Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell struck up a friendship during their nearly quarter-century in the Senate together. Now in their 80s, the Democratic president and the Senate GOP leader appear to be giving political cover to each other as they fend off questions about their advanced age and health issues.
Notably, McConnell, R-Ky., 81, hasn’t joined Donald Trump, 77, and other Republicans who have attacked Biden’s age, health and mental acuity as he seeks re-election.
And after McConnell’s second freeze-up last week, Biden was one of the first to call McConnell, telling reporters that his “friend” sounded like “his old self” and that such episodes are a “part of his recovery” from a fall and a concussion this year.
Bernie is an ineffectual, failure of a career politician who can’t get anything done, not even rally the support of his own party, let alone the whole country. He’s a dinosaur who has been too long in politics and lives a few rungs above us all on the ladder and has no idea how we really live.
We need someone young and capable to rally behind, forget Bernie.
Literally what Bernie has been saying for 20 years champ, glad you agree with him
Yet HE ran for president and failed. If Bernie wants young blood, why the fuck was he running?
It is a failure of our system that a populist candidate without his name recognition would have no chance against the incredibly well-funded corporate shill neoliberals/conservatives we usually have to choose between.
Who, pray tell, should have run in his place on his platform?
While I agree he didn’t do much from a legislative point of view, calling him a failure is missing the fact that he represented a voice that’s rarely heard in American politics, which might have paved the way people like AOC or Fetterman. Also the fact that he still holds the same views after 30 years is something that can serve as an antidote to cynicism. He’s an inspiring figure to many, and inspiration is important in politics.
but he alone didnt change legislation (in a democracy) therefore he’s a failure
Yes just like the anti-abortionists failed again and again until they succeeded in taking away rights. Building a movement takes time, especially if it’s not flush with corporate money.
About a hundred of his amendments made it in various bill proposal. A bunch of which became laws. You can’t really blame him for the broken party system in which he’s not even taking part. One man can’t single handly fix congress
If he can’t fix the broken system then he’s useless to us
Gee, I had no idea that it was his responsibility alone to run this government.
Maybe you’d should read a book on political movements.