This is astonishing in its audaciousness.
A column from The Atlantic went out of its way to defend President Joe Biden from the criticisms of the American people and even those in Biden’s own party.
In the Tuesday piece, “Leave Joe Biden Alone,” contributing writer Tom Nichols argued that Biden has done a “pretty good job” as president considering all the crises he’s had to handle since taking office, and that the American people are being too hard on him for things like high gas prices.
Nichols began his Biden apologetics by declaring, “I voted for Joe Biden, and I like him.” He described Biden “as someone to whom I could relate: a working-class centrist who spoke his mind, even when his thoughts were garbled or when he seemed comically full of himself.”
The author explained that he liked Biden even more during his 2020 presidential run than in the past. “The Joe Biden who ran in 2020 appeared wiser, sadder, somewhat deflated, and seemed to be taking on the presidency as a public service and a burden. Time and tragedy had tempered Biden, and I liked him even more than I did in his flashier, Jason Sudeikis–like youth,” Nichols wrote.
And Biden as president has been “pretty good” for Nichols as well. He added, “these days, I think he’s done a pretty good job, especially given the fact that he’s dealing with a pandemic, revelations about an attempted American coup d’état, and an economic slowdown over which he had no control.”
He praised Biden for not getting us into World War III and then absolved him of blame for high gas prices.
“He’s also managed (so far) to head off World War III and a possible nuclear conflict… but while we’re griping about the gas prices (over which Biden also has no control), the Russians are replaying the Eastern Front against 40 million Ukrainians and also threatening NATO,” he wrote.
Nichols expressed that despite this success, Biden’s getting some rough treatment. “So why can’t the president catch a break?” he asked. “The public blames him for almost everything, and his approval ratings are cratering. What’s going on here?”
Nichols mentioned “the fringe” GOP, who are “determined to impeach Biden because they have no other play.” He claimed the point of the impeachment will be to “make sufficient noise to cover their lack of a plan to govern the country.”
Nichols continued, “We are just not capable of understanding that at home, we are inches away from the meltdown of our constitutional system of government, and abroad, we are one errant cruise missile away from a nuclear crisis.” He implied that slamming Biden over this reality makes no sense.
“But this is all the president’s fault because Joe Biden is old and talks like … well, like Joe Biden,” he claimed sarcastically.
Nichols concluded by saying Americans are only harsh on Biden because their expectations are too high. “This is part of a more general problem in American politics: We have come to regard the presidency as a temporary appointment to Superman, and the White House as a gleaming Fortress of Solitude full of potential miracles,” he declared.
Thus, we blame Biden and never ourselves. “In doing so, we let ourselves off the hook for any responsibility either for our own actions as voters, or for any requirement to face our problems together with resilience and understanding,” he added.
All the problems Biden “has faced” are crises he and his puppeteers have created.
IOW he could have done nothing, changed nothing, issued no bullshit EOs and we’d be humming along. $2 gas, low inflation, no war in Ukraine, energy independent…instead we get BBB?
How’s that working out? This writer & his ilk are fucking a big part of the nightmare we’re in.
I got no sympathy for Turnip Joe.
Who’s Tom Nichols and why should I give a shit what he has to say?
The article I would be interested in reading is one that began “I didn’t vote for Joe Biden, and I don’t like him,” and then goes on to say what a wonderful job he is doing.
I could have a good laugh at that.
This guy actually believe is on stuff, or is it just evil?
Both?
Biden was handed a healthy, booming economy and in under two years he turned it into a heaping, steaming pile of Obama shit.
And the award for comedic fiction goes to…….
Fairly obvious that Tom Nichols is an idiot.
Deos this guy actually believe is on stuff, or is it just evil?
I don’t think it matters. Jackass Joe is a empty-headed moron who can’t remember shit, doesn’t know shit, can’t spell shit and probably can’t even tie his own shoes. He says and does whatever his worthless, degenerate son tells him to cuz only fukking crack-head would run a country this way!!
…and that boys and girls is why you don’t do drugs while writing an article for publication.
The guy’s and anti Trumper and looks exactly like you would imagine.
https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2017/05/Nichols-head-shot-for-Forum-768×432.jpg
More proof that Dementia is contagious. This is clearly a case of Biden Derangement Syndrome.
Sounds like the kind of guy that would gladly get pounded up the ass as long as he gets a reacharound.
I wonder if this Tom Nichols ever considered writing a similar article about Donald Trump? Probably not, I would guess.
Nichols, whoever he is, has his head so far up his a$$, he can’t see the sunshine upon Biden’s failures.
If I want to hear from an idiot I’d watch mainstream media news broadcasts.
Wholly crap……see what I did there…..
A (verified) fact is that Tom Nichols has a history and reputation of cruelly abusing others and issuing racial slurs like Joe Biden has which is why he’s so in-sync with Biden and his (Biden’s) malicious mega jealousy-of-trump hostility towards Americans.