• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    Blinken is there and doing this because Joe Biden put him in that position explicitly to do this.

    He’s just as liable as Blinken

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        It’s pretty insane. If the guy’s not good enough to run for president how could he possibly be good enough for the job.

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          Im not going to get into defending Biden’s record, but being president and campaigning for president are two totally separate skills. I have no problem recognizing that he’s simply unable to do both simultaneously now. I don’t think POTUS needs to be able to both, they do need to handle the duties of the presidency though.

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            I don’t think POTUS needs to be able to both, they do need to handle the duties of the presidency though.

            lol what point do you think you made here?

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          He literally ran for president, and won. He’s not what the electorate wants moving forward, but that doesn’t make him incapable. He’s a career politician with decades of experience

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          Running for president has almost literally nothing to do with actually being president in the way our system runs. It’s honestly kind of awful.

          Plus, you know, he CAN run for president, he just decided Harris can do it better, which she obviously is.

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            Plus you also can recognize that you are capable of doing a job for another year or two but not sign up for another 4 year contract after that. It’s not like anyone wants to sign up for a contract knowing they may have to step down before the term is up.

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              Yes, and?

              The comment was implying that if he isn’t running he isn’t capable of being president now while ignoring the fact that running now means doing the job for 4 more years.

              edit: Just read the rest of the replies to Jay’s comment. Holy Christ, you’re insufferable.

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          Downvoted. Biden’s sharp as a Ginsu. I’m sure glad he’s our leader right now, the commander of the largest military on earth, and the ultimate ruler of a wild nuclear vassal state.

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            Well he’s done a fantastic job so far, let’s just kick him out at the end for shits and giggles

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              I don’t know if I’d call ethnic cleansing fantastic, other than that I agree

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                Yeah, thank fuck he beat Trump or both Ukraine and Gaza would already be gone by now. I really wish he would stop selling weapons to Israel though.

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                  Fun to speculate but we can only be sure that Biden’s policies are causing a genocide.

        • I don’t know about this. If Biden resigns now that means Harris would be president? Does that mean she won’t be eligible to run for reelection in 2028?

          Might be worth bearing another four months under Biden for Harris to have the incumbent advantage in 2028. Hopefully he’s delegating as much as possible to the VP and the cabinet and his staff anyways.

    • It’s not like Biden ordered Blinken to lie to Congress…

      Blinken is in a cabinet position, so that means he was confirmed by the U. S. Senate - he wouldn’t be in that position without those votes. Are those Senators just as liable too? I imagine some of them were those who got lied in the face to, to boot.

      Biden appointed and trusted the wrong person, sure. He absolutely needs to take responsibility and ask Blinken for his resignation. But equally liable is a bridge too far.