Bad Day at the White House: One Misfire After Another
Michael Dorstewitz
Friday, 14 January 2022

Thursday was a bad day for the Biden administration, and White House officials contributed to their own lack of success.

Starting out, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in National Federal of Independent Businesses vs. OSHA that the agency overstepped its constitutional authority by mandating the vaccination of some 80 million employees.

In his concurring opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch observed that "It seems, too, that the agency pursued its regulatory initiative only as a legislative 'work-around.'"

Chief Justice John Roberts brought this up during oral arguments last Friday, and he appeared irritated by it, according to Breitbart News. If true, it was for good reason - it implies an end-run around the Constitution.

The term was first suggested by MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle last year.

"OSHA doing this vaxx mandate as an emergency workplace safety rule is the ultimate work-around for the Federal govt to require vaccinations," she tweeted.

Had it simply remained on her timeline it could have been ignored. But White House chief of staff Ron Klain showed his approval by retweeting it - and it caught the attention of George Washington University Law professor Jonathan Turley.

"In the law, it is called an admission against interest or an out-of-court statement by a party that, when uttered, is against the party's pecuniary, proprietary, or penal interests," he wrote. "In politics, it is called just dumb." Oops.

Meanwhile, White House press secretary Jen Psaki contributed to the administration's train wreck by dishonestly deflecting blame for America's dismal economy.

The Associated Press reported Thursday that the wholesale price index surged 9.7% in December from the previous year, the highest annual increase on record "and providing further evidence that inflation is still present at all levels of the U.S. economy."

This came on top of an earlier report that consumer prices jumped 7% in December from the previous year - setting a 40-year record.

Economists have placed the blame on excessive government spending - especially spending financed by printing new money.

Psaki found somewhere else to place the blame - Republicans.

"So the long-awaited GOP plan to fight inflation is...to do nothing?" she tweeted.

"Meanwhile @POTUS is using every tool at his disposal to bring down prices. Unclogging supply chains. Addressing corporate monopolies that hurt consumers. Advancing BBB to lower household costs AND inflation."

The Democratic Party controls the House, the Senate, and the White House, but it's all on those mean ol' Republicans. Even Democrats could see through that one.

Joe Biden also contributed to his administration's train wreck. After coming up snake eyes on his massive Build Back Batter spend-a-palooza, he bet the farm on two election "reform" bills - the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

Together, they would have removed the authority to set the time, place and manner of federal elections from the states and given it to the federal government. They would also have eliminated safeguards states have enacted to protect election security, such as requiring photo ID and signature verification.

Biden revealed just how desperate he was to get the bills passed in an inflammatory speech he delivered Tuesday in Atlanta. It was so over-the-top that even the No. 2 Senate Democrat, Illinois' Dick Durbin admitted that "Perhaps the President went a little too far in his rhetoric."

But because the bills aren't budgetary in nature, they're subject to the Senate filibuster rule, requiring 60 votes to end debate and vote on the measure.

Senate rules can be changed by a simple majority, requiring in this case the approval of all Senate Democrats plus Vice President Kamala Harris acting as Senate president.

However, two moderate Senate Democrats, representing moderate-to-conservative states, have remained steadfast in their refusal to kill the filibuster - Krysten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

Nevertheless, Biden called Senate Democrats together in a last-ditch effort to change hearts and minds. It didn't work, and the president was "agitated" afterwards, according to CNN's Kaitlan Collins.

And during a brief statement he became even more agitated, claiming the bills were "about who gets to count the votes! Count the vote! Count the vote! It's about election subversion!"

It was reminiscent of a quote attributed to Josef Stalin: "It's not the people who vote that counts; it's the people who count the votes."

Does this mean that he thinks election laws are fundamentally unfair today? More specifically, does he believe the 2020 presidential election was wrongly decided? If so, he has a lot of company.

As for the filibuster vote, think of it this way: a minority comprised of a single party wanted to eliminate something a bipartisan majority wanted to keep. Isn't that the essence of democracy?

A 1955 movie called, "Bad Day at Black Rock" depicted a bad day in a small western town. It starred Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan and Anne Francis.

Sixty-seven years later we have "Bad Day at the White House," starring Joe Biden, Ron Klain, and Jen Psaki. It capped off a Quinnipiac poll giving the president a 33% approval rating.

Maybe that's what happens when you order a president through the mail.

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-They are both card carrying narcissists.
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Edited: 01/14/2022 at 09:38 PM by Fish Killer

Uh ok. At least he's in the whitehouse. Where's your bitch that's going to lose again in 2024?

33% approval rating.

What a fuck-up!

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

He's in charge! PS Qotards are getting more ignorant!

Vote Republican for more tax cuts for big business and the wealthy, so they can make more profits on the already record profits from "inflation?"

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Or vote for affordable childcare, affordable insurance and a cleaner environment?

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Krysten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia - both voted to change the filibuster rules for the debt ceiling.


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33% approval rating.

What a fuck-up!


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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

The White House has had almost a year of bad days. I cannot think of a single good day.

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The WH had 4 bad years before this one.

33% approval rating.

What a fuck-up!


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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Newsflash: Biden wasn't elected because he was the ideal candidate nor was he elected because of any grand plans and ideas. He was elected because he wasn't Trump.

At least he has one thing going for him, in the year that he's been in office, there hasn't been a revolving door in the West Wing, Foggy Bottom, Langley or the Pentagon.

I don't think Biden will run in 2024. And, I don't think Harris will be the party's nominee, either.

A one trillion dollar infrastructure law.

Out of Afghanistan.

Record employment.

Record recovery.

Record stock market.

And all in the first year.

What, did you think we would instantly recover from the Trump destruction? Of course not.



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33% approval rating.

What a fuck-up!


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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

44%

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I was right.

33% approval rating.

What a fuck-up!

"Quinnipiac poll giving the president a 33% approval rating."

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Americans are split on which party they would want to see win control of the United States House of Representatives as 43 percent say the Republican Party, 42 percent say the Democratic Party, and 16 percent did not offer an opinion. That's compared to November 2021 when 46 percent said the Republican Party, 38 percent said the Democratic Party and 16 percent did not offer an opinion.

Remember when T-fap posted that this was 15% in favor of Republicans? HA!

Omicron brings herd immunity and the US goes back to complete normal. Inflation falls as supply issues are solved. The Markets stay strong. Pay is higher. Everyone who wants a job can get one.

Rut rho Raggy!!



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Doubtful, but stranger things have happened. There is one thing we know for certain, however - no one is going to discover and market a senility cure before the mid-terms. No one but the most stupid among us wants a man with dementia running the country unchecked.

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You plan on voting for Trump, right?

Compare a Trump rally to Biden's last speech. lol

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33% approval rating.

What a fuck-up!

"Quinnipiac poll giving the president a 33% approval rating."

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.