Liars and Other Animals

 

Abraham Lincoln promoted John Pope to be commanding General. Some warned Lincoln that Pope was a habitual liar.

Lincoln replied, "I knew the Popes back in Illinois. They were all liars and braggarts. But I see no reason why a liar and a braggart would not be a good general."

Some unquestionably great political gaffs – like Dan Quale:

On June 15, 1992, Quayle altered 12-year-old student William Figueroa's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at the Muñoz Rivera Elementary School spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the subject of widespread ridicule for his error and spelling also Gerald Ford stumbling down the aircraft steps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jsu_qgVuhg). My view is that this is in the same ballpark. Politicians are prone to making themselves look stupid and/or foolish. So are we lesser mortals;but, usually and thankfully there is no-one about to film our peccadilloes.

That said, it is up to the individual to assess the policies of recent Presidents.

Policies of Joe Biden

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2022/01/20/an-overview-of-bidens-first-regulatory-year/

https://www.nytimes.com/article/joe-biden-policies.html

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2021/politics/biden-executive-orders/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-53575474

Policies of Donald Trump

https://theweek.com/articles/936534/trump-bigger-socialist-than-biden

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/30/politics/socialism-trump-democrats-election-2020/index.html

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/trump-administration-accomplishments/

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article248659305.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/the-things-trump-got-right/617424/

https://www.republicanleader.gov/top-five-accomplishments-of-trump-pence-administration/

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/2021/01/trumps-top-10-accomplishments-of-2020-opinion.html

Trying to specify which policies are good for the people of the US is subjective. Even a specimen run at my view as to which policies are good and which are bad for each guy would be superfluous. End of discussion.

I conclude.

There was a profile of Walter Cronkite posted on Facebook praising his very objective style of reporting – common in the 60’s. Here’s the link (https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2022/04/21/fox-news-channels-sean-hannity-just-broke-a-primetime-cable-news-record/?sh=1140a9cf4f61) to an article explaining Hannity’s self-confessed right-wing bias in his reporting.

In general if you only look at sources which you perceive will agree with you you are missing most of the real world.

Reader, widen you interests and sources, please, you’ll live longer and be happier!