Funity

Funity

The View from the Middle

 

Joe Biden should be very proud.  It isn’t often that Webster’s Dictionary chooses to add a word to their universe of defined terms.  Thanks to Uncle Joe, Webster’s will be adding the word “Funity” to their dictionary (pronounced few-ni-tee).  According to Webster the definition of Funity is “a false promise of Unity” or “a promise made for Unity with no intention of fulfilling that promise.”  At least this is what I’ve heard.  Way to go, Joe.  You are really changing the world, or at least the English language.  Given his refusal or inability to give a press conference (take live questions from reporters) Webster is also looking at adding “Fransparency” to their lexicon.

But let’s be fair.  Uncle Joe richly deserves credit for inspiring these two new words.  As of today, he has only been in office for 49 days, but he is smashing records left and right.  He has yet to give a press conference where he actually answers questions that he hasn’t heard of in advance.  That is a modern-day record.  Way to go, Joe.  Between this and his habit of sleeping in, taking daily naps and his early bed times, Joe is the least transparent and least accessible President in my lifetime.  Say what you will about Donald Trump, he constantly took questions from a hostile press corp.  President Biden (he is still President, right?), you are setting a new low standard for transparency, or “fransparency” in your case.

And his fransparency is nothing compared to his “Funity”.  Candidate Biden didn’t run on closing the Keystone Pipeline, bailing our blue states with your money or sending money for abortions to other countries, but he has done all of those things.  He DID run on a promise to deliver unity to the country, which he immediately broke. 

In his first 49 days he has set another record for signing Executive orders, and this is a record for all past Presidents back to George Washington.  In his first 49 days, he has written 59 Executive Orders.  Now, let’s be clear, signing an Executive order requires zero support from Republicans in office, and I’m sure that’s what he would get if any Republicans were even asked if they supported them.  Let’s also be clear that signing Executive Orders is the opposite of unity.  If fact, signing EO’s is more like the actions of a dictator than a President, and Joe Biden even said so back in October of 2020.  His exact words were, “Things you can't do by executive order unless you're a dictator. We're a democracy. We need consensus."  Joe obviously doesn’t know or has forgotten what the definition of “consensus” is.

Joe has allowed major legislation pass without a single Republican vote.  He met with 10 Republican Senators concerning the $1.9 TRILLION Covid-19 relief package, but Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have passed that bill today without a single Republican vote.  Joe, I know you’re only the President of the United States, but couldn’t you come out and send a message to Nancy and Chuck that there might be some good ideas from Republicans that could have been worked into this bill?  Do you mean to tell me that you couldn’t put something in this bill (or take something out) that would get the support of Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski or Mitt Romney.  To quote you, Joe, “Come on Man!”

And then we have HR1, a bill that will rewrite and federalize election laws across the country.  This bill will make permanent the changes made to accommodate people during the pandemic.  Yes, we set a record for the number of votes cast for both Presidential candidates, but what we did in 2020 was less than perfect.  Should we send out unsolicited ballots to everyone in the United States, which opens the door for ballot harvesting and fraud?  Should we eliminate signature verification?  Of course, we want to maximize participation, but we must also protect the integrity of our elections.  HR1, again, did not get a single Republican vote.  Are there some conservative ideas that could have been added to that bill to get at least some Republican support?  Absolutely!  But maybe Joe has forgotten his promise to deliver unity.  Side note, HR1 will certainly get challenged in the Supreme Court and I predict it will be overthrown.

And, as if signing EO’s and passing legislation without any Republican support isn’t enough, Joe has stooped to using Hillary’s tactic of “character assassination”.  Hillary Clinton put anyone who disagreed with her in her “basket of deplorables” and now Joe has followed her lead just changing her characterization to “Neanderthal”.  This is a small thing and I only bring it up because it absolutely flies in the face of his promise of unity.  

So, whether it is his avalanche of Executive Orders or the totally partisan legislation that is being passed or his disdain for roughly half of America, Joe is failing in his promise to bring this country together, which is a big disappointment to me.  To call out our President with one of his own favorite and really clever quips, “Come on Man”.  Joe you can do better!!