State Of The False Dichotomy Address Is A New Low, Even For Biden
Some of the outright lies in the SOTU address, and links that refute them
I'm old enough to remember when the State of the Union address was not a stump speech, not a mud slinging session, but made sitting presidents look like wise elder statesmen even if they were actually no such thing.
Joe Biden got the elder part down last night, but his use of the bully pulpit to fulminate against the boogey man who could not be named except as an existential threat to democracy was just embarrassing.
Then there were the outright lies.
I'll list some of them here paired with links refuting them.
"In fact, there are no American soldiers at war in Ukraine."
"NATO the military alliance of democratic nations created after World War II to prevent war and keep the peace...welcome to NATO, the strongest military alliance the world has ever known."
https://thecradle.co/articles/the-axis-of-asymmetry-takes-on-the-rules-based-order
"If the United States walks away now, it will put Ukraine at risk."
https://scheerpost.com/2022/03/11/ray-mcgovern-what-role-has-the-u-s-played-in-the-ukraine-crisis/
"The free world at risk"
Recent developments in the "free" world:
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1765513784230031367
https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/1765612404950581472
"my predecessor came to office determined to see Roe v. Wade overturned. He’s the reason it was overturned"
https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-blasted-not-codifying-roe-v-wade-democrat-failure-1719156
"Now our economy is the envy of the world!"
https://en.interaffairs.ru/article/pepe-escobar-welcome-to-the-brics-11/
"Removing poisonous lead pipes so every child can drink clean water without risk of getting brain damage."
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/inside-dana-nessels-shit-show-flint-water-investigation-35198674
"With a law I proposed and signed and not one Republican voted for we finally beat Big Pharma!"
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/171500348876407
"I fixed student loan programs to reduce the burden of student debt for nearly 4 Million Americans"
https://www.studentdebtcrisis.org/free-the-degree
"I’ve already cut the federal deficit by over one trillion dollars."
https://twitter.com/ivan_8848/status/1764236250448302114
"I'm taking the most significant action on climate ever in the history of the world."
"This crisis began on October 7th with a massacre by the terrorist group Hamas.1,200 innocent people women and girls men and boys slaughtered, many enduring sexual violence."
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/1/nyt_anat_schwartz
"The United States has been leading international efforts to get more humanitarian assistance into Gaza."
"China’s on the rise and America is falling behind. They’ve got it backward. America is rising. We have the best economy in the world."
https://thecradle.co/articles/chinas-unexpected-gains-from-the-red-sea-crisis
"We’re standing up against China’s unfair economic practices. And standing up for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait."
https://space4peace.blogspot.com/2024/02/korea-war-bases-uss-pyeongteak-tops.html
"May God protect our troops."
https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2021-07-08/US-troops-in-Iraq-Syria-are-sitting-ducks-2088927.html
I'm not going to address all the things Biden assured us he was "gonna" do. Those are the type of easy lies that can't be refuted because they are essentially wishful thinking.
Remember how when he was campaigning last time he assured us he was "gonna" protect abortion rights, cancel all federal student debt and enact universal health care? Uh huh.
Our corporate overlords are desperate to keep us believing that there are deep, abiding differences between two parties that serve identical donor class interests.
And that is the biggest lie of all.
Bet you if you displayed these quotes without attribution people would assume most of them were from Trump.
Another great one Lisa - cheering from Seoul Int'l airport on way home. I missed his speech (gladly) but your sum up here is worth the trillion that Biden claims to have shaved off the debt. The Empire of Lies strikes again!