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Home Front: Politix
Even a biased press is calling Biden out on his Afghan debacle
2021-08-25
[NYPOST] Poor Ron Klain.

It’s not a good sign when a White House chief of staff to a Democratic president wants to retweet favorable news coverage and all he can find is the least credible and most slavishly loyal commentators on the internet.

The Afghanistan fiasco has created that most disorienting and discomfiting experience for a progressive administration — a serious bout of critical media coverage immune to White House spin and determined to tell the unvarnished story of an ongoing debacle.
Posted by:Fred

#13  Cargo planes from China and elsewhere will begin arriving on or about 1 Sept. The TB and the Klingons have established a very tight timeline. These pesky 'stay behind' Americans must be dealt with quickly....and forgotten.

This comment, placed alongside Biden's weird swarmy smile after being asked what will happen, is a real creepy feeling.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-08-25 20:03  

#12  
Posted by: Snakes Henbane5910   2021-08-25 16:27  

#11  /\ ditto #10. The Battlespace is already being prepared for some (quote) outside the Beltway (un-quote) savior of the masses to run against the Biden/Harris record.
Posted by: magpie   2021-08-25 15:48  

#10  Press knows Biden cannot win re-election and will likely take down the Dems n the mid-terms and are hoping to force him out to get some kind of incumbent advantage. Unfortunately they'll have to get rid of Kamala as well as she is deeply unpopular, as is Pelosi, the next in line.
Posted by: ruprecht   2021-08-25 13:41  

#9  Patton said that (if he did) many years ago.

American's tolerated a tie in Korea, a loss of Cuba, a loss in Vietnam, etc.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-08-25 13:13  

#8  George S. Patton quote: Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-08-25 07:31  

#7  If CNN said shit tastes good this idiot would eat a mouthful.
Posted by: Blinky Pholuling8616   2021-08-25 07:30  

#6  Look for a lot of bitter "Americans" who got out by the skin of their teeth to team up with "refugee" cadres to cause harm to the citizens here because we allowed their cushy gigs / Lawrence of Arabia fantasies to go in the crapper.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-08-25 06:56  

#5  Cargo planes from China and elsewhere will begin arriving on or about 1 Sept. The TB and the Klingons have established a very tight timeline. These pesky 'stay behind' Americans must be dealt with quickly....and forgotten.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-08-25 05:08  

#4  Yes I saw the DNC release, script for the new narrative. 'Exceeded expectations' is right.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-08-25 05:03  

#3  The press knows their access to events in Afghanistan will soon end. The Taliban will see to it. The key to effective deception is ensuring that only ONE story is told. That would be the Deep State's story of success in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-08-25 04:59  

#2  
"Hello, this is President Biden..."

"You weak willed son of a dog, we have won and will punish all...!"

"No no no! That's not what I'm... look! I don't care."

"Hunh?"

"You won. Golly gee and goldarn, yippee. But can you just not let anyone know what is going on there, please?"

"But... but our whole morale is fueled by your repeated humiliation! You weak willed sons of..."

"I'll pay... we'll... we'll pay. Just... no coverage. No cameras. Not a peep. Capisce?"
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-08-25 04:53  

#1  The press is fully aware that come 1 September 2021 their access to events in Afghanistan will terminate (as planned).

Anyone see any estimates on Americans still trapped in Afghanistan? One or two, twenty, three dozen, a thousand? No, and you won't. After 1 September, it will no longer be a topic of discussion. How can accountability happen if there is no evidence.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-08-25 04:43  

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