Posted on 01/14/2023 7:53:09 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden offered himself to Americans as a president they wouldn’t have to think about after the tumult of his predecessor. But an excruciating week of awkward disclosures and the appointment of a special counsel to investigate classified records found at his Delaware home and a former office dating to his time as vice president is beginning to strain his claim to competence.
The surprise revelations that on three different occasions Biden’s lawyers found improperly stored classified documents and official records evoked the turmoil surrounding Donald Trump’s presidency, a four-year ruckus from which Biden has tried to move the country past.
It’s an embarrassment to Biden, and the selection of a special counsel to investigate potential criminal wrongdoing in the matter exposes the president to a new, self-inflicted risk.
Further, it complicates the Justice Department’s calculus about whether to bring charges against Trump.
“The White House can’t let itself be seen as hiding information or be bled to death by investigators’ or others’ leaks,” said Adam Goldberg, who served as special associate counsel to President Bill Clinton.
If Biden’s White House needs to get its messaging back on track after a week of missteps and unforced errors, Trump’s issues go well beyond mere competence.
“On the political front, assuming the White House gets its communications right, I’m not worried about any political fallout,” said Goldberg. “With Trump, competency hasn’t been the issue, intentional misconduct has been. While Republicans will try to muddy this up, there’s just such a big difference between Biden discovering and disclosing these on his own and Trump’s obstruction and lying.”
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OK now the establishment press is turning on Biden. He’s done.
Nope. Biden is going to run for president again and he will win. Election theft is real and Republicans will do nothing to stop it.
Liberals are seeking a liberal replacement for Biden.
Sounds like, post-mid-terms, the Swamp wants to replace Biden.
“His lawyers” finding evidence against him, then state media reporting it as if he were a Conservative.
I,was just thinking that. Seems like the msm has gotten the green light to Abandon Brandon ©
“beginning to strain his claim to competence”
This was settled when he was laughed off of the campaign trail in 1988 due to exaggerating, plagiarism and lying. TDS infected the left so severely that they thought they could install this clown under the guise of competence.
They think we are stupid. Unfortunately at least half of the country goes out of their way to prove them correct on a daily basis.
Exactly right.
Yup, they are driving the bus they are throwing him under.
Nope. Biden is going nowhere. I’d estimate 75% of the public have not even heard about Biden’s document issues. They don’t care to know.
Cool. When AP goes after one of their own, you know the fix may be in. Or this could be some of the, “We’ll throw a little crap on him to appease conservatives, but we know nothing is going to happen anyway, so we will publish this piece because the White House told us to for misdirection purposes.”
It's not about competence, it's about his corruption and serial lying.
The media isn’t concerned about what classified documents Biden had in his possession or who might have had access to those documents. Unlike all the speculation (more ridiculous by the day) as to what documents Trump had at Mar a Lago.
No, they are more concerned about how this will affect the democrats’ election chances in 2024, and how this could possibly hurt their political witch-hunt against Trump.
The ONLY “claims to competence Biden ever has had were self-manufactured by Biden and like robots merely repeated by a fawning press.
The difference now is even some elements of the press can’t keep up the pretense.
AP?! Looks like the long knives are coming out.
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Anytime the MSM puts out any less than flattering info about a Dim, it causes you to take notice. Something be goings on there.
The left subversive press are tiring of this corrupt sham presidency.
The LESS subversive press are tiring of this corrupt sham presidency.
clearly the long knives are out for slo jo ...
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