[FONT="]By turns defiant, reflective and hopeful, President Biden used just the second press conference of his presidency on U.S. soil to argue that his administration has hardly been the moribund and aimless affair depicted by Republicans and in some media reports.[/FONT]
[FONT="]While acknowledging that his first year was marked by a number of challenges, both foreseen and not, the president offered an optimistic vision of the crucial months ahead, in which both parties will prepare for November?s midterm elections.[/FONT]
[FONT="]He described his agenda as realistic and achievable, despite a Republican opposition that he admitted caught him off guard. ?I'm not asking for castles in the sky,? he said at one point of his embattled domestic proposals. ?I?m asking for practical things the American people have been asking for for a long time. A long time. And I think we can get it done.?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Lasting nearly two hours, Biden?s press conference was nearly 30 minutes longer than the longest press conferences of either presidents Obama or Trump. As such, it was a demonstration that Biden is not the enfeebled senior portrayed nightly by Fox News pundits.[/FONT]
[FONT="]?I am still standing,? he joked as the press conference approached the two-hour mark and darkness fell over Washington.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Here are the key developments, revelations and unanswered questions from the press conference:[/FONT]
[h=2]On COVID, Biden admits to testing miscalculation[/h][FONT="]Having declared near independence from the coronavirus in July, the president has spent the fall and winter battling the Delta and Omicron variants, which together have deprived him of the broad national reopening he had hoped for.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Biden acknowledged that his administration didn?t ramp up production of rapid tests during a critical pandemic lull throughout the spring and early summer, when the nation's thin stockpile could have been bolstered.[/FONT]
[FONT="]?Should we have done more testing earlier? Yes. But we?re doing more now,? he said. The administration has begun offering free rapid tests through a website this week, but critics say the effort comes too late and is not large enough in scope.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The president acknowledged the difficulties of the present moment and tenuously pointed to life beyond the coronavirus. ?After almost two years of physical, emotional and psychological impact of this pandemic, for many of us, it?s been too much to bear,? Biden said, describing an exasperation with the pandemic that his own poll numbers reflect.[/FONT]
[FONT="]?Some people may call what?s happening now a ?new normal.? I call it a job not yet finished,? Biden said to the masked journalists seated before him in the East Room of the White House. ?It will get better, we?re moving toward a time when COVID-19 won?t disrupt our daily lives.?[/FONT]
[h=2]Reframing school closures[/h][FONT="]School closures have presented a persistent problem for Biden, a longtime ally of the same unions who, earlier in the pandemic, resisted having their members return to in-person instruction. Schools are now open, but not everywhere and not quite as consistently as many parents would like.[/FONT]
[FONT="]?Very few schools are closing, 95 percent are still open,? the president said. While that may be statistically correct, it does not entirely acknowledge how politically charged the issue has become. He later alluded to that reality, pointing out that when schools closed, they were ?always going to be the top of the news.?[/FONT]
[FONT="]In response to a question from Yahoo News, Biden acknowledged that Republicans would likely use school closures as a wedge issue in the congressional midterms, even if school closures were no longer an issue by that time.[/FONT]
[FONT="]?I think it could be,? Biden said. Democrats are increasingly concerned about that prospect.[/FONT]
Fine and dandy,that's what you heard. What you didn't hear was
Anything about crime
Anything about the border situation
Anything about increased fentanyl trafficking
Anything about preventive covid medicine
Anything about natural immunity studies
Anything about Bidenflation
Instead he wasted our time patting himself on the back,claiming he outperformed expectations. Then fucked up misspoke our policy with Russia and Ukraine.
Then more of the usual degrading remarks for the former president,the lecturing of anybody that doesn't agree with him (whatshisnuts like), throwing around the blame and general portrayal of ineptness.
He should have just lied for 2 hours, and called FOX "fake news". Maybe he could have bragged about how high the stock market is?
Lucky for me that it didn't affect me one bit. Same as every President for my life. I feel sorry for you guys who let this nonsense control your lives.
Fine and dandy,that's what you heard. What you didn't hear was
Anything about crime
Anything about the border situation
Anything about increased fentanyl trafficking
Anything about preventive covid medicine
Anything about natural immunity studies
Anything about Bidenflation
Instead he wasted our time patting himself on the back,claiming he outperformed expectations. Then fucked up misspoke our policy with Russia and Ukraine.
Then more of the usual degrading remarks for the former president,the lecturing of anybody that doesn't agree with him (whatshisnuts like), throwing around the blame and general portrayal of ineptness.
Who's talking to you? Blockhead
I know it really annoys you when people punch holes in your bullshit.
:mj07::mj07::mj07:
Keep being a victim!
Were there questions about those concerns? He was standing there for almost 2 hours, why didn?t Doocy ask? Instead, he asked why he?s moving the country towards the radical left, lol.
You?re so lost.
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BULLSHIT... Doocy did in his 2 part question. Biden skipped over it. He took multiple questions from his syncophant reporters. Fuck....just admit it he answers what he wants to answer and things that are troubling common Americans are ignored over and over. Do you think things will get better with this numb nuts?xstop
BULLSHIT... Doocy did in his 2 part question. Biden skipped over it. He took multiple questions from his syncophant reporters. Fuck....just admit it he answers what he wants to answer and things that are troubling common Americans are ignored over and over. Do you think things will get better with this numb nuts?xstop
He took questions from everyone! For almost 2 hours! Remember when the last guy kicked out the reporters he didn?t like? You?re so lost.
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You have lost, you just don't know it.
You're mad Biden didn't answer questions he wasn't asked during a 2 hour press conference. You're lost.
I wonder why... the tough questions never get asked? Don't you? Ignore,ignore,ignore. Then commend yourself for a good year and then scold anybody with different views. For God's sake what are you watching.
Now its Bidens fault that your dumbass friends don't ask the right questions?
Do you fuckers ever plan on getting any smarter?
Don't trip on your intelligence bar.:142smilie
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