That is true, however, you don't gain much by claiming to be less terrible than the last guy. We have a leader who says "I'm not supposed to be talking." Who tells him he is not supposed to be talking to the press during his press conference?
Inflation, Afghanistan. Yes non gas vehicles are selling like hot cakes. We have a president who contradicts himself frequently.
“Everyone” don’t seem too impressed given his 40% approval rating.
Since there’s a lag of more than a year in much of the causes and effects for the items listed, that puts the blame on the predecessor of Biden, but go ahead with your delusions.
The senile Dotard is living in Florida for the winter, until he’s indicted and has to go back to New York.
Whether you like them or not, neither Biden nor Trump will be elected president in three years from now. Mark that down.
People have no idea how devastating that exchange was on the world stage and what that does to a myriad of bilateral and multilateral negotiations on everything from arms control to the price of paper clips. If you want to know what stuff costs so much it’s because we are getting stiffed in the world marketplace.
Biden has always been a gaff politician, age hasn’t helped that. I at least appreciate that he doesn’t sit on Twitter or watch Fox News all day so he can figure out what pop culture insults are being hurled at him.
The world already knew he seemed a bit senile, especially those leaders he spoke with. I seriously doubt that gaff is causing bilateral arms agreements to go awry. Nice of you to stay with us.
It’s more nuanced than that. Senile is fine if you are briefed and well staffed. It shows that he is neither and the degree his staff insulates him from popular opinion. It’s this type of open source intelligence that becomes actionable. Whether that’s dissecting why he knows nothing of a catch phrase that humiliates him or his true level of cognitive decline. It’s one thing to get tongue tied or fall down the steps. You can excuse that. This is one of the first instances of our allies and competitors seeing that our decision making could break down because he lacks the ability to execute while demonstrating how out of touch he is. It’s crazy the statement they issued the other day that he will run again if healthy. That’s a non-denial denial that he’s got real problems and they know.
The President gets daily briefings and press clips that cover topics like Let’s Go Brandon. He’s political operation briefs him on estimated sales of that type of stuff. He could never watch a second of news and still be responsible for knowing what people are saying about him.
Punting to the states is how the law is set up… there is only so much the President can do constitutionally when confronted with any virus. With the OSHA Mandates, Biden is trying an end around using his authority in the relatively limited manner that he can.
Like the other issue we are currently discussing, there is no proper response from him that would make him look good. He has put himself in an untenable position with his past actions.
Had Covid arrived a generation ago, this extreme politicization of public health measures would not have occurred. Our assumptions about how Americans participate or don't in society have changed. Polio was bad, but not as deadly as Covid, even so we all immediately took the vaccine after church or before school. Dr. Salk was a hero. Parents signed their kids up for its testing.
Features don’t contribute to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens.
That's a blanket statement that doesn't stand up to even the smallest amount of scrutiny. You realize that right? Off the top of your head you should be able to think of several things that the government is not allowed to do that would save millions of lives, but are still things the government should not be allowed to do.
Uh… no, honestly I can’t. Features of government aren’t mortally harmful to large swathes of the government’s non military constituency. That’s just a fact. If they were “features” that were recognized at the outset then no one would have agreed to join the Union.
