Biden revolving door picks being grossly unethical even before getting in

[Gergar12]

It's kind of funny that Susan Rice and CAP's Neera Tanden are being slammed by republicans for being too "liberal".



Edit:

Opinion: Neera Tanden is being treated unfairly

Branding Joe Biden's nominee for the Office of Management and Budget a Twitter meanie whose online sparring makes her unfit for duty is hypocritical and dishonest, writes Jill Filipovic.

www.cnn.com

HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Eacaraxe]

Jacobin published an article that's more or less an omnibus of (thus far discovered) receipts on the Biden cabinet picks.

It’s Joe Biden’s Swamp Now

So far, Joe Biden’s transition has hired liberally from Wall Street and corporate America, chosen appointees who have made multiple trips through the revolving door, and recruited fans of fossil fuels in the middle of a climate crisis. It’s little different than what we saw under Donald Trump.

www.jacobinmag.com

 

[tstorm823]

It's kind of funny that Susan Rice and CAP's Neera Tanden are being slammed by republicans for being too "liberal".

I mean, I think that's just a failure of language. They're not too liberal, but they are too Democrat. It's difficult to characterize an opponent who is an extreme partisan but not a political extremist. Like, AOC is further left than Pelosi by a mile, but from the perspective of partisanship, Pelosi is far more extreme. But if you criticize someone as extremely partisan, the people in that party will likely no longer care about that criticism. So like, what language does one use to make a right-wing criticism of someone who is a Democrat attack dog by trade that can speak to Democrats without it sounding like "she's mean to us"? I don't know the answer to that.

 

[Eacaraxe]

It's kind of funny that Susan Rice and CAP's Neera Tanden are being slammed by republicans for being too "liberal".

Biden could appoint Genghis Khan's corpse as Secretary of State, and Republicans would call it "too liberal". Democrats don't do this shit in the name of "moderacy" or "compromise", and no one on this planet with two brain cells to rub together should buy that lie after the Obama administration's eight years of complete inadequacy. They do it to justify pulling the Overton window, and pied pipering uncritical partisans, rightward on behalf of the donor class.

 

[Agema]

So like, what language does one use to make a right-wing criticism of someone who is a Democrat attack dog by trade that can speak to Democrats without it sounding like "she's mean to us"? I don't know the answer to that.

I struggle to believe many Democratic Party voters like Nancy Pelosi, just as not many Republican Party voters like Mitch McConnell. It should be relatively easy to slag her off in a way that finds support.

 

[Seanchaidh]

I mean, I think that's just a failure of language. They're not too liberal, but they are too Democrat. It's difficult to characterize an opponent who is an extreme partisan but not a political extremist. Like, AOC is further left than Pelosi by a mile, but from the perspective of partisanship, Pelosi is far more extreme. But if you criticize someone as extremely partisan, the people in that party will likely no longer care about that criticism. So like, what language does one use to make a right-wing criticism of someone who is a Democrat attack dog by trade that can speak to Democrats without it sounding like "she's mean to us"? I don't know the answer to that.

As far as policy goes, Republicans should be thrilled with Neera Tanden.

You could go for "divisive", but Republicans have kind of worn that one out to put it lightly. As for Pelosi, same thing, really.

 

[Gergar12]

I have mixed feelings on this one, on one hand, she is the reason so many people die via drones in the middle east. On the other, she does love planes as I do, and likely even more so.

Planes, drone strikes, planes, drones striking innocent middle easterners.