Commentary
We have a person in Joe Biden who lacks the competence required to be president of the United States, and he has surrounded himself with an assortment of equally ill-equipped individuals.
On Thursday, Biden and his handlers decided it was time for a distraction from his screw-up in Afghanistan. … read more
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When the party in power says so.
On December 18, 2019, by a majority vote, the House of Representatives used their power to impeach President Trump for soliciting Ukrainian interference in the 2020 presidential election.
During a July 15, 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky, President Trump supposedly sought his help in digging up dirt on Joe Biden, at the time a potential 2020 opponent.… read more
Commentary
Regular readers will recall that I select a fool to recognize on the first day of each month, not just in April. It would be easy to again pick President Biden for this ignominious honor.
However, my September Fool’s Day pick goes to the 81,284,666 individuals who elected Biden to be president in 2020, who, by now, must realize their mistake.… read more
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One by one, as President Biden and each member of his administration brain trust have appeared in daily press briefings – Blinken, Sullivan, Generals Milley and McKenzie, Maj. Gen Taylor, Kirby and Psaki – attempting to deflect the finger-pointing of blame for miscues by saying there will be time for that later, when this mission is over.… read more
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Every now and then, during my research for this blog, I discover a writer who I have never heard of before. He’s David Solway, 80, a Canadian poet, who is also known for his essays and critical pieces. Although he has been in print since the mid-seventies, sadly, only now have I discovered his talent.… read more
Commentary
“YOU’RE FIRED!” – President Biden isn’t inclined to fire any senior national security officials over the chaos in Kabul, according to the left-leaning AXIOS. “Why it matters: Dismissing national security advisor Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin or CIA Director William Burns would be tantamount to admitting a mistake, and the president stands by his decision.”… read more
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“JOE BIDEN’S TERM as president began on January 20th, this week marks the beginning of the end of that presidency, at least in any meaningful fashion,” wrote the columnist Chris Barron in the Political Insider.
“It is difficult to imagine how President Biden can rebound from this disaster especially given the absolute tone-deaf response from the White House over the last few days.… read more
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“Unlike the policy of the last few years (the Trump era), we will be able to rally the rest of the world behind us on key foreign policy and national security issues.” – Jake Sullivan, November 2020
Along with the criticism of President Biden’s botched withdrawal of Afghanistan, comes questions of the advice provided him by Secretary of State Blinken, National Security advisor Sullivan and Generals Austin and Milley.… read more
Commentary
As I read remarks critical of President Biden’s Afghan withdrawal failure, now by Democrats and the leftist media, I recalled the red flags about his Washington experience raised during the 2020 presidential campaign.
“For millions of Americans, Mr. Biden was the closest thing to a conventional, confidence-inspiring authority figure in the 2020 race next to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump,” wrote Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W.… read more
NOTE: In my last blog, I wrote of President Biden’s botching of the Afghan withdrawal, relating it to his decades of foreign policy failures. Since we are now getting 24/7 reporting on the situation in Afghanistan, I have decided to comment on another topic high on his agenda … equity.
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On President Biden’s first day in office, among that stack of executive orders on his desk was his policy outlining a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.… read more