The hotly negative feelings toward him on the right have ballooned in the last two years, as conservatives inaccurately painted him as a doddering marionette of the progressive left. President Biden came into office with the narrowest of congressional majorities and not exactly a progressive fan favorite. debt default.Ĭall them perhaps the Silent Middle Majority.ĪFP via Getty Images President Biden walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday ahead of the House vote on a bill that raises the debt ceiling and caps spending for two years. The Senate still has to pass the measure, but if it does, as is expected, it will be those who eschewed the wings of their parties - which have some of the most vocal, attention-getting members - who averted a potentially calamitous, first-ever U.S. There were plenty of well-founded complaints on either side - on the left, worries about increased work requirements that could hurt people in poverty, nervousness about the environmental impact of sped-up energy permits on the right, continued head-shaking about what they see as out-of-control spending and debt, now topping $30 trillion.īut in the end, two-thirds of House Republicans and more than three-quarters of Democrats voted for the bill for a total tally of 314-117. It's one of what this Congress' Republicans colloquially refer to as the mafioso-themed "Five Families." The Main Street Caucus, and a host of other coalitions in the middle, like the " New Democrat Coalition" on the other side of the aisle, were critical in securing support for the deal. Johnson, who looks more Bill Gates than Matt Gaetz, represents about 75 GOP members as chairman of the "Republican Main Street Caucus." He prefers the descriptor: "pragmatic conservatives who actually care about getting to work." Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., one of the lead negotiators of the debt-ceiling deal that passed the House overwhelmingly Wednesday night. Are you kidding me? Anyway, I couldn’t take any more stolen valor lies and stopped listening.In a time when cynicism about politics seems to be everyone's gut reaction, it's easy to overlook the role of lower-profile lawmakers who helped avert a debt-ceiling crisis. It wasn’t Normandy! Another said they were out on Christmas Eve and were hit and took casualties but after radioing for artillery support and a Medevac were told no help was coming because it was Christmas Eve and there was a Christmas truce. Another said he landed in Danang with the first group of Marines and there were ships to his left and right as far as the eye could see. The Marine in one story said his platoon carried body bags with them.
Often they’ll trip themselves up and veterans like me will notice. They know the jargon and often will tell someone else’s story. It’s often these guys who feel they have to make stuff up. Keep in mind that for every combat veteran there are ten in support. Sad to say but I’ve seen it many times with Vietnam veterans. Not fudging or embellishing, but out and out lying. Unfortunately after listening to just three stories I stopped because I knew that the vets were simply lying.
I’m a Marine Vietnam combat veteran(‘68-‘69) so I started listening to this series.
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