Biden is crushing it. Unfortunately, he's not going to get credit...

[Dirty Heads]

Which is a shame because he's handled these last few days about as strongly as you'd ever want a leader. He's provided support, been 100% transparent about Russia's intentions, which limited their surprise - and also had an impact uniting the world against Putin. And he's offering significant support to Ukraine without putting boots on the ground.

But he'll get shit on by both sides because he'll be accused as simultaneously weak for not actually putting troops in Ukraine (which could trigger World War III - but who cares?) and the aggressor, as he's the one who goaded Putin into attacking that warmongering fuck.

He's both weak and a hawk.

It's quite amazing watching both sides do all they can to attack Biden. He's doing too much and not enough.

[elleng]

1. We've got to do our best to see that he DOES 'get' credit.

[Dirty Heads]

2. Agreed!

[Tetrachloride]

3. Moral support is the first step

[elleng]

4. Yes

[msongs]

5. should biden publicly call out trump and repubs for their putin worship? nt

[Dirty Heads]

7. It's possible.

But fortunately, A LOT of people are calling 'em out. A LOT. But we'll see.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. You can't change the mind of "true believers."

God knows I've tried with my SIL, a diehard MAGAt.

[Hoyt]

6. He might not get "mission accomplished" credit, but I think majority

appreciates his reasoned approach.

[BComplex]

8. And that's because of our bought-and-paid-for republican media.

I'm so fucking sick and tired of the media companies NOT allowing the pundits to say what everyone knows: trump enabling putin is about 50% to 80% of why putin really thought he'd get away with this shit. If trump does as he pleases, putin figures the USA is spineless when someone else does as they please.

And because of our media..and a very weak justice wing of the government, it's true. If you don't hold people accountable, they set a standard and example for the next asshole to follow.

[DFW]

9. The right wing media is in a bind because the word that best describes Biden's approach is:

“CONSERVATIVE”

Not “conserv’tive” as in southern Republicanese, where it means “reactionary radical right wing asshole,” but “conservative” as in English (for our Republican visitors, that is a European language spoken in Great Britain, much of North America, and many former British colonies).

In English, the word implies a cautionary, measured, risk-averse, thought-out approach to matters, which is why many speakers of Republicanese don’t get it.

[Poiuyt]

11. Biden doesn't seem to get credit for anything he does

Democrats around the country need to sing his praises. It will help raise his poll numbers, which in turn will help other Democrats.