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Could be. People have a short memory though. Most of the Bush years weren't bad, but Bidens time in office have has been terrible for people. You also didn't address the fact that most people don't even think he is mentally capable to hold the office. That's a pretty big deal imo. I'm not sure that we've ever had a president with dementia before.
Comment by [deleted] at 09/05/2023 at 22:38 UTC
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Most of the Bush years weren't bad, but Bidens time in office have has been terrible for people
Bush presided over the biggest terrorist attack on American soil in history, got us involved with two needless wars that cost trillions of dollars, and sleep walked us into a global recession that wiped out a ton of peoples retirement savings. In what world is that "not that bad?" Biden's time in office hasn't been nearly as destructive for the average American financially as W's. Inflation sucks, but we're not in a global recession with massive unemployment.
You also didn't address the fact that most people don't even think he is mentally capable to hold the office.
I'm not sure if you were around or politically aware during W's presidency, but there was plenty of conversation surrounding his mental fitness to do the job as well. Not in like the "he's old" sense, but in like the "he's dumb as a brick" sense.
But this isn’t about comparing the two. We have data that Bush is losing popularity amongst republicans, ergo his gains are with Dems. That is not a matter of Dems wishing that Biden was more like Bush, rather a softening of distant amongst Dems after seeing what Trump was capable of. That’s the point.