This is a monologue from my radio show. You can subscribe to my newsletter for premium content here. A firefight broke out around the airport. Sky News and the BBC News are both saying it's been worse there now than at any moment in the last year. The situation continues to erode and this is all on Joe Biden. The British are furious with Joe Biden. He's been condemned by the British House of Commons. They have ruled him in contempt of the House. The British Prime Minister is openly criticizing Biden and the British Military is ignoring American allied force leaders saying they will do everything they can to rescue who they please. Biden has created an international crisis.
What are the three things which the Democrats used to persuade a bare majority of voters to put Joe Biden in the White House? They are: 1) He's not Donald Trump; 2) Because he's not Donald Trump, he can smooth all those ruffled feathers in European capitals ("America's back"); and 3) In a party which is racing to embrace the radical Marxists who now control it in both Houses of Congress, he represented the kind of adult leadership which could manage to get the AOCs of this world to support a more moderate agenda, at least in the short run.
Now, let's look at reality: 1) Yes, Joe Biden isn't Donald Trump. However, that isn't a good thing. While Trump may have blustered, occasionally bullied, and wrote all those mean tweets, he clearly gave the American people the sense that he was firmly in charge here. Can anyone say that about Biden and keep a straight face doing so? Didn't think so, and the Afghan disaster shows that. Someone who really is in charge might just have listened to the military experts who, I hope, recommended a more well organized withdrawal. Instead, we got this panicky rush for the exits, with the resulting disaster, and very possible tragedy looming if the Taliban are serious about saying that the clock runs out on 31 August, which I believe they are. 2) All those ruffled feathers are even more so, as the criticism from London, Paris, and Berlin clearly shows. The Europeans look like all those Canada Geese hanging around my apartment, which have a tendency to randomly attack the unwary. Joe Biden may have managed to do what I never thought any American President would do; destroy NATO in one swoop. If America's back, then it seems we've gone all the way back to the Carter years, only with much more potential loss of life ahead. 3) The polls indicate that moderates and political independents, despite their latent fears that all this may result in the Return of the Orange Man, know that we can't live with high, and maybe hyperinflation, a loss of energy independence which Trump gave us, and the return of both al-Qaeda AND the Islamic State. And COVID's back, with a citizenry understandably unwilling to live in Tony Fauci's self-imposed prison.
I'm afraid that dark, tragic days lie ahead. It took America 15 years to recover from the damage to its prestige which the Vietnam misadventure cause. The damage which has resulted from the thoroughly preventable Afghan disaster may be irreparable.
Biden can’t tie his own shoes. Who are the puppet masters in the Democratic Party? His only job was to reliably sign the bills sent to him. He is the ultimate empty suit.
When the Republicans controlled the three seats of power, they did little. Were they waiting for a Republican to be elected Pope?
Our allies no longer trust us. Our enemies are on the march since they correctly see we are weak. Anyone want to take bets on when Taiwan is invaded?
I'm still concerned about the short term memory of the "dumb-masses" of voters. You said many times, "People are stupid." Will anything be different when 2022 mid-terms take place, or 2024 presidential election?
They're already trying to switch the narrative to "It was TRUMP'S FAULT"...a former aide for Pence is claiming that there was "hurtful and offensive", "anti-immigrant" rhetoric during Trump's tenure that caused all this, because they couldn't get visas.
Oh, and two other tidbits…karma is a bit of a bitch…and if Newsom gets recalled, the 3 big Trump antagonists of 2020 - Cuomo, Biden and Newsom - all get screwed…back to my first point karma’s a bitch…special ops needs to get our people out regardless of what this feckless moron says or does…
You know, I’m mostly mad at the media which did not treat Biden as an actual candidate for president. Kid gloves, syrupy language throughout the campaign and his first months in office. I probably read it here that the media has trained Biden that he has to answer for nothing, they’ll cover for him. Every president should always face the unvarnished double-edge sword of a skeptical media. That Biden hasn’t till now is to most of the media’s shame.
What are the three things which the Democrats used to persuade a bare majority of voters to put Joe Biden in the White House? They are: 1) He's not Donald Trump; 2) Because he's not Donald Trump, he can smooth all those ruffled feathers in European capitals ("America's back"); and 3) In a party which is racing to embrace the radical Marxists who now control it in both Houses of Congress, he represented the kind of adult leadership which could manage to get the AOCs of this world to support a more moderate agenda, at least in the short run.
Now, let's look at reality: 1) Yes, Joe Biden isn't Donald Trump. However, that isn't a good thing. While Trump may have blustered, occasionally bullied, and wrote all those mean tweets, he clearly gave the American people the sense that he was firmly in charge here. Can anyone say that about Biden and keep a straight face doing so? Didn't think so, and the Afghan disaster shows that. Someone who really is in charge might just have listened to the military experts who, I hope, recommended a more well organized withdrawal. Instead, we got this panicky rush for the exits, with the resulting disaster, and very possible tragedy looming if the Taliban are serious about saying that the clock runs out on 31 August, which I believe they are. 2) All those ruffled feathers are even more so, as the criticism from London, Paris, and Berlin clearly shows. The Europeans look like all those Canada Geese hanging around my apartment, which have a tendency to randomly attack the unwary. Joe Biden may have managed to do what I never thought any American President would do; destroy NATO in one swoop. If America's back, then it seems we've gone all the way back to the Carter years, only with much more potential loss of life ahead. 3) The polls indicate that moderates and political independents, despite their latent fears that all this may result in the Return of the Orange Man, know that we can't live with high, and maybe hyperinflation, a loss of energy independence which Trump gave us, and the return of both al-Qaeda AND the Islamic State. And COVID's back, with a citizenry understandably unwilling to live in Tony Fauci's self-imposed prison.
I'm afraid that dark, tragic days lie ahead. It took America 15 years to recover from the damage to its prestige which the Vietnam misadventure cause. The damage which has resulted from the thoroughly preventable Afghan disaster may be irreparable.
Oh I’m so tired of it all. So tired. I’m Catholic. I’m going to Adoration at 8pm to fling myself before the Blessed Sacrament.
Biden can’t tie his own shoes. Who are the puppet masters in the Democratic Party? His only job was to reliably sign the bills sent to him. He is the ultimate empty suit.
When the Republicans controlled the three seats of power, they did little. Were they waiting for a Republican to be elected Pope?
Our allies no longer trust us. Our enemies are on the march since they correctly see we are weak. Anyone want to take bets on when Taiwan is invaded?
I'm still concerned about the short term memory of the "dumb-masses" of voters. You said many times, "People are stupid." Will anything be different when 2022 mid-terms take place, or 2024 presidential election?
They're already trying to switch the narrative to "It was TRUMP'S FAULT"...a former aide for Pence is claiming that there was "hurtful and offensive", "anti-immigrant" rhetoric during Trump's tenure that caused all this, because they couldn't get visas.
Oh, and two other tidbits…karma is a bit of a bitch…and if Newsom gets recalled, the 3 big Trump antagonists of 2020 - Cuomo, Biden and Newsom - all get screwed…back to my first point karma’s a bitch…special ops needs to get our people out regardless of what this feckless moron says or does…
Any surprise Erick?
You know, I’m mostly mad at the media which did not treat Biden as an actual candidate for president. Kid gloves, syrupy language throughout the campaign and his first months in office. I probably read it here that the media has trained Biden that he has to answer for nothing, they’ll cover for him. Every president should always face the unvarnished double-edge sword of a skeptical media. That Biden hasn’t till now is to most of the media’s shame.
This bad news for Joe and his party is well deserved. It could not happen to a worse group. Shot himself in the foot he did.
When does Joe Manchin switch?