No White House Democrat, certainly not Carter or Clinton, probably not even Obama, unambiguously pursued a radical leftist agenda with as much fervor as Biden.
While Biden may have seemed like an unlikely radical ruler, his shaky mental state allowed his staffers to run things and the growing radicalization of his party, combined with the infamous deal with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, essentially outsourced the administration to the radical Left.
Lefties insist that their agenda is enormously popular and would connect with the concerns of the average American. The average American disagrees.
Overall, 26% say that Biden’s first year agenda has focused a lot on issues important to average Americans, 38% say it has focused a little on these issues, and 35% say it has not focused at all on the concerns of average Americans. Trump did somewhat better on this metric (37% a lot, 34% a little, and 26% not at all in January 2018).
A basic difference was that Trump talked about items that had clear benefits for Americans. Biden’s agenda is vast and diffuse and mired in lefty talking points. What percentage of the country cares about the green agenda? Worse still, Biden kicked off his early time in office pushing national election rigging election legislation, a topic that engaged GOPers and Dems care a lot about, but most independents are much less interested in.
The difference here is pretty obvious.
Just 38% of Americans feel optimistic about the policies Biden will pursue over the next few years, which is down significantly from 61% who felt optimistic as he took office last year.
Trump was successfully selling a popular agenda. Biden? Not so much. Ask the average independent who isn’t politically opinionated what Biden stands for and they haven’t the faintest idea.
The Biden administration has effectively unrolled a vast policy agenda that has had limited legislative success, but a lot of changes on the ground at the administrative level. But there’s so much of it that people are vague on what’s happening and don’t like what little is gone.
somehistory says
OT, but not completely.
Remember Mr. Perna, the man who didn’t commit any crimes, but committed suicide because he was incarcerated and denied due process?
“Jan. 6 Suicide Victim Was Told ‘He Would Not Receive a Fair Trial in This Town’
Matthew L. Perna’s aunt, federal lawmakers sound the alarm on treatment of Jan. 6 defendants, detainees
By Joseph M. Hanneman March 20, 2022 Updated: March 20, 2022biggersmaller Print
The 14-month ordeal battling charges from his time at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 put so much stress on Matthew L. Perna, he began throwing up blood.
When the U.S. Department of Justice asked to delay his sentencing and. announced it would seek more prison time, it was a bridge too far. Perna took…”
(unfortunately, I haven’t paid to see the rest of the article from Epoch)…
https://www.theepochtimes.com/jan-6-suicide-victim-was-told-he-would-not-receive-a-fair-trial-in-this-town_4348039.html?utm_source=news
If this isn’t more than “policy failure,” I am not a human typing and feeling a lot of anger at the evil people who are doing the devil’s work; and that includes murdering millions.
gravenimage says
Terrible stuff, Somehistory.
Westman says
Quite the Congress, eh? US has its own political prisoners in its own Gulag.
And quite the executive branch – laying the equivalent of economic sanctions on its own citizens with a perverse energy policy, a policy created for a radical minority which hates anyone who doesn’t agree with them and their “guesstimate” vision.
Imagine the crime statistics in a year…
PRCS says
“No White House Democrat, certainly not Carter or Clinton, probably not even Obama, unambiguously pursued a radical leftist agenda with as much fervor as Biden.”
I don’t think he personally pursues a leftist agenda, he just does what he’s told to do.
From the campaign trail
Jayapal: Biden ‘Is Movable,’ and ‘I Will Be Pushing Him’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/08/10/jayapal-biden-is-movable-and-i-will-be-pushing-him/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR19VqE5ZyocAAgSmbeEw1URAFOrS4k4bEItOh275PsdX7o2489bWg-wDKQ&fbclid=IwAR1A9EidUlOg2eEu5QTuDi6_XiuoWOSYdGYEojssQlbdekh09QujPXnIVsA
When his supervisors say jump, he asks, how high?
Wellington says
“…he (Biden) just does what he’s told to do.”
Agreed, PRCS. For the first time in American Presidential history we have, effectively, a dummy carrying out an agenda by those who are handling him. Even bad Presidents before Biden, examples being Pierce, Buchanan, Hoover, Carter and Obama, were in charge. Not Biden. Clearly.
Biden has stated things time and time again that aren’t true (e.g., asserting that it was nonsense America would compensate illegals because of child separation and then Jen Psaki, whom I call Baghdad Bobette, had to walk this back, as she has so many other erroneous statements by the man with less than a full brain).
The charade continues. Complicit in this ruse is Jill Biden, Psaki of course, most everyone in Biden’s Cabinet (e.g., the pathetic Secretary of State, Blinken). America is drifting terribly under a seriously compromised man, who even before his dementia was a dim bulb. Now he is a dim bulb with dementia and most of the world knows this. The tyrants of the world know this. You bet they do.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Pres. Trump once described Joe Biden as a “Trojan horse for socialism” who will not have “the strength to stand up to wild-eyed Marxists like Bernie Sanders and his fellow radicals.”
The real President was right once again.
https://www.axios.com/trump-rnc-speech-biden-socialism-f5b96c52-29dc-49d6-8221-a77e4cff1321.html
gravenimage says
Biden’s Failure is the Left’s Policy Failure
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Yep. This goes beyond Biden himself.
abu taleb says
By picking Biden as their president, the left has shown how incompetent they are. How come they choose a corrupt, creepy and senile guy like Biden as if there is no capable person. Oh wait, there is indeed no capable person that is satisfy the requirement.
OLD GUY says
A picture of the beautiful people traveling the world on our MONEY. Oh greatness is such a burden. But hey Joe has his handlers running things for him so why not enjoy leisure and travel with your Dr. Jill and friends? All Joe has to do is sign his name and keep his mouth shut.
After all he has Russia dealing with Iran and the Ukraine, the Saudi’s are working on the oil, and China is working on the supply chain for American goods. Joe’s got it covered. It will be ok.