If you have room for a little more disgust:

[Atticus]

President Biden has made free covid vaccinations and tests readily available to all Americans; has presided over the most robust economic recovery in US history; has made diversity a reality in his cabinet, judicial and other administrative appointments; favors a woman's right to choose, unions, stricter gun laws and a shift away from fossil fuels; has quietly but effectively led the West's assistance to Ukraine; has restored honor and decency to the White House and regained the respect of our allies AND adversaries-----and yet-------------

---some Democrats "aren't enthused" about voting in the midterms because they haven't gotten their pony yet!

[mcar]

1. He has accomplished so much in such a short period of time

It makes me crazy that Democrats, including some elected Democrats, continually criticize and trash him because they haven't gotten their pony.

Do they think they'll get what they want with Rs in charge?

[soldierant]

33. I don't think they think very much at all -

but I don't think they're quite stupid enough to vote R, but they are stupid enough to not vote. Not votingseems harmless compared to voting R. Unfortunately, it isn't.

[Initech]

45. You can't change the world in a day...

But you can at least get the smell of stupid out of the room. Biden cleaning up Trump's mess while dealing with COVID is a huge accomplishment. I'll gladly take that win!

[Just A Box Of Rain]

2. I could not be more delighted by the leadership Joe Biden has exhibited

as our president.

I supported him during the primaries (and even before he announced) and proudly voted for him.

While I have had very high expectations, he has surpassed them.

One of the great American presidents. He will have my vote the next time. To be sure.

[yorkster]

3. Vote in every damn election.

That used to be a given. What the hell do people need to get the picture here? Everything is at stake.

If you're not that excited by some candidates, get excited about the issues facing all of us. This is existential.
Do we survive as a democracy for starters.

[BootinUp]

4. I just puke some out as needed, lol. Nt

[sop]

5. By "pony" you mean student loans haven't been forgiven?

[chowder66]

6. Single issue voters that want what they want and want it now without regard

or knowledge of how legislation or EO's works.

They want their pet issue addressed in less than one term let alone 2 terms.

It would be good to note how black women keep voting for Democrats with a longview in mind.
They do not run away from their party because they don't get what they want at the time they want it.

[getagrip_already]

25. Exactly...

I hear it all the time.

He isn't doing enough for x. There are a lot of x's in the world.

It doesn't matter that the gop is trying to eliminate x. It doesn't matter that tfg crippled the agencies and courts that protected x.

What .atters is only that x perfection hasn't been reached.

I'd like to show them what pain looks like.

[Generic Brad]

11. There are a lot of Veruca Salts out there

Even if interest is forgiven, there’s a contingent who thinks they shouldn’t even have to repay principle. I don’t want to bail out intentional irresponsibility.

[inthewind21]

21. Yeah neither do I

But WE did. The war in Iraq, squandered trillions for a lie. In the 09 "to big to fail" bail outs, gotta have those executive bonuses and lavish retreats. American Airlines bailouts, they just got 54 BILLION in COVID grants, like those sky high fares right now, never you mind, their share holders needed another mansion! . Yet some people just can't tolerate student loan forgiveness. That might actually benefit citizens. Meh, let's give another bail out to AA or maybe another government grant to help Elon with his 44 BILLION purchase of Twitter. That's a way better use of tax dollars!

[stopdiggin]

32. I can't find any 54 billion figure

attached to AA. But the second part of that argument would be that Covid funding to the airlines (and supposedly other parts of the economy?) amounted to 'bail outs' covering 'irresponsible behaviors.' So - is that your position on the bulk of the Biden administrations Covid stimulus efforts?

[TiberiusB]

46. Intentions were good...execution was terrible

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/biggest-fraud-generation-looting-covid-relief-program-known-ppp-n1279664

[stopdiggin]

50. essentially right. but most of the article you link is focused on fraud

performed either by individuals or small home grown organizations. This would be pretty much the opposite of what the previous poster and I were discussing. (specifically corporate bailouts) And it should also be noted that the 'aid' went out with a (knowing) lack of guardrails - because that is specifically what the politicians (read Congress and administration) wanted at the time. And the argument in favor of that was both crystal clear and up front - i.e., 'speed before accuracy.'
your link -

- For much of 2020, lenders did little to verify the applications, prosecutors and experts say, in part because Congress required the Small Business Administration, or SBA, which ran the program, to issue explicit guidance that in the interest of getting the money out fast, lenders “will be held harmless for borrowers’ failure to comply with program criteria.” The Government Accountability Office warned of fraud risk, but the program continued under that rule.

[LoisB]

7. It is disgusting, isn't it?

[czarjak]

8. Voter apathy, the real enemy of the people. Deadly, in fact.

[ancianita]

16. Oh, come ON. THINK before you shoot off some stereotype. Remember 2018?? The blue wave year??

Where have you been, huh?

[czarjak]

23. Things change. Consistency usually not a strong suit. I'll gladly be wrong though.

[ashredux]

9. 👍👍

[Mr. Evil]

12. Most Democrats know (including me),

that voting is not a one shot deal. It has to be vigorous, relentless and continuous. I don't want a fucking pony even if I could get one. I want every member of the Party of Death to be exiled to Russia. Most likely won't get that either. But, I'm still going to vote for every Democrat I'm eligible to in every single election.

[ffr]

13. I'm upset that no GOP siditionists have been charged.

I am upset, but until we have a supermajority or natural causes catch up to Mitch McConnell, this is the best we can do.

[SergeStorms]

14. Have you seen this on DU, Atticus?

I haven't, but I have to admit to only checking in a few times each day, and sometimes not at all during the summer. They should be ashamed of themselves if they've written anything like that on DU.

Considering what President Biden was left with after that other guy vacated the White House, he's done a Herculean job getting our country back in track.

He's getting all of the blame for the inflation gripping the country right now - undeservedly so - but this too shall pass.

He's exactly what this country needed at the time, and he's surpassed my expectations.

If these Democrats "aren't enthused" they need to step back and remember what this country was like up until January 20, 2021. We've come a long way and we're not finished yet.

[ancianita]

17. I haven't seen them here, either. Some on social media are fake Dems to sow doubt & defeatism.

If the only way some registered Dems can vote is to be "enthused," then they're not Democrats.

[SergeStorms]

19. 100% agreed!

If you're only concerned about "what's in it for me", you miss the entire point of being a Democrat.

[Joinfortmill]

15. Vote, goddammit or you'll soon find yourself in a country like Russia or Brazil. Got it?

[multigraincracker]

18. I've got your pony right here, sweetheart....

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[keithbvadu2]

20. Ideological purity

[Vinca]

22. They lament that Democrats don't do things, but can't grasp the concept of having enough of a

majority to pass things. It drives me nuts because another round of the GQP and Trump will be about all it takes to sink the ship.

[Martin68]

24. Well said.

[NowISeetheLight]

26. Reality

The problem is gas is $6 a gallon, food prices are way up, inflation is bad, interest rates are going up… and a lot of people are uneducated and opinionated. They blame Biden for all these things when in reality none of it is his fault.

Take gas prices for example. I was at the American Legion a couple weeks ago and of course they had Fox News on… (sigh). This guy next to me started complaining about our California gas prices and Biden. I casually mentioned that in 2020 the President (Drumpf) got Russia and OPEC to cut production because oil prices were so low and US producers were going bankrupt. Then the pandemic hit, demand plummeted, prices dropped even more, more production dropped. So when demand picked up in 2021 there was no corresponding increase in production. Prices went up. Plus the shale producers who lost money in 2019 and 2020 now were pressured to return profits to investors. It’s called GREED. He looked at me like I was from another planet.

Then he brought up the Keystone Pipeline and said it could’ve been different. I told him even if it was approved it wouldn’t have helped. It wouldn’t be done for YEARS and besides that it was CANADAs oil not ours. Being piped to the gulf to be exported to OTHER COUNTRIES. Same blank expression.

To be honest the guy was a typical less educated Republican who believes Faux News garbage instead of actually educating himself. I realize the mainstream media has some issues at times but I compensate for that by reading and researching. I don’t take everything at face value. A lot of people just drink their kool-aid. Stupid people drive me crazy and I think I’m outnumbered.

[BidenRocks]

30. Rs love it!

They will fuck us until after the election, then claim a mandate to skip the lube!

We know who will benefit. Too bad the rest vote against their best interests.

[rubbersole]

27. Things might change for the better...

After the J6 committee and the Roe decision comes down, a lot more people are going to engage. We have to.

[Farmer-Rick]

28. They give ponies to the filthy rich don't they?

I mean all this moaning and groaning because some poor suckers got loans for college because they thought it would gurantee them a good job and turns out it was just another capitalist con. Now the suckers can't ever pay back the mortgage sized loans with never ending compounding interest because there are nothing but crappy jobs left. And we blame the suckers for it?

But when WallStreet and bankers crashed the American economy they got bailed out. Wasn't that a pony? What about the huge tax cut the filthy rich got? Wasn't that a pony?

But it's the poor sucker we get all upset about?

So I ask you, since handing out ponies to the filthy rich left and right got a lot of GOPers elected including TFG, why not hand out ponies to the poor suckers and get Dems elected?

It's so obvious and if the tables were turned and bailing the poor suckers out would get TFG and GOPers elected, they would do it in a heartbeat. Let's play the same games.

[ProfessorPlum]

40. excellent, excellent reply

Give average voters the same treatment as the banksters and the conmen always get and you will create a loyal voting block.

Why can't Democratic politicians grab this simple, popular, and powerful philosophy? ($ is the answer, but it's an important rhetorical question)

[Novara]

29. Don't forget he's responsible for the DOJ not doing anything ...

... despite seditious conspiracy charges for at least half a dozen people, which is about as serious as you can get in America.

[stopdiggin]

31. well put.

On the other hand - if the election of DJT didn't teach the electorate anything about the consequences of having a case of the 'sulks' ..

[progressoid]

34. "most robust economic recovery in US history" Uh...

...not so sure the public is going to agree with that. Two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. 25% of Americans are delaying retirement due to inflation.

Corporate profits are great though so I guess that's good?

[markie]

35. memories of 2010

we seem to not learn, do we??

[ohmeohmy]

36. here in CA

voter turnout so far for today's election is LOW--every county is reporting this. So far, it's under 20% in most counties. reasons (excuses?) are everything from apathy, to burnout from other elections. IN LA, the billionaire (and newly turned Democrat) is slightly ahead of Karen Bass, the recall election of Boudin seems to be working. Most importantly, folks are not voting ;- (

[Cuthbert Allgood]

37. Keep referring to issues important to liberals as a "pony"; that will win hearts.

If you think that the people who want student debt to be addressed don't remember which Dems were part of the move to make it even hard to go bankrupt on student loan debt, you would be wrong. They know. I could go through your list and talk about the frustrations of liberals, but you don't really want that. You just want everyone to act like the job that is being done is enough. It isn't. And this is the cult of personality that Trump had. We can support and vote for the Dem in the White House and still think he needs to do more and/or different things. That's how it works.

[Atticus]

51. My, my---aren't we presumptuous? You presume I was focused on student loan forgiveness; I was

not.

You presume I have a "list; I do not.

You presume that you know what I want; you are wrong.

And, you close by comparing me to Trump.

Bless your heart.

[COL Mustard]

38. If you don't vote in the midterms....

You own the result. Vote, people, vote!

[treestar]

42. magacults will vote no matter

if they get what they want or if things are going well.

Nothing like shooting yourself in the foot. None of what you say is bad is going to be solved unless Dems have more time. Putting Republicans in is just shooting yourself in the foot.

[Elessar Zappa]

49. Lol!

[treestar]

41. as long as they vote

they don't have to be enthused. It is stupid of people to give up their right to vote over not being entertained enough or not getting what they personally want. What we personally want is just not enough to use to let Republicans in, who aren't going to do what we personally want anyway.

[FakeNoose]

43. Let's give Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer a little credit please

President Biden has done an awesome job under extremely difficult circumstances, but he's also had a lot of help from Pelosi, Schumer, and our Democratic leaders.

Thank you Democrats for saving our Democracy ... for at least another two years.

[Snackshack]

44. It has nothing to do with pony's...

And everything to do with none of this mattering if the GOP manages thru voter suppression to take back the majorities because Dems could never get everyone to stand up in the party and protect voter rights.

If they get back into a majority by noon the 1st day the filibuster will be gone and legislation reversing all of these great gain will start.

As the minority party the GOP has done an impressive job using Schumers inexperienced as leader against him to basically shut down everything they care about.

[SouthBayDem]

47. Simple as that. If you don't vote, your opponents will.

"Opponents" including those who get their news from shady Facebook pages. Do you want to surrender to them??

[867-5309.]

48. Roe, J6, Ukraine, mass shootings...

Seems more motivation than ever.