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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you agree with this post by Ron Filipkowski on BlueSky about Biden?
"I got to admit it, it makes me f*cking furious that MAGA is already out in front of blaming an upcoming spike in egg prices on bird flu when the Biden Admin was NEVER out in front of these things & just took punches to the face without ever seeing those punches coming."
Something to be said for that I think. That's part of the reason people thought a generally good economy was horrible.

crud
(895 posts)they talked about an improving economy, they did no such shaming of TSF when he said we had the best economy in the history of the universe.
They said the Biden Admin was out of touch. Bidenomics was a joke. They said all improvements were just on paper, didn't affect peoples kitchen table pocket books. People weren't feeling it. etc.
Runningdawg
(4,633 posts)The time for Biden and ALL Democrats to start talking about it was campaigning for 2020 and every day up until 2024.
2naSalit
(95,168 posts)Really him or a fake account?
Doesn't sound like him.
Emrys
(8,132 posts)Here's his account, it's currently the fourth tweet: https://x.com/RonFilipkowski
But I don't do xitter.
Just wondering, like I said, doesn't sound like him.
Hekate
(96,075 posts)
in the history of the world.
Thats what I think.
Tumbulu
(6,489 posts)35+ years of rising above is just plain outrageously bizarre.
I have to wonder why it is that the powerful folks at the top of the party continue to behave in such a way that appears so very out of touch, at least from where I sit.
JI7
(91,303 posts)Tesha
(21,000 posts)Have a good word for Biden and the thousand ways he saved our country
Trekologer
(1,074 posts)The Biden admin never got out in front of these things
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)But when he and Harris tried to explain how prices were coming down and we have the best post-covid economy in the world, it was "HOW DARE YOU LECTURE TO AMERICANS HOW GOOD THIS ECONOMY IS WHEN NOBODY CAN AFFORD GROCERIES ANYMORE!!!!!!111111!!!!"
So I really wish folks would make up their minds 😐
Trekologer
(1,074 posts)If the media didn't cover it, Biden should have gone down to the briefing room himself to force the press to cover it and then hand it over to the secretary of agriculture or whoever was the most qualified to talk about it.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)And voted for Harris... There was tons of factual information out there, all people had to do was read...
Besides, a Biden presser gets maybe five minutes of coverage before the cable news channels switch over to Donnie's latest episode of fuckwittery...
Happy Hoosier
(8,733 posts)and he wants to believe others are also decent and kind, to his detriment.
unblock
(54,529 posts)They collectively shrugged their shoulders and presented a convicted criminal, rapist, fraudster who stole and openly shared classified information as a perfectly viable candidate.
This after having raked Hillary over the coals for having a private server, insisting that even an indictment would be career-ending and disqualifying for a presidential candidate.
Democrats can and have said great things, great messaging, it gets on air once maybe and then "has no legs" and the media moves on. But they jump on republicans messaging, discuss it at length, ask democrats to respond to it, no matter how ridiculous or even outright false.
The right wing is "out in front" on every issue rhetorically because they've spent decades investing in and corrupting our media.
No one democrat can counter that with any message, no matter how great. Until we have a strong, well-funded, coordinated media strategy, starting with, among other things, a very loud and consistent theme that the media has a ridiculously right-wing bias, that foxnews and others are outright propaganda, etc., then our messaging on individual issues will continue to go nowhere and always be behind the right-wing noise.
Raven123
(6,330 posts)It is tru, the Biden administration didnt shout from the rooftops, and now we know they should have, but the information was in the MSM.
I was fully aware. My MAGA neighbor was clueless.
bucolic_frolic
(48,532 posts)and never answered. Inflation Reduction Act was their go to. But deficits and low interest rates from 2009 to 2022 were the deep roots. Too much money chasing too few goods, pandemic supply chain and production gaps, retailer uncertainty in rising wages. It all contributed.
SlimJimmy
(3,251 posts)allegorical oracle
(3,981 posts)would agree that the Biden Admin. tended to keep a bit of a low profile...didn't blow its own horn much.
Meowmee
(7,036 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 23, 2024, 07:21 PM - Edit history (1)
I did not watch a lot of news, but I did watch some the past year and a half. I think the promotion of what they were doing, etc. for the economy and for other issues always needs to be double or triple over of what the other side does.
oldmanlynn
(570 posts)I dont hardly see any Democrats getting out there and talking about the crazy and all that other stuff right now today. Its like theyre in hiding, licking their wounds.
Wounded Bear
(61,227 posts)Can't fight MAGA logic.