Tony, Pretty MuchMay 28, 2023

At first glance, if it holds, it does appear to capture how a mature, shrewd President who's been to the rodeo more than once mostly held his own against a screaming drooling mob fumbling around with open cans of gasoline and cigarette lighters.

Debt ceiling deal reached in principle by Biden and McCarthy to avoid default:
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/27/1177688226/debt-ceiling-deal-biden-mccarthy-latest

Show threadScott KnowlesMay 28, 2023
@TonyStark It shows president who doesn't have principles, and is willing to concede to republicans for a deal he can call bipartisanship compromise. Deht ceiling is political game that does nothing for the budget, revenue, spending, annual deficit, national debt. Biden has power under 14th Amendment to declare it unconstitutional, to ignore it, and to continue operating government as normal. He could make history. Instead he chose to play the game and Republicans won.
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchMay 28, 2023
@wsrphoto He won concessions from Republicans for veterans and poor people and eliminated the problem for the next few years at least. This is the correct way to go that will last longest and will actually make a big difference. I’m sure you’re sad the Freedom Caucus lost but that’s the breaks.
Show threadKevin LeecasterMay 28, 2023
@TonyStark @wsrphoto
The agreement represents a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want. That’s the responsibility of governing. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/27/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-bipartisan-budget-agreement-in-principle/
Statement from President Joe Biden on Bipartisan Budget Agreement in Principle | The White House

Earlier this evening, Speaker McCarthy and I reached a budget agreement in principle. It is an important step forward that reduces spending while protecting critical programs for working people and growing the economy for everyone. And, the agreement protects my and Congressional Democrats’ key priorities and legislative accomplishments. The agreement represents a compromise, which means…

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Show threadTony, Pretty MuchMay 28, 2023

@GreenFire Numerous social media users prefer not to live in reality. I’m glad Biden does.

Nobody lives a life of zero compromise and it’s ridiculous for anyone to see zero compromise as a good thing. He’s averting a world financial disaster and getting many concessions we all want along with it. Chip Roy is losing his mind about it. If anyone else is complaining in a zero fact manner, they’re helping out Chip Roy.

Show threadStargeezer SmithMay 29, 2023

@TonyStark @GreenFire
If you look at virtually any human endeavor, we imagine and seek perfection and settle for what we can achieve at the time and circumstance, be it a political, athletic, engineering, scientific, or any other endeavor.

Perfection is a worthy ideal that makes us better if we can seek it, but we can never make it reality. Being unable to reach perfection just makes us humble, but not even seeking perfection is failure.

Show threadKevin Leecaster
@stargazersmith @TonyStark
Seeking perfection can be a psychosis when one allows the perfect to be an obstacle to the good.
May 29, 2023 at 12:19pmWeb
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchMay 29, 2023
@GreenFire @stargazersmith Along with stubbornness- the enemy of progress.
Show threadKevin LeecasterMay 29, 2023
@TonyStark @stargazersmith
Our Founding Fathers were definitely not perfect so obviously they did not create the "perfect union", but if we had of waited for perfection we would have had even more coverage of the new Monarch here on this side of the pond and slavery might not even yet have been outlawed in our nations.