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[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 96 points 2 years ago

Biden least?

Bro I hated Biden but our current president is worse than a literal flaming pile of shit. Last I checked, he’s still alive

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 65 points 2 years ago

Fucking Dubya beat Biden? Who the fuck are they polling?

[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He didn't.

All it takes is a look at presidential approval ratings.

GWB: L25 H90

Trump: L34 H49

Biden: L36 H57

Clinton: L37 H73

Obama: L38 H69

It's pretty clear Trump has the lowest margin of approval ratings at 15 points difference to Biden's 21. However, Dubya has the honor of lowest approval rating amongst living presidents.

These people are trying to rewrite history.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Great point. The Gallup poll was performed shortly after Trump’s inauguration as well. Bias may have been the point.

[-] otto@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago
[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

As did Hitler. Lol

[-] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 13 points 2 years ago

Dubya isn't in the public consciousness right now. His presidency has been quietly swept under the rug by both parties.

[-] blakenong@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago

Name something the democrats did to sweep Dubya under the rug.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Now, in the past, President Bush has said it's impossible to pass judgment on his presidency while he's still alive. So maybe this is a little bit premature. But even now, there are certain things that we know for certain.

We know about the son who was raised by two strong, loving parents in Midland, famously inheriting, as he says, 'my daddy's eyes and my mother's mouth.' (Laughter.) The young boy who once came home after a trip to a museum and proudly presented his horrified mother with a small dinosaur tailbone he had smuggled home in his pocket. (Laughter.) I'll bet that went over great with Barbara.

We know about the young man who met the love of his life at a dinner party, ditching his plans to go to bed early and instead talking with the brilliant and charming Laura Welch late into the night.

We know about the father who raised two remarkable, caring, beautiful daughters, even after they tried to discourage him from running for president, saying, 'Dad, you're not as cool as you think you are.' (Laughter.) Mr. President, I can relate. (Laughter.) And now we see President Bush the grandfather, just beginning to spoil his brand-new granddaughter."


War criminal who should be hung to death at The Hague? Nope; funny old well meaning caring family man who does lovely paintings.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Jesus Christ, it's worse than I expected and I expected to be awful

[-] blakenong@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago

Who is that quote by? Bush?

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 2 years ago
[-] blakenong@lemmings.world -3 points 2 years ago

It had no attribution, and it was referencing something bush said. I was asking for clarification.

You should go back to quokk, where they ban people for using the word “poop”

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 points 2 years ago

It’s called a context clue, but if “poop” is the upper limit of your communication skills I might have been assuming too much.

[-] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 2 years ago
[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 years ago

Reauthorizing the Patriot Act

[-] blakenong@lemmings.world 0 points 2 years ago

Non specific. Although I do agree that’s a bad thing.

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

last I checked he was still alive

Sadly

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah, but half of the country has abused spouse syndrome with trump. While the nicest things most progressive people have to say about Biden is that he wasn't Trump.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Republicans love trump.

Only centrists love biden.

Trump has the support of most of a party.

Biden has the support of the shitty half of a party.

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

As long as we're agreed that the entirety of Trump support is the shitty part of America.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago

Biden is a hubristic asshole and trump is his legacy. That said, he’s a better person than both trump and bush.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

trump is his legacy

Trump is also the legacy of everyone who argued that Biden "had to be the nominee", here, there and everywhere. Trump is the legacy of everyone who permitted Harris to go uncriticized for her DEEPLY unpopular stances on literally every policy position, because "being critical of her would help Trump".

This election did not need go the way it did.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Centrists spent all their time "slamming" progressives and then lost to republicans that they barely put up a fight against and basically tried to immitate. But somehow they still think that its all the dirty progressives fault that they lost. They didnt lose to progressives. Progressives lost to them, and centrists lost to republicans. Thats Joe Bidens legacy. Its the pattern of his whole career.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago
[-] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 years ago

Man if only there was something dems could learn from this by looking at the difference between those two campaigns…. Hmm…. Change…. And nothing will change…. Hmmmm…… nope can’t find a difference, maybe it means we should move to the center.

[-] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 14 points 2 years ago

I'm of the opinion that retrospective Obama love represents missing normalcy more than actual Obama, even if not everybody realizes that.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

To everyone who insisted that Biden "had to be the nominee" in the 8 months of campaigning we had prior to him stepping down: Trump is a result of your actions.

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