• Heikki@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      He was literally doing the job and doing it well.

      Some of the accomplishments:

      Lowering Costs of Families’ Everyday Expenses. More People Are Working Than At Any Point in American History. Making More in America. Rescued the Economy and Changed the Course of the Pandemic. Rebuilding our infrastructure. Historic Expansion of Benefits and Services for Toxic Exposed Veterans. CHIP Act

      Here is the full list of his accomplishments.

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        4 months ago

        You’re not wrong, but the comparison I like here is Ruth Bader Ginsberg. She wasn’t just doing her job well, she was one of the best Supreme Court Justicies EVER.

        She didn’t resign when the time was right, and as a result she died under Trump, a republican got her seat, and all the great things she did were swiftly demolished, wrecking decades of work over one single mistake: Not knowing when to step down.

        Now I know the situation isn’t perfectly comparable. But if Trump gets in, then every good thing Biden has done will be swiftly undone. This was a hellish dilemma, but if Biden wants to do his job well, he needs to do that by not letting Trump into the White House again.

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        4 months ago

        IMO, as an outsider, he has done a great job.
        Among many successes that have drifted across my news feeds, he has also excelled past the really low bar of “not making a mockery of the US”.

        That statement is not exclusive from the statement that “Biden should not run again”.

        It’s 4 years later. And he would have to do another 4 years if he won.
        I know presidents are more than just a person in the same way a ship can’t sail with only it’s captain. But strong leadership is going to make everything easier.
        And Biden is old.