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Joe Biden achieved a great deal — and committed two unforgivable sins
The Washington Post ^ | January 10, 2025 2:48 PM EST | Eugene Robinson

Posted on 01/10/2025 1:31:01 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Biden inherited a mess. He leaves the U.S. in far better shape, at home and abroad.

It is easy to forget how desperate things were on Jan. 20, 2021, when Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. became the 46th president of the United States.

Just two weeks earlier, thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters had stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent attempt to keep Congress from certifying Biden’s election victory. The nation was at the height of the coronavirus pandemic; in that month, 3,000 Americans died daily from covid-19. There were newly developed, lifesaving vaccines, thanks to the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed — but there was no viable plan to distribute them. Schools and workplaces were shuttered; hotels and airlines had no customers; restaurants tried to survive by offering take-out. The U.S. economy and the world economy were on life support.

Four years later, the country is in vastly better shape, at home and abroad. The economy, though still recovering, is the envy of the developed world; U.S. stock markets are at or near all-time highs. Our political system has survived. We have made overdue investments in infrastructure and technology. And in a world full of conflict and danger, American troops are not at war for the first time in a generation.

History may fault Biden for the way his term in office ended. By any objective standard, however, he was a very good president whose accomplishments will benefit the nation for many years to come.

Biden’s critics find it convenient to look past what may be remembered as his biggest success: He guided the country through, and ultimately out of, the pandemic. The virus has not entirely gone away, but getting vaccinated is as easy as dropping by one’s neighborhood pharmacy. And regardless of what Republican...

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

sure. he achieved a lock on worst president ever, replacing gw bush as the current worst (imho), followed closely by obama, carter and daddy bush (the guy who lost China).


21 posted on 01/10/2025 1:53:31 PM PST by dadfly
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Biden didn’t do anything. He was a senile, drooling figurehead. Obama, on the other hand, really failed badly in his third term. Everybody, including Democrats, hate him.


22 posted on 01/10/2025 1:55:10 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
By any objective standard, however, he was a very good president whose accomplishments will benefit the nation for many years to come.

The economy is recovering despite Biden's ineptitude. At least three wars started on his watch and he was unable to have any influence in the region because he is viewed as weak and incapable. The border is a joke thanks to his policies. How many deaths in this country are known to be by illegals, let alone those by human trafficking and drugs brought in via his wide-open boarders? Inflation reached its highest point in 50 years under his administration.

My conclusion: you're either little more than a dishonest shill for the Biden administration or stupid. Take your pick.

23 posted on 01/10/2025 1:58:35 PM PST by econjack
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oh, Eugene! Are you one of the stupid ones, or just an evil liar? Maybe you’re both!


24 posted on 01/10/2025 2:00:05 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
We have made overdue investments in infrastructure and technology.

They appropriated money. They didn't actually do any of those things.

25 posted on 01/10/2025 2:02:12 PM PST by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: rdl6989

Mercury vapors.


26 posted on 01/10/2025 2:04:56 PM PST by Salamander (Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRD)
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To: ByteMercenary

A few feathers short of a duster...


27 posted on 01/10/2025 2:06:13 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: BenLurkin

It wasn’t to me!

Maybe because of my weight but I got SICK AS HELL.

A six week nightmare where I was bedridden and at points couldn’t move mylegs...long stretches...head pain I never knew before...body pain i never knew before.

But for people who weren’t very overweight and didn’t have any other illnesses, it was not very bad.


28 posted on 01/10/2025 2:07:09 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: MileHi
They appropriated money. They didn't actually do any of those things.

90 billion dollars for broadband connectivity that did not connect a single person.

Elon Musk could connect the entire country with Starlink for 20 billion.

7.5 billion for electric vehicle charging stations. 8 have been built.

29 posted on 01/10/2025 2:08:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Magic Fingers
“biden guided the country through the pandemic?”
SURE he did...the demented POS had to be guided off the stage like a blind man.

Obama leads a stupified Biden offstage hand in hand.

30 posted on 01/10/2025 2:11:46 PM PST by Liz ((This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I hope Trump and DOGE find where the funds really went.


31 posted on 01/10/2025 2:12:50 PM PST by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What color is the sky in this mn’s world?


32 posted on 01/10/2025 2:13:15 PM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

AMAZING how many lies one person can write in one article.


33 posted on 01/10/2025 2:16:01 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I can’t even read that drivel. It hurts my brain.


34 posted on 01/10/2025 2:17:35 PM PST by left that other site (Ask Not What The Left is Doing. Ask What They Are Accusing YOU of Doing.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Everytime I see his name, I remember the time he went on a fast to get something done about Haiti. Only thing, he fasted, supposedly, in New York City where all the white boys would be shamed into carrying out his will. He did not choose to do it in Haiti, where his black brothers would have gathered around with popcorn to watch him starve himself to death.


35 posted on 01/10/2025 2:19:25 PM PST by odawg
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Put down the bong Eugene.


36 posted on 01/10/2025 2:29:16 PM PST by sauropod ("You didn't take a country. You only won a football game!" - Dan Dakich Ne supra crepidam)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That drivel of revised history will soon be straightened out.


37 posted on 01/10/2025 2:32:09 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the national whose GOD is the LORD. Psalm 33:12)
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To: McGavin999
Good Lord, no wonder the Washington Post is almost bankrupt.

The Post lost $77 million over the last year, and had a 50% drop off in audience since 2020.

I think the only thing that can save them is publishing more articles by Eugene Robinson. 😁

38 posted on 01/10/2025 2:38:53 PM PST by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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To: EastTexasTraveler

Just reading the lead-in to this,it stunk to me.


39 posted on 01/10/2025 3:22:57 PM PST by oldtech
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To: EastTexasTraveler

Those drugs place him in an incredible alternate reality.


40 posted on 01/10/2025 3:37:04 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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