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11th-hour brinkmanship from the freight rail industry, its unions and both parties in Congress.

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by adoo, Sep 14, 2022.

  1. jiggyfly

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    Biden once again coming in to save America
     
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    Those crises that you don't know exist until news comes out that it's solved....
     
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    Biden either has some incredible luck or some otherworldly powers of persuasion.

    I am not a presidential Historian, but I can't think of a president who has had the run that Biden has the last 2 years.

    I don't even care if he is a figurehead and people are pulling his strings because those people seem to know what the **** they are doing.

    Just the fact that he has kept the infighting to a minimum with Democrats is amazing.

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    Obviously luck. His dementia is too bad to get any of this done. Wake up.
     
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    He has his flaws and some real weaknesses.

    However, he is the most skilled President we have had when it comes to negotiations since Lyndon Johnson.

    He has been either a Senator, Vice President or President for nearly the last 50 years and as a result he knows just about every single power broker, every tactic and resource possible. He was considered extremely skilled at in the Senate and was usually the one both parties went to when they wanted to get over an hurdle to get a deal done.

    It has nothing to do with his politics either, it would be the case if he were a Republican.

    His age and experience brings baggage, but strengths as well.
     
  7. King1

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    No. I don't care what adults do. Shouldn't be shown to children but it's more how soft our society has become because of people like yourself
     
  8. King1

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    Our society is soft. That's the problem
     
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    Yeah, that's what was said about him, he was deal maker but the way the progressive wing was acting when he took office I thought we would have another tea party situation but that never happened, part of it is because Democrats are not worried as much about profile as republicans, and they usually generally want to do good.

    Off Topic.

    It really makes you wonder what would have happened if Biden had been the nominee after Obama, I really have to give Obama the side eye about him backing Hillary so much and not having faith in Biden, there is a book I was hearing about addressing why he did not trust Biden, I want to read it.


    Why the Obama-Biden Bromance is a Myth - TIME
    https://time.com › Politics › The D.C. Brief


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    7 days ago — The title of Debenedetti's book—The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama—rightly describes a relationship that ..
     
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    I didn't ask you to include a picture of yourself in your response but ok.

    Sorry for hurting your feelings over the internet. It's not my fault you are an idiot. That blame goes to your parents
     
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    darkbrandon.jpg
     
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    he was planning to run until his son got sick and died of brain cancer in 2015
     
  13. Amiga

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    experience has taken a beaten recently

    i value experience more than shinny new messages and ideas (new comer)

    was not an Obama voter (but did vote for his reelection) for that reason
     
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    Yeah it's a bit more complicated than that, if Obama had been fully on board he would have ran.

     
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    Who did you vote for Hillary?
     
  16. Amiga

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    no, I didn’t vote that year

    no one was appealing to me and I was fine with any of the leads (Obama, Hillary, Romney). I was also fine with McCain until he selected Palin as his running mate.
     
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    Only because mainstream media doesn't want to touch it... it's so blatant that capital is abusing labor. 335 days on, 30 days off a year, on call 24/7, and they want *unpaid* time off..... Can't put that bullsnot in front of people. Better that congress forces the unions into submission without anyone noticing.
     
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    That sucked because we got 4 years of a racist asshat that brought the cockroaches out from under the cupboards they had been hiding.

    DD
     
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    What shouldn't be show to children?

    And I'd like to be part of the solution. How do I become less soft?
     
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    Cool. Being the good parent you are, can you give us advice on how to toughen up children?
     
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