Joe Biden, the wise sage, the one adult, working steady and earnestly to clean up the damage that greedy, selfish, juvenile delinquents have left in their wake. Observing the extreme competence of the face of his administration, Jen Psaki, also encourages hope that Biden & staff are capable of succeeding against the formidable odds. Thank you Heather your daily very generous gifts. 🙏
Joe Biden, the wise sage, the one adult, working steady and earnestly to clean up the damage that greedy, selfish, juvenile delinquents have left in their wake. Observing the extreme competence of the face of his administration, Jen Psaki, also encourages hope that Biden & staff are capable of succeeding against the formidable odds. Thank you Heather your daily very generous gifts. 🙏
I am ready to blow a gasket. The news media, including my beloved Nicole Wallace, have had guests on that "trash" Biden and his decision. As soon as Biden's speech was done, the show had two guests on who criticized Biden ad nauseum. I'm also furious at my local paper, the Tampa Bay Times which has not published any of the letters I've sent in and continues to spew right wing extremism. Even the letters they DO publish are ones critical of Biden. Take a look at a sample from one published today: "This catastrophe, including loss of more American lives, could’ve been avoided had our president, his Cabinet and military leaders simply coordinated their efforts and done their jobs on getting everyone out safely, instead of focusing on a single date." Simply coordinated efforts???? Seriously??? I have no words.
Same here. I was in shock watching the hosts and their guests tear Biden apart. I thought I was on the wrong channel, especially since I had just watched his speech and that wasn't what I had heard/seen.
I suppose the question is WHY are liberals turning on Joe Biden now?
I have mostly quit watching anyone on daytime MSNBC and still watch the night lineup. I especially enjoy the frolicsome way Joy Reid points out who is the worst. Then Rachel and Lawrence have become wonderfully supportive of facts and not opinions and both use a similar (intelligent and circumspect) tone to Heather's. And yay Ari and his interview with Michael Moore. Most of my actual friends will read HCR's Letters to straighten them out if I let them know they may be listening to the wrong news and people:-) Hang in there, people.
Coaxed into this by the hideous events of the last couple weeks in Afghanistan, people who did not follow what was happening starting way back with Trump and Pompeo don't understand that the stage was set long before Biden was on the scene. Thus, they assign blame for the last 20 days without understanding that 20 years likely made it inevitable. It is likely that we were lucky not to have seen worse.
I agree with them. He knew many months before the pull out that he was going to do this. Pulling the military out before the civilians who is very telling. Lots of men women and children will be killed and brutalized because of the short amount of time that was given to this endeavor. The premise was great.The delivery sucked.
Two wild cards made "coordinated effort" impossible
No one could foresee that the Afghani army would crumble or that the President of Afghanistan's legit government would grab a suitcase of money and flee.
The resources Biden counted on for calm and stability were gone! He and our valiant service members did a Herculean job saving all that they could. This Monday morning quarterbacking with Biden criticism is wrong.
Bravo, Christy. Heather's post are a gift. They help me to keep multi-directional cascade of our present in some sort of accessible and understandable order. The governing actions of Biden and his team help me find enough optimism to mostly deal with the dark thoughts (and actions) pushed at us each day, mostly by politics. And, despite the fact that crumbs continue to be elected, these comments here -- especially reading posts like that from Janet W above -- each day help me to understand that the world is still full of good people, despite the ugly fact that media coverage of the actions of not-so-good people seem to suck the breathable air out of most days by the end of the 10 o'clock news. Can a decent society overcome? Can we live in peace, be truly free and unafraid? Can we walk hand in hand? Perhaps some day.
Thank you for your comment John, and the solidarity. As the old fable goes, the wolf that wins is the one that we feed. So grateful for this community for feeding love. ❤️🙏
Joe Biden, the wise sage, the one adult, working steady and earnestly to clean up the damage that greedy, selfish, juvenile delinquents have left in their wake. Observing the extreme competence of the face of his administration, Jen Psaki, also encourages hope that Biden & staff are capable of succeeding against the formidable odds. Thank you Heather your daily very generous gifts. 🙏
I am ready to blow a gasket. The news media, including my beloved Nicole Wallace, have had guests on that "trash" Biden and his decision. As soon as Biden's speech was done, the show had two guests on who criticized Biden ad nauseum. I'm also furious at my local paper, the Tampa Bay Times which has not published any of the letters I've sent in and continues to spew right wing extremism. Even the letters they DO publish are ones critical of Biden. Take a look at a sample from one published today: "This catastrophe, including loss of more American lives, could’ve been avoided had our president, his Cabinet and military leaders simply coordinated their efforts and done their jobs on getting everyone out safely, instead of focusing on a single date." Simply coordinated efforts???? Seriously??? I have no words.
Same here. I was in shock watching the hosts and their guests tear Biden apart. I thought I was on the wrong channel, especially since I had just watched his speech and that wasn't what I had heard/seen.
I suppose the question is WHY are liberals turning on Joe Biden now?
Struggling to keep post TFG ratings pumping?
Nancy, Are you suggesting Nicole Wallace is a liberal?
I have mostly quit watching anyone on daytime MSNBC and still watch the night lineup. I especially enjoy the frolicsome way Joy Reid points out who is the worst. Then Rachel and Lawrence have become wonderfully supportive of facts and not opinions and both use a similar (intelligent and circumspect) tone to Heather's. And yay Ari and his interview with Michael Moore. Most of my actual friends will read HCR's Letters to straighten them out if I let them know they may be listening to the wrong news and people:-) Hang in there, people.
We two are tuning in and enjoying the same programs for the same reasons!
We three...
Coaxed into this by the hideous events of the last couple weeks in Afghanistan, people who did not follow what was happening starting way back with Trump and Pompeo don't understand that the stage was set long before Biden was on the scene. Thus, they assign blame for the last 20 days without understanding that 20 years likely made it inevitable. It is likely that we were lucky not to have seen worse.
I agree with you. I sent several tweets to her and to MSNBC. It was disgusting.
I agree with them. He knew many months before the pull out that he was going to do this. Pulling the military out before the civilians who is very telling. Lots of men women and children will be killed and brutalized because of the short amount of time that was given to this endeavor. The premise was great.The delivery sucked.
Considering how dangerous the whole operation was,
my humble opinion is to have gratitude that we got so many humans out alive.
It’s tragic and has been for 20 years.
Elaine, I suggest you read this opinion piece from the Washington Post, by Max Boot. It clearly spells out Biden's dilemma and the fact that the Republicans who are now criticizing him are total hypocrites.: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/01/hawley-cruz-attacks-biden-afghanistan-exit/
Elaine
Two wild cards made "coordinated effort" impossible
No one could foresee that the Afghani army would crumble or that the President of Afghanistan's legit government would grab a suitcase of money and flee.
The resources Biden counted on for calm and stability were gone! He and our valiant service members did a Herculean job saving all that they could. This Monday morning quarterbacking with Biden criticism is wrong.
The US completed the largest airlift in history. Give it some credit.
Bravo, Christy. Heather's post are a gift. They help me to keep multi-directional cascade of our present in some sort of accessible and understandable order. The governing actions of Biden and his team help me find enough optimism to mostly deal with the dark thoughts (and actions) pushed at us each day, mostly by politics. And, despite the fact that crumbs continue to be elected, these comments here -- especially reading posts like that from Janet W above -- each day help me to understand that the world is still full of good people, despite the ugly fact that media coverage of the actions of not-so-good people seem to suck the breathable air out of most days by the end of the 10 o'clock news. Can a decent society overcome? Can we live in peace, be truly free and unafraid? Can we walk hand in hand? Perhaps some day.
Thank you for your comment John, and the solidarity. As the old fable goes, the wolf that wins is the one that we feed. So grateful for this community for feeding love. ❤️🙏
100%!