Comments on: Friday Talking Points -- Biden's First Two Years http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 13 May 2026 04:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201908 MtnCaddy Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:06:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201908 Elizabeth, Way to add the context information with each song. They really add to my enjoyment of this CSNY outfit. Elizabeth,

Way to add the context information with each song.

They really add to my enjoyment of this CSNY outfit.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201907 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:35:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201907 Cheers, Caddy! Cheers, Caddy!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201906 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:33:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201906 It's not too late on the left coast! It's not too late on the left coast!

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201905 MtnCaddy Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:18:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201905 Dammit I’m sorry I didn’t get here three hours ago. Dammit I’m sorry I didn’t get here three hours ago.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201904 MtnCaddy Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:17:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201904 [18] [22] Sorry I drank a fifth which delayed me but I hadda make sure that these two masterpieces were recognized this Sunday evening. G’Nite y’all. [18]
[22]

Sorry I drank a fifth which delayed me but I hadda make sure that these two masterpieces were recognized this Sunday evening.

G’Nite y’all.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201903 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:51:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201903 Joshua[24], Thanks for that beautiful tune and good night, everyone! Joshua[24],

Thanks for that beautiful tune and good night, everyone!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201902 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:47:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201902 "Crosby wrote “Things We Do for Love” for his wife, Jan Dance, whom he married in 1987 and who’d stay by his side till his death. It’s a tender, subtly gorgeous ballad that focuses on the little moments of a relationship, more meditative tone-poem than gushing valentine. “At first it’s just fun/But love is long,” Croz sings. “A little each day/You build it that way.” For Croz, the song came as part of a fruitful period of late-career songwriting. “I can’t explain why that would happen except that I’m happy,” he told the Wall Street Journal at the time. “I’m a very happy guy. That may be the key to the whole deal.”" - Rolling Stone, January 19, 2023 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeRxhmdmuIk" rel="nofollow">David Crosby - Things We Do For Love (2016)</a> "Crosby wrote “Things We Do for Love” for his wife, Jan Dance, whom he married in 1987 and who’d stay by his side till his death. It’s a tender, subtly gorgeous ballad that focuses on the little moments of a relationship, more meditative tone-poem than gushing valentine. “At first it’s just fun/But love is long,” Croz sings. “A little each day/You build it that way.” For Croz, the song came as part of a fruitful period of late-career songwriting. “I can’t explain why that would happen except that I’m happy,” he told the Wall Street Journal at the time. “I’m a very happy guy. That may be the key to the whole deal.”" - Rolling Stone, January 19, 2023

David Crosby - Things We Do For Love (2016)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201901 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:35:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201901 "“Carry Me,” a track off Crosby and Nash’s 1975 album, Wind on the Water, Crosby reflects on his mother’s death. “She was lying in white sheets there, and she was waiting to die,” he sings. “She said if you’d just reach underneath this bed/And untie these weights, I could surely fly.” But for all the grief in his voice, there’s never despair, and his and Nash’s voices become ascendant in their harmony. In the chorus, she calls for him to carry her. The song became a live staple for Crosby and his bandmates. “It doesn’t matter how many times we sing those songs, at some point our emotions take over, and brother, let me tell you that it generates something sacred,” Graham Nash wrote of “Carry Me” in his memoir, Wild Tales. “Whatever that might be, Croz and I have it with each other, whether it’s intuition, tone of voice, or something much deeper and indefinable.”" — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5DAnpguGe0" rel="nofollow">Crosby and Nash - Carry Me (1975)</a> "“Carry Me,” a track off Crosby and Nash’s 1975 album, Wind on the Water, Crosby reflects on his mother’s death. “She was lying in white sheets there, and she was waiting to die,” he sings. “She said if you’d just reach underneath this bed/And untie these weights, I could surely fly.” But for all the grief in his voice, there’s never despair, and his and Nash’s voices become ascendant in their harmony. In the chorus, she calls for him to carry her. The song became a live staple for Crosby and his bandmates. “It doesn’t matter how many times we sing those songs, at some point our emotions take over, and brother, let me tell you that it generates something sacred,” Graham Nash wrote of “Carry Me” in his memoir, Wild Tales. “Whatever that might be, Croz and I have it with each other, whether it’s intuition, tone of voice, or something much deeper and indefinable.”" — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone

Crosby and Nash - Carry Me (1975)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201900 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:30:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201900 "On “Laughing,” Crosby sings about false prophets who claim they talk to God. “I thought I met a man who said he knew a man who knew what was going on,” he sings. “I was mistaken/Only another stranger that I knew.” The idea for the song came to him while thinking about his friend George Harrison, whom Crosby worried had been taken in by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. “I wanted to say to him, ‘Be skeptical. … Anytime someone tells you they talked to God right after breakfast this morning, they are probably bullshitting you,'” he reflected in Rolling Stone in 2021. “That’s what I wanted to say. But I was chicken because it was George.” The song’s final line, “I was mistaken/Only a child laughing in the sun” had a poetic significance to Crosby: “A child laughing in the sun knows more about God than I do.”" — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLMxH2hivGo" rel="nofollow">David Crosby - Laughing (1971) "On “Laughing,” Crosby sings about false prophets who claim they talk to God. “I thought I met a man who said he knew a man who knew what was going on,” he sings. “I was mistaken/Only another stranger that I knew.” The idea for the song came to him while thinking about his friend George Harrison, whom Crosby worried had been taken in by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. “I wanted to say to him, ‘Be skeptical. … Anytime someone tells you they talked to God right after breakfast this morning, they are probably bullshitting you,'” he reflected in Rolling Stone in 2021. “That’s what I wanted to say. But I was chicken because it was George.” The song’s final line, “I was mistaken/Only a child laughing in the sun” had a poetic significance to Crosby: “A child laughing in the sun knows more about God than I do.”" — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone

David Crosby - Laughing (1971)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201899 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:25:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201899 "Backed by three members of the Grateful Dead — Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart — this standout from Crosby’s classic solo debut, If I Could Only Remember My Name…, is one of his rawest, hardest-grooving recorded moments. “It is the story of CSNY, but it’s told as a cowboy movie,” he told Rolling Stone‘s Andy Greene. “The recording on the album kind of naturally fell out. We played it a number of times. That time you hear on the record is pretty spectacular. It was really good chemistry between me and Garcia and Lesh… We just had a good chemistry. It was loose and funky and it felt right.”" — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeZS3gpk2aI&t=42s" rel="nofollow">David Crosby - Cowboy Movie (1971) "Backed by three members of the Grateful Dead — Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart — this standout from Crosby’s classic solo debut, If I Could Only Remember My Name…, is one of his rawest, hardest-grooving recorded moments. “It is the story of CSNY, but it’s told as a cowboy movie,” he told Rolling Stone‘s Andy Greene. “The recording on the album kind of naturally fell out. We played it a number of times. That time you hear on the record is pretty spectacular. It was really good chemistry between me and Garcia and Lesh… We just had a good chemistry. It was loose and funky and it felt right.”" — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone

David Crosby - Cowboy Movie (1971)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201898 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:13:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201898 "One of the bleeding-heart fan favorites from Deja Vu might never have been on the album had David Crosby not fought for its inclusion. “Stephen [Stills]…didn’t want me to leave it in ’cause he thought that it was a bad vocal,” Crosby told Rolling Stone in 1970. “But I felt like what I meant when I sang it.” What Crosby felt when he wrote the song was a mix of late-Sixties disillusionment in the wake of RFK’s assassination and heightened alienation as the body count in Vietnam rose. 53 years later, Crosby’s righteous anger still resonates." — Jonathon Bernstein, Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfjPjQvXdcg" rel="nofollow">Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Almost Cut My Hair</a> "One of the bleeding-heart fan favorites from Deja Vu might never have been on the album had David Crosby not fought for its inclusion. “Stephen [Stills]…didn’t want me to leave it in ’cause he thought that it was a bad vocal,” Crosby told Rolling Stone in 1970. “But I felt like what I meant when I sang it.” What Crosby felt when he wrote the song was a mix of late-Sixties disillusionment in the wake of RFK’s assassination and heightened alienation as the body count in Vietnam rose. 53 years later, Crosby’s righteous anger still resonates." — Jonathon Bernstein, Rolling Stone

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Almost Cut My Hair

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201897 nypoet22 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:11:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201897 Thanks for the tunes guys. <a href="https://youtu.be/XIOpV6_W__k" rel="nofollow">Laila tov </a> Thanks for the tunes guys.

Laila tov

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201896 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:01:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201896 "At the end of the turbulent Sixties, Crosby was still making sense of the decade. The gentle, elegiac “Long Time Gone,” from the first CSN album, reflects his frame of mind. “I wrote [‘Long Time Gone’] right after they assassinated Bobby Kennedy,” he told Rolling Stone in 2008. “It was a result of losing him, of losing John Kennedy and Martin Luther King. I started to feel overwhelmed. It seemed as if it was ballot by bullet. It seemed as if it didn’t matter how good a person we could find to put up as an inspiration and a leader for the good, that somehow the other side would triumph by simply gunning them down.” But Crosby didn’t feel totally helpless. In the song’s third verse, he urges, “Speak out, you got to speak out against the madness/You got to speak your mind, if you dare.”" — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone <a href="https://youtu.be/nS3l_TwPNRY" rel="nofollow">CSN - Long Time Gone</a> "At the end of the turbulent Sixties, Crosby was still making sense of the decade. The gentle, elegiac “Long Time Gone,” from the first CSN album, reflects his frame of mind. “I wrote [‘Long Time Gone’] right after they assassinated Bobby Kennedy,” he told Rolling Stone in 2008. “It was a result of losing him, of losing John Kennedy and Martin Luther King. I started to feel overwhelmed. It seemed as if it was ballot by bullet. It seemed as if it didn’t matter how good a person we could find to put up as an inspiration and a leader for the good, that somehow the other side would triumph by simply gunning them down.” But Crosby didn’t feel totally helpless. In the song’s third verse, he urges, “Speak out, you got to speak out against the madness/You got to speak your mind, if you dare.”" — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone

CSN - Long Time Gone

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201895 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 03:52:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201895 "Imagine it’s 1969 and you just bought CSN’s debut album. It opens with the seven-minute “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” followed by the rollicking “Marrakesh Express.” But by the third track, it all slows down. It’s the ballad “Guinnevere,” and you’ve entered the mystic. Croz himself knew the song was a killer, as he describes the legendary English queen’s green eyes and golden hair over an almost haunting time signature. He eventually revealed to us that he wrote the song about three different real-life, non-mythical women. One was his partner Christine Gail Hinton, who would die later that year in a tragic crash; another was Joni Mitchell. “And the other one is somebody that I can’t tell,” he said. “It might be my best song.” " - Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, January 19, 2023 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPvOTVVbMko" rel="nofollow">Guinnevere - Crosby, Stills and Nash (Debut Album, 1969) "Imagine it’s 1969 and you just bought CSN’s debut album. It opens with the seven-minute “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” followed by the rollicking “Marrakesh Express.” But by the third track, it all slows down. It’s the ballad “Guinnevere,” and you’ve entered the mystic. Croz himself knew the song was a killer, as he describes the legendary English queen’s green eyes and golden hair over an almost haunting time signature. He eventually revealed to us that he wrote the song about three different real-life, non-mythical women. One was his partner Christine Gail Hinton, who would die later that year in a tragic crash; another was Joni Mitchell. “And the other one is somebody that I can’t tell,” he said. “It might be my best song.” " - Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, January 19, 2023

Guinnevere - Crosby, Stills and Nash (Debut Album, 1969)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201894 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 03:18:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201894 "Amid cycles of psychedelic chords, Crosby wrote lyrics about coming to terms with being hurt for this contemplative deep cut. “Everybody has been burned before,” opens the song. “Everybody knows the pain.” Crosby had written the tune, whose jazzy voicings allowed for an avant-garde guitar solo, a few years before he joined the group, and years later he still recognized it as a songwriting breakthrough, calling it “the first actually passable song that I wrote” in a 1995 interview. “‘Everybody’s Been Burned’ was most characteristic of what was to become my style,” he said in ’84, “pretty changes, an unusual feel and flavor — plus good words.”" Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, January 19, 2023 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ra2DxBq2U" rel="nofollow">The Byrds - Everybody's Been Burned</a> Is it just me or does this song have a kind of James Bond musical thread running through it ... "Amid cycles of psychedelic chords, Crosby wrote lyrics about coming to terms with being hurt for this contemplative deep cut. “Everybody has been burned before,” opens the song. “Everybody knows the pain.” Crosby had written the tune, whose jazzy voicings allowed for an avant-garde guitar solo, a few years before he joined the group, and years later he still recognized it as a songwriting breakthrough, calling it “the first actually passable song that I wrote” in a 1995 interview. “‘Everybody’s Been Burned’ was most characteristic of what was to become my style,” he said in ’84, “pretty changes, an unusual feel and flavor — plus good words.”" Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, January 19, 2023

The Byrds - Everybody's Been Burned

Is it just me or does this song have a kind of James Bond musical thread running through it ...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201893 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 03:03:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201893 "Of all the original Byrds, Crosby was always the hippest and hippie-est, from his capes to his increasingly long locks. His open tunings, ethereal melodies, and elliptical lyrics captured that vibe, too, as heard on this ode to a land of “cinnamon and spices” with a “kaleidoscope of colors” from Younger Than Yesterday. This was inspired by actual Renaissance fairs in L.A. at the time. “They were the first large gatherings of hippies,” he said in the notes to his box set Voyage, “even before the Be-Ins.” This song, he said, “gave you a taste of what it was like.” - David Brown, Rolling Stone, January 19, 2023 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlsIfb4lo1c" rel="nofollow">The Byrds - Renaissance Fair (1967)</a> Some great comments under the description of this youtube video! "Of all the original Byrds, Crosby was always the hippest and hippie-est, from his capes to his increasingly long locks. His open tunings, ethereal melodies, and elliptical lyrics captured that vibe, too, as heard on this ode to a land of “cinnamon and spices” with a “kaleidoscope of colors” from Younger Than Yesterday. This was inspired by actual Renaissance fairs in L.A. at the time. “They were the first large gatherings of hippies,” he said in the notes to his box set Voyage, “even before the Be-Ins.” This song, he said, “gave you a taste of what it was like.” - David Brown, Rolling Stone, January 19, 2023

The Byrds - Renaissance Fair (1967)

Some great comments under the description of this youtube video!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201892 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 02:37:44 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201892 "Crosby didn’t write or take the lead vocal on the Byrds’ chart-topping cover of Pete Seeger’s Bible-derived folk classic, but he did arrange the unforgettable vocal harmonies, as he did throughout his tenure in the band. It’s impossible to imagine this song without Crosby’s high parts floating above McGuinn’s lead on the refrain — a sound that inspired countless harmony-rich folk and rock acts in the decades to come." - Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, January 19, 2023 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVOJla2vYx8" rel="nofollow">The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)</a> "Crosby didn’t write or take the lead vocal on the Byrds’ chart-topping cover of Pete Seeger’s Bible-derived folk classic, but he did arrange the unforgettable vocal harmonies, as he did throughout his tenure in the band. It’s impossible to imagine this song without Crosby’s high parts floating above McGuinn’s lead on the refrain — a sound that inspired countless harmony-rich folk and rock acts in the decades to come." - Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, January 19, 2023

The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201891 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 02:16:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201891 Welcome, everyone to another <b>CW Sunday Night Music Festival and Dance Party</b>! Another Sunday night and yet another tribute to a fine musician who has left us but leaves behind a catalogue of gorgeous music to enjoy through the rest of our own days. So, tonight a special tribute to David Crosby, "the golden-voiced, long-haired, cantankerous, beatific American original who was there to invent folk-rock with the Byrds in the mid-Sixties, to redefine the supergroup with Crosby, Stills, and Nash a few years later, and to remain unquestionably himself through all the decades of gorgeous harmonies and outrageous opinions that followed." (Rolling Stone Magazine) If you have a favourite Byrds/CSN/CSNY tune I hope you'll play it and share your memories here with us tonight! During the lockdowns of the Pandemic I added quite a lot of music to my collection and one that has become a great favourite is the Crosby, Stills and Nash eponymous debut album. I especially love playing it while lounging poolside in the backyard of my building, basking in the glory of the sunshine and gorgeous harmonies. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGT0P0XJRFM" rel="nofollow">Crosby, Stills and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes</a> Welcome, everyone to another CW Sunday Night Music Festival and Dance Party! Another Sunday night and yet another tribute to a fine musician who has left us but leaves behind a catalogue of gorgeous music to enjoy through the rest of our own days.

So, tonight a special tribute to David Crosby, "the golden-voiced, long-haired, cantankerous, beatific American original who was there to invent folk-rock with the Byrds in the mid-Sixties, to redefine the supergroup with Crosby, Stills, and Nash a few years later, and to remain unquestionably himself through all the decades of gorgeous harmonies and outrageous opinions that followed." (Rolling Stone Magazine)

If you have a favourite Byrds/CSN/CSNY tune I hope you'll play it and share your memories here with us tonight!

During the lockdowns of the Pandemic I added quite a lot of music to my collection and one that has become a great favourite is the Crosby, Stills and Nash eponymous debut album. I especially love playing it while lounging poolside in the backyard of my building, basking in the glory of the sunshine and gorgeous harmonies.

Crosby, Stills and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201890 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:56:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201890 Caddy, Ghost is pretty special - I really love it! You'll have to play more of his stuff at our Sunday Night shindigs. Does he get very political in his rap songs? Never been into rap but that doesn't mean I never will be... Caddy,

Ghost is pretty special - I really love it! You'll have to play more of his stuff at our Sunday Night shindigs. Does he get very political in his rap songs? Never been into rap but that doesn't mean I never will be...

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201889 MtnCaddy Sun, 22 Jan 2023 19:55:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201889 Hey Elizabeth, Check out this 35-year old BC native right-wing rapper Tom Macdonald the guy is on Billboard for the only non-rap song that I’ve yet heard from him. It’s called <a href="//youtu.be/ImCq5c90hLg”" rel="nofollow">Ghost</a> and it’s a love song with heart. Hey Elizabeth,

Check out this 35-year old BC native right-wing rapper Tom Macdonald the guy is on Billboard for the only non-rap song that I’ve yet heard from him. It’s called Ghost and it’s a love song with heart.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201888 MtnCaddy Sun, 22 Jan 2023 19:50:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201888 Sometimes I think that Democrats are every bit as capable of as much idiotic thinking as the Republicans. Sometimes I think that Democrats are every bit as capable of as much idiotic thinking as the Republicans.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201887 MtnCaddy Sun, 22 Jan 2023 19:47:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201887 [13] <i> Right. 'Cause we wouldn't wish to see any more positive results in a second term, would we? ;)</i> Elizabeth, You are right to remind us of Joe’s track record, which shows Joe to be a <b>transformative President,</b> comparable to FDR (and far exceeding “Good House N*gga — sold the 90% of us out” Obama) in serving Murica. Democrats are famous for the wringing-of-hands and self-soiling and snatching-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory. It’s never a bad idea to remind folks what good has occurred. [13]

Right. 'Cause we wouldn't wish to see any more positive results in a second term, would we? ;)

Elizabeth,

You are right to remind us of Joe’s track record, which shows Joe to be a transformative President, comparable to FDR (and far exceeding “Good House N*gga — sold the 90% of us out” Obama) in serving Murica.

Democrats are famous for the wringing-of-hands and self-soiling and snatching-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory. It’s never a bad idea to remind folks what good has occurred.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201886 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 22 Jan 2023 15:15:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201886 andygaus, <i>Yes, Biden has done well, and I sure hope he will go out at the end of this term while he's ahead.</i> Right. 'Cause we wouldn't wish to see any more positive results in a second term, would we? ;) And, because there are so many youthful Democrats who would be more likely to win in 2024, right? I'm thinking you have someone in mind for the job ... care to name drop? Heh. andygaus,

Yes, Biden has done well, and I sure hope he will go out at the end of this term while he's ahead.

Right. 'Cause we wouldn't wish to see any more positive results in a second term, would we? ;)

And, because there are so many youthful Democrats who would be more likely to win in 2024, right? I'm thinking you have someone in mind for the job ... care to name drop? Heh.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201885 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 22 Jan 2023 15:10:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201885 Joshua, So, what exactly do you mean by 'normal'? I'm guessing you mean more like any one of us and less presidential material and hence the surprise ... er, <i>interest</i> in what he has been able to accomplish. I, on the other hand, am not surprised at all by the positive results. Of course, I always expect more from Biden just because I know who he is after following his career since 1987. I knew there would be great disappointments, too - also because I know him so well. I guess what I'm saying is that I see him as being more of an <i>extraordinary</i> president. But, if by '<i>normal</i>' you mean in the way that all presidents SHOULD be, then, yes, I'd have to agree wholeheartedly! :) Joshua,

So, what exactly do you mean by 'normal'? I'm guessing you mean more like any one of us and less presidential material and hence the surprise ... er, interest in what he has been able to accomplish.

I, on the other hand, am not surprised at all by the positive results. Of course, I always expect more from Biden just because I know who he is after following his career since 1987.

I knew there would be great disappointments, too - also because I know him so well.

I guess what I'm saying is that I see him as being more of an extraordinary president.

But, if by 'normal' you mean in the way that all presidents SHOULD be, then, yes, I'd have to agree wholeheartedly! :)

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201884 nypoet22 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:44:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201884 Biden is much more of a normal person than most presidents, so it's interesting to see how he's managed to squeeze out some excellent results. Biden is much more of a normal person than most presidents, so it's interesting to see how he's managed to squeeze out some excellent results.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201883 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 21 Jan 2023 12:37:44 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201883 and, besides, I'm too ill-informed to address your points. and, besides, I'm too ill-informed to address your points.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201882 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 21 Jan 2023 12:30:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201882 Caddy, <i>This war started in 2014 when Obama was President.</i> Actually, the seeds of this war began germinating a lot earlier than that ... as you well know, from all of your research. And, you have no idea, whatsoever, how things might have turned out differently if the people driving this "<i>inevitable</i>" war hadn't won out over the likes of Zbigniew Brzezinski. Caddy,

This war started in 2014 when Obama was President.

Actually, the seeds of this war began germinating a lot earlier than that ... as you well know, from all of your research.

And, you have no idea, whatsoever, how things might have turned out differently if the people driving this "inevitable" war hadn't won out over the likes of Zbigniew Brzezinski.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201881 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 21 Jan 2023 12:25:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201881 italyrusty, I share your, ah, optimism ... or, lack thereof regarding how history will be written in the overall. I'm sorry that this special place doesn't see it our way, too. Well, to be fair, maybe it does ... italyrusty,

I share your, ah, optimism ... or, lack thereof regarding how history will be written in the overall. I'm sorry that this special place doesn't see it our way, too. Well, to be fair, maybe it does ...

]]> By: italyrusty http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201880 italyrusty Sat, 21 Jan 2023 09:41:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201880 Re: Speak2 [1] and Elizabeth Miller [3] Thank you for pushing back on the "Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan" sound bite. Unfortunately, the media's embrace of Republican talking points has now become 'history' (aided by the heartbreaking images of panicked Afghans and terrified U.S. soldiers). Like Sarah Palin supposedly saying "I can see Russia from my front porch", no amount of documentation or careful analysis will make a damn difference. IMO it was a mistake for the Biden administration to NOT issue a monthly account to the American people of how much in "lives and treasure" we are no longer wasting on a lost cause. (And the Republican Party isn't REALLY interested in "take care of Americans first", which this regular update could helpfully point out.) Here's hoping that the American history books - in 50 years or so - have a more clear-eyed perspective. Based on the "Kennedy was responsible for the Bay of Pigs" narrative, though, I doubt it. Re: Speak2 [1] and Elizabeth Miller [3]

Thank you for pushing back on the "Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan" sound bite. Unfortunately, the media's embrace of Republican talking points has now become 'history' (aided by the heartbreaking images of panicked Afghans and terrified U.S. soldiers). Like Sarah Palin supposedly saying "I can see Russia from my front porch", no amount of documentation or careful analysis will make a damn difference.

IMO it was a mistake for the Biden administration to NOT issue a monthly account to the American people of how much in "lives and treasure" we are no longer wasting on a lost cause. (And the Republican Party isn't REALLY interested in "take care of Americans first", which this regular update could helpfully point out.)

Here's hoping that the American history books - in 50 years or so - have a more clear-eyed perspective. Based on the "Kennedy was responsible for the Bay of Pigs" narrative, though, I doubt it.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201879 MtnCaddy Sat, 21 Jan 2023 06:24:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201879 Elizabeth you are wrong about Biden and Ukraine. This war started in 2014 when Obama was President. I’m disappointed that you haven’t addressed any of the points myself and others raise but instead you keep saying uninformed things. Get your head into reality — this war was inevitable and NATO is an excuse because Russia cannot be an empire without Ukraine. Elizabeth you are wrong about Biden and Ukraine. This war started in 2014 when Obama was President. I’m disappointed that you haven’t addressed any of the points myself and others raise but instead you keep saying uninformed things. Get your head into reality — this war was inevitable and NATO is an excuse because Russia cannot be an empire without Ukraine.

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201878 andygaus Sat, 21 Jan 2023 05:35:25 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201878 Yes, Biden has done well, and I sure hope he will go out at the end of this term while he's ahead. Yes, Biden has done well, and I sure hope he will go out at the end of this term while he's ahead.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201877 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 21 Jan 2023 02:43:01 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201877 Neil Young shared a eulogy today for David Crosby, saying that the music will live on. Indeed it will! So many great musicians have left us in just the last few months but they have left behind such a wonderful catalogue of music for the rest of us to enjoy. Hope everyone will participate this Sunday evening at the CW Sunday Night Music Festival and Dance Party where we will be playing the music of CSN and CSNY in a special tribute to David Crosby, RIP! Neil Young shared a eulogy today for David Crosby, saying that the music will live on. Indeed it will! So many great musicians have left us in just the last few months but they have left behind such a wonderful catalogue of music for the rest of us to enjoy.

Hope everyone will participate this Sunday evening at the CW Sunday Night Music Festival and Dance Party where we will be playing the music of CSN and CSNY in a special tribute to David Crosby, RIP!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201876 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 21 Jan 2023 02:36:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201876 Chris, <i>Biden's foreign policy includes (so far) one major misstep and one big accomplishment. The misstep, of course, was the execution of the Afghanistan withdrawal, which (to use a military term) was about as FUBAR as can be imagined. Biden's resolve on countering Russian aggression in Ukraine, however, has shown the world what presidential leadership from the United States in support of freedom and democracy is supposed to look like.</i> No surprise that I view these two in the complete and total reverse. Number one, not many US presidents could have gotton out of Afghanistan, FUBAR or not FUBAR. In fact, I would wager that any other Democratic or Republican presidential wannabe from the last presidential election cycle would most decidedly NOT have had the conviction and fortitude and experience to pull the US out of Afghanistan, despite the withdrawal coming almost two decades late as it was. And, number two ... the so-called Biden "resolve" on countering Russian aggression in Ukraine has broken that country in more ways than I care to count and America now owns it, forever. Congrats! Chris,

Biden's foreign policy includes (so far) one major misstep and one big accomplishment. The misstep, of course, was the execution of the Afghanistan withdrawal, which (to use a military term) was about as FUBAR as can be imagined. Biden's resolve on countering Russian aggression in Ukraine, however, has shown the world what presidential leadership from the United States in support of freedom and democracy is supposed to look like.

No surprise that I view these two in the complete and total reverse.

Number one, not many US presidents could have gotton out of Afghanistan, FUBAR or not FUBAR. In fact, I would wager that any other Democratic or Republican presidential wannabe from the last presidential election cycle would most decidedly NOT have had the conviction and fortitude and experience to pull the US out of Afghanistan, despite the withdrawal coming almost two decades late as it was. And, number two ... the so-called Biden "resolve" on countering Russian aggression in Ukraine has broken that country in more ways than I care to count and America now owns it, forever. Congrats!

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201875 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 21 Jan 2023 02:23:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201875 Speak[1], Agreed. I think the most important thing is that Biden got the US out of Afghanistan at all! Biden's long experience with dealing with these sorts of issues and his willingness and ability to tell the military what it may not want to hear is an attribute that most American presidents simply do not have. We can wish that the withdrawal had been less chaotic but we would be hard pressed to imagine a way out of that place that wouldn't have looked even half as bad as it did. This is why I am so deeply disappointed in how Biden has handled Ukraine and won't soon forgive him for it, if I ever do. Speak[1],

Agreed. I think the most important thing is that Biden got the US out of Afghanistan at all! Biden's long experience with dealing with these sorts of issues and his willingness and ability to tell the military what it may not want to hear is an attribute that most American presidents simply do not have.

We can wish that the withdrawal had been less chaotic but we would be hard pressed to imagine a way out of that place that wouldn't have looked even half as bad as it did.

This is why I am so deeply disappointed in how Biden has handled Ukraine and won't soon forgive him for it, if I ever do.

]]> By: Speak2 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/01/20/friday-talking-points-bidens-first-two-years/#comment-201874 Speak2 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 01:53:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23086#comment-201874 I've said it before and I'll say it again, but this time with a challenge. After 20 yrs, give me an honestly possible scenario that pulls us out of Afghanistan in a less "FUBAR" way. IMO, Biden did it nearly as well as could be done, especially given the extra turd the previous administration spread on that particular sandwich. I've said it before and I'll say it again, but this time with a challenge.

After 20 yrs, give me an honestly possible scenario that pulls us out of Afghanistan in a less "FUBAR" way.

IMO, Biden did it nearly as well as could be done, especially given the extra turd the previous administration spread on that particular sandwich.

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