Joe Biden achieved a great deal — and committed two unforgivable sins

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-10 21:37:27 | Updated at 2025-01-11 00:17:32 2 hours ago

Joe Biden achieved a great deal — and committed two unforgivable sins
The Washington Post ^ | January 10, 2025 2:48 PM EST | Eugene Robinson

Posted on 01/10/2025 1:31:01 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Biden inherited a mess. He leaves the U.S. in far better shape, at home and abroad.

It is easy to forget how desperate things were on Jan. 20, 2021, when Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. became the 46th president of the United States.

Just two weeks earlier, thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters had stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent attempt to keep Congress from certifying Biden’s election victory. The nation was at the height of the coronavirus pandemic; in that month, 3,000 Americans died daily from covid-19. There were newly developed, lifesaving vaccines, thanks to the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed — but there was no viable plan to distribute them. Schools and workplaces were shuttered; hotels and airlines had no customers; restaurants tried to survive by offering take-out. The U.S. economy and the world economy were on life support.

Four years later, the country is in vastly better shape, at home and abroad. The economy, though still recovering, is the envy of the developed world; U.S. stock markets are at or near all-time highs. Our political system has survived. We have made overdue investments in infrastructure and technology. And in a world full of conflict and danger, American troops are not at war for the first time in a generation.

History may fault Biden for the way his term in office ended. By any objective standard, however, he was a very good president whose accomplishments will benefit the nation for many years to come.

Biden’s critics find it convenient to look past what may be remembered as his biggest success: He guided the country through, and ultimately out of, the pandemic. The virus has not entirely gone away, but getting vaccinated is as easy as dropping by one’s neighborhood pharmacy. And regardless of what Republican...

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Eugene Robinson, still crazy after all these years.

To: E. Pluribus Unum

He must be on some very powerful drugs.

To: E. Pluribus Unum

What was that “mess” that Pedo Joe inherited, oh clueless ‘journalist’?

I’m so proud that I managed to get a real education.

3 posted on 01/10/2025 1:33:31 PM PST by Da Coyote

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sounds like ol’ Eugene is applying to be the ghost writer for Biden’s “memoir”.

4 posted on 01/10/2025 1:33:39 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves, and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Are they going to put Joe up on Mt Rushmore?

To: E. Pluribus Unum

6 posted on 01/10/2025 1:34:44 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Absolute nonsense and gaslighting.

7 posted on 01/10/2025 1:34:56 PM PST by Skwor

To: E. Pluribus Unum

8 posted on 01/10/2025 1:35:02 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!ly)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

1) He went on a massive inflationary spending spree, and 2) he opened the borders.

9 posted on 01/10/2025 1:35:03 PM PST by Ge0ffrey

To: E. Pluribus Unum

“He guided the country through, and ultimately out of, the pandemic.”

SURE he did...the demented POS who had to be guided off the stage like a blind man.

10 posted on 01/10/2025 1:35:57 PM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

"Biden inherited a mess. He leaves the U.S. in far better shape, at home and abroad."

My Gawd, you people are insane.

11 posted on 01/10/2025 1:36:25 PM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021? )

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good Lord, no wonder the Washington Post is almost bankrupt. Bezos needto rid himself of that propaganda machine before he is permanently tarred by it.

12 posted on 01/10/2025 1:36:51 PM PST by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

It is easy to forget how desperate things were on Jan. 20, 2021, when Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., using a stolen election as a pretext, became the 46th president of the United States.

Fixed it for ya, Eugene. Yeah...desperate times, indeed.

13 posted on 01/10/2025 1:37:10 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. the )

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