Jim's Corner

 

 

Whenever I come across the name Margaret Talev, I make a point to pay attention.  Why?  As Ava and C.I. have repeatedly pointed out here and at THE COMMON ILLS, she's the one that gets no credit.  Talev was part of the truth squad at KNIGHT RIDDER -- the ones who didn't just do stenography in the lead up to the Iraq War.  But the Bill Moyers of this world rendered her invisible and just focused on the bro-cest of Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel.  That pathetic relationship would implode during the presidency of Barack Obama.  But the record would never be fixed to add Talev's name to the list of those who did actual journalism.  

So I was reading up on Joe Biden's speech and it being seen as divisive (after I read Ava and C.I.'s latest) and came across this:

Axios managing editor and CNN analyst Margaret Talev suggested Biden's speech was intentionally "divisive." 

"I think some of this is about splitting the Republican Party. I mean it is divisive, it's divisive by nature. That’s the point of the speech. When you use a phrase like ‘MAGA Republicans’ this is clearly poll tested, and it's to say it’s not the same thing as say Republicans it's to say there is a different brand of republicanism inside the Republican Party. That’s what Biden is trying to get to and what he's trying to do is give independents and Republicans a permission structure to split the ticket. Or just to vote democratic or to stay home. That’s what he’s doing in states like Ohio, in states like Pennsylvania, in states like Wisconsin," Talev told the CNN panel.

I'm sure she's right.  I'm also sure that the president of the United States is supposed to be the president of America and not just some of America.

That's before you factor in that this president was supposed to be a uniter.  I'm tired of it.  His speech was divisive.  It was not fit for a president.  That's before you factor in his using the Marines as props in this speech.  You're not supposed to politicize the military.  Joe Biden owes the American people an apology.

But put that on a long list of things that Joe Biden owes Americans.

That list would include an apology for lying about having no knowledge of Hunter Biden's business dealings (his corrupt business dealings), an apology for the way he lied about Tara Reade, an apology for his assault of Tara Reade, an apology for his failure with regards to COVID 19, an apology for his failure to properly prepare for monkeypox, an apology for the way he has ignored the residents of Jackson, Mississippi while they have suffered without water . . .

It's a long, long list.

And his failures are proof that we do not need to ever again elect someone his age to be president.  He is too old.  He lacks energy, he lacks mental fitness.  His vanity run has cost the country dearly.  He should probably start his apologies with one for how he's harmed the country.