Wikipedia - Joe Biden
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Most of this stuff I can live. I can vote for Biden. And now I'm almost 100% certain Biden will win because Trump totally fucked up yesterday. Trump acted like a brain-dead child. The stupidity was overwhelming. Trump disgraced America.
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This is why I didn't like Joe Biden:
Gaffes
During his years as a senator, Biden acquired a reputation for loquaciousness[166] and "putting his foot in his mouth".[167][168][169][170] He has been a strong speaker and debater and a frequent and effective guest on Sunday morning talk shows.[170] In public appearances, he is known to deviate from prepared remarks.[171] The New York Times wrote that Biden's "weak filters make him capable of blurting out pretty much anything".[168]
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Political positions
Main article: Political positions of Joe Biden
Biden has been characterized as a moderate Democrat.[400] He supported the fiscal stimulus in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009;[401][402] the increased infrastructure spending proposed by the Obama administration;[402] mass transit, including Amtrak, bus, and subway subsidies;[403] reproductive rights;[404] same-sex marriage;[405] and the reduced military spending in the Obama administration's fiscal year 2014 budget.[406][407] Biden supports the Roe v. Wade decision and since 2019 has been in favor of repealing the Hyde Amendment.[408][409]
Some political scientists gauge ideology by comparing the annual ratings by the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) with the ratings by the American Conservative Union (ACU).[410] Biden has a lifetime liberal 72% score from the ADA through 2004, while the ACU awarded Biden a lifetime conservative rating of 13% through 2008.[411] Using another metric, Biden has a lifetime average liberal score of 77.5%, according to a National Journal analysis that places him ideologically among the center of Senate Democrats as of 2008.[412] The Almanac of American Politics rates congressional votes as liberal or conservative on the political spectrum in three policy areas: economic, social, and foreign. For 2005–06, Biden's average economic rating was 80% liberal and 13% conservative, his social rating was 78% liberal and 18% conservative, and his foreign rating was 71% liberal and 25% conservative.[413] This has not changed significantly over time; his liberal ratings in the mid-1980s were also in the 70%–80% range.[68]
Various advocacy groups have scored or graded Biden for how well his votes align with their positions. The American Civil Liberties Union gives him an 80% lifetime score,[414] with a 91% score for the 110th Congress.[415] Biden opposes drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and supports governmental funding to find new energy sources.[416] He believes action must be taken on global warming. He co-sponsored the Sense of the Senate resolution calling on the United States to take part in the United Nations climate negotiations and the Boxer–Sanders Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act, the most stringent climate bill in the United States Senate.[417] He wants to achieve a carbon-free power sector in the U.S. by 2035 and stop emissions completely by 2050.[418] The AFL–CIO gave Biden an 85% lifetime approval rating,[419] and he voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).[420]
As a senator, Biden forged deep relationships with police groups and was a chief proponent of a Police Officer's Bill of Rights measure that police unions supported but police chiefs opposed. As vice president, he served as a White House liaison to police.[421][422]
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