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
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…
@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.
@TonyStark @GreenFire Permanently compromising our way into fascism, but realistically.
Realistically forcing 43 million USians to throw half of their paycheck away monthly. Realistically forcing hungry people out of the supermarket because they're too young to eat.
Fuck this shitty president and his awful deals.
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Our founders designed the American government to require compromise. I grant you, this is problematic now that one of our two major parties has gone insane. Biden is doing the best anyone could under the circumstances, in my opinion.
This is horribly frustrating, but the Left isn't helping by pissing and moaning. They need to win races and stop railing against compromise (you want a dictator?).
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How many voted for Jill Stein or not at all in 2016? Talk about pushing us into fascism...the GOP is doing that. Don't help them!
@juca @TonyStark @GreenFire You have a well-organised fascist movement to enact cruel measures on the most marginalized and enforcing absolute minority rule in one party, and a second party hell-bent on nothing except appeasing that first party.
Democrats are playing the role of the Washington Generals: hapless and helpless, always playing the hand dealt to them rather than dealing themselves.
Give people something to vote for and they'll do it. Shackle them with student debt and shove them off food stamps and they won't turn out for you BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO BUSY WORKING FOR CRUMBS
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