STEEL-MAN FOR JOE BIDEN

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the best possible case for the average american to cast their vote for joe biden

is to look at his record of accomplishments

not promises, because we all know that candidate promises mean absolutely nothing

(1) "the american rescue plan" - injected money into the economy

(2) "infrastructure investment and jobs act" - injected money into the economy

(3) "uyghur forced labor prevention act" - prevents some goods produced with slave labor from entering the united states

(5) biden directed the labor department to require all businesses with 100 or more employees to ensure their workers are either vaccinated or tested once a week

(6) biden halted funding for the border wall

(7) biden reversed the muslim travel ban

(IFF) you believe these are pro-toto good government policies (THEN) you should cast your vote for joe biden




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I have to pretend that Biden is good because Trump is worse.

Kinda like how I have to pretend that USA is good because Russia is worse.

I am simply forced into dichotomy of two choices because 3rd choice isnt available.
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I am simply forced into dichotomy of two choices because 3rd choice isnt available.
RFK wins by a lot in a one-on-one against joe biden

RFK wins by a little in a one-on-one against donald trump
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(IFF) you believe these are pro-toto good government policies (THEN) you should cast your vote for joe biden
Why would you ever cast your vote based on only one candidates record/promises? It's a comparison.


I am simply forced into dichotomy of two choices because 3rd choice isnt available.
RFK wins by a lot in a one-on-one against joe biden

RFK wins by a little in a one-on-one against donald trump
RFK needed to win one of the primaries. He didn't try at the republican primary (he would have lost) and he was sabotaged by the democracy hating "democrats".
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I did like the airport hidden fees stuff.

There needs to be a lot more of government going after dishonest advertising and fraud and a lot less of government telling people "ask permission to do something you have a right to do because sometimes its dangerous, also prove to us that's not dangerous, also we don't care if it is actually dangerous. Cut your grass to 3" peasant."
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If you don’t like Biden, that shouldn’t stop you from voting for him because you will eventually have President Harris.
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I have to pretend that Biden is good because Trump is worse
Maybe Biden is good because you have to pretend Trump is worse.
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RFK needed to win one of the primaries. He didn't try at the republican primary (he would have lost) and he was sabotaged by the democracy hating "democrats".
most americans will be able to vote for RFK if they dislike the other two "official" options
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It's kinda sad the gaslighting going on as Biden recently adopts every one of Trump's core immigration policies and then puts on some window dressing to claim it's not "really" a Trump policy...

And then claim he had those policies for all 3.5 years......

And the Democrat sheep goes wild! Clapping seals.

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It's a comparison.
Its nonsense comparison.

Both candidates are bad, and person has to choose to support one of them simply because being neutral brings you literally nothing.

Its not Pros vs Cons.

Both candidates have much more Cons than Pros.

Actually, Pros are almost non-existent in both.

Thus, one must compare Cons for both candidates and vote for one with least Cons.

So its not "I vote because this guy is good for USA".

Its "I vote for him because the other guy is worse".

Whoever wins, its bad for USA and the world.

They only seem capable in comparison, because one ends up looking better than the other.

These are incapable leaders when observed on their own.
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you have to pretend Trump is worse.
I know that you think Trump is the best, even tho you hate Trump.

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I have to pretend Trump is better because Biden is objectively by every metric, the worst.
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Why would you ever cast your vote based on only one candidates record/promises? It's a comparison.

the frame here is the best possible POSITIVE case in favor of voting for joe biden


in the same way it is expected that a religion make a POSITIVE case for becoming a member


sure, they can make a NEGATIVE case, basically saying, "if you don't join our club, you will live a meaningless and random life and probably burn in hell after you die"


but simply claiming "the alternative is worse" does not automatically validate your proposed option

also, the claim "THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE" (TINA) is very rarely actually true
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Suddenly it's not racist anymore.
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If you're proposing the question is "would you vote for Biden if the federal government would cease to exist if I didn't"

I wouldn't vote for him. Same for Trump.

That's all I can think of when you suggest that you evaluate a candidate in a vacuum, like a religion alone. If it's a religion alone then the obvious alternative is no religion.
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It's only not racist because Democrats have the authority to be racist. The party of eugenics and "the science." All certified and qualified.
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They do like to "follow the science"
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Most of the young people who have IQ of under 130, they think that things are going to get better.

They only think that because they lack the knowledge.

They think someone like Jesus will come to save them.

But things are never going to get better nor they can ever get better, because people lack the basic knowledge of life needed to make things better.

If you have a nation of 330 million idiots and 10 million smart people, things mathematically cannot ever get better since the amount of stupid decisions made by 330 million stupid people greatly exceeds the amount of smart decisions made by 10 milion smart people.

The ratio of stupidity and smart is at least 33 to 1

(I am actually being generous here, the actual ratio is probably 330 to 1),

so no, things cannot get better, mathematically speaking.
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Nope. Not without a revolution.
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Well Trump was the first to make a foreign born sex worker First Lady.
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Trump is what you get when you let people with 90 IQ to vote.
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Nope. Not without a revolution.
OMG, you stormed the Capital, didn't you?

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Have you patted your local prole on the head Lenin?
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A prole is someone in a low social class.
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I have to pretend Trump is better because Biden is objectively by every metric, the worst.
Unfortunately your folks either don't understand or are not willing to understand that simple logic. Just look at the latest news about Biden's mental capabilites:


I ask the Americans, the yankees, is this the man you want as president?

C'mon, this is not funny any more. This is very sad and concerning for the whole world.

48 days later

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Item #1

(1) "the american rescue plan" - injected money into the economy

Yet it was supposed to create jobs. It did the opposite.

" President Biden claimed that the American Rescue Plan “created jobs. Lots of jobs.” Simply put, that is malarkey. Over 20% of the bill’s spending went to supporting policies that destroy jobs, encouraging Americans to depend on government checks instead of getting back into the workforce. A study from the American Enterprise Institute found that the American Rescue Plan failed to create any of the 4 million new jobs Democrats promised. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Approximately 1.8 million Americans reportedly turned down a job because of the extended unemployment bonuses that were included. The Democrats’ bill even eliminated work requirements for federal food assistance programs and the Child Tax Credit. No wonder America faced a massive worker shortage."


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"infrastructure investment and jobs act"

What about the lack of efficiency by the FEDS?

"In 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act included $7.5 billion to build 500,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles (E.V.s) across the country in an effort to boost a switch to the use of clean energy.
As Reason reported in December, not one charger funded by the program had yet come online. Now, six months later, the number of functional charging stations has ticked up to eight."


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(6) biden halted funding for the border wall

"As of June 2023, FAIR estimates that approximately 16.8 million illegal aliens reside in the United States."

Good job Joe!!

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(7) biden reversed the muslim travel ban

"FACT: There is no such thing as a “Muslim Travel Ban”and religion has nothing to do with travel restrictionsfor national security reasons. Travel restrictions are notbased on the faith of the citizenry of a particularcountry but on assessments based on that country'sinformation sharing or elevated risk levels. Certainly,people of many faiths, including the Islamic faith, willcontinue to travel to the U.S. each year."


Joe knew there is no such thing as a “Muslim Travel Ban”........he just hopes that you can be easily deceived for political purposes.

That's as far as I go
But at least the truth
you now know
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(7) biden reversed the trump travel ban