US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

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Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?
 
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So some explanations because everyone is taking all this at face value.


No administration, ever, would throw their leading general under the bus right after a military disaster for accusations by the former admin's side.... publically.

Privately is an entirely different thing, and Milley is right now going to be experiencing some very uncomfortable questions. Especially in light of his little loyalty talk during Afghanistan. Sadly, the end result probably won't be him out on his ass, but rather relegated to a role outside of view.
 
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Standardized Profile said:
There's nothing inherently wrong with the CJCS calling a foreign counterpart and telling him, "Relax, dude, no one's going to nuke you." That's not treason, it's diplomacy. If we do plan to nuke China, it's strategic deception, but diplomacy is more likely.

What makes it problematic is the context and what that tells us about Milley's mind. Between his childlike acceptance of anti-Trump conspiracy theories and his focus on "white rage" while the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorated, he's clearly not focused on his job and probably subject to manipulation. This doesn't mean a foreign actor is manipulating him, though it's possible. It could be a domestic political or corporate actor, or just the miasma of bad ideas that float around Washington and the executive class generally.

All we can say or sure is that if a Trump loyalist did this in 2016, he and his family would have faced prison time.
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I'm not sure I'm willing to believe the less severe version of this story where he simply told a foreign diplomat "No, we're not gonna nuke you." I am in the camp that he would sell out to China because he believes they're the new superpower of the world & the U.S. is toast.
 
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So between
>the Government itself
>the judiciary
>the media
>law enforcement
>the education system
>the medical system
>the military
Is there a single American institution that isn't totally rotten or hasn't been degraded and humiliated? Are firefighters going to be ordered to teach Antifa and BLM how to set real fires next?
 
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Gehenna said:
So some explanations because everyone is taking all this at face value.


No administration, ever, would throw their leading general under the bus right after a military disaster for accusations by the former admin's side.... publically.

Privately is an entirely different thing, and Milley is right now going to be experiencing some very uncomfortable questions. Especially in light of his little loyalty talk during Afghanistan. Sadly, the end result probably won't be him out on his ass, but rather relegated to a role outside of view.
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They've accepted most of the allegations though, that's what's baffling. Shouldn't they at least deny them?
 
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Puff said:
They've accepted most of the allegations though, that's what's baffling. Shouldn't they at least deny them?
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No, because a denial is as good as an admission in the public eye. Their only real way to handle this situation is to give it some sort of spin to hopefully soothe the feathers of those who hate it.

Addendum: I Realized I left something out. Normally a denial works because the media will carry water for them. With the media split, the hostile media elements would have spread the accusation everywhere and not do so. This is a directs die effect of the civil war, which left them with only one option,
 
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How did Trump ever have any success in business with how absolutely for shit his hiring selections were?
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A lot of his 'hires' were pre-selected. Milley, in particular, being there well before Trump. Most of those hand-picked by Trump and not compromise picks stayed absolutely loyal. Possibly all of them, given I don't know who picked Pence.

The problem is the compromise picks, who were all trojan horses.
 
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Gehenna said:
A lot of his 'hires' were pre-selected, Milley, in particular, being there well before Trump. Most of those hand-picked by Trump and not compromise picks stayed absolutely loyal. Possibly all of them, given I don't know who picked Pence.

The problem is the compromise picks, who were all trojan horses.
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Milley was appointed Joint Chiefs Chairman in 2018. He was a Trump pick.
Beyond all that, he should have conducted a purge of every department after 8 years of Obama rot.

My whole point is for all the people thinking this was the only way everyone could see the corruption, then nothing actually changed because they still got a free pass to do what they want with not repercussions.

So either Trump is an ineffectual idiot for appointing and not getting rid of such scum or he let it all take place as some 16D interdimensional chess move that has backfired on all of us.
There is no third option.
 
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An Avenging Bird said:
Milley was appointed Joint Chiefs Chairman in 2018. He was a Trump pick.
Beyond all that, he should have conducted a purge of every department after 8 years of Obama rot.

My whole point is for all the people thinking this was the only way everyone could see the corruption, then nothing actually changed because they still got a free pass to do what they want with not repercussions.

So either Trump is an ineffectual idiot for appointing and not getting rid of such scum or he let it all take place as some 16D interdimensional chess move that has backfired on all of us.
There is no third option.
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Nobody thought the rot was as deep as it was, even the rot didn't realize how deep it had grown. A purge of every bureaucratic institution would have been a one-way trip to impeachment without the proof we only have now.


It did not require incompetence, it simply required not having the info we have now.
 
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X Prime said:
The proof is not needed. The consent of the bureaucracy is needed.

Why else was Obama allowed to do a purge but it seems impossible for any right-wing administration to do the same?
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Obama's purge is overstated in aggressiveness, largely he managed by freezing out new hires and only placing people he liked into new positions. The thing is, he had 8 years to do it, and a clear goal in mind for what he wanted to do, all alongside the fact he had little hardened resistance which the Obama guys had to Trump.
 
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