Posted on 08/18/2021 2:00:02 PM PDT by billorites
For Joe Biden, bad is quickly turning to worse.
A day after the president tried to defend his decision to wave the white flag in Afghanistan and assure a jittery America his government could manage the fallout, the scope of the disaster came into sharper focus.
An outbreak of the blame game is erupting among federal agencies trying to duck responsibility. Intelligence and defense officials are leaking that they warned the White House that withdrawing all American forces could lead to the sudden collapse of the Afghan military, but were ignored.
Perhaps most worrisome for a Democrat in the White House is that the usual media handmaidens are aggressively poking holes in Biden’s preposterous assurances instead of defending him.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan experienced the change of the media winds when he was peppered with a score of tough questions in the briefing room. The consistent theme was serious doubt about the ability and claims of Biden and his team.
One questioner captured the spirit by saying the chaos doesn’t look like the “results of a competent administration.”
When another reporter asked why Biden went to Camp David and even returned there after going to the White House for his Monday speech, Sullivan was forced to defend the president’s work habits and insisted Joe was “deeply engaged” in the situation.
Later, Sullivan admitted Biden had not talked to any foreign heads of state, which is shocking because many allies had troops working with the US, and most foreign nationals are presumably also desperate to get out of Afghanistan.
To be sure, the questions did not come with the tone of personal hostility that was routine during the Trump administration. But compared to the adulation Barack Obama got for his eight years and the gentle questions
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I think he’s still on vacation.
And he appears to be using COVID as a political tool to distract the people and manipulate them. So ... business as usual.
Not all of them. Don Lemon and Joe Scarborough are still on their knees.
I think he went to Camp David because they are afraid of people (Afghan protesters or white supremacists) storming the white house.
Maybe it’s time to sit down for an Ice Cream Social.
Bkmk
This is going to be a long 3 1/2 years.:(
Quicksand
Neah.
I think he was out there for medical treatment. They need to keep him on his feet until February 2022. The Harris or whoever can take over and still have two full terms of their own.
I think they are pushing for whom Harris will choose as VP. I’ll give you three guesses and the first two don’t count.
They’re still blaming Trump more than Biden, so nothing really has changed.
Don’t worry, they are already building him cover by the tone and qualifiers woven into the intro or conclusion of every story I’ve seen.
If he goes back to Camp David, they need to enact the 25th.
“I think he went to Camp David because they are afraid of people (Afghan protesters or white supremacists) storming the white house.”
The vans that escort his limo have mini guns. Can you imagine the guy who came up with that doesn’t have a few that will pop out of the ground and mow down any charging mob? The way to get rid of Joe is by Congress. Actually, I’d like to keep him in power. What if Harris gets a young, good looking, energetic and charismatic VP and he manages the border crisis and pulls a rabbit out of the hat in Afghanistan. He’d be a shoe-in in 2024. Granted, it’s not likely. It’d probably be Pete Buttigieg. But still, it’s a risk I’d rather not take.
If he saved us from four years of watching beheadings or sending pallets of cash for each hostage, I’d settle for him. But, as I said, it’s not likely.
Comcast and ATT were primary facilitators of this outcome.
Never forget that.
They are turning on Biden to speed up the transition to Harris.
BS.. Look at MSNBC... Headlines:
Polling shows public siding with Biden on Afghanistan
The awkward Trumpy truth about Afghanistan’s likely new Taliban leader
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ mishandling of Covid could be tied to Fox News
These people are f’n INSANE.
...for now.....until they figure out how to blame it on Ron Desantis
I'll be surprised if Biden is President by September 1, 2021, let alone the end of this week....
The Harris or whoever can take over and still have two full terms of their own.
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