Freeze: My ward committee sadly chose not to endorse him at our last meeting because of this, and I was like, "What?!"

I think he’s done a really good job as President, far exceeding my expectations in progressive directions

I feel like the main political divide on this website is between “Joe Biden is terrible and old and I hate him” and “Joe Biden is terrible and old and I will crawl over broken glass to vote for a rancid ham sandwich against Donald Trump” very few people are actually huge fans of the guy

on domestic policy he’s been much much better than I expected but Gaza is a pretty overwhelming negative

He handled the ignominious Afghanistan surrender that Trump left him very well, too. On Israel he is dealing with the consequences of decades of bad policy as well as strong domestic support for Israel. He has at least avoided the dissolution of the whole region into war and an Iran war.

I don't *like* that the US has supported Israel pretty much unconditionally due far too long, but when I hear people talk about Biden as if he is uniquely terrible re Gaza, I always want to know "compared to who? Who has been or would be much better, AND could plausibly take the WH?"

My ward committee sadly chose not to endorse him at our last meeting because of this, and I was like, "What?!"

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