Pres. Biden has the patience of a Saint.

[madaboutharry]

I swear, if it were me, I would be so pissed off at the press right now…especially the television media.

But Biden seems to bring the “No Drama Obama” approach to governing to a higher level. He continues to calmly explain why he has done the right thing. And then he smiles.

[Dream Girl]

1. I don't know how he does it.

[Stuart G]

2. K AND R...Biden has seen it all...far more than most people...that is how you learn patience..

When you have seen far more than almost everyone else...that is ."the learning factor."..
....The thinking is.......Yes, this one is bad, but I've seen much worse".
...................................Joe has seen much worse..........................................

[Lovie777]

3. He's in control . . .

How a leader should be.

[Stuart G]

4. Well said, Joe is in control...(as much control as there is possible)& he evokes confidence in his

leadership....unlike the immediate previous president...

[Guilded Lilly]

5. I believe that is called good leadership :) Yup!

[underpants]

6. Not watching. Family is watching something else.

[FloridaBlues]

7. It's seems he is On the Island all by himself with few Dems, journalists and media standing with him

It’s not lost on me how few Democrats are voicing their support in his decision on how he got handed a no win situation on leaving and the difficulty with doing it.
Yes he had a lot of patience. No wonder his poll numbers even on COVID has taken a hit.

[stillcool]

8. I read something the other day...

about how the cable channels were not interested in booking guests with a different point of view than the bash Biden brigade.

[Lovie777]

9. People are getting tire of this non stop bullshit . .

Americans are still getting sick and dying from COVID and that should be the focus. Children lives are very important, and the nation should be made aware of the dangers for them.

Right now there are several enemies in the USA, one being COVID.

President Biden knows this. Corporate Media and the republicans don't care, hell, they don't even care about Afghanistan, but they do care about money and power.

[AZ8theist]

23. Let's not forget the terrorist attack on 1/6.

It should be on TV EVERY FUCKING DAY right after the Covid story.

[Budi]

10. That's exactly right. They won't book any of the Voices that refuse the predetermined Narrative.

Media set the Narrative & runs a 24/7 loop in supporting that narrative only.

What this does, is creates a slanted news story that people only hear, while preventing any opposing voice the opportunity to defend the truth.

It is Propaganda media seen in any other Authoritarian Govt in the world.
Russia, N Korea, Etc.

They ran the same game plan of media manipulation, propaganda & silencing in 2015/16 with Candidate Hillary Clinton.

We have no free press.

[wnylib]

17. I have often wondered why Dems don't

invest in media as heavily as Republicans. There certainly are enough Dems who could financially afford to.

Is it because advertising to support our own media would be hard to come by in such a corporate society? With elections as expensive as they are, are there too many Dems dependent on corporate donors to rock the corporate media boat with our own competitive media?

Indy media don't seem able to succeed.

So what can we do about media bias on corporate issues? And make no mistake about this. The media pile on with Biden regarding Afghanistan is driven by corporate interests that were invested in the Afghan occupation.

[paleotn]

15. Controversy begets eyeballs. The only thing they're interested in.

Truth and good sense don't factor into their calculus.

[paleotn]

14. I agree. Humans, even Democrats, are a fickle bunch.

Nevertheless, he has my support. He's done about as well with the Afghan, shit sandwich as anyone could.

[FloridaBlues]

16. Yes your right. He has my support as well.

[wnylib]

18. And mine. 100%.

[emmaverybo]

11. Amazing how this fact gives the lie to all the rubbish about his lacking discipline, being

doddering and demented, a gaffe machine dufus…he is as Dwayne Dyer used to call it “quietly effective.”

[wnylib]

20. And yet, Stephen Colbert was pushing

the fumbling old man image of Biden in his monologue on Afghanistan the other night. It was so not funny over a serious issue that I stopped watching and don't know when I will bother to again.

[emmaverybo]

31. In which case, I too will cross Colbert off for now--simply opportunistic.

[wnylib]

33. I was really pissed off. It's not

that I can't enjoy a joke about a political figure that I'm loyal to. There used to be some good jokes about Obama.

But this was so over the top and gave such a shallow, inaccurate picture of what is happening that it turned me off completely. He was promoting the MIC perspective on Afghanistan, apparently to please his corporate bosses.

[emmaverybo]

34. Yuck. Nt

[PatSeg]

12. I'm sure there are times when it takes

all the willpower he can muster. He can have a relatively short fuse at times, but I think he knows how important it is for him to remain centered and calm. Meanwhile, he has had more than his share of run-ins with the press over the years, so he has a lot of experience. Still, I'll bet he bites his tongue an awful lot.

[paleotn]

13. He's well aware that in short order the breathless, TeeVee reporters will be....

off on something else "shiny and new."

[tavernier]

19. I bet he's watching and listening to intelligence and facts

And not staring at the television.

That’s how he keeps his cool and is able to do his job.

[wnylib]

21. +1000.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

22. President Obama had the same mellow approach to governing.

Of course, he had Luther, his anger translator, to help him keep his cool:

[ananda]

24. When you are in the right, I guess there's no need ...

to yell or get excited.

[True Blue American]

25. He laughed when the Reporter

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Asked him about the polls being down.
As Nicole said,” 95% of the people back Biden,95% of the media will attack him”

I did not watch the usual Sunday shows . Saw Mike Todd was going to have Liz Cheney on. Fine spokesman for war. Not!

[KentuckyWoman]

26. He knows the game.

He has his priorities straight and has 40 years experience in this.

Add that to being a kind and loving sort to start with. We are so fortunate he was willing to come out of retirement to do this.

[onetexan]

29. Bingo. It takes a very strong person to do the right thing

Even when the optics are not in yr favor.

[crimycarny]

27. Saw a great tweet about all the armchair quarterbacking

I thought this comment on Twitter summed things up pretty accurately:

“OMG people who have never been in a war zone want Amazon second day delivery out of Kabul”

So true! Biden is working the problem and ignoring the heat. How he does it I don’t know. He has been a better President than I ever imagined.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. He is very patient in person

[ffr]

30. It's his calm leadership that allows me to sleep through the night in peace.

When TFG was occupying the WH, I cannot tell you how little sleep I was getting.

[peggysue2]

32. Biden refuses to take the bait

He's calm, he's cool and confident on his decision and how the evacuation is being run. The press is salivating for a freakout or temper tantrum.

Biden's not having any of it. Good one on him. It's a clear sign of confident, competent leadership.