Biden’s Christmas message
I very much doubt that this message, which purports to come from Biden, actually was written by him. But whoever composed it has no sense of irony. Here’s the section to which I’m referring [emphasis mine]:
Yes, even after 2000 years, Christmas still has the power to lift us up, to bring us together, to change lives, to change the world. It speaks to all of us as human beings who are here on this earth, to care for one another, to love one another.
And too often we see each other as enemies, not as neighbors, not as fellow Americans. So my hope this Christmas season is that we take a few moments of quiet reflection, find that stillness in the heart of Christmas and look at each other as who we really are, fellow Americans, fellow human beings, worthy of being treated with dignity and respect, because there’s so much that unites us as Americans, so much more that unites us than divides us.
Biden’s campaign and Harris’ campaign conveyed the antithesis of that sentiment.
The best advice I got on evaluating people is to look at what they do—not what they say. Biden is a perfect example of a bully who treats anyone with a different view as an enemy. This would be bad enough, but Biden is a “perfect reverse barometer” (see Little Big Man) and he’s generally wrong about every issue I care about. January 20 can’t get here fast enough. I’d love to see him held accountable for his corruption and malfeasance—but I’ll settle for him fading into obscurity.
“But whoever composed it has no sense of irony.” No sense of self-awareness.
Then again, when their side sees our side as lesser-evolved humans, or as not fully human at all, the phrases “no sense of irony” and “no sense of self-awareness” no longer even apply. They’re enlightened and we’re sub-human. And that’s that.
The problem is, even animals get treated with more dignity than with which they treat our side. “Fellow Americans, fellow human beings, worthy of being treated with dignity and respect” — ohhh, pleeeze. Insulting our intelligence/integrity to the very end.
I tend to ignore if not scoff at folks like Joe who pretend toward the Christian faith but live fully engorged at the trough of worldly self-indulgence.
He’ll get his one day.
@ John > “who pretend toward the Christian faith but live fully engorged at the trough of worldly self-indulgence.”
Nice phraseology!
Sounds like it could have come from this classic:
“The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.”
-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1960084-the-pilgrim-s-progress-from-this-world-to-that-which-is-to-come
They left out the part where Biden said “I’m not talking about the MAGA Republicans — because they should be condemned totally.”
I am reminded of my brother’s email after the 2020 election, when he expressed the hope or expectation that Biden would unite us. This was not irony on my brother’s part, but sheer ignorance. He doesn’t follow politics closely.
AesopFan… I’ve been compared to a few people in my life*…any resemblance to Bunyan is a first. Thanks.
*most times unflatteringly 😉
The media is playing up the difference between Biden’s Christmas message and Trump’s Christmas tweet. Biden is supposed to be reflective and unifying and Trump divisive and partisan. We don’t know if Biden actually wrote that message, though, and it doesn’t seem to be from the guy who is stewing about having appointed Merrick Garland because Garland didn’t go against Trump early enough or hard enough.
@ Gringo > “This was not irony on my brother’s part, but sheer ignorance. He doesn’t follow politics closely.”
There is a reason why we talk about the dangers of LIVs (low-information-voters).
@ Martin – nice zinger, and a line that has to be added to ALL Democrat claims of being non-haters, inclusive, loving, etc etc etc.
@ Abraxas > “Biden is supposed to be reflective and unifying and Trump divisive and partisan”
Trump is honestly aggressive about his partisanship, and partisanship is divisive by definition.
Biden Inc. and Democrat leadership in general (and getting closer to in total) are as practiced at taqiyya as are “radical Islamists” (I append the quotes in deference to Steve on the Hamas thread).
https://thenewneo.com/2024/12/28/hamas-wont-give-israel-a-list-of-living-hostages/#comment-2779766
“I can’t help but notice the similarity between the position of Hamas on revealing hostage names and Nancy Pelosi’s position on revealing the contents of the legislation establishing Obamacare, to wit, “We’ll let you know after we get what we want.” Pretty sure the outcome of this bargaining position will be similar, to wit: they get what they want. Period.”