Opinion: Republicans are so eager to see Biden fail that they’d let Putin succeed

[j brown's body]

"The dictator is betting that division within the United States will sap American resolve and thereby sow disunity between the United States and European democracies — allowing him to crush Ukraine’s democracy and potentially others. And Republicans are giving him what he wants. They are so determined to see President Biden fail that they would let President Putin succeed.

Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, coming six days after Russia started the biggest war in Europe since 1944, offered a timely opportunity to showcase national unity for Putin, and the world. During a similar address to Congress after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush enveloped Democratic congressional leaders in bear hugs. But this time, a number of Republicans boycotted Biden’s address, ostensibly because they objected to getting tested for the coronavirus.

...as Biden extolled national unity — “He thought he could divide us at home, in this chamber, in this nation. … But Putin was wrong." — Republican lawmakers sniped at him on Twitter. ...How deep was the contempt? As Biden mentioned the cancers that kill many U.S. veterans, including his own son Beau, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) heckled the president. GOP leaders had set the blame-Biden tone earlier in the day. Rep. Michael McCaul (Tex.), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, likened Biden’s actions toward Russia to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler, saying, “We have a weak president, and he’s creating a very dangerous world.”... A poll released Monday by Yahoo News-YouGov shows how corrosive the Republican assaults on Biden have been. Though Americans overwhelmingly call the Ukraine invasion unjustified, Trump voters actually had a more favorable opinion of Putin than of Biden."

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This is precisely why Putin worked to elect Trump. Can our nation recover?

 

[Mr Person]

You will note the usual: not one of the scum who claim Biden is "weak" on Russia can articulate exactly what it is that should be done that isn't being done.

We've got plenty of DP posters just like those cowardly politicians. They'll attack Biden, utterly fail to explain what more could be done, and will sit there for fifty pages trying to change the subject, making excuses for why they shouldn't have to offer any suggestions, and trolling. Anything to confront the fact that all their ideology is based on is hating liberals. That's it.

"I hate librul"

That's all that's under the hood.

 

[bluesmoke]

While still a Dem Congress, though there are a couple DINO Senators, Pelosi needs to put together legislation on Ukraine to make our support official, without any unilateral military engagement, and put the Rep/cons on the spot and on the record.

 

[tres borrachos]

"The dictator is betting that division within the United States will sap American resolve and thereby sow disunity between the United States and European democracies — allowing him to crush Ukraine’s democracy and potentially others. And Republicans are giving him what he wants. They are so determined to see President Biden fail that they would let President Putin succeed.

Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, coming six days after Russia started the biggest war in Europe since 1944, offered a timely opportunity to showcase national unity for Putin, and the world. During a similar address to Congress after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush enveloped Democratic congressional leaders in bear hugs. But this time, a number of Republicans boycotted Biden’s address, ostensibly because they objected to getting tested for the coronavirus.

...as Biden extolled national unity — “He thought he could divide us at home, in this chamber, in this nation. … But Putin was wrong." — Republican lawmakers sniped at him on Twitter. ...How deep was the contempt? As Biden mentioned the cancers that kill many U.S. veterans, including his own son Beau, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) heckled the president. GOP leaders had set the blame-Biden tone earlier in the day. Rep. Michael McCaul (Tex.), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, likened Biden’s actions toward Russia to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler, saying, “We have a weak president, and he’s creating a very dangerous world.”... A poll released Monday by Yahoo News-YouGov shows how corrosive the Republican assaults on Biden have been. Though Americans overwhelmingly call the Ukraine invasion unjustified, Trump voters actually had a more favorable opinion of Putin than of Biden."

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This is precisely why Putin worked to elect Trump. Can our nation recover?

This is kind of a "duh". Of course they want to see Biden fall so badly that they are actively rooting for Putin to win. They hate the United States of America and can't get over the fact that Biden beat their orange cult leader.

 

[Lloyd Christmas]

"The dictator is betting that division within the United States will sap American resolve and thereby sow disunity between the United States and European democracies — allowing him to crush Ukraine’s democracy and potentially others. And Republicans are giving him what he wants. They are so determined to see President Biden fail that they would let President Putin succeed.

Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, coming six days after Russia started the biggest war in Europe since 1944, offered a timely opportunity to showcase national unity for Putin, and the world. During a similar address to Congress after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush enveloped Democratic congressional leaders in bear hugs. But this time, a number of Republicans boycotted Biden’s address, ostensibly because they objected to getting tested for the coronavirus.

...as Biden extolled national unity — “He thought he could divide us at home, in this chamber, in this nation. … But Putin was wrong." — Republican lawmakers sniped at him on Twitter. ...How deep was the contempt? As Biden mentioned the cancers that kill many U.S. veterans, including his own son Beau, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) heckled the president. GOP leaders had set the blame-Biden tone earlier in the day. Rep. Michael McCaul (Tex.), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, likened Biden’s actions toward Russia to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler, saying, “We have a weak president, and he’s creating a very dangerous world.”... A poll released Monday by Yahoo News-YouGov shows how corrosive the Republican assaults on Biden have been. Though Americans overwhelmingly call the Ukraine invasion unjustified, Trump voters actually had a more favorable opinion of Putin than of Biden."

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This is precisely why Putin worked to elect Trump. Can our nation recover?

Our oligarchs don't want it to happen. And we should start calling them oligarchs, because that is what they are. Maybe not as blatant corruption as Russia, but not far off it and equally greedy.

as long as Fox news is free to spread russian type propaganda to morons and republican politicans use that to get and keep power, nothing is going to unite. I don't see the cult changing, and then you have the rest who silently sit by and allow to be ruled by the cult.

 

[Mach]

"I hate librul"
That's all that's under the hood.

Yeah we had one in the Republican response thread state that the way to fix all the problems in the U.S. right now is defeat liberals. That was the policy position. What useful idiots....meanwhile the rich/corporations got massive tax cuts laughing all the way to the bank. Inflation? The rich/corporations are immune to that. Skyrocketing home prices? Immune. But average Republicans just don't know how to vote in their own real interests....

As you say, right wing media has shaped their minds to believe their best interest is in "liberals bad!"

 

[Grandpappy]

Commies. I have some really shocking news for you.
Biden has failed at almost everything he's tried. See: Approval Ratings.
Additionally, I think Putin is an asshole.

 

[trouble13]

"The dictator is betting that division within the United States will sap American resolve and thereby sow disunity between the United States and European democracies — allowing him to crush Ukraine’s democracy and potentially others. And Republicans are giving him what he wants. They are so determined to see President Biden fail that they would let President Putin succeed.

Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, coming six days after Russia started the biggest war in Europe since 1944, offered a timely opportunity to showcase national unity for Putin, and the world. During a similar address to Congress after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush enveloped Democratic congressional leaders in bear hugs. But this time, a number of Republicans boycotted Biden’s address, ostensibly because they objected to getting tested for the coronavirus.

...as Biden extolled national unity — “He thought he could divide us at home, in this chamber, in this nation. … But Putin was wrong." — Republican lawmakers sniped at him on Twitter. ...How deep was the contempt? As Biden mentioned the cancers that kill many U.S. veterans, including his own son Beau, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) heckled the president. GOP leaders had set the blame-Biden tone earlier in the day. Rep. Michael McCaul (Tex.), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, likened Biden’s actions toward Russia to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler, saying, “We have a weak president, and he’s creating a very dangerous world.”... A poll released Monday by Yahoo News-YouGov shows how corrosive the Republican assaults on Biden have been. Though Americans overwhelmingly call the Ukraine invasion unjustified, Trump voters actually had a more favorable opinion of Putin than of Biden."

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This is precisely why Putin worked to elect Trump. Can our nation recover?

Garbage like this is why I don't trust anything the post reports. They are nothing more than a far left, progressive, partisanship machine.

 

[BlueTex]

You will note the usual: not one of the scum who claim Biden is "weak" on Russia can articulate exactly what it is that should be done that isn't being done.

We've got plenty of DP posters just like those cowardly politicians. They'll attack Biden, utterly fail to explain what more could be done, and will sit there for fifty pages trying to change the subject, making excuses for why they shouldn't have to offer any suggestions, and trolling. Anything to confront the fact that all their ideology is based on is hating liberals. That's it.

"I hate librul"

That's all that's under the hood.

I find the weakness argument amusing... Did Osama Bin Laden consider GW weak so he attacked our COUNTRY?

 

[trouble13]

You will note the usual: not one of the scum who claim Biden is "weak" on Russia can articulate exactly what it is that should be done that isn't being done.

We've got plenty of DP posters just like those cowardly politicians. They'll attack Biden, utterly fail to explain what more could be done, and will sit there for fifty pages trying to change the subject, making excuses for why they shouldn't have to offer any suggestions, and trolling. Anything to confront the fact that all their ideology is based on is hating liberals. That's it.

"I hate librul"

That's all that's under the hood.

Boo ****ing hoo....
Cry me a river that conservatives take a hard pass on defending strawmen built by hate filled snowflakes who have lost all touch with reality.

 

[BirdinHand]

And to think, people actually pay to read this drivel.

 

[bongsaway]

"The dictator is betting that division within the United States will sap American resolve and thereby sow disunity between the United States and European democracies — allowing him to crush Ukraine’s democracy and potentially others. And Republicans are giving him what he wants. They are so determined to see President Biden fail that they would let President Putin succeed.

Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, coming six days after Russia started the biggest war in Europe since 1944, offered a timely opportunity to showcase national unity for Putin, and the world. During a similar address to Congress after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush enveloped Democratic congressional leaders in bear hugs. But this time, a number of Republicans boycotted Biden’s address, ostensibly because they objected to getting tested for the coronavirus.

...as Biden extolled national unity — “He thought he could divide us at home, in this chamber, in this nation. … But Putin was wrong." — Republican lawmakers sniped at him on Twitter. ...How deep was the contempt? As Biden mentioned the cancers that kill many U.S. veterans, including his own son Beau, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) heckled the president. GOP leaders had set the blame-Biden tone earlier in the day. Rep. Michael McCaul (Tex.), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, likened Biden’s actions toward Russia to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler, saying, “We have a weak president, and he’s creating a very dangerous world.”... A poll released Monday by Yahoo News-YouGov shows how corrosive the Republican assaults on Biden have been. Though Americans overwhelmingly call the Ukraine invasion unjustified, Trump voters actually had a more favorable opinion of Putin than of Biden."

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This is precisely why Putin worked to elect Trump. Can our nation recover?

When you ask these same folks who badmouth the prez about russia, should we send our military, they say no and then go on bashing biden about how he's weak on putin.

Their hatred has no boundaries concerning biden...and they talk about TDS.

 

[bongsaway]

Garbage like this is why I don't trust anything the post reports. They are nothing more than a far left, progressive, partisanship machine.

Lol, trump and others in republican leadership positions have convinced you and folks like you to not trust anything, and they've succeeded. How's the stolen election thingy going lately?

 

[trouble13]

Lol, trump and others in republican leadership positions have convinced you and folks like you to not trust anything, and they've succeeded. How's the stolen election thingy going lately?

Not true. The post destroyed their reputation on their own.

 

[bongsaway]

Not true. The post destroyed their reputation on their own.

Very true, just mention the new york times or cnn or msnbc and the typical response is they are all left wing propaganda outlets that lie all the time. Heck you guys have put all the lying lamestream media outlets in the same boat. Say anything negative about trump on air and that's it, you're a crazy leftist lib trump hater with and agenda. You know it, I know it and so does everyone else on here especially the ones who write about it day after day. How is that stolen election thingy going?

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

"Opinion: Republicans are so eager to see Biden fail that they’d let Putin succeed"

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Not "let"...sorry, wrong word.
They're not "letting Putin succeed", they're pouring every dollar they can into HELPING him succeed.

 

[Acadia]

Commies. I have some really shocking news for you.
Biden has failed at almost everything he's tried. See: Approval Ratings.
Additionally, I think Putin is an asshole.

So many threads about Republicans somehow supporting Putin, while Dems have the whole government. Projection? More like trying to deflect because Biden has been so feckless and weak.
How about we touch base in a month to see how things are going? Sound good to you?

 

[Acadia]

Not true. The post destroyed their reputation on their own.

The Post is a joke.

 

[trouble13]

Very true, just mention the new york times or cnn or msnbc and the typical response is they are all left wing propaganda outlets that lie all the time. Heck you guys have put all the lying lamestream media outlets in the same boat. Say anything negative about trump on air and that's it, you're a crazy leftist lib trump hater with and agenda. You know it, I know it and so does everyone else on here especially the ones who write about it day after day. How is that stolen election thingy going?

That's not true. They don't lie when the truth aligns with their desired narrative. They are propagandists.

Also missing from your list is the WaPo, NPR, the AP

 

[NoMoreDems-Reps]

"The dictator is betting that division within the United States will sap American resolve and thereby sow disunity between the United States and European democracies — allowing him to crush Ukraine’s democracy and potentially others. And Republicans are giving him what he wants. They are so determined to see President Biden fail that they would let President Putin succeed.

Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, coming six days after Russia started the biggest war in Europe since 1944, offered a timely opportunity to showcase national unity for Putin, and the world. During a similar address to Congress after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush enveloped Democratic congressional leaders in bear hugs. But this time, a number of Republicans boycotted Biden’s address, ostensibly because they objected to getting tested for the coronavirus.

...as Biden extolled national unity — “He thought he could divide us at home, in this chamber, in this nation. … But Putin was wrong." — Republican lawmakers sniped at him on Twitter. ...How deep was the contempt? As Biden mentioned the cancers that kill many U.S. veterans, including his own son Beau, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) heckled the president. GOP leaders had set the blame-Biden tone earlier in the day. Rep. Michael McCaul (Tex.), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, likened Biden’s actions toward Russia to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler, saying, “We have a weak president, and he’s creating a very dangerous world.”... A poll released Monday by Yahoo News-YouGov shows how corrosive the Republican assaults on Biden have been. Though Americans overwhelmingly call the Ukraine invasion unjustified, Trump voters actually had a more favorable opinion of Putin than of Biden."

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This is precisely why Putin worked to elect Trump. Can our nation recover?

That's hilarious !
Trump talked about unit , he also made "America First Policies"... But some how the DEM's thought that was Racist, and did everything you are
trying to say the right is doing ! Just because Biden lies to you and you accept it does not make his lies true !

Why do you libs expect Kumbaya harmony in America when your side is asking for stuff, but have no problem
causing max chaos when you don't get your way?

As for the Ukraine, Biden was, as we all expect, a screw up!
He had more than a week to prep for a firm and devastating response once Putin crossed the boarder!
But Biden had only token sanctions and was weak on stopping Russia from waging war!
He did not sanction all the Putin oligarchs, he did not Perp to have Russia kick of the SWIFT System, and he did not
stop buying wheat and gas from his commie brother Putin !.....

So Biden facilitated several days, at least, of Russian Aggression and lost of life because he's not a good leader, or leader period.
Yet there are legions of gaslighted people who will pretend Biden is not a failure????.....

 

[bongsaway]

That's not true. They don't lie when the truth aligns with their desired narrative. They are propagandists.

Also missing from your list is the WaPo, NPR, the AP

Feel free to add any others you wish to the lying lamestream media if it makes you feel better.

 

[OrphanSlug]

Republicans are so unhinged that they would rather see Putin kill women and kids than even passively help Biden, watch FoxNews on any night and they will be questioning anything Biden utters and forgiving Putin for anything he does.

 

[Acadia]

Republicans are so unhinged that they would rather see Putin kill women and kids than even passively help Biden, watch FoxNews on any night and they will be questioning anything Biden utters and forgiving Putin for anything he does.

Help Biden to what? Enable Russia by sanctioning Putin's Nordstream pipeline while shutting down our own Keystone pipeline?v
What is Biden doing that he needs help from Reps for? What?
Biden fecklessly sat back and didn't even try to stop Putin from invading Ukraine. Biden refused to place sanctions and further condoned an "incursion", knowing (unless he's flat-line brain dead) that Putin would never, ever stop at eastern Ukraine, and would go for Kyiv. Now, too late. Putin will not stop and any engagement will end in WWIII.

Obama was right. Biden's ability to f everything up is legendary, and his geopolitical instincts suck.

 

[OrphanSlug]

Help Biden to what? Enable Russia by sanctioning Putin's Nordstream pipeline while shutting down our own Keystone pipeline?v
What is Biden doing that he needs help from Reps for? What?
Biden fecklessly sat back and didn't even try to stop Putin from invading Ukraine. Biden refused to place sanctions and further condoned an "incursion", knowing (unless he's flat-line brain dead) that Putin would never, ever stop at eastern Ukraine, and would go for Kyiv. Now, too late. Putin will not stop and any engagement will end in WWIII.

Obama was right. Biden's ability to f everything up is legendary, and his geopolitical instincts suck.

Don't worry, FoxNews will make you feel better about Putin over the US.

 

[Acadia]

Don't worry, FoxNews will make you feel better about Putin over the US.

Impertinent and without an iota of intellectual rigor.