# The Biden Administration - the first 1,500 days \[NOT an Afghanistan discussion\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 8, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057 "2020-11-08T15:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/582 "2021-04-01T09:31:45Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Would you two be so kind as to continue this hijack elsewhere? Seconded. @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper and @k9bfriender have much to say about this. Why not have a thread? There’s already several feet of walls of text here that aren’t furthering the discussion for anyone but you two. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/583 "2021-04-01T09:36:34Z")
Gladly. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/584 "2021-04-01T11:55:56Z")
**Modhat** : Please do end this sidebar. It is off-topic. If you open a new thread, add a link from this one or let me know and I’ll add a note to the post. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/585 "2021-04-01T20:45:38Z")
Dissension within the Biden administration as a secret resistance rises. > …Many of his so-called best friends are working diligently from within to muzzle parts of his agenda and curb his worst inclinations. > > I would know. I am one of them. Who’s one of them? I am. Yes, I am! Yes, I am! > **[I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Biden Administration](https://slate.com/culture/2021/03/anonymous-biden-official-resistance-white-house-biting-pooping-incidents-overblown-misunderstood.html)** > > I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to bite members of his Secret Service detail and poop on his floors. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/586 "2021-04-01T20:48:59Z")
I thought that the reason was because Major just smelled Trump’s stink still lingering among the ones that worked with Trump. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/587 "2021-04-01T21:48:41Z")
Who let the White House dogs out? Who, who, who…? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/588 "2021-04-02T13:13:54Z")
> **[Pandemic recovery picks up speed as employers add 916,000 jobs | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/02/economy/march-jobs-report/index.html)** > > The US economy's recovery from the pandemic strengthened in March as employers added 916,000 jobs — the biggest gain since August, the Labor Department reported Friday. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/589 "2021-04-02T14:15:08Z")
Slate has an [interesting column](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/04/biden-borrows-eisenhowers-cold-war-sales-pitch-for-his-infrastructure-plan.html) up about Biden’s infrastructure plan and how he’s selling it. A lot of people are comparing Biden’s agenda to FDR’s, but the more apt comparison may be to Eisenhower. They’re both by nature fairly “small c” conservative politicians who nevertheless pushed for massive investments in public spending and justified it as necessary to meet the challenge posed by an international competitor. Biden is clearly leaning hard into the China angle. My own sense is that the argument isn’t as potent as it was during the heyday of Cold War hysteria, but it puts Republicans in a box since they’ve been the ones ringing the bell loudest about the threat posed by a rising China. They’re holding strong for now, but if just a couple of Rs break ranks and start working with Democrats to get their projects in the bill I wager the damn will break and they’ll be a scramble among Rs to make sure their state/district doesn’t get left out. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/590 "2021-04-03T18:37:21Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > … I wager the damn will break and they’ll be a scramble among Rs to make sure their state/district doesn’t get left out. Dam straight. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/591 "2021-04-05T18:14:34Z")
ISWYDT. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/592 "2021-04-06T13:41:19Z")
> **[The US economy is growing at its fastest pace since 1984 | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/economy/imf-us-economy-recovery/index.html)** > > President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package will boost the US economy and drive faster global growth this year, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, though it warned that many countries continue to suffer from the pandemic and are... > **[Biden moves deadline for all US adults to be eligible for Covid vaccine to...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-deadline-biden/index.html)** > > President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks, but said Americans must remain on a "war footing" to beat the virus. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/593 "2021-04-06T14:51:10Z")
You know, instead of opposing the Great Big Stimulus Package, Mitch should get on board, promote it, and take credit for it. Win-win! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/594 "2021-04-06T14:57:31Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > You know, instead of opposing the Great Big Stimulus Package, Mitch should get on board, promote it, and take credit for it. Win-win! - Or he can oppose it with all his might to appease his base and when it works anyway, he’ll take credit for it. Win-win. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/595 "2021-04-06T15:21:48Z")
The unfortunate reality is that happy, content people don’t vote – especially in midterm elections. People vote because they’re angry or afraid. Mitch and crew need to make Republican voters mad and fearful so that they’ll turn out in droves next year, which they can’t do on a, “We all worked together to make America better!” message. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/596 "2021-04-06T15:29:19Z")
Risky strategy, though; because it’s also likely to keep Democratic voters riled up and fearful. I’m not sure there’s a stronger incentive to people to get out and vote than ‘they’re trying to take the right to vote away from you!’ Especially when they are. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/597 "2021-04-06T15:55:48Z")
They call out their voters by creating fear of what the Democrats will do with power. Well, we can all see what they do with power, doesn’t seems so bad. Democrats don’t need to make things up about what Republicans will do if they gain power, they just need to play Mitch’s speech about the filibuster. Honestly, that speech of McConnell’s should be in every Democratic campaign ad in 2022. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/598 "2021-04-06T16:15:26Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Risky strategy, though; because it’s also likely to keep Democratic voters riled up and fearful. > > I’m not sure there’s a stronger incentive to people to get out and vote than ‘they’re trying to take the right to vote away from you!’ Especially when they are. This is sort of Stacey Abrams’ uniquely effective strategy. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/599 "2021-04-06T16:23:56Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Well, we can all see what they do with power, doesn’t seems so bad. With the Newscorp spin machine, they can make a fireman rescuing a kitten from a tree look like a heinous travesty. Do not discount the enormity of prevarication the White-Wing is capable of. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/600 "2021-04-06T16:42:05Z")
Sure, the right wing rage machine in all in swing, but that’s not going to affect Democratic voters. The concern is not that Democrats will change sides, the concern is that they will be complacent and not turn out to vote. Mitch’s speech should remind them of what is at stake. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/601 "2021-04-06T17:24:34Z")
May it not be uniquely effective, but generally so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057.md?page=31)