Biden needs to lead...NOW!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's sad when someone raises legitimate concerns about her party and her party's leadership (all for the sake of her party), she's immediately doubted or called a troll.

Troll or no troll - some Dems don’t want to spend $3.5 trillion on that bloated bill. Pass Infrastructure alone - which they could have done weeks ago - and stop hanging us up.

[Anonymous]

On DCUM if you aren't a raging liberal progressive you are a Trumper. There is no in between. Moderate democrats are actually Trumpers here or a troll as PP points out.

[Anonymous]

Other than passing a massive tax cut for corporations and the truly wealthy and packing the courts with dolts who barely passed the bar, what did Trump do?

[Anonymous]

What does Trump have to do with anything?

Yes, we know Biden is better than Trump. So what? Is that all he has to offer? Can we raise the bar a little higher than "well is he better than Trump?"

Why does every counter point on this site have to start with "well Trump..." enough with this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does Trump have to do with anything?

Yes, we know Biden is better than Trump. So what? Is that all he has to offer? Can we raise the bar a little higher than "well is he better than Trump?"

Why does every counter point on this site have to start with "well Trump..." enough with this

I'm just amused a) with the obvious trolling; and b) people apparently slept through the Trump administration and are wondering why Biden hasn't cleaned it up yet.

There are certain political realities at play here, namely Manchin and Sinema.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On DCUM if you aren't a raging liberal progressive you are a Trumper. There is no in between. Moderate democrats are actually Trumpers here or a troll as PP points out.

Actually more Americans are Moderate. Moderate Democrats can expect more out of their leadership without being dubbed a Trumper. He is no longer in office so stop using it as an excuse at every turn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On DCUM if you aren't a raging liberal progressive you are a Trumper. There is no in between. Moderate democrats are actually Trumpers here or a troll as PP points out.

Actually more Americans are Moderate. Moderate Democrats can expect more out of their leadership without being dubbed a Trumper. He is no longer in office so stop using it as an excuse at every turn.

Yes, but somehow on DCUM only progressive democrats exist and all other types of democrats are worthy of scorn and being called a troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On DCUM if you aren't a raging liberal progressive you are a Trumper. There is no in between. Moderate democrats are actually Trumpers here or a troll as PP points out.

Actually more Americans are Moderate. Moderate Democrats can expect more out of their leadership without being dubbed a Trumper. He is no longer in office so stop using it as an excuse at every turn.

Nice strawman. No one is calling moderates Trumpers, simply pointing out the fact that Biden inherited a shitstorm from the worst President on record and doesn't have a compliant Congress to work with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does Trump have to do with anything?

Yes, we know Biden is better than Trump. So what? Is that all he has to offer? Can we raise the bar a little higher than "well is he better than Trump?"

Why does every counter point on this site have to start with "well Trump..." enough with this

The bar is so much higher already. OP’s trolling and doesn't want to admit that the $3.5 trillion is INSANELY popular with people. We’re so far behind where we ought to be, and this will help us catch up. The GOP does not want us to catch up.

“It’s bloated! It’s not paid for!” Oh my god, so bloated, look at all this unnecessary spending nonsense! Like evening up the playing field for education! Address the forest fires that blanketed the entire country with smoke this summer! They’re even addressing housing? No, say it isn’t so, I love knowing that vets, the mentally ill and my children’s classmates are living on the streets!
“-726 billion for the Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee with expansive instructions to address some of Democrats' top priorities. Those areas include universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds, child care for working families, tuition-free community college, funding for historically black colleges and universities and an expansion of the Pell Grant for higher education.
-$107 billion for the Judiciary Committee, including instructions to address "lawful permanent status for qualified immigrants."
-$135 billion for the Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry, including instructions to address forest fires, reduce carbon emissions and address drought concerns.
-$332 billion for the Banking Committee, including instructions to invest in public housing, the Housing Trust Fund, housing affordability and equity and community land trusts.
-$198 billion for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, including instructions largely related to clean energy development.” https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1026055615/senate-democrats-release-3-5t-budget-framework That article also goes on to say that the Democrats are having to go it alone. Why? Because the GOP is a bunch of sociopaths.

This could be paid for if we could get the IRS the money it needs for enforcement.

But it won’t be because the GOP is actively rooting for the US to fail.

[Anonymous]

I asked a legitimate question over the weekend about whether people were finally ready to concede that Biden and Company are a hot mess given a myriad of issues (border, COVID, Milley, French ambassador, woke divisiveness, botched draw down in AFG, killing innocent people in AFG, etc). Add to that, the guy seems to be a dementia case whose handlers cut him off mid-sentence when he goes off script. That post was removed in short order from this site. No attacks on anyone, no bad words, nothing but a question relating to how people are feeling in light of recent debacles. Feeling defensive, eh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does Trump have to do with anything?

Yes, we know Biden is better than Trump. So what? Is that all he has to offer? Can we raise the bar a little higher than "well is he better than Trump?"

Why does every counter point on this site have to start with "well Trump..." enough with this

The bar is so much higher already. OP’s trolling and doesn't want to admit that the $3.5 trillion is INSANELY popular with people. We’re so far behind where we ought to be, and this will help us catch up. The GOP does not want us to catch up.

“It’s bloated! It’s not paid for!” Oh my god, so bloated, look at all this unnecessary spending nonsense! Like evening up the playing field for education! Address the forest fires that blanketed the entire country with smoke this summer! They’re even addressing housing? No, say it isn’t so, I love knowing that vets, the mentally ill and my children’s classmates are living on the streets!
“-726 billion for the Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee with expansive instructions to address some of Democrats' top priorities. Those areas include universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds, child care for working families, tuition-free community college, funding for historically black colleges and universities and an expansion of the Pell Grant for higher education.
-$107 billion for the Judiciary Committee, including instructions to address "lawful permanent status for qualified immigrants."
-$135 billion for the Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry, including instructions to address forest fires, reduce carbon emissions and address drought concerns.
-$332 billion for the Banking Committee, including instructions to invest in public housing, the Housing Trust Fund, housing affordability and equity and community land trusts.
-$198 billion for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, including instructions largely related to clean energy development.” https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1026055615/senate-democrats-release-3-5t-budget-framework That article also goes on to say that the Democrats are having to go it alone. Why? Because the GOP is a bunch of sociopaths.

This could be paid for if we could get the IRS the money it needs for enforcement.

But it won’t be because the GOP is actively rooting for the US to fail.

At some point you're going to have to understand that just because you think something is a good idea or should be priority doesn't mean that others do. Not even other democrats.

[Anonymous]

When you proclaim yourself in the first sentence as a lifetime, diehard, dyed in the wool Dem, and the rest of your post is an unbalanced alliteration of every right wing talking point, you look like a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does Trump have to do with anything?

Yes, we know Biden is better than Trump. So what? Is that all he has to offer? Can we raise the bar a little higher than "well is he better than Trump?"

Why does every counter point on this site have to start with "well Trump..." enough with this

The bar is so much higher already. OP’s trolling and doesn't want to admit that the $3.5 trillion is INSANELY popular with people. We’re so far behind where we ought to be, and this will help us catch up. The GOP does not want us to catch up.

“It’s bloated! It’s not paid for!” Oh my god, so bloated, look at all this unnecessary spending nonsense! Like evening up the playing field for education! Address the forest fires that blanketed the entire country with smoke this summer! They’re even addressing housing? No, say it isn’t so, I love knowing that vets, the mentally ill and my children’s classmates are living on the streets!
“-726 billion for the Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee with expansive instructions to address some of Democrats' top priorities. Those areas include universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds, child care for working families, tuition-free community college, funding for historically black colleges and universities and an expansion of the Pell Grant for higher education.
-$107 billion for the Judiciary Committee, including instructions to address "lawful permanent status for qualified immigrants."
-$135 billion for the Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry, including instructions to address forest fires, reduce carbon emissions and address drought concerns.
-$332 billion for the Banking Committee, including instructions to invest in public housing, the Housing Trust Fund, housing affordability and equity and community land trusts.
-$198 billion for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, including instructions largely related to clean energy development.” https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1026055615/senate-democrats-release-3-5t-budget-framework That article also goes on to say that the Democrats are having to go it alone. Why? Because the GOP is a bunch of sociopaths.

This could be paid for if we could get the IRS the money it needs for enforcement.

But it won’t be because the GOP is actively rooting for the US to fail.

At some point you're going to have to understand that just because you think something is a good idea or should be priority doesn't mean that others do. Not even other democrats.

Agreed.

Also if the Squad doesn’t stop holding up the Infrastructure solo bill which ALREADY passed the Senate they’re going to ruin the best physical development plan since the Civilian Conservation Corps. It needs to get done but if they listen to AOC on this they’re going to end up like her district - out the largest multi-billion investment package in Bronx history because she didn’t like the terms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you proclaim yourself in the first sentence as a lifetime, diehard, dyed in the wool Dem, and the rest of your post is an unbalanced alliteration of every right wing talking point, you look like a troll.

This is it, exactly. Of course there are Democrats who don't agree with every single policy position of the Biden administration. But, when one parrots talking points straight from the right-wing propaganda machine, skepticism of one's professed political beliefs is more than warranted, particularly given what we know now about concerted disinformation campaigns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does Trump have to do with anything?

Yes, we know Biden is better than Trump. So what? Is that all he has to offer? Can we raise the bar a little higher than "well is he better than Trump?"

Why does every counter point on this site have to start with "well Trump..." enough with this

The bar is so much higher already. OP’s trolling and doesn't want to admit that the $3.5 trillion is INSANELY popular with people. We’re so far behind where we ought to be, and this will help us catch up. The GOP does not want us to catch up.

“It’s bloated! It’s not paid for!” Oh my god, so bloated, look at all this unnecessary spending nonsense! Like evening up the playing field for education! Address the forest fires that blanketed the entire country with smoke this summer! They’re even addressing housing? No, say it isn’t so, I love knowing that vets, the mentally ill and my children’s classmates are living on the streets!
“-726 billion for the Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee with expansive instructions to address some of Democrats' top priorities. Those areas include universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds, child care for working families, tuition-free community college, funding for historically black colleges and universities and an expansion of the Pell Grant for higher education.
-$107 billion for the Judiciary Committee, including instructions to address "lawful permanent status for qualified immigrants."
-$135 billion for the Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry, including instructions to address forest fires, reduce carbon emissions and address drought concerns.
-$332 billion for the Banking Committee, including instructions to invest in public housing, the Housing Trust Fund, housing affordability and equity and community land trusts.
-$198 billion for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, including instructions largely related to clean energy development.” https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1026055615/senate-democrats-release-3-5t-budget-framework That article also goes on to say that the Democrats are having to go it alone. Why? Because the GOP is a bunch of sociopaths.

This could be paid for if we could get the IRS the money it needs for enforcement.

But it won’t be because the GOP is actively rooting for the US to fail.

At some point you're going to have to understand that just because you think something is a good idea or should be priority doesn't mean that others do. Not even other democrats.

At some point you’re going to have to realize that polls show that it’s a great idea and a priority for most of Americans. Even some Republicans.