Posted on 01/26/2022 3:17:17 AM PST by Kaslin
The failures of resident Joe Biden's first year in office are obvious to all. Inflation is raging. COVID is raging. Crime is spiking in some big cities. The U.S.-Mexico border is a mess. The American withdrawal from Afghanistan was a mess. And with it all, the president and his party are obsessed, most of all, with passing a voting rules bill that would help ensure their future election by federalizing the voting system along lines favorable to Democrats.
It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Democrats, and the president, are spending too much time focusing on issues that are not top voter concerns. That has created a huge opportunity for Republicans. A recent Fox News poll, for example, found the GOP with big leads when voters were asked which party would do a better job handling the economy. The GOP also led on the same question on the issue of crime. And national security. And border security.
And Senate Democrats recently tied themselves into knots debating (and losing) a vote on the future of the legislative filibuster. What is a voter deeply worried about inflation supposed to think about that?
As resident Biden approached his first anniversary in office recently, there was much talk of some sort of "reset" or "reboot" or "restart" for his flailing administration. But it turns out it's just talk. As he pieces together an approach to governing in Year Two, Joe Biden is still Joe Biden. He's not really planning to do anything differently.
Biden said so himself at his recent news conference. After pronouncing himself "satisfied" with his team's performance in the first year, Biden said, "There's three things I'm going to do differently" in the next year. The remarkable thing is that none of those three things was substantive. None involved Biden actually changing course from his unsuccessful first year.
And none will make a difference to voters worried about inflation, crime, education, COVID or any other issue of the day.
The first change Biden listed was: "I'm going to get out of this place more often." In the coming year, he said, he will travel more around the country and talk to voters. "I'm going to make the case of what we've already done," Biden said, and try to use his record to build support for future action.
Biden's second change was that he will be "seeking more advice of experts outside, from academia to editorial writers to think tanks." He specifically mentioned his meeting, early in his term, with presidential historians who told him he had the opportunity to pass sprawling, life-changing legislation like Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson. It was terrible advice. Now Biden wants more of it.
Biden's third change was that he's going to campaign a lot for Democrats in the midterm elections. "We're going to be raising a lot of money," Biden said.
So those are Biden's big three changes -- all designed to not change much of anything.
It is common for struggling presidents to believe their falling popularity reflects a communications problem -- that is, they have failed to tell the American people what a great job they are doing. Rarely does a president look in the mirror and admit that he's not doing a good job. Indeed, one thing Biden did not say at his news conference was this: I'm going to do a better job. He believes he has a communications problem, just as presidents past did as they slipped down the polls.
So don't look for anything different from the White House in 2022. Remember when some Republicans wished President Donald Trump could change, even just a little bit? Could he smooth off some of his rough edges and be less combative? The answer was no; Trump is who he is. The same is true for Biden. At this stage in his life, don't look for him to change.
Remember how a certain Republican president was repeatedly criticized for “rushing to war”? Now, even when the leadership of Ukraine is telling people there are no new threats, except for Biden’s scaremongering, the gaslight media can’t bring itself to use the phrase.
Biden doesn’t have the capacity to change even if he wanted to.
He’s surrounded by true believers who are telling him what to do and these true believers have no concept their ideas are failing, and the country wants no part of their solutions.
No matter how much they fail they are not going to change their agenda, in their minds the solution is to double down, spend even more money and redouble their efforts to tell the public how great they are, while blaming someone else for all the issues.
The only thing that can change the situation is thru an election, even then the Democrats will not change, it’s who they are.
WAG the DOG!! Biden had 2 3 HOUR phone conversations with Putin.....just WHAT did they talk about for 6 HOURS??? PLANNING! China will take Taiwan.
If the unelected US Deep State wants a war then we will have a war.
That's not true! He told Mommy that this is the year of vanilla pudding!
Biden’s going to campaign a lot for Democrats in midterms.
“We’re going to be raising a lot of money,” he said
Gosh.....I hope he doesn’t spend it all on cones of double scoops.....snort.
“So don’t look for anything different from the White House in 2022”
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Nothing different
more warmongering, even a real war
More illegals crossing in the millions; eliminating the remainder of ICE
inflation moving much higher ; dollar losing world currency status
election fraud and cheating
gutting defense budget ; more military social engineering ; readiness only in respect to CRT
more media cheer leading
more Pstaki lies, deceptions, omissions
Someone like this only “changes” when the people leading him around on a leash decide to change.
Don’t they always want a war? The issue the Democrats can’t really afford one so this is going to be interesting.
Their is no course with this guy.
Why change course when everything is going to plan? Watch what they DO, not what they say! They say whatever they need to say to (1) get elected, and (2) placate the masses, while they implement their socialist dreams.
A lot of it from Pfizer and other vaccine companies through tax payer dollars.
“The plan” of massive losses in Virginia and a crushing beat down in the mid terms this year?
The “Great Helmsman” of the US Ship of State is driving it onto the rocky shoals.
That's why they're doing anything and everything they can to drag their radical agenda items across the finish line - but especially the election "reform" legislation. They see this as the only hope of maintaining control of Congress - as it will codify laws that allow them to cheat & steal yet again. Like the great conquistador Hernán Cortés, they're burning the boats: no retreat, no surrender!
This year is going to be a brutally-waged political war, as they have only 10 months left in power. They are, and will act, like desperate cretins. They will lie, cheat, steal, distract, defame, and more. Every face they show will be a mask to hide their true actions and goals.
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