3 wishes for the New Year in this piece that I agree with
No. 1 is Joe Biden announcing he won’t seek re-election. It would be the first thing he’s done to fulfill his pledge to unite the nation, with a decision to retire worthy of bipartisan celebration.
Biden is a bumbler, and always was, even before cognitive decline turned his appearances into spectacles. The big achievement of his tenure has been to prove the wisdom of two warnings about him.
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates famously said Biden “has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,” while Barack Obama cautioned nobody should “underestimate Joe’s ability to f–k things up.”
Unfortunately, Biden continues to be uniformly wrong and f–ks up nearly everything he touches.
On the home front, he’s been singularly awful, from helping ignite historic inflation to opening the southern border to virtually all comers. He has fanned the flames of racial animosity, done nothing to stop the crime wave and flipped energy policy on its head by chasing a radical green new deal.
My second wish is that Donald Trump joins him on the sidelines and end his 2024 campaign.
Trump did some very good things as president, especially by strengthening the economy and securing the border. He got more NATO members to pay a fair share for the common defense and the Abraham Accords were a historic achievement.
But, starting with Jan. 6, his post-presidency has been a disaster and his relationship with swing voters in swing states is likely beyond repair, making him unelectable.
That’s not to justify the left’s jihad against him, which hit a new low with the release of his tax returns. The only motives were personal hate and partisan advantage, a malignant combination that produced six years of the dirtiest political tricks the nation has ever seen.
A free and fair press
Wish No. 3 is for Americans to get a mainstream media they can trust again.
The decline in credibility has been astonishingly swift, beginning with an unprofessional fawning over Obama, then turning on Trump with shocking ferocity. After initially treating his 2016 candidacy as a novelty, CNN, MSNBC, broadcast networks and major newspapers and magazines came to see him as an existential threat to their status as gatekeepers. He wouldn’t play by their rules, so they set out to destroy him.
Their assault made them allies with Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the Obama-Biden White House, the FBI and CIA. It was a travesty that led the press to abandon standards of fairness toward Trump, and eventually all Republicans and conservatives.
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No. 1 is Joe Biden announcing he won’t seek re-election. It would be the first thing he’s done to fulfill his pledge to unite the nation, with a decision to retire worthy of bipartisan celebration.
Biden is a bumbler, and always was, even before cognitive decline turned his appearances into spectacles. The big achievement of his tenure has been to prove the wisdom of two warnings about him.
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates famously said Biden “has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,” while Barack Obama cautioned nobody should “underestimate Joe’s ability to f–k things up.”
Unfortunately, Biden continues to be uniformly wrong and f–ks up nearly everything he touches.
On the home front, he’s been singularly awful, from helping ignite historic inflation to opening the southern border to virtually all comers. He has fanned the flames of racial animosity, done nothing to stop the crime wave and flipped energy policy on its head by chasing a radical green new deal.
My second wish is that Donald Trump joins him on the sidelines and end his 2024 campaign.
Trump did some very good things as president, especially by strengthening the economy and securing the border. He got more NATO members to pay a fair share for the common defense and the Abraham Accords were a historic achievement.
But, starting with Jan. 6, his post-presidency has been a disaster and his relationship with swing voters in swing states is likely beyond repair, making him unelectable.
That’s not to justify the left’s jihad against him, which hit a new low with the release of his tax returns. The only motives were personal hate and partisan advantage, a malignant combination that produced six years of the dirtiest political tricks the nation has ever seen.
A free and fair press
Wish No. 3 is for Americans to get a mainstream media they can trust again.
The decline in credibility has been astonishingly swift, beginning with an unprofessional fawning over Obama, then turning on Trump with shocking ferocity. After initially treating his 2016 candidacy as a novelty, CNN, MSNBC, broadcast networks and major newspapers and magazines came to see him as an existential threat to their status as gatekeepers. He wouldn’t play by their rules, so they set out to destroy him.
Their assault made them allies with Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the Obama-Biden White House, the FBI and CIA. It was a travesty that led the press to abandon standards of fairness toward Trump, and eventually all Republicans and conservatives.
Joe Biden, Donald Trump & The New York Times are so last year
Even to a jaded journalist, the New Year inspires hope that anything is possible. In that spirit, here are my three wishes for 2023.
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