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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They bet on themselves to win, but not cover the spread...

I don't know why people don't see it after 2020.

Biden promised to pass the platform thru a R Senate, that was the entire reason he gave for being the nominee, working with republicans . Then the GA runoffs came up and we might get 50.

So he said with 50 D senators, he could pass the party platform. Which wasnt what he just said, but the whole country still got behind it and we got 50 D senators.

Then like a week into office, he flat out said anyone who thought 50 D senators was enough to do anything was naive and didn't know what they're talking about. Then he even said that trying to change a senators mind was a waste of time so he wouldn't bother trying...

And here we are, four years later, acting like we dont know why Biden is unpopular.

[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

And Obama was the same way. Ran on big structural change (although somewhat vapid in content), then the first thing he does is bail out the banks with taxpayer money. Then spends 8 years complaining about McConnell. His major achievement was passing a minor healthcare package that basically became a Republican talking point.

It's honestly a well-oiled machine, and it has been since Truman.