We ALL make mistakes….
We’re ALL human….
Joe Biden isn’t Donald Trump….
He isn’t a serial liar….
He hasn’t tried upend the American political system…
He care’s….
Joe Biden made a campaign promise’ to bring the troops home from Afghanistan’….
He IS trying to honor that promise…
My beef with the Commander-in-Chief is that his insistence to leave the country was rushed and ill planned…
I do NOT put all the Balme on the Pentagon chief’s….
They told the boss such a move was NOT a good thing…..
The Intelligence Community seconded the military….
But the boss insisted in a rapid evacuation, telling everyone things would be fine….
They aren’t….
People so scared they are jumping on moving military planes that are carrying 200 more people then they are supposed to carry …Tens of thousand of people running around the airport taxiways trying leave are NOT a good look for the boss….Joe Biden…
The media has been kind to former Vice President and US Senator….
But now?
There IS a catastrophe brewing and the media is gonna be ALL 0ver this….
Biden crushed the Republicans by giving people money and moving to go ‘BIG’ with actually rebuilding America and showing hands ‘on’ with the pandemic, something Donald Trump would NOT do then and won’t do now…
Biden’s poll numbers have stayed in the low to mid 50%’s…
He’s a good man….
But as of a few days ago?
Like other American President’s?
Things have gone sideways due to others actions….
Afghanistan and President Biden are now interconnected….
Biden will get the blame for the spectacle of Saigon 2.0 ….
Trying top Blame Donald Trump simply will NOT work…
Neither will blaming anyone else….
We ALL wanted the troops to leave….
We ALL did NOT want it to be this way….
The good will Joesph R. Biden had up to this weekend is taking a hit….
We’ll have to see how much…..
And Joe Biden STILL has my luck even if he fucked this up……
New Open Thread is HERE….
FiveThirtyEight….
Last week, President Biden’s agenda took a big step forward with the U.S. Senate’s overwhelmingly bipartisan vote to pass his $1.1 trillion infrastructure package. This first step toward a deal — the House of Representatives still must pass it — couldn’t come at a better time for Biden, either, as the delta variant of the coronavirus has led to a surge in cases, throwing much of the economic recovery of the past few months into jeopardy. There is also the collapse of Afghanistan’s government Biden must now contend with as he oversees the withdrawal of America’s military presences in the country….
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It’s also possible that the situation in Afghanistan could take a further toll on Biden’s approval ratings — it’s just too soon to say at this point. But if Biden’s approval decline is mainly tied to reactions to the delta variant surge, which could abate before too long, that could point to a possible silver lining for Biden. Then again, there could be more substantial, long-lasting cracks in his support, perhaps tied to his administration’s big spending ways….
More…
Democrats on Capitol Hill are grappling with the political fallout in Washington of a crisis they warned the Biden administration months ago could become a fiasco on the world stage, as horrific images pour out of Kabul with residents desperately trying to flee.
Democrats are now in the midst of a political firestorm and struggling to find a way to both back President Joe Biden on an exit from Afghanistan many thought was long overdue, while acknowledging the administration made major tactical mistakes that could have been avoided….
More…
Give the people what they want, and they may never forgive you…
CNN)The Big Lie just won’t die.
No matter what the ridiculous audit process of the 2020 vote in Arizona produces — and we are expecting to know sometime in the next few weeks — the next front in the effort to claim that the presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump is already forming in Wisconsin.
Late last month state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announced the expansion of a taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election — appointing a former Wisconsin state Supreme Court justice to oversee it.
That lead investigator is Michael Gableman, who traveled last week to South Dakota to attend MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s cyber-symposium in which, allegedly, proof of widespread election fraud would be presented. (It, um, wasn’t.)
“I learned a lot there that will be helpful to my investigation,” Gableman told The Associated Press of the South Dakota trip. (Back in November, he claimed at a pro-Trump rally that the election was stolen.)
That investigation, Vos said recently, could cost several hundred thousand dollars.
Wisconsin is fertile ground for the Big Lie — for two main reasons.
First, the race in the state between former President Trump and President Joe Biden was quite close. Biden won the state by 20,682 votes out of more than 3 million cast. (A recount, completed at the end of November, confirmed Biden’s win.)
Second, the state is probably the single most polarized one in the country. That’s the result of a triptych of gubernatorial elections in the past decade: Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) initial win in 2010, his victory in a nationalized recall effort in 2012 and his reelection in 2014.
Those races saw massive amounts of spending from national groups to ID every single Democratic and Republican voter in the state. And the seemingly endless campaign also served to essentially eliminate any on-the-fence independent voters. And people who were already partisans were driven even further into their party camps.
The Point: Trump’s Big Lie needs fuel to keep going. And Wisconsin Republicans are more than willing to provide it.
— Chris Cilizza, “The Point” on CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/16/politics/wisconsin-big-lie-trump/index.html
Sorry-fully disgraceful……
Good Morning….
The world continues thru tirnulance
Gregg Abbott has Covid19
Yup……
U think is gonna change the way Abbott thinks about masks and shots?
Abbott IS fully vaccinated BYW…..
Again?
Shot’s do NOT STOP the virus
But the Gov is a symptomatic and is be treated
With antibiotic’s and is quarantined
There are pictures of him in a Room with almost 100 unmasked people recently
Abbott Virus Update…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Saturday announced he had tested negative for COVID-19 after brief battle with the virus.
Abbott, who is vaccinated, said on Tuesday had tested positive for what is known as a breakthrough infection….
More…
(Can we believe this guy?)
Covid-19 live updates: Florida to punish two school districts in first sanctions under DeSantis mask mandate restrictions….
Wash Post……
( Forget shots…..This is about MASKS!)
True THIS!…
Los Angeles Times
@latimes
Biden is hoping Americans focus on overall Afghanistan withdrawal, not messy exit
Link...
Morning people…….
Biden Rattles U.K. With His Afghanistan Policy
“In Britain, the chaotic departure from Afghanistan has drawn comparisons not to helicopters flying out of Saigon but to an earlier debacle: the 1956 Suez crisis, in which a humiliated Britain was forced to pull out of Egypt, having failed to dislodge its nationalist leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser,” the New York Times reports.
“The problem is, Britain had very little to say about the timing or tactics of the most recent withdrawal, even though it suffered the second-most casualties in the Afghanistan war after the United States. That has left British officials embarrassed and embittered at President Biden. Some say he behaved more like his predecessor, Donald J. Trump, than an ally who promised a new era of American partnership.”
Phil Murphy Up Big In New Jersey
A new Monmouth poll in New Jersey finds Gov. Phil Murphy (D) with a big lead over challenger Jack Ciattarelli (R), 52% to 36%.
Ah……
Just Me and my blog
Crusin along……
😃
I have been enjoying watching the series “Jerusalem” on CNN on Sunday nights. The story dates back thousands of years to the present. Mostly it was a history lesson, a lot of which I did not know.
For example, I recall how in Catholic grammar school, we were taught that the crusades was a holy war. While I knew since college that I didn’t hear the whole story, it was helpful to hear a more unbiased presentation.
You really want something interesting?
Look American history around the 1500’s
It WILL blow ur mind!
The custom’s and interplay between the Europeans and the Native Indians who ACTUALLY discovered America …….
This is where the family relations have gone: My Dad, a ‘Stop the Steal’ man to the core, informed me that my mother and I are to blame for the fall of Afghanistan because we voted for Biden, as if it was going to end better any other way.
I will not elucidate the highly dismissive thoughts I’m having regarding that guy. Politics has rotted so much…
But didn’t Trump make an agreement to have American troops out by. May, and then criticize Biden for the delay?
Yes
Yes Trump Republicans claimed Biden was the party of endless US war in the Middle East and Trump was the “bring the boys home” candidate.
Now the party is back to being im favor of these wars going on forever.
Just as well..
The Trump as hippie dove act was never very convincing anyway.
Well did Republicans criticize Trump for making that agreement and those statements? If not, why not?
At some point, the GOP has to do more than support an authoritarian government, oppose anti-fascists, and oppose steps to control Covid-19 if we are to believe they truly have principles.
No, they either stayed quiet about their previous support for W’s endless war in Afghanistan or shifted and painted Ds as the war mongers.
To his credit CG has been consistent in opposing the end of involvement whether initiated by Trump or Biden.
Doesn’t May of LAST YEAR come before August of THIS year?
James, You are confused. Trump agreed to remove the troops by May of 2021.
Z?
Ok….
But then?
Trump’s promise was unless Anyways…..
Right?
I just saw a report that over a four year period (2015 to 2019) the major networks gave less than an hour to covering Afghanistan. Now it’s all Afghanistan all the time. I watched an hour of Andrea Mitchell clutching her pearls over Joe Biden “contradicting” himself over the speed at which this collapse would happen.
Really?
This appears to be her new email obsession.
Call me in six months when everyone is totally happy that we are no longer propping up a government without popular support and throwing money and troops down a rat hole.
The lack of historical context for any of this is simply amazing.
Joe Biden’s Honeymoon is OVER Keith
The media had little from him
They miss Trump’s Three Ring Circus
Now they have something to bite Joe Biden on
And they are running with it…..
Again?
Biden screwed up
He’s gotta take his lumps for now
Comes with the job
And he campaign for it, Right?
He still has my vote
He’s a good man’
In fairness, the cherry of the Biden Presidency was popped around the time of the infrastructure negotiations. Afghanistan just accentuates the point.
I couldn’t agree with you more Zreebs.
Also, what honeymoon?
A honeymoon with Republicans?
The press?
Since it was my comment you responded to, I’d say the “honeymoon” was with the American people, who I’d suspect are more apt to lend him their support than the other aforementioned entities. Not by any great amount, though, as you have a not small number of Biden voters who are militantly unvaccinated(I have a department manager who is both those things). It’s a tough tightrope to walk.
Honeymoon is what our host called it.
For someone who claims to be practical, it amazes me (well, not really) that James continues to argue that withdrawing from Afghanistan possibly could have been effectively accomplished.
But providing healthcare coverage for all (like the rest of the world does, and for a lower cost than what we pay now (as the US healthcare costs are by far the highest in the world even on a per capita basis), well that’s impractical!
Recall when we initially invaded Afghanistan in 2001. The Taliban did not control the whole country. TheNorthern Alliance controlled Kabul and most of the north. So how could Biden have predicted the entire country could fall so quickly? The only explanation is that the Afghanistan government was even more corrupt and inept that we were led to believe.
Keith is right. Other than killing Bin Laden, we largely just threw our troops and money down a rat hole. It was long past time to correct that mistake,
Z?
AGAIN…..
The Pentagon advised Biden & Co.
The Intelligence Community advised Biden & Co.
Biden WAS around during the Obama 8 years when his boss was advised……
Yes….
Keith IS Right on money thing….
But lets get to nitty gritty…..
The other President’s had enough fucking brains to NOT just tell the military to just pick up and leave SO DAMN FAST….
Now some Democrats can get all pissed that Biden is STILL eating his shit sandwich…
BUT?
Check the media…..
Ole Joe gets more of the sandwich EVERYDAY….
He’s the President…..
The ‘Buck stops at HIS Desk’…..
SE?
Being President is NOT about being fair….
The last FOUR years was a prime example….
I do NOT subscribe to the Infrastructure being the first downer for Biden…
He was in ‘his’ element….
The US Senate and Congress….
Neat and he could do his sidewalk act….
No….
Afghanistan IS his lost of Presidential Political ‘Good Feeling’….
His polling numbers where fine during the dancing on the Stimulus and Senate Infrastructure arm wrestling….
But NOW?
I stand by my feeling that even Chris Cillizza over at the CNN doubled AFTER I did this post here…..
James, I need and will take a break from you for awhile. I don’t get any enjoyment conversing with you for multiple reasons. Best of wishes.
Take care….
I’ll now add the State Dept, to the Pentagon and Intelligence Community to warning Biden & Co. of the situation IN Afghanstan…..
Biden just went ahead….
He did NOT listen to the experts and the people on the ground….
This report, if you can call it that, has already been discredited.
It isn’t accurate, it only fits the media narrative.
A narrative that gullible James buys.
James is gullible?
He’s a self proclaimed keen observer of public affairs and once again self proclaimed,”usually right!”
In fact Keith the report IS WIDELY sourced across the media……
I will do a post later about OTHER COURIES sending their Spec Ops people out to bring their people to the airport…..
‘It’a all in the family’ SE?
Morning People….
Are you suggesting that the Ghost’s dad is like Archie, and the ghost and his mom are like Gloria’s husband Michael and Edith?
🙄?
James, neither of us ever understands the other person’s posts. Best not to reply
Not quite an apt comparison. I’m not as principled as Michael, but more pragmatic. My mother definitely is not an Edith. All that among other differences betwixt the two realities.
I think James’ was a more general comment than anything else.
Yes indeed SE……
MO State Rep and candidate for US House loses husband to COVID. Neither vaccinated.
Guess which party?
https://krcgtv.com/news/local/state-rep-sara-walshs-husband-dies-after-battle-with-covid-19
And I’m sure no one’s getting a hint from that.
That story says nothing about either the widow’s or her late husband’s views, statements or record with vaccinations, masks, past infections or social behavior.
So, unless and until one knows more, one can only offer sympathy and condolences for yet another close relative of one out of over 600,000 victims who’ve succumbed so far and of the millions who’ve suffered greatly.
Losing even one life is a tragedy….
And ?
The emotional effect on the pandemic is something we ALL carry on our backs….
From other sources, Walsh was unvaccinated.
I don’t like to see all of these Republicans dying, but at the same time, the unvaccinated are killing other people besides themselves, so my sympathy doesn’t go as far as some might think it should. Most (but not all) of the Covid-19 deaths now are preventable.
On a related note, I got my third vaccination last night. I was surprised that I had to wait in line.
Walsh was unvaccinated and posted and shared anti-vaccination material on Twitter–before he was hospitalized at least.
In that case — although no one should dance on his grave or taunt his widow — I agree: it’s harder to feel sympathy for someone who was actively promoting the spread of this virus than for a blameless passive victim (in some cases a victim of Walsh’s own activities).
If a drunk driver kills the alcoholic bartender who had actively encouraged him to drink even harder, plus the waitress who refused to serve the driver and the waitress who called a taxi, it’s awfully hard to deny that the bartender didn’t have it coming.
BREAKING
DC Capitol Police are negotiating with a man who says he has explosives in a truck in front of the Capitol……
The standoff at the Capitol is over
The terrorist was a Trumpist (surprise!) who believed that all Democrats needed to resign.
So obvious from the start. Why else would you aim to detonate explosives in DC? The Heritage Foundation?
Rep Mo Brooks (R-AL) appeared to be partially sympathetic to the terrorist saying it was likely a response to the “dictatorial socialism” of the Biden administration.
But based on Mo Brooks previous statements and actions, wouldn’t he support a fascist dictatorship?
Brooks is ,in my view, a domestic terrorist.
Just imagine our moderator trying to get himself promoted to POTUS, though…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3oiQhhdz8ys
Wouldn’t want the job
It’s thankless
Always thought it would be quite something if one of us regulars ran for office and won. Probably my best bet would be moving back down to South Metro ATL and running for David Scott’s Congressional seat when it opens up, as I can’t win anything other than getting repeatedly cut off in traffic around Northern GA.
Maybe Keith can still mount a bid in the CA Recall Election, if the filing deadline hasn’t come and gone.
I would imagine that if one of us were to run for pubic office, then CG would attempt to make sure we lost.
I state here!
Uneqivocally
I will NOT RUN for Office….
If voted for?
I will NOT serve!
😉
A Michael Beschloss/Douglas Brinkley type could write a long, engrossing book on the six decade arc of the Democratic Party, from the JFK era to the JBF era.
…. or some historian of journalism and public opinion could trace out a century of punditry from Walter Lippman at The New Republic in 1914 to James Finley at Political Dog in 2021.
Don’t hold ur breath DSD….
He, he, he…..
Ha, ha, ha…..
Ya think SE?
Morning….
Big Labor First…..
The AFL-CIO’s executive council voted Friday as expected to appoint Liz Shuler as the federation’s president following the unexpected death of Richard Trumka.
Shuler is the organization’s first female president, a historic moment for organized labor in the U.S. She will serve as the nation’s top union official until summer 2022, when the AFL-CIO’s 50-plus affiliates can gather for their annual convention to vote on a permanent successor.
Politico
You two can keep ur focus on me
I will continue to report the continued mistakes my President seems to keep making….
Apparently ,
It is no longer permissible to offer any criticism of the moderator and his posts although he will continue to offer the same on our posts.
I’m a BIG Guy Jack
I can take it…..
I hope u and others can also…..
I do think we’re here to discus issues
Not just each orher
But i could be a bit wrong?
He usually simply says something like, “I stand by my previous comment,” even when his previous comment was completely and unequivocally wrong.
In this case I suspect one of his friends at work expressed disdain for the way our occupation of Afghanistan was ending and it embarrassed him. In fact, I am sure that is what occurred.
The media didn’t even spend an hour discussing the situation in that country for over five years, but now it’s 24/7 media coverage, clutched pearls, and concern for the fate of woman and children.
There usually isn’t any context in what James posts, he simply lifts shit from other blogs and then makes some type of school yard comment. In this case, he decided that Biden was to fault for an agreement his predecessor had “negotiated” with a terrorist organization and without any input from the “legitimate” Afghan government. Is it any wonder that so-called government fled, with our money? Is that Biden’s fault too?
I understand the shear terror that must be gripping the Afghan people right now. But that begs a question: why didn’t they fight back when they had some type of upper hand in personnel and material? They dropped their weapons and hid, and now the Taliban is looking for them. Is this Biden’s fault?
A faux government without community support that was filled with grifters and crooks was never going to survive. Is this Biden’s fault?
Joe Biden wanted out of Afghanistan in 2010 and was shot down. He knew this would happen, just not this quickly. Is this Biden’s fault?
Our host approaches this as if this were a discussion in a neighborhood bar, the loudest and longest comments rule.
I have nothing to add to the above comment which says it all.
Jim E. Coyote, Super Genius?
Bloody damn hysterical.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_611dca6ae4b0c6968104b644/amp
President Biden will nominate Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan and Nicholas Burns as ambassador to China
CNN Breaking News
The Hill has been sold
Hopefully the ad content will shrink a bit?
Maybe with the new owner, they will be less of a Trump mouthpiece.
Why don’t we hear or see very much these days about Roll Call, which was there first ?
I think it may have been bought up by CQ (Cong’l Quarterly), but who owns CQ ?
I still get Roll Call daily emails….
They aren’t as ‘exciting’ as the other political outfits ….
And yea….
The Hill DOES feature a lot of Politico stuff….
I feature a lot Politicalwire stuff….
Heck?
We ALL bite everyone else even the BIG guys over at the Wash Post and the Times….
My political news primarily comes from print outlets(WaPo, NYT, LA Times, the Atlantic, Vanity Fare, Rolling Stone, etc) and Politico(I knew they were trustworthy when my Dad dissed them as a Liberal rag). I’ll watch CNN when I’m in the area and my mother has it on, but I’m not big on cable news channels at all.
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel is now saying Dems want to replace the word “mom” with “birthing person”. Republicans believe anything and/or they prefer that their leaders blatantly lie. The GOP is reaching new levels of dispicability with each passing year.
So we’re clear, I think we’re all free and clear to criticize the dude when he errs(As all of us do, especially as we advance in years), but it’s worth knowing that, at the end of the day, James has what many societal up and comers don’t have: A family, particularly someone who at the end of a long day addresses him as “Granddaddy long legs.” Perspective. But then, I’m young and also happen to be quite good at reading between the lines. There’s definitely a learned nuance in those comments that particularly lacks in The Notorious CRG.
As the former philosopher in chief Donald Trump once said, “It doesn’t really matter what they write as long as you’ve got a beautiful piece of ass.”
Indeed SE…..
Thank You…..
RIP. What a legend.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/tom-t-hall-dead-obituary-1215055/amp/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XdSon-jk6k8&t=2s
My parents listened to Tom T Hall a lot when I was a kid.
I thought he had already passed for some reason. RIP
A transgender woman in Illinois won a case against Hobby Lobby, who refused to let her use the woman’s restroom. The court awarded the woman $220,000.
While I doubt this ruling is politically popular, sometimes doing the right thing is more important. I’m a bit more proud to be an Illinois resident today.
Good Morning everyone
DSD and I are gonna have a storm tolling over us Tomorrow into Monday…….
I don’t think Z is in Jersey any more so it shouldn’t effect him…..
Looks to be a minimal hurricane.
I’ve been through so many.
Still even a minimal hurricane can do a lot of damage and cause major inconveniences.
Hope it’s not too bad for you fellows.
I recall living in Charlotte during hurricane Hugo. The city was devastated even though Charlotte was far from the coast. There were so many trees down that I had to guess where the street was.
Take the hurricane seriously. Your insurance policy likely covers spoilage of food due to loss of power. It does NOT cover flooding.
I lost the condo I was then living in to Hugo.
Worst storm I’ve ever been through.
Correct z
But were i’m at the elevation above sea level is 80’+ and in the middle of s down level block….
It’s the trees and power lines that’s the worry
Last big storm had a tree in my backyard come down
I was lucky it fell away from my house
After Sandy we had no power for almost a week
Best thing was the family slept the best !
Night’s where so darn quiet!
Will post later …..
Pushed up a category
I’m about 100 miles from where the worst is predicted
Got my fingers crossed and i’m tiyi g stuff down in the back yard