August 30, 2021--Fact Checking Biden

I have a close friend, Maureen, who is so disgusted with what is happening that she refuses to mention the name of the country where America has been fighting for the past 20 years.

But since she and I are interested in talking about this because it is so much in the news and consequential, we have come up with a few ways to do so.

We refer to it as "that country," or, "the place where girls are kept from going to school," or "you know, they defeated the Russians in the 1980s."

The compounding issue that has us talking in worrisome private code is the political impact of what is happening in that country.

As a result of American incompetence in rescuing locals who have worked with us and for us, poll numbers show Biden's favorables plummeting. The Hill, for example, is concluding that it is looking more and more probable that Republicans will take control of the House next year and also the Senate. This is conspiring to make it  increasingly likely that Biden will be a one-term president. 

Over the weekend, the Hill reported that the "tides are turning against Biden."

And it doesn't help our disposition to notice that the New York Times has started to "fact-check" Biden. Finding him to be not always truthful.

Remember the last fellow they fact-checked?

The thought of the total return of the GOP has gotten Maureen and me sputtering when talking in political parables.

No wonder we can't bear to mention the name of that God-forsaken country. 

In the meantime I continue to dose-down on the news. I have fully stopped watching the cable. Or any news for that matter except the weather up here in Maine. 

But at least the Yankees are doing well.