Joe Biden. Heās been doing exactly this for the last 5 decades in elected office, and heās really really really fucking good at it.
This. Heās not nearly as progressive as Iād like, but he accomplished much more in his first 2 years than I thought he could get done in 2 terms. The railroad strike thing was a massive letdown, but I understand that a major focus in that moment was the state of the economy, and it was very much getting back on track and an industry-wide strike wouldāve resulted in more supply chain shit, more inflation, and damning criticisms that he failed to solve economic woes because heās too weak. He was looking at the bigger picture. A decent person wouldāve supported the strikes, but Jimmy Carter proved that a decent person doesnāt make for a very good president. Sometimes, you have to make tough decisions that conflict with your personal beliefs for the good of the entire country.
As an armchair quarterback who doesnāt really know the nitty gritty details, I think I wouldāve looked into nationalizing the rail industry entirely. If itās so important to national security that the workers are barred from striking and the companies are running the industry so poorly that even with unions they are skeleton crews with shit benefits and pay with an awful safety record, then those companies have lost the privilege of privatization.
During the primary Biden kept saying he should be president because of his great relationships with republican Senators and that because of that heād be able to get Rās to vote with the Dem partyā¦
He legitimately believes theyāre all a bunch of buddies.
I still dont know if itās better or worse if heās delusionalā¦ But either option isnāt great