Not that anything the New York Post would write could be considered factual or credible, when it comes to its "reporting," if it can be called that, about the Biden administration. But in its own way, this tabloid is venting its frustration over the fact that it cannot change the record on one of the best and most accomplished Presidential administrations since Lyndon Johnson, and the frustration and consternation that is working its way into the coverage of its final weeks is not only hilarious, but quite telling when it comes to what they know as opposed to what they write.
With this piddling list of complaints, apparently all they can come up with, the Post is acknowledging the significant achievements of the Biden Administration. They can't complain about the long list of achievements and legislation that has worked so well, so they complain about what hasn't, in this tiny little list of virtually insignificant stuff.
It's unfortunate that, in order to put it into context, I must link one of their articles so readers can see this display of propaganda and editorial moralizing. Authored by the Post's editorial board, that piece can be found here.
Wow, Are They Still Heated and Cooked to a Crisp Over the Pardon
The bottom line here is that they were caught off guard, stunned, and burned to a crisp over the pardon given by the President to his son, Hunter Biden. That has eliminated any and all possibility of the Post's editorial staff's ability to think straight, if they ever had that ability in the first place. Privileged use of the government's power for personal and family benefit is supposed to be the exclusive domain of the Republican party, for goodness sake! The world has been turned upside down by an honest Democrat in the White House doing something they think is in the exclusive domain of the corrupt Trump.
It was reasonable, given the fact that almost all of Biden's commutations and pardons so far have involved either inequities in sentencing that appears to have been politically motivated, or affected by a high and unusual degree of news coverage, or in cases similar to Hunter's, that, had the person not been in a very visible position, would likely not even have been prosecuted.
And this one really burns bad, because when Trump left office, the pardons he issued involved a much greater level of personal favor granting and misuse of the power of the pardon, a circle of self-protection which put up barricades to shield him from further prosecution for the monstrous crimes he committed while President.
They're really in between a rock and a hard place on this one, because they weren't critical at all when Trump let his former advisors off the hook, anticipating what was coming regarding January 6th. So coming from the Post, this criticism is a huge compliment to Biden.
The criticisms of Biden's most recent round of commutations and pardons just adds to the praise of Biden's judgement. There isn't anything in that whole list of some 1,500 names that comes close to the heinous and traitorous acts of those Trump pardoned on his way out, and they know it. They just can't get over the fact that Biden became a realist and did something anyone else would do.
And that's all they've got.
What Else They're Griping About
They've had to resort to their standard criticisms of "built in government inefficiency" to finish out the editorial. The work from home deal which benefits 42,000 workers in the Social Security Administration isn't different than hundreds of such deals corporations have with their work forces, and to be honest, if this is something that's included in the list of things that are damaging the government on their way out, then they are really grasping at straws on this one. As a recent recipient of Social Security myself, I have so much appreciated not having to stand in half day long lines at the Social Security office to complete five minutes of paperwork or have a simple question handled.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with vetoing a bill that would create more federal judgeships for Trump to fill. I guess that's the partisan side of me coming out, not like the Post editorial board restrains theirs. I consider every federal judicial seat Biden fills as critical to preserving the American constitutional democracy in the face of the dictatorial onslaught we are about to face. And to me, that makes Joe Biden one of the greatest of our time.
The very mention of things like grants for high speed internet, and the inclusion of CHIPS "handouts" all of which are not only very popular with the American people, but also got bipartisan support, but says one thing very loudly and clearly, and I'll put it into words for the Post's editorial staff, which seem to be at a loss for them. The Biden Administration did a great job, so thank you.
This is All They've Got
There's nothing in their list of complaints that is anywhere near as important as sustained economic growth for four years, the lowest sustained unemployment rates in over 60 years, nor the fact that when the country faced a crisis created by global inflation, our administration, by then crippled by a confused and disorganized Republican majority in the house, fought back and managed to gain control of it without triggering a recession. Majoring on this crap, while leaving all of everything else out tells us very clearly that the editorial board knows Biden was a highly successful President, and their leaving out of anything except a mention of Trump at the very end tells us they don't expect much from him.
The editorial initially contained complaints about the way the administration was "handling" the issue regarding the drone sightings on the east coast. But, of course, facts got in the way of what they were reporting and changed much of the perspective they wanted to convey, to the point where they had to drop that because it wasn't supporting their contention.
So the New York Post has, inadvertently, in their own backhanded way, in this list of nothingburgers, recognized the significant achievements of the Biden administration. If you'd like a much better written and researched perspective, you can click the link below and enjoy some factual, honest reporting.
Why Joe Biden's Accomplishments Didn't Translate into Political Support
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