"To adapt the White House around the needs of a diminished leader, they told visitors to keep meetings focused. Interactions with senior Democratic lawmakers and some cabinet members—including powerful secretaries such as Defense’s Lloyd Austin and Treasury’s Janet Yellen—were infrequent or grew less frequent. Some legislative leaders had a hard time getting the president’s ear at key moments, including ahead of the U.S.’s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan."
They knew at Afghanistan that he was incompetent?!? Reminded me again why he was not article 25'd?
By Claire Potter
'“It’s a sort of odd conjunction of what cable news channels have offered, which is, ‘You can trust us — come be part of our community. You’re safe here. We will not only keep you informed, but we will keep you organized and energized to defeat your opponents,’” she said. “That’s what’s coming in, and … the audience is buying it, hook, line and sinker. And then when it doesn’t work out, they get angry.”'
But is does not surprise me that satisfaction is high a month after 9/11. That is when we declared war on the Taliban and I think people were happy to have a target and the rallying to Pro-America.
Maybe a poll of US on the right path better?
https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/direction-of-the-united-states
Goes only to 2009, and at that point every year the majority of people think the US is on the wrong direction. The closest it came was about a -7% in Sep 2012 until Biden took office, but that sure did not last long.
It is amazing to see the steady decline of US satisfaction after 9/11, reacting the lowest level in 2009. then a slow climb back up. Things were finally rising to within sight of 50% satisfaction under Trump, then Covid. Now the slog back up begins again. At least President Trump is in office and has a shot to replicate what he did before Covid.
You assert that and the 62% prosecution rate for known lying statistic disagrees with you.
I agree that if he was not a Biden, he would not have had a reason to write a book that incriminated himself. Then his lying would never have been found out and he would not have been prosecuted.
A referral for lying means they had to be caught lying. I am actually not surprised that the number caught/referred is low, because of how challenging it would be to find. They even mention it in the link.
Really sucked for Hunter that he gave them the proof they needed in his book to prosecute. He thought he was above the law. Oh wait the Big Guy just proved he was. Oh well.
'"When we say, I don't think that Linda McMahon will be an efficient steward of the Department of Education, it's like, right, she's not there to do that," he said on his podcast "The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart."
"She's there to help, like, dismantle it in the same way that RFK Jr. is there to dismantle HHS."'
If you mean the direct management of oil and gas. I concede the point.
But they do deal with overall policy how much federal land is used for oil and gas, regulations on the production of oil, gas, and renewables. Plus the funding to increase/decrease all of that.
One of the DoE's main jobs is energy policy and supply and while you might not like it, that is still largely oil and natural gas. Hopefully Wright has a handle on that aspect.
And while I do not know for certain, I highly suspect that is the side of the DoE President Trump brought him on for.
I acknowledge that the other areas he does not have experience in:
• Nuclear infrastructure
• Environmental cleanup
• Scientific research
• Criminal investigations
• International affairs
Yet I doubt those are as big a concern for Trump as the policy side. And, as mentioned above, no one will have full knowledge of all areas. That is why you hire other people.
On “From The Wall Street Journal: How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge”
Funny, I know this is just conjecture, but the ineptitude was on Biden's side. That was on full display.
While you may think the GOP would have done worse, that is just your bias showing.
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"His Alzheimer’s wasn’t apparent until the last year or so of his second term, and was described subsequently as mild enough to be not a big deal."
I am not a huge fan of putting on the tin foil hat, but the above statement sounds just like what Biden's handlers were saying.
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Really? How many US soldiers do you think the GOP would have killed in Afghanistan?
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What if Biden's cabinet did their job and removed him?
You would have had a couple years of Harris as president and then going into 2024 elections with her own record.
Do you think it would have made a difference? Well, other than being honest about Biden and doing the right thing.
On “Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024”
George Carlin said it best:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isMm2vF4uFs
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The dirty secrets are coming out.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/biden-white-house-age-function-diminished-3906a839
"To adapt the White House around the needs of a diminished leader, they told visitors to keep meetings focused. Interactions with senior Democratic lawmakers and some cabinet members—including powerful secretaries such as Defense’s Lloyd Austin and Treasury’s Janet Yellen—were infrequent or grew less frequent. Some legislative leaders had a hard time getting the president’s ear at key moments, including ahead of the U.S.’s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan."
They knew at Afghanistan that he was incompetent?!? Reminded me again why he was not article 25'd?
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Interesting story,
https://news.yahoo.com/news/msnbc-viewers-still-haven-t-140249772.html
By Claire Potter
'“It’s a sort of odd conjunction of what cable news channels have offered, which is, ‘You can trust us — come be part of our community. You’re safe here. We will not only keep you informed, but we will keep you organized and energized to defeat your opponents,’” she said. “That’s what’s coming in, and … the audience is buying it, hook, line and sinker. And then when it doesn’t work out, they get angry.”'
Is she right?
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Nice, thanks.
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Agreed, I just fine it funny to see such a change on both sides when nothing has changed with the handling of the economy.
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Agreed, do you think it will turn into a Conservative Party 'landslide'?
I have a hard time seeing that out of Canada.
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I think TDS is enough of a wall for them.
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Sure, Democrats are down the same 45+ points on the economy as Republicans are up according to the article.
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Not to mention Democrats now do not think much of Biden's economy.
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It is amazing what one election will do to people's outlook on the economy.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/election-trump-spending-habits-mood-5ecc111d
On “Open Mic for the week of 12/9/2024”
Attacking the poll is a good choice.
But is does not surprise me that satisfaction is high a month after 9/11. That is when we declared war on the Taliban and I think people were happy to have a target and the rallying to Pro-America.
Maybe a poll of US on the right path better?
https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/direction-of-the-united-states
Goes only to 2009, and at that point every year the majority of people think the US is on the wrong direction. The closest it came was about a -7% in Sep 2012 until Biden took office, but that sure did not last long.
https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/direction-of-the-united-states
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It is amazing to see the steady decline of US satisfaction after 9/11, reacting the lowest level in 2009. then a slow climb back up. Things were finally rising to within sight of 50% satisfaction under Trump, then Covid. Now the slog back up begins again. At least President Trump is in office and has a shot to replicate what he did before Covid.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1669/general-mood-country.aspx
On “Joe Biden Pardons Local Man”
You assert that and the 62% prosecution rate for known lying statistic disagrees with you.
I agree that if he was not a Biden, he would not have had a reason to write a book that incriminated himself. Then his lying would never have been found out and he would not have been prosecuted.
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Yes, that is a great, lying statistic.
A referral for lying means they had to be caught lying. I am actually not surprised that the number caught/referred is low, because of how challenging it would be to find. They even mention it in the link.
Really sucked for Hunter that he gave them the proof they needed in his book to prosecute. He thought he was above the law. Oh wait the Big Guy just proved he was. Oh well.
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Yet again I wonder what you ae looking at.
Thankfully only 478 people lied on their form (well, 479 now that Biden has been confirmed to have lied on it). Out of those, 62% had cases filed.
So yes, it seems quite reasonable for Hunter to have charges filed when the majority of those know to have lied on the form did have cases filed
On “All the President’s Nominees: The Legion of Groom”
Jon Stewart gets it:
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-administration-cabinet/2024/11/22/id/1189098/
'"When we say, I don't think that Linda McMahon will be an efficient steward of the Department of Education, it's like, right, she's not there to do that," he said on his podcast "The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart."
"She's there to help, like, dismantle it in the same way that RFK Jr. is there to dismantle HHS."'
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024”
There may be hope for the younger generations.
https://www.thefp.com/p/yale-students-jealous-of-conservative-peers?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
On “How Republicans Can Save Trump’s Presidency”
If you mean the direct management of oil and gas. I concede the point.
But they do deal with overall policy how much federal land is used for oil and gas, regulations on the production of oil, gas, and renewables. Plus the funding to increase/decrease all of that.
"
Seriously?
One of the DoE's main jobs is energy policy and supply and while you might not like it, that is still largely oil and natural gas. Hopefully Wright has a handle on that aspect.
And while I do not know for certain, I highly suspect that is the side of the DoE President Trump brought him on for.
I acknowledge that the other areas he does not have experience in:
• Nuclear infrastructure
• Environmental cleanup
• Scientific research
• Criminal investigations
• International affairs
Yet I doubt those are as big a concern for Trump as the policy side. And, as mentioned above, no one will have full knowledge of all areas. That is why you hire other people.
On “Saturday Morning Gaming: Castlevania (Remembered)”
I have finally gotten into Gloomhaven and having a lot of fun with it
On “How Republicans Can Save Trump’s Presidency”
I'll cop to it. I have been pleasantly surprised.
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