Attacks Against Mr. Biden May Be Unwarranted
By James Donahue
President Joe Biden is a man under constant assault. He succeeded Donald Trump who was also the brunt of vicious attack. I know our earlier presidents were also under the media radar with every move they made. Whether the assaults were justified is questionable. But they obviously are making the nation’s top job more difficult than it ever should have been.
The things Mr. Trump did and said during his time in office were so strange and radical he was an open target for the media outlets all over the world. But now we are seeing the same kind of media attacks against President Biden. But Biden, a former Vice President and long-time legislator, conforms to the established norms of White House occupancy. He has an agenda that appears to be popular with the voting public, but he is being constantly blocked from getting much past his battling Congress.
Thus Biden is accused of not getting much done.
The attacks are coming from the Republicans and from the media. The social media is producing chilling accusations and commentary from faceless subscribers who offer no proofs. Even the political cartoonists are painting a picture of Biden as a doodling old fool.
The harshest attacks against Mr. Biden point out his inability to deliver a speech without stumbling on his words. What is not shared is that Mr. Biden has stuttered all of his life. Through special training he has found a way to deal with the stuttering but it gives the appearance of a break in thought. That speech impediment does not mean Mr. Biden is a slow thinker, or low in intelligence.
Because of that one biological flaw, however, the media and his enemies are making the public believe Mr. Biden is unfit for the job.
While it has always been the media’s job to get the facts about public candidates for office, once these people are elected, it seems as if it would be better if the stories were more supportive. The constant attacks against not only our presidents but nearly every public figure by the social media are destroying the very fabric of our political system. We literally cannot run for public office these days without having everything about us dragged into public view. And we all have a few skeletons tucked away in the closet.
By James Donahue
President Joe Biden is a man under constant assault. He succeeded Donald Trump who was also the brunt of vicious attack. I know our earlier presidents were also under the media radar with every move they made. Whether the assaults were justified is questionable. But they obviously are making the nation’s top job more difficult than it ever should have been.
The things Mr. Trump did and said during his time in office were so strange and radical he was an open target for the media outlets all over the world. But now we are seeing the same kind of media attacks against President Biden. But Biden, a former Vice President and long-time legislator, conforms to the established norms of White House occupancy. He has an agenda that appears to be popular with the voting public, but he is being constantly blocked from getting much past his battling Congress.
Thus Biden is accused of not getting much done.
The attacks are coming from the Republicans and from the media. The social media is producing chilling accusations and commentary from faceless subscribers who offer no proofs. Even the political cartoonists are painting a picture of Biden as a doodling old fool.
The harshest attacks against Mr. Biden point out his inability to deliver a speech without stumbling on his words. What is not shared is that Mr. Biden has stuttered all of his life. Through special training he has found a way to deal with the stuttering but it gives the appearance of a break in thought. That speech impediment does not mean Mr. Biden is a slow thinker, or low in intelligence.
Because of that one biological flaw, however, the media and his enemies are making the public believe Mr. Biden is unfit for the job.
While it has always been the media’s job to get the facts about public candidates for office, once these people are elected, it seems as if it would be better if the stories were more supportive. The constant attacks against not only our presidents but nearly every public figure by the social media are destroying the very fabric of our political system. We literally cannot run for public office these days without having everything about us dragged into public view. And we all have a few skeletons tucked away in the closet.