My wishes for precious Joe Biden

[XanaDUer2]

Last edited Sun Nov 17, 2024, 06:38 PM - Edit history (1)

You did so much for all of us and the world. And you were not treated well by your own party or the media after one debate error.

I guess now it is apres moi, le deluge. Please go for lots of bike rides and eat lots of ice cream. You deserve it.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. That was very nice.

I second it.

[XanaDUer2]

8. Thank you!

[Walleye]

2. Yes, I love the man,spend some time on the beach with his dogs I hope

[Mike 03]

3. Thank you. I have strong feelings about this too.

Every time I wrote to him I always included the sentence, "You are the best president in my lifetime" before it was a cliche. But it's true. He accomplished what seemed impossible: repairing our nation and it's reputation after it was incinerated. He restored our international credibility.

Give it about six months--he'll be appreciated more than anyone thought possible.

It's just tragic beyond comprehension that all the good he has done is about to be wrecked beyond recognition.

I just hope the new administration leaves him and his family the hell alone.

[XanaDUer2]

4. Me too!

[niyad]

23. As to your last sentence: You know damned well they won't.

[MineralMan]

5. Many Democrats Treated Joe Biden Very, Very Badly.

We now know the result of that.

[XanaDUer2]

6. Yes, they did

And now we know.

[MineralMan]

7. Yes, unfortunately.

[TheKentuckian]

22. Joe treated the nation poorly by falling prey to hubris

he was not up for a vigorous campaign and maintaining a rather demanding day job.

In fact, if it was not for the constraints of Covid I doubt he was really up for a serious campaign even back in 2020 without the day job.

His performance merited another term but he was in not up for running for it and the public did not trust he could keep up anymore.

Biden dug Harris or any other Democrat a very deep hole and was on course to get Mondaled.

[niyad]

24. "Support Democrats" . . .

[TheKentuckian]

31. I do. That does not mean be delusional about Democrats to preserve the feelings

of fans of a personality.

Individually trying for a second term was not broadly supportive of Democrats winning.

[niyad]

33. Wow.

[mr715]

26. Truth Hurts

Even good men can be arrogant. That is why hubris is the sin of heroes.

[LisaM]

45. I disagree. Biden thrives on positive feedback.

Unfortunately, he got very little of it - mostly due to the media, but that had a ripple effect. He works in a patient, productive, behind-the-scenes way that is basically unappreciated by the booboisie who seem to be driving the narrative.

The flip side of that is that he has likely done a lot of good work that has gone unnoticed that will trip up the bumbling fools on their way in.

[a kennedy]

38. Kinda like how many treated Al Franken......and I know they're not even close, as a Senator,

vs the POTUS. But still…..the fellow Democrats can be horrible at times.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

42. Yes.

[orwell]

9. Friend of the working class...

...and they showed his party the door.

He was the most consequential president this century, for the "average Joe."

And now we've elected a Kakistocracy.

Well done dumb shits.

At least Jamie Dimon is happy...

[soldierant]

44. For the "Average Joe" and for the

"avergae Jill," if you will.

I think the only thing I have agreed with Trump** on ever, and I'm older than he is, was when he said Joe was badly rewated by his own party (and he probably din't even mean it."

[DENVERPOPS]

10. Everyone criticizing Biden's debate performance

should google "Gish Gallop".....and old and well known debate technique used to obliterate the person you are debating.....

[XanaDUer2]

12. Yes

Nt

[LSparkle]

16. Totally agree ... and I lament he wasn't prepped for it

Many predicted the firehose of lies but they didn’t give him practice at coping with it. 🥲

[DENVERPOPS]

21. Agreed

I didn't want to say anything about that..........or that ANYONE would have been absolutely exhausted having spent five difficult days doing a ton of work on SERIOUS Presidential matters, here and abroad, while Lardass was just coasting, relaxing and playing golf...

[mr715]

27. No

Did you watch the debate?

Do you think Biden won?

[Evolve Dammit]

11. After January. Kick some serious ass on your way out.

[calimary]

13. And he'll still get Secret Service protection - I think for life.

He’ll be protected. Thank God.

[PatSeg]

14. Yes, he really does deserve it

But I seriously doubt he'll be able to relax, especially knowing that Trump is the White House trying to dismantle everything that Joe has built. Public service is his life and I'm sure he'll try to find other ways to continue to serve.

[XanaDUer2]

15. I hope he does

We need him

[PatSeg]

17. Too bad we can't clone him

There are so few like him.

[totodeinhere]

18. Joe will go down in history as one of our greatest one-term presidents.

I wish him the very best retirement. I am sure that he will continue to speak out and contribute as an ex-president and elder statesman.

[Tumbulu]

19. I am so grateful for his tireless devotion

to the regular people, like me.

Thank you sincerely President Biden!

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

20. It's not right, in my opinion, to accuse democrats of having not treated Biden well,

It was not simply "one debate error".

When in the course of human events it became necessary to help Biden to step aside, some brave, and often self sacrificing, individuals and organizations stepped up. To put them down, is very ironic and uncalled for.

[Blue_Tires]

25. He saved the country and our alliances

And in a show of gratitude the voters decided to tear it all down again 😔

[KS Toronado]

28. My wishes for Joe Biden

Is he gets out of that "nice guy" mold for his remainder in office and demand recounts in 7 swing States,
put out a huge reward for information about how the Rs cheated in the election, get the FBI looking into
every aspect of the election and in one on one closed door meetings with elected republicans who view
TSF as a threat to the economy, the Constitution, and world peace find that person who will rat out
how Rs stole the election.

[ForgedCrank]

29. Yea, I'm

still kinda pissed off about the whole thing.
Hope he gets away from this crap and enjoys his life and family outside the microscope of politics, and in peace for once.

[mzmolly]

30. We should have rallied behind Joe

like they do their rapi*t. On the other hand Joe deserves a nice retirement.

[XanaDUer2]

35. Yes

[debm55]

32. I'll miss Joe. Since I was a kid, we would go down to Pittsburgh for the Labor Day Parade. Every year Joe would walk not

ride in the biggest Labor Day parade in the country. I will never forget him marching in front of the United Steel Workers. This was every year., I am 69 years old and can still remember seeing him march. I will miss you Joe. And I hope the country will miss you too. You were given a constant slap in the face by tRump and his goonies. during your time as President. I respect you and will never respect the goonies. God Bless you and may you have a peaceful retirement You are loved and admired, .Debbie.

[XanaDUer2]

34. Thank you for sharing

[a kennedy]

36. I kinda wish you didn't use that candle holding emoji......he hasn't died yet.....

But I know what you’re saying and I soooooooooooooo agree.

[XanaDUer2]

37. It was for us. I removed it

[a kennedy]

39. *hugs*

[dlk]

40. President Biden has been, by far, the best president of my lifetime

He deserves all the best life offers when his term ends. He’s more than earned it.

[joanbarnes]

41. AFTER you use your broad immunity to save democracy........somehow, do SOMETHING

[Hermit-The-Prog]

43. I hope Bold Joe Biden 'floods the zone' with executive orders before he leaves the White House.

Give the damned traitor a mountain to dig through.

[IbogaProject]

47. Yes

I will miss his administration.

[MiHale]

48. Here's hoping he's putting some sandbags into place...

Against the coming flood.

[GoCubsGo]

49. I have a feeling Joe has a few more surprises up his sleeve.

People spent his entire presidency underestimating him, to their own detriment. And, I hunch we haven't seen the last of that sort of thing.

[XanaDUer2]

50. Post removed?

does someone not wish him the best?

[Clouds Passing]

51. Thank you President Biden 🩵

[kiri]

52. Cannot agree

Biden gave us Merrick Garland. Garland gave us Trump-2. History will show this as one of the gravest mistakes of all time.

[In It to Win It]

53. Maybe he can leave Commander in the Oval Office for one additional day to bite Trump in the ass

[Crawford]

54. My wishes for precious Joe Biden

I'm a lifelong democrat and liberal minded person. I also try to be as rational as possible on things. There's no doubt Biden has been a remarkable and valued political leader (absent the Thomas SCOTUS hearings). But here's where it seems I differ from many on this site. Biden got the support from his party to run in 2020 based on his pledge to unite the country and serve a single term. Based on his age, that made perfect sense. Via this expectation, the Democrats had 4 years to groom the best candidate to run in 2024. It's my belief that we failed twice during this time period. We failed to identify the much needed future leader as well as holding Biden to his promise. I find it hard to believe that his wife Jill didn't recognize that it was in her husband's best interest to keep to his pledge. Also, there's plenty of blame to go around within the democratic leadership that this issue wasn't resolved in the early phase of Biden's term. Was leadership worried about a "lame duck" label being applied? It shouldn't have mattered because it had been quite clear that his popularity quotient was dismal. In summary, IMHO the blame for losing to Trump for a 2nd time rests clearly on the shoulders of a leadership team that overlooked the obvious.

[XanaDUer2]

55. Good point

Ty

[mcar]

57. He did not pledge to serve just one term

[LetMyPeopleVote]

56. Thank you President Biden