{"id":490161,"date":"2022-09-04T05:22:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T02:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/joe-bidens-divide-clunker-approach\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T05:22:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T02:22:24","slug":"joe-bidens-divide-clunker-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-divide-clunker-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"#Joe Biden\u2019s divide &#038; clunker approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2624602f5b8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2624602f5b8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-divide-clunker-approach\/#%E2%80%9CJoe_Bidens_divide_clunker_approach%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Joe Biden\u2019s divide &#038; clunker approach&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-divide-clunker-approach\/#Dodging_deflecting\" >Dodging &amp; deflecting\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-divide-clunker-approach\/#The_GOP_reckoning\" >The GOP reckoning\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-divide-clunker-approach\/#Flying_Pvt_Spielberg\" >Flying Pvt. Spielberg\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-divide-clunker-approach\/#Remember_my_praise_of_Kat_Scratch_that\" >Remember my praise of Kat? Scratch that\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJoe_Bidens_divide_clunker_approach%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Joe Biden\u2019s divide &#038; clunker approach&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Goodwin\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The speech President Biden gave on Thursday was one he reportedly wanted to give for weeks, but White House staff resisted. Aides didn\u2019t think it was the right speech or the right time, which in plain English means they didn\u2019t like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For once, give them credit. Now that we see what garbage the Big Guy had on his mind, they were right to resist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, he pulled rank and they had to let Biden be Biden. The result was bad for Democrats and terrible for the nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To call it a hateful speech doesn\u2019t do justice to its awfulness. The promise of an address on the soul of our nation and the setting of Philadelphia\u2019s Independence Hall suggested it would be an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal to our better angels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead, with lurid red lighting and two Marines standing at attention to serve as props, Biden delivered a 24-minute screed that was disjointed, rancidly partisan and, at heart, a declaration of war against those Americans who do not support him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that even those who ostensibly support him aren\u2019t embracing his solution. Few if any Democrats running in swing districts or states have endorsed the president\u2019s war on Republicans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In tone and substance, the speech was the polar opposite of Biden\u2019s inaugural address just 20 months ago. Then he pledged to bring the country together, using \u201cunity\u201d or similar words 15 times, as in this sequence: \u201cMy whole soul is in this: bringing America together, uniting our people, and uniting our nation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This time, there was talk only of defeating the other side because their politics, on everything from abortion to taxes to immigration, makes them un-American. He \u201cotherized\u201d MAGA and MAGA Republicans 13 times as a dangerous, subverting force.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dodging_deflecting\"><\/span>Dodging &amp; deflecting\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/biden-MAGA-speech-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Joe Biden\" class=\"wp-image-23731251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/biden-MAGA-speech-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/biden-MAGA-speech-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/biden-MAGA-speech-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Biden came for MAGA supporters, saying that they \u201cthrive on chaos.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>How did Biden fall so far so fast? And what led him to insist on such a dreadful spectacle?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The short answer is desperation. Biden\u2019s presidency is a nonstop disaster, with even its legislative successes becoming drivers of the highest inflation in 40 years. His failures, from Afghanistan to rising crime to the open southern border, have weakened America\u2019s global standing and created domestic debacles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unwilling to change course, Biden decided to cast the blame on unhappy voters and demonize them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And so the tens of millions of Americans Barack Obama derided as bitter clingers and Hillary Clinton called deplorables are now labeled extremists and enemies of democracy. Biden didn\u2019t use the word \u201ctraitors,\u201d but that was the thrust of his attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMAGA Republicans have made their choice. They embrace anger. They thrive on chaos. They live not in the light of truth, but in the shadow of lies,\u201d he said at one point.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later came this one: \u201cMAGA Republicans look at America and see carnage and darkness and despair. They spread fear and lies. Lies told for profit and power.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then this one: \u201cThe MAGA Republicans believe that for them to succeed, everyone else has to fail.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Days earlier, Biden said supporting Trump is akin to supporting \u201csemi-fascism.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Quite a week for President Unity. The speech was so raw that even some friendly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> got off the bus. Reporters and commentators at CBS, CNN and others called it nakedly partisan and cited the use of the Marines and the Marine band as inappropriate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/biden-MAGA-speech-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jill and Joe Biden wave to spectators as they walk onstage in Pennsylvania on September 1. \" class=\"wp-image-23731250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/biden-MAGA-speech-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/biden-MAGA-speech-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/biden-MAGA-speech-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jill and Joe Biden wave to spectators as they walk onstage in Philadelphia on Sept. 1. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bastiaan Slabbers\/NurPhoto\/ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The president, stung by the unexpected criticism, actually tried on the morning after to deny the essence of what he had said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, a reporter asked him if he considers \u201call Trump supporters to be a threat to this country.\u201d It was a fair question.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Said Biden: \u201cCome on, look, guys, you keep trying to make that case. I don\u2019t consider any Trump supporter to be a threat to the country.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>So, never mind?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not quite. The fact is, Biden is facing a heap of trouble in the midterms and the speech reflects both his panic and his strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The panic is based on the likelihood that, because of the president\u2019s radical policy failures, Republicans will take control of one and perhaps both chambers of Congress in the midterms. Any president would have his agenda stymied at that point, but Biden also has another reason to fear such an outcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_GOP_reckoning\"><\/span>The GOP reckoning\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Leading GOP members in both houses have pledged to investigate him over the compelling evidence he participated in and benefitted from son Hunter Biden\u2019s foreign businesses. Up to now, the president has been protected by his party\u2019s majority and Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Merrick Garland, who seems to have thrown a wet blanket on the long-running FBI probe of Hunter\u2019s finances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/hunter-joe.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"President Biden and Hunter Biden depart from Holy Spirit Catholic Church\" class=\"wp-image-23731253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/hunter-joe.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/hunter-joe.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/hunter-joe.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Biden and son Hunter Biden depart from Holy Spirit Catholic Church after attending Mass on St. Johns Island, South Carolina on Aug. 13.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Joshua Roberts\/REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But voluminous information on Hunter\u2019s laptop, visitor logs from Biden\u2019s days as vice president and statements by a former partner of Hunter\u2019s, Tony Bobulinski, convince me that Joe Biden was sharing in the millions of dollars received by Hunter and his brother, Jim Biden. In short, the president has much to hide and real reason to fear a Republican Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for the content of his speech, nothing stirs the fire of Dems more than the name Trump. And because developments from Garland\u2019s raid on Mar-a-Lago have put Trump in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> daily, Biden probably saw this as the perfect time to make his MAGA = unAmerican argument.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He gave the base what it wanted and added the license to hate most Republicans as a bonus. He probably assumed that, with his polls ticking up slightly amid talk of Dems potentially holding Congress, now was the time to go for the jugular.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thus, from a political perspective, his calculation about the speech makes some sense. The problem is that the content was so dark and uninspiring that it lacked the gravitas of a memorable presidential address and came off as just another campaign broadside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The result of Biden\u2019s unforced error is that he probably turned off as many voters as he stimulated and might have blunted his recent poll momentum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All of which explains why his aides usually hide the president from the public and press and why Barack Obama made this memorable observation: \u201cDon\u2019t underestimate Joe\u2019s ability to f-\u200a-k things up.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flying_Pvt_Spielberg\"><\/span>Flying Pvt. Spielberg\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Reports that a private jet belonging to Hollywood director Steven Spielberg burned more than $116,000 worth of fuel since June despite Spielberg\u2019s warnings about global warming got the attention of author Jonathan Kellerman. He writes from Los Angeles to say the jet is not the only example of Spielberg\u2019s hypocrisy, adding, \u201cHe was a financial backer of George Gascon, our absurdly anti-enforcement district attorney, but maintains a private army to guard his own family\u2019s security.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remember_my_praise_of_Kat_Scratch_that\"><\/span>Remember my praise of Kat? Scratch that\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Reader Sara Gershon believes I was too kind to Gov. Hochul when I wrote: \u201cShe smiles a lot, seems genuinely gracious and is deferential, sometimes to a fault.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gershon writes: \u201cThere is nothing gracious or deferential about a governor who allows New Yorkers to get sucker-punched, stabbed, robbed and shot on a daily basis and stays quiet about it!\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Aides didn\u2019t think it was the right speech or the right time, which in plain English means they didn\u2019t like it.\u00a0 For once, give them credit. 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