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    10 months ago

    Biden is literally one thing: Not Trump. He’s not inspiring, he doesn’t energize people to go out and vote, hes not as good a speaker as Obama, not as funny to laugh at as GW Bush, and not as doom-post bait as Trump. Idk who they were trying to tap into with a Biden movie(book i misread). People literally vocalized that they voted for him because they wanted to stop caring about politics again. You’d still pull more Biden voter views with a movie about Trump and thats half the problem with our political media in general.

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      He’s not everything I’d like in a president, but he’s done better than expected and more than I thought possible given the stagnation and division in congress. I think better of him as a president now than when I voted for him because I simply thought he wasn’t trump. Definitely think that’s worth acknowledging, and denying it isn’t doing his campaign for reelection any favors.

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        Idk what any of that has to do with how a book about Biden isn’t a good idea. Honestly just seems like you wanted to talk about how much you like him, fair, but what’s that got to do with what I said?

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          They’re saying your initial point about him being literally one thing, not Trump, may lack a bit of nuance. If there’s nuance, then maybe there’s room for a book about the guy. If you took a second to comprehend what’s said to you instead of getting ready for an argument maybe you’d save yourself some time. If you just want to scream into the wind with no response stand on a cliff.

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          Is there something in particular about this book that you think is off? It’s standard procedure for US Presidents to have books written about them, and far more mundane people than Biden have gotten the same treatment.

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      The fundamental job of the president is not to make you feel good or to make you laugh, and people assessing politicians based on vibes rather than actual performance is a huge part of why we’re in this mess.

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          What does that even mean? Who made a movie about him? Is it kissing his ass? I mean they made a movie about Cheney and it portrayed him pretty unflatteringly.

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            I misread the article, the book about Biden, thought it said it was a movie, but literally the one the article is about. Yeah they made a movie about Cheney being a dick, thats what made it a good movie, the drama. Biden doesn’t have the kind of entertainment pull as any of the recent presidents, how many comments do I need to say the same point?

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    As long as he keeps his thumb up his ass about climate than I could care less. I will vote for him again because he’s not Trump, but I’m really mostly a single-issue voter at this point. We should treat climate like a war at this point and shift our economy around it.

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    Biden has experience and a broad view of the Shit That Needs To Be Done.

    He’s not in the job to make rallies go crazy. He’s not interested in leading a cult. He just wants to actually serve the American people, not grift the stupid.

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    When people start supporting potential candidates from the ground up there will be quality candidates at the top. Until then we get what we get.

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      You sweet summer child. Ground-up grassroots candidates (in the US, at least) are usually crushed before you even know their names. Always have been. We’d have to have a completely different system for them to even be in the running. It’s designed that way.

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    the amount of people expecting politicians to be entertaining too damn high!