Posted on 01/18/2022 3:12:33 AM PST by Kaslin
If resident Joe Biden's disorderly and lethal Afghanistan withdrawal was the moment that fractured voters' regard for him, then his vicious Atlanta speech last week may be the moment that defines his presidency.
Speaking Tuesday at Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University, Biden uttered venomous, brutal accusations lacking factual basis. His shouting-in-the-wind delivery was inexplicable, and his decision to lash out at members of his own party -- Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema -- appears to have only strengthened their resolve not to give in to his demands.
Biden called those who disagree with his political views on legislation "domestic enemies." He compared them to Confederate President Jefferson Davis and former Alabama Democratic Party Committeeman and ardent, violent segregationist Bull Connor. In American politics, that is about as divisive as one can get -- at least he didn't mention Hitler.
Biden bears no resemblance today to the man who ran for president, pledging over and over again to unify the country and restore a sense of calm and normalcy to politics. From the day he was sworn in to office and signed executive orders putting thousands out of work in the energy industry, he ceased to be that guy from Scranton that people thought he was.
He has not been that guy since he invited, through ill-considered policy changes, untold numbers of illegal immigrants across our borders. He has not been that guy since he miserably failed the troops and the nation's image during his catastrophic tail-between-his-legs retreat from Afghanistan.
Biden, despite having no mandate and only the barest legislative majority for his party, has turned divide-and-conquer politics into the solution for everything, including the pandemic.
You don't warn a nation that a winter of "severe illness and death" is coming for the unvaccinated because your aim is to bring people together; those words are intended as a threat and a slight, just like his resurrection of George Wallace in last week's speech to score cheap political points.
The scope of Biden's fall from grace -- from glib middle-class Pennsylvanian to venomous, lying politico who will say anything to please left-wing activists -- has been staggering.
This has not gone unnoticed by voters. Last week's Quinnipiac poll showed that a plurality of voters (49%) now believe Biden is doing more to divide the country than to unite it.
Biden's approval rating among adults was at an abysmal 33% points; independents gave him 24%; Hispanics a bit more at 28%. His approval rating within his own party has fallen 12 points since November.
The media tried to write off his fall as temporary last August, when a Washington Post-ABC News poll showed the public disapproving of his incompetent performance in Afghanistan by a 2-1 ratio. At the time, this event marked the first time in his presidency his approval rating was net negative.
But in the time since, Biden has only kept losing support.
This moment and the associated loss of credibility that Biden is suffering will have lingering effects in the American psyche. They might not remember all of the words, but they will remember Biden's vicious, nasty, bad-faith accusations, his flagrant falsehoods and his petulant tone.
As with Afghanistan, the media and the people who surround Biden will dismiss the public reaction, and Biden will be worse off for it.
Biden can’t make good decisions because he is in a constant state of confusion, he has dementia, and is surrounded by radical progressives with zero integrity. It will not get better.
When did he ever have it?
Ok so what are you going to do? I have 7 grandkids, I vote every election, I call and email my elected officials about legislation. What did YOU do about the stealing of the 2020 election from President Trump. What are YOU doing about this joke of a pandemic?
Biden lost credibility when he cheated in law school, if not before. I don’t say this as a joke. It is significant that the man has always been a cheater, plagiarist, fraud, and wrong about almost every issue, yet was elected repeatedly. Biden undermines Democracy by example.
I am an active conservative that attends city council meetings, recruit people for office. I have been part of my local GOP for 20 years ad I am a PCO for not only my precinct but for mine and 2 others. I walk the neighborhood organizing like minded. Basically I’m a tested foot soldier.
I also never ever spew defeatist mentality. You will never win anything if you don’t have a positive attitude, even in defeat, you must stay positive and ready for the next battle. You have to be ready for the long game.
I’m not the one crying woe is me, we might as well roll over, screw that.
I agree with your assessment. He’s not in control. People tell him what to do, where to go, what to say; and he just does it.
the moment he learned how to speak...
He’s done the country a great service. He’s lifted the veil and now everyone can see who is on the side of the collective state and who is on the side of individual liberty.
The important thing is to remember who sided with this president and the democrat party. Especially the RINOs.
I think President Biden is doing a great job in spite of the brutal schedule he keeps.... I don’t know how a man can work on 12 hours of sleep, Adderall, and a 10 hour work week... but he somehow manages.
Biden lost all credibility on November 4th at 1:00 AM...
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On or about 1973
I pray to God to take the resident from this earth!
Oh big boob that was such a bracing personal attack I am so happy to have made you day as a troll! We all know that differing opinions are not allowed on FR - we must conform to trolls like yourself fresh from a stints on DU.
He should have lost credibility with most folks when he hid in his basement before the election.
“I am an active conservative that attends city council meetings, recruit people for office. I have been part of my local GOP for 20 years ad I am a PCO for not only my precinct but for mine and 2 others. I walk the neighborhood organizing like minded. Basically I’m a tested foot soldier.”
So, what part of that has done us any good, at all? We are to the point of needing the help of Democrats to prevent the Democratic party from taking complete control of the government.
I also never ever spew defeatist mentality. You will never win anything if you don’t have a positive attitude, even in defeat, you must stay positive and ready for the next battle. You have to be ready for the long game.
For some reason the band on Titanic comes to mind.
BigBlockk
Later.....
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F-you dementia Joe.
You can’t lose something you never had.
Pop Corn winks
I remember episodes of Saturday Night Live aired 2 and 3 decades ago that made fun of Biden for being a brain-dead idiot. That was all forgotten by libs when Obama chose Biden as running-mate.
Way, way, way, way...before he was “elected” POTUS
I agree with you. He/she/it got all over me extolling his/her/it’s wonderful virtues but other than tell me how wonderful he/she/it is, could tell me nothing. If he/she/it has done soooooo much in the last 20 years for the Conservative cause.... why are we in this sh!tshow of a position.....
He never had any.
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