By John Kanelis / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com
A critic of this blog has accused me of having a “blind spot” regarding President Biden.
Hmmm. He prompted me to ponder that. I then decided that I do not have a blind spot concerning the 46th president of the United States. Heck, I’ve kept an eye on Biden for nearly as long as he entered the national political scene way back in 1972.
I know about his U.S. Senate victory and the death of his wife and daughter in that auto accident. I recall how he struggled with whether he should serve in the Senate.
I also know about how long-winded Sen. Biden could get. Specifically, I remember during a Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito how Biden lectured Alito on some matter for the entire five minutes he had been allotted to ask the SCOTUS nominee pertinent questions.
Plus, I recall how Biden got caught plagiarizing comments from a British pol and captured them as his own life story. The scandal doomed his first presidential quest in 1988.
I shucked the blinders long ago when it came to President Biden. I know of his flaws and his shortcomings as a politician. However, given the context of his election in 2020 and the (absence of) character of the opponent he defeated, I am going to give him every benefit of the doubt I can muster.
I want Joe Biden to succeed as president. I believe he is fully capable of succeeding whereas I never held such hope for that of his predecessor. Thus, when critics of this blog accuse me of having a “blind spot” concerning this president, I simply want to set the record straight.
Joe Biden is far from a perfect politician. I have known it for as long as I have been watching him. I just intend to give him sufficient room to repair the damage left by the guy he succeeded in the White House.
If you don’t have a blind spot, when will you start writing about all his blunders? There were plenty just from this last week. Maybe an article how his handlers control what he does and says. He even admitted that.
Even other countries news organizations are making fun of Biden’s blunders.
I do not view them as blunders.
His “handlers” control what he says? That’s new? Good grief, if the ex-Asshole in Chief had heeded his handlers’ advice he wouldn’t have muttered the idiocy that poured forth daily during his term in office.
You don’t see them as blunders and you don’t have a blind spot???? Now, that’s funny. When he can’t think of what to say, confuses Libya for Syria, or can’t recall other leaders names, these are definite blunders. These are just three of multiples.
But hey, at least he’s not Trump hurting your feelings.