Biden's administration, like Obama's -- and sharply unlike Bush's or Trump's -- was ethically unimpeachable. Zero indictments, zero convictions.
And Biden, like Obama, got *zero* political credit for it, mainly b/c the media wouldn't tell the story.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/12/03/number-of-indictments-and-convictions-of-biden-white-house-appointees-zero/
And Biden, like Obama, got *zero* political credit for it, mainly b/c the media wouldn't tell the story.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/12/03/number-of-indictments-and-convictions-of-biden-white-house-appointees-zero/
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But given his take and action/inaction on Gaza, you're going to get a lot of pushback which should come as no surprise.
Integrity is not about legal fortitude. It's about doing the right thing. You forget yourself.
I wish we could use the past tense, as it would mean he had opened his eyes and stopped. Sadly, that isn’t true.
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/23/biden-israel-gaza-aid-ethnic-cleansing/
Apparently not.
We don’t need to ignore ”our guy’s” abject failings to critique the other side.
Trump is immoral and corrupt, more than even we usually realize, but that’s no reason to whitewash the active support of a genocide.
More importantly, for it to register in the public's mind, it would have to be a continuous thread in coverage over years. It's the Biden political team's job to make sure that happens, not CNN's.
But it’s odd to say he is driving a war in Europe when Russia unlawfully invaded Ukraine. Putin is driving that war. Stopping Putin is the only way to stop war in Europe—not appeasement.
We should be sending everything we’ve given to Israel to Ukraine instead.
Convictions, on the other hand, are a different matter.
I sure wish “ethically unimpeachable” wasn’t newsworthy. Anyway, here we go again.
That's what you get when you appoint a Republican.
https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-administration-planning-680-million-arms-sale-israel-source-2024-11-27/
In 4 years you can stand on the ashes of Palestinians and exclaim to anybody listening that you voted your conscience 4 years prior. And the Palestinian people will cheer for you. If they could cheer.
The democrats made lots of unforced errors, including trying to be center-right so that everyone not extremist-right would vote for them.
Third-way neoliberalism is a dying strategy.
Sadly, "dog did not bite man" is not much of a story, from a reporter's point of view. I can see how trying to do such a story would feel way too much like cheerleading.
Even better, do a "How did we get here?" story. How did Dens go from past scandals to no scandals? And how does that history compare to Republicans?
I'm not defending them for this. I'm just saying, that's how they do. Or don't, as the case may be.
They can all kiss our collective ass.
Silent Privilege, Exhibit ZZZ
"No national political scandals or criminal indictments of members of the administration" is a low bar.
https://theonion.com/departing-obama-tearfully-shoos-away-loyal-drone-follow-1819579548/
Those retrospectives certainly exist but average voters probably aren’t reading them.
I just looked at my calendar and stupid is not something I'm choosing in the near future.
Sorry!
MSM: Biden walked out the wrong door! STOP THE PRESSES! HUNTER'S LAPTOP! HUNTER'S PARDON!
Fucking hypocrisy! 😡