# What has the Biden administration done that's so awful? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060 "2022-02-07T17:52:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/161 "2022-02-28T00:00:33Z")
I prefer to believe it’s simply that he’s running a tight ship as opposed to the leaky rowboat of Trump. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/162 "2022-03-09T16:23:26Z")
Four years of trump (and the resulting fallout). Two+ years of COVID and almost 1 million dead in the USA. Now Putin invades Ukraine. I’m sure lots of us are wondering, but don’t dare ask the question out loud: **WHAT ELSE CAN POSSIBLY HAPPEN??** And through it all, Biden keeps getting out of bed in the morning and going to work. Even while plenty of people HATE him and blame him for everything from inflation _(You want inflation? Come with me to the Jimmy Carter administration-- THAT was inflation!_) to their dog’s fleas and their sluggish plumbing, personal as well as residential. They make fun of the vestiges of his lifelong stuttering. They say he has dementia. He takes a boatload of crap and through it all, he expresses optimism. He still seems to have hope. _(Personally, I’m all out of it and have taken up permanent residence in the [Slough of Despond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slough_of_Despond).)_ He makes speeches and phone calls. He does his Presidentin’ with dignity and good cheer. He smiles. He is compassionate. How does he do it? He has a strong religious faith. He has been through personal tragedies, and those always eclipse public events. He loves and is loved by a supportive partner and a loyal family. Is that it? Is there more? Can I have some of it? I am a sniveling wimp in today’s world. I am in awe of his resilience and strength. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/163 "2022-03-09T16:43:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’m sure lots of us are wondering, but don’t dare ask the question out loud: > > **WHAT ELSE CAN POSSIBLY HAPPEN??** Just don’t look up. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > He does his Presidentin’ with dignity and good cheer. He smiles. He is compassionate. > > How does he do it? Because he _is_ presidential. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/164 "2022-03-09T16:43:22Z")
Actually, make that an nm. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/165 "2022-03-09T16:45:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I am in awe of his resilience and strength. Wouldn’t we all be surprised if his leadership and competence leads to him being the next face on Mt. Rushmore. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/166 "2022-03-09T20:17:42Z")
Like I said more than once during the campaign, “Yeah, he’s a boring old grampa, but right now a BOG is looking pretty good.” I ~~cannot~~ prefer not to imagine what would have happened had Donnie Two-scoops still been Commander in Chief when the Ukraine was invaded. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/167 "2022-03-09T20:20:27Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I ~~cannot~~ prefer not to imagine what would have happened had Donnie Two-scoops still been Commander in Chief when the Ukraine was invaded. - He would have sent the military in to help… . . . . . . Russia. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/168 "2022-03-09T20:50:57Z")
take back one of the missing parts of The Great Russian Empire . . . Alaska. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/169 "2022-03-09T22:46:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@DesertDog](#): > > > > I ~~cannot~~ prefer not to imagine what would have happened had Donnie Two-scoops still been Commander in Chief when the Ukraine was invaded. - > > He would have sent the military in to help… > . > . > . > . > . > . > Russia. Based on Trump’s comments at the CPAC conference in late February about how Canada is run by left-wing fascists (echoing Putin’s bullshit about Ukraine), I imagine that the US military would be in Toronto by now. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/170 "2022-03-10T22:20:47Z")
I wonder which of his minions would tell him about this: > **[War Plan Red](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > >  United States >  British Empire ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/171 "2022-03-16T23:14:01Z")
The Canadian version was War Plan Scarlet. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/172 "2022-03-18T01:57:43Z")
Can someone fill me in on what right-wing sources are saying about Biden, exactly? I’ll see some criticism on CNN, but while critical it still plays fair. Yet if I spy some anti-Biden comments in a comment box somewhere, it will typically use extreme descriptors like “disastrous” or “abysmal,” way out of proportion to what he has actually done. You’d think the guy was torching the entire country to the ground. Do these sites even give him credit for his Russian sanctions and rallying NATO? Say, specifically, what he could have done differently, while acknowledging the limits of his office? ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/173 "2022-03-18T12:45:45Z")
In the rightwing-o-sphere they have to use extreme language to keep their audience engaged, or else they’ll go somewhere else for their fix of misinformation. It’s all about advertsing dollars. They cannot say anything neutral or positve about Biden, as that would indicate weakness, or worse, compromise. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/174 "2022-03-18T15:47:48Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > In the rightwing-o-sphere they have to use extreme language to keep their audience **engaged** … “enraged”. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/175 "2022-03-18T20:38:16Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Yet if I spy some anti-Biden comments in a comment box somewhere, it will typically use extreme descriptors like “disastrous” or “abysmal,” way out of proportion to what he has actually done. This has become the standard description of anyone in power for the other party, and not just in the US. They’ve discovered that those who can be swayed to their side don’t need anything more than a simple declaration that the person is a “disaster”, and so it’s not worth the effort to actually detail why they are a disaster. They consider the reasons to be self-evident, it seems. It’s the same thing our conservatives are saying about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and it’s exactly like Biden: There are legitimate reasons to not like Trudeau, and to desire someone else as PM (just ask anyone in the NDP, and eve most people in the Liberal Party), but those reasons are never recited by the conservative opposition. It’s just “JT is a disaster for Canada!” ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/176 "2022-03-18T20:49:41Z")
Exactly right. They are counting on bumper-sticker politics and low-information citizens to keep clicking and reading just the headlines (to keep the money flowing). They know the target audience wont bother looking any deeper, and will simply take their word for it. If one of them does manage to rub a few brain cells together and take a closer look at something, they will inevitably just get all the same BS info the algorithms overlord decides to serve up to them, which just reinforces their views and positions. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/177 "2022-03-20T04:18:32Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@snowthx](#): > > > > In the rightwing-o-sphere they have to use extreme language to keep their audience **engaged** … > > “enraged”. I propose a new word: _engraged_ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/178 "2022-03-24T21:59:19Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Good News Everyone! > > We might be able to add, “Failed to prevent WWIII” to the list! > > Wait, does one item count as a list? Republicans must be so pissed. In a year from now, we’ll be here talking about how Biden either prevented or won WWIII. Or we won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/179 "2022-03-24T22:27:22Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > In a year from now, we’ll be here talking about how Biden either prevented or won WWIII. Or we won’t. I would just love it if Trump’s predecessor _and_ successor to both won the Nobel Peace Price. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060/180 "2022-03-24T22:43:27Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I would just love it if Trump’s predecessor _and_ successor to both won the Nobel Peace Price. Is there an Ig-Nobel Ig-Peace Ig-Prize? Trump could get it for last year, Putin this year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060.md?page=10)