{"id":159426,"date":"2021-01-21T04:07:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T01:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-put-on-a-show-of-unity-will-he-stick-to-it-devine\/"},"modified":"2021-01-21T04:07:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T01:07:40","slug":"biden-put-on-a-show-of-unity-will-he-stick-to-it-devine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-put-on-a-show-of-unity-will-he-stick-to-it-devine\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden put on a show of ‘unity’ \u2014 will he stick to it?: Devine"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Biden put on a show of ‘unity’ \u2014 will he stick to it?: Devine<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration speech sounded as if it had been written by a good angel on one shoulder and a bad angel on the other.<\/p>\n

Just as his life has been marked by extraordinary good fortune vying with extraordinary tragedy, each angel whispered in his ear yesterday to dictate dueling paragraphs.<\/p>\n

The good angel called for \u201cunity\u201d and \u201ctruth,\u201d all the things a battered nation is longing to hear.<\/p>\n

The bad angel said the precise opposite, whipping up hatred for the mythical new bogeyman of \u201cwhite supremacy and domestic terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The good angel asserted herself a few moments later: \u201cWe can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amen. If only.<\/p>\n

But then the bad angel popped up with the ugly accusation that America is divided by \u201cracism, nativism, fear, and demonization\u201d on the one side and the \u201cAmerican ideal that we are all created equal\u201d on the other.<\/p>\n

No prizes for guessing which side Biden and his team think 74 million Trump supporters are on.<\/p>\n

The good angel did manage to prevent any overt criticism of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

But the bad angel slipped in hints about the awfulness of the vanquished president, and the message hung heavily over an inauguration ceremony attended by fewer civilians than soldiers.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s line that \u201cwe must reject a culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured,\u201d was a product of the good angel.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the bad angel soon got hold of Biden\u2019s ear again, declaring that only the \u201crecent weeks and months have taught us a painful lesson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is truth and there are lies. Lies told for power and for profit . . . We face an attack on democracy and on truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After preaching about unity and truth, President Biden quickly got to work on undoing Trump\u2019s accomplishments by issuing a slew of executive orders.
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AP Photo\/Evan Vucci<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s clear he\u2019s referring to Trump\u2019s claims since November that the election was stolen and he actually won in a landslide.<\/p>\n

Sure, that went too far, and precipitated the storming of the Capitol. But you can\u2019t erase the context of four years of malicious lies and fantastic conspiracy theories manufactured against Trump.<\/p>\n

This time four years ago the Russia conspiracy theory was well entrenched, the Steele dossier was in circulation and reporters at papers of record were sullying journalism.<\/p>\n

When it came to Trump, no lie, rumor or conspiracy theory was too outlandish for the fourth estate.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s ironic that people in the business of sharing ideas now want to silence people who don\u2019t think exactly like them. They believe they are unbiased and hold the mortgage on truth but fail to understand that it is their insularity and lack of empathy with diverse opinions that creates discord.<\/p>\n

We also could have done without Biden\u2019s pessimism on the coronavirus, which the good angel surely counseled was needlessly depressing, as vaccines work their magic across the country.<\/p>\n

The last thing we want to hear about is \u201cthis winter of peril . . . this dark winter . . . the toughest and deadliest period of the virus.\u201d<\/p>\n

The good angel did her best work toward the end.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be a President for all Americans,\u201d said Biden. \u201cI will fight as hard for those who did not support me as for those who did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such a noble sentiment couldn\u2019t quite pass without an edit from the bad angel, who injected an ominous hint: \u201cif you still disagree, so be it.\u201d Take my unity or leave it, in other words. Your loss.<\/p>\n

But soon all was sweetness and light again, as the good angel told us that unity is possible: \u201cIf we show a little tolerance and humility. If we\u2019re willing to stand in the other person\u2019s shoes just for a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amen to that.<\/p>\n

No doubt Biden-friendly media<\/a> operatives will highlight only the work of the good angel as they assess Biden\u2019s speech. It was enough for Fox News<\/a>\u2019 Chris Wallace gushingly to declare it the finest inauguration speech he had heard in his life, wishful thinking if ever you\u2019ve heard it.<\/p>\n

In the end, Biden\u2019s speechwriters probably gave him an authentic product in keeping with his campaign habit of saying two contrary things at the same time, such as being for and against defunding police.<\/p>\n

But a speech is just words, and what will count is whether Biden\u2019s deeds as president are unifying.<\/p>\n

He preached unity on the steps of the Capitol, but the executive orders he signed that afternoon said otherwise.<\/p>\n

Canceling Trump and all his works looks like cutting off America\u2019s nose to spite her face. Nowhere is that more evident than in the repudiation of Trump\u2019s border protection measures, which already is setting up a disaster south of the border.<\/p>\n

Nor is there anything unifying in the spiteful impeachment which is rolling on to the Senate without a murmur of criticism from Biden.<\/p>\n

At least there were no bad angels on the shoulders of the Jesuit priest and Biden confidante Rev Leo Donovan yesterday, when he gave the opening prayer of the inauguration.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor our new president, we beg of you the wisdom Solomon sought when he knelt before you and prayed for \u2018an understanding heart so that I can govern your people and know the difference between right and wrong.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Yes, Biden will need an understanding heart and the wisdom of Solomon to reject the counsel of all the bad angels crowding into his orbit.<\/p>\n

Every president deserves a chance to prove his detractors wrong.<\/p>\n

Let us hope America prevails.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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