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Biden's Promise To Unite the US Is a Dismal Failure
Townhall.com ^ | September 23, 2021 | Armstrong Williams

Posted on 09/23/2021 5:57:47 AM PDT by Kaslin

resident Joe Biden's administration is now defined by soaring COVID-19 numbers, a botched Afghanistan retreat and millions of Americans who are not simply unemployed but are unwilling to work. Biden campaigned on the promise of increasing America's morale, enhancing our international standing and doing a better job controlling COVID-19 than his predecessor. But the exact opposite has occurred, and his poll numbers have plummeted.

According to a recent poll from Reuters, just 43% of those surveyed approved of Biden, while 51% disapproved. The same poll showed that although the majority of Americans wanted to leave Afghanistan, 51% disapproved of Biden's approach to the withdrawal while 38% approved. The fact that there are still Americans in Taliban territory, with the United States powerless to protect them, is a source of tremendous anxiety for many Americans, as it should be. Potential allies will be less willing to cooperate and aid the United States the next time we have to enter a conflict -- and there will be a next time -- out of fear of being left behind after we depart. It sends the message that you can stand with the United States, but the United States won't stand with you under the Biden precedent -- putting American citizens and troops in greater danger in future conflicts. It also erodes the United States' image as a military superpower on the international stage by taking unthinkable actions that appear to have been made without thought.

Biden assumed office at a time when the United States was as divided as it has ever been, promising to bring us all together to build a better future. Biden has not only failed to deliver on that promise but he has also completely failed to even attempt it. The United States is no more united than it was before Biden took office, and despite his claims of being able to turn things around and work across the aisle, he has yet to take any action to unify us. Since the first $1.2 trillion stimulus package, Biden has not been able to achieve anything in a bipartisan way, and there have been no signs showing that he will even attempt to unify us going forward.

Biden is also deceiving millions of Americans by offering them false hope in the wake of the recent expiration of the pandemic unemployment benefits. There are 8.4 million unemployed Americans, yet there are 10 million job openings. In fact, several businesses are offering bonuses and other attractive incentives to get potential employees to work for them. However, for some, the promise of not having to return to work is a better choice than working, which is a problem because those who refuse to work are staring at the working taxpayer who must foot the price. During the pandemic, millions of Americans were out of work and collecting unemployment checks that oftentimes matched or exceeded their previous salaries. This caused mass complacency among the population -- something that will severely impede progress as we move out of the pandemic and into normalcy. It is also an issue for small firms seeking to resume normal operations as quickly as possible.

Biden has been unable to halt the delta variant of COVID-19 from wreaking havoc across the country and infecting children. In fact, several communities have reinstituted mask laws in response to delta and other unanticipated strains. Some will point the finger at specific groups of people for their vaccine hesitancy, but leaders must lead even when it is challenging. Biden has not been able to earn the trust of many Americans when it comes to COVID-19; nor has Dr. Anthony Fauci or the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. This is due to the many contradictory statements made by them during the pandemic on measures to keep people safe, which frequently resulted in companies closing and family members being separated for long periods of time.

In many ways, Biden has already doomed himself and Democrats, especially when looking ahead to 2022. With Republicans likely to retake the House, Biden will be a lame-duck president unable to do anything unless he follows through on what he promised, which is to work across the aisle with Republicans. But as of now, Biden has failed on all fronts.

Biden's presidency has turned out to be the polar opposite of what he promised. He has not brought us closer together; in fact, we may be even more divided. Nor has he restored our standing in the world; if he had, the British parliament wouldn't have voted to impeach him because of the Afghanistan withdrawal. He also has not protected us from COVID-19; new strains of the virus are entering the country. Finally, the economy appears to be slowing down due to inflation and COVID-19. Biden has not improved America. In some respects, it has become worse; in other respects, things have stayed the same. As it turned out, the man who campaigned to restore America's soul has not restored a thing.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Editorial; Germany; Mexico; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California; US: New Mexico; US: Texas; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; arizona; australia; california; germany; haiti; joebiden; mexico; newmexico; polling; texas; unitedkingdom; waronterror

1 posted on 09/23/2021 5:57:47 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Anyone who believed that lie didn’t pay attention to Biden’s entire career, nor the people with which he surrounded himself.


2 posted on 09/23/2021 5:59:56 AM PDT by brownsfan (For conservatives, we have taxation without representation.)
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To: Kaslin

He meat he’d unite the US with the 3rd World.

Seems like he is doing rather well at that.


3 posted on 09/23/2021 6:01:33 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Kaslin

I can’t really hold that particular broken promise against Biden. It was obviously never serious. Nobody believed it, especially not Biden. He was always a stupid jackass. Now, he’s a stupid jackass with dementia. He can’t unite anything other than his mouth with an ice cream cone.


4 posted on 09/23/2021 6:04:50 AM PDT by cdcdawg (The vaccines don't work)
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To: Kaslin

shortages of everything, border crisis, mandates, skyrocketing inflation, loss of the war, etc etc

Everything is spinning out of control, compared to when Trump was president

But... at least we don’t have to listen to Trump mean tweets!


5 posted on 09/23/2021 6:06:20 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Kaslin

Biden has nothing to offer me or my family except misery - rising inflation, high gas prices, destruction of our neighborhoods and schools via 3rd world immigration.

Whatever we have left, he’d like to “redistribute” that too - to Afghan and Haitian refugees.


6 posted on 09/23/2021 6:08:57 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Kaslin
I beg to differ. BidAn *IS* bringing Americans together. In a unique way, of course.


7 posted on 09/23/2021 6:09:09 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Kaslin

And the beatings shall continue until morale improves.

Like that strategy works so well every time it is tried.


8 posted on 09/23/2021 6:09:36 AM PDT by alloysteel ("Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor)
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To: Kaslin

We are uniting in our dislike for him.


9 posted on 09/23/2021 6:09:41 AM PDT by rey
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To: Kaslin

NO President will ever again be able to “unite” this country again..

…unless he implements martial law to mandate it…


10 posted on 09/23/2021 6:11:22 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: Kaslin

All presidents say they want to unite and none of them are able to do so, even if they actually wanted to unite the people to begin with.


11 posted on 09/23/2021 6:13:31 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Kaslin

Not a sincere promise to make. You don’t unite with people hell bent on destroying election integrity, let alone shedding the blood of innocent, unborn citizens.


12 posted on 09/23/2021 6:13:33 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: Kaslin
...the man who campaigned to restore America's soul has not restored a thing.

I am still amazed at the American stupidity in placing this man in office. 46 years of public office and never made a single contribution to anything...a track record of 46 years of of nothingness. Then add openly bragging on TV how he force Ukraine to fire the prosecutor that was going after his son, his under-the-table dealings with China both directly and through Hunter, and the fact he cannot form a coherent sentence without a teleprompter and you are forced to accept one of two facts:

1. The American voter is an idiot

2. The 2020 election was a fraud.

Those are your only two choices.

13 posted on 09/23/2021 6:15:40 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy. I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: brownsfan
-- Anyone who believed that lie didn't pay attention to Biden's entire career, nor the people with which he surrounded himself. --

It's a fools errand anyway. It'd be like the US in 1770 "uniting" under and in agreement with the King.

Politicians are divisive by nature. It's how they and the government get more control. All the unity talk is BS.

14 posted on 09/23/2021 6:16:59 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Rurudyne
-- He meat he'd unite the US with the 3rd World. --

That's the eventual goal. An elite lording over a working class, no middle. The US could stand in the way of the elite, but it won't.

It's no accident that Congress passed tax and environment regulations that tended to offshore the good jobs. Part of leveling the (world) playing field. standard of living in the US is purposely being lowered. Out of control spending, race division, soft on crime, whimsical application of law by courts, all sorts of tools in the government tool box to the same end. Enrich the corrupt governing class at the expense of the public, and condition the public to "take it."

The institutions are a success in their own minds - the goal being to merge the US with the world. The same conduct and results are failure if the goal is a strong nation where personal liberty is respected and protected.

15 posted on 09/23/2021 6:25:19 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Kaslin

Everything Bidet does is a failure.


16 posted on 09/23/2021 6:38:19 AM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Kaslin

It is an Orwellian unification process where all dissent is crushed


17 posted on 09/23/2021 7:10:45 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: econjack
"I am still amazed at the American stupidity in placing this man in office."

Except that the American people DIDN'T place that clown in office... A cabal of criminals did.

18 posted on 09/23/2021 7:37:29 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Sicon

That would be Option #2.


19 posted on 09/23/2021 7:55:45 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy. I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: Kaslin

The Democratic strategy is to divide people into little identity groups and then pit them against the competition. I think race relations, as a example, were at their lowest while Obama was president.


20 posted on 09/23/2021 8:42:05 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (W-w-wait a minute. Did I do that?!)
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