First off, with Biden’s negotiations, we got exactly what we elected him for. Biden is and has always been a statesman known for his skill at working across the aisle. After the craziness of the Trump administration, we needed the calm of Biden.
Secondly, I cringe every time I read, “The Republicans won the House.” As a Tennessean, it’s blatantly obvious they didn’t “win” anything but rather stole the House through what should be illegal gerrymandering. Just look at the highly democratic Nashville which was sliced into thirds in order to steal their congressman. Yet when New York tried this, the Supreme Court stepped in to stop them!
We are and have been dealing with minority rule for some time now. Our best hope are the angry GenZs who show up at the polls to vote for Dems more than any other generation reaching voting age. Yay kids!
I was disappointed that Joe was negotiating with the hostage taking terrorists until I read Thom Hartmann's analysis last week. Biden has surrounded himself with skilled negotiators who know who they are dealing with. Joe's experience with the radical right during the Obama years certainly came into play. And, like you, Dean, the more I see and read of the agreement and the more the right whines, cries, screams and bemoans their lose, the more I like the deal. Anything that makes the right cry in it's Bud Light makes me smile.
Hi Dean well written and bang on , with that said there is one tiny difference , if Biden refused the deal the debt would have been crushed and then there would be no snap, no jobs, no income for the less fortunate, there would have been chaos, so Biden did great and even better it will cause infighting in the house GQP.
It will take a very different president that Biden, and a Senate majority that doesn't depend on corporate shills like Manchin, Sinema and a whole lot of others.
Great commentary. We have to win back more House seats and more than a smidgen of Senate seats...I would suggest 4 our more...54/55 are needed and 60 would be even better and Sinema and Manchin will be ragged flags blowing in the wind. Keep to the plan and we will win. Get obsessed with mindless knee-jerk emotions and we will draw defeat from the jaws of victory.
Dean, sure if the Democrats win the House and hold the Senate and the WH, work requirements and spending freezes can be rolled back, but those are not the outrages of this deal. Increasing Pentagon spending is the outrage of this deal. What do we do about that? The US already shovels more money into the maw of the Pentagon, and by definition, war profiteering companies, than the spend of the next 10 countries combined. Adding to that obscenity put us on track to outspend the entire world combined. And for what? For F-35s that can't fly in the rain? For Littoral Patrol Ships that cannot perform their mission because the engines are an abject failure? For tanks that get mothballed in the desert as soon as they come off the assembly line? And at the same time millions of Americans go to bed hungry every night, and low ranking enlisted soldiers need food stamps. It's a fucking disgrace, and there seems to be no way to stop it.
I'm pretty sure, Biden has a few "work arounds" on some of the concessions. Probably why he made them in the first place. Even if he doesn't, he still did a good job. Hopefully his campaign team is working in the "win" to his campaign ; ).
First off, with Biden’s negotiations, we got exactly what we elected him for. Biden is and has always been a statesman known for his skill at working across the aisle. After the craziness of the Trump administration, we needed the calm of Biden.
Secondly, I cringe every time I read, “The Republicans won the House.” As a Tennessean, it’s blatantly obvious they didn’t “win” anything but rather stole the House through what should be illegal gerrymandering. Just look at the highly democratic Nashville which was sliced into thirds in order to steal their congressman. Yet when New York tried this, the Supreme Court stepped in to stop them!
We are and have been dealing with minority rule for some time now. Our best hope are the angry GenZs who show up at the polls to vote for Dems more than any other generation reaching voting age. Yay kids!
I was disappointed that Joe was negotiating with the hostage taking terrorists until I read Thom Hartmann's analysis last week. Biden has surrounded himself with skilled negotiators who know who they are dealing with. Joe's experience with the radical right during the Obama years certainly came into play. And, like you, Dean, the more I see and read of the agreement and the more the right whines, cries, screams and bemoans their lose, the more I like the deal. Anything that makes the right cry in it's Bud Light makes me smile.
Hi Dean well written and bang on , with that said there is one tiny difference , if Biden refused the deal the debt would have been crushed and then there would be no snap, no jobs, no income for the less fortunate, there would have been chaos, so Biden did great and even better it will cause infighting in the house GQP.
It will take a very different president that Biden, and a Senate majority that doesn't depend on corporate shills like Manchin, Sinema and a whole lot of others.
Great commentary. We have to win back more House seats and more than a smidgen of Senate seats...I would suggest 4 our more...54/55 are needed and 60 would be even better and Sinema and Manchin will be ragged flags blowing in the wind. Keep to the plan and we will win. Get obsessed with mindless knee-jerk emotions and we will draw defeat from the jaws of victory.
Dean, sure if the Democrats win the House and hold the Senate and the WH, work requirements and spending freezes can be rolled back, but those are not the outrages of this deal. Increasing Pentagon spending is the outrage of this deal. What do we do about that? The US already shovels more money into the maw of the Pentagon, and by definition, war profiteering companies, than the spend of the next 10 countries combined. Adding to that obscenity put us on track to outspend the entire world combined. And for what? For F-35s that can't fly in the rain? For Littoral Patrol Ships that cannot perform their mission because the engines are an abject failure? For tanks that get mothballed in the desert as soon as they come off the assembly line? And at the same time millions of Americans go to bed hungry every night, and low ranking enlisted soldiers need food stamps. It's a fucking disgrace, and there seems to be no way to stop it.
I'm pretty sure, Biden has a few "work arounds" on some of the concessions. Probably why he made them in the first place. Even if he doesn't, he still did a good job. Hopefully his campaign team is working in the "win" to his campaign ; ).