Thank you, Thomas, for this column on Roy Cooper and President Biden. You framed my thoughts exactly regarding Governor Cooper. I want to say something about President Biden:
Joe Biden is a sterling human being. He feels for people. He hurts for people. He has empathy and decency. He is the type of president John Adams, our second president, admired when he wished that only good and decent men serve in the office.
Against this backdrop, however, the hyper-partisan Republicans cannot find it in themselves to thank Mr. Biden for his service. He deserves gratitude. He always has reached across the aisle, even when his hand of friendship was pushed away by the fools on the other side.
I am so disappointed that Virginia Del. Tommy Wright, R-Victoria, wrote that President Biden should resign. “If (Biden) is not fit to run for president, he’s not fit to be president,” the dele- gate wrote.
Delegate Wright is our friend. We don’t agree with him on policy. But he is a decent human being. For him to down rather than thank President Biden is so ungraceful that it is breathtaking.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, also called for the president’s resignation. The speaker, a figure in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, should be the one who resigns.
Other Republicans made similar nonsensical remarks regarding President Biden. MAGA Republicans continue to trash the president even though he is now in the last months of his administration.
They are a disgrace to the offices they hold. Not one of these partisans has called on Mr. Trump to step aside. Two impeachments. Thirty-four felony convictions. Pending charges in three other jurisdictions. The list is heartbreaking, but Delegate Wright, Speaker Johnson and their cohort turn a blind eye to the criminality and venality of Donald J. Trump and instead trash one of the three most decent men to serve as president in our lifetime, the others being Democrat Jimmy Carter and Republican Gerald Ford.
As a newspaperman, we try to praise those with whom we disagree on policy. We praised Mike Pence for refusing to trash the Electoral College vote. We have praised Speaker Johnson on occasion.
It is called comity, meaning civility, and it is a lost word and practice among those who may sing God’s praises on Sunday but act like idolaters the rest of the week.
The country got rid of comity about the same time it trashed civics instruction in the schools and good manners everywhere else.
You would never hear any of these MAGA partisans say of their power what President Biden said in his eloquent and masterful address to the nation regarding his decision to step aside:
Thank you, PoliticsNC, for this post. And for taking time to address our current governor for whom I have much respect. And for not gaming about who Harris will select as her running mate. As too many have been caught up nattering on about who she may or may not, or should or should not choose. When others do that, it appears they do not have fresh ideas about which to write or speak, so they prattle. Clearly PoliticsNC keeps ideas in the hopper and does not need to do that.
Excellent analysis. While I’m sure that Cooper would be a competent AG for Harris, I hope he continues to serve NC, preferably as a replacement for Tillis.
You are right concerning Thom Tillis! I think Gov Cooper would give him a run for his money and would do a great job for us in the Senate. We also need to find a replacement for Sen Budd too.
"We would be listening to another self-aggrandizing speech about how nobody else could have achieved the prisoner swap. I don’t think most Americans want to go back there." Sadly, too many people do want to do this, including most members of my family. I even heard one person being interviewed on TV say he wanted a dictator gor President. Unbelievable!
And, with the Convicted Felon, he finds ways to keep going lower, as evidenced by his interview at the National Black Journalists Association Conference.
Good read. This is exactly what I think too. Tillis should be easy target, but I think more likely he will not survive a primary challenge. Cooper could serve in cabinet and then come home to run for Senate in 2026.
Thank you, Thomas, for this column on Roy Cooper and President Biden. You framed my thoughts exactly regarding Governor Cooper. I want to say something about President Biden:
Joe Biden is a sterling human being. He feels for people. He hurts for people. He has empathy and decency. He is the type of president John Adams, our second president, admired when he wished that only good and decent men serve in the office.
Against this backdrop, however, the hyper-partisan Republicans cannot find it in themselves to thank Mr. Biden for his service. He deserves gratitude. He always has reached across the aisle, even when his hand of friendship was pushed away by the fools on the other side.
I am so disappointed that Virginia Del. Tommy Wright, R-Victoria, wrote that President Biden should resign. “If (Biden) is not fit to run for president, he’s not fit to be president,” the dele- gate wrote.
Delegate Wright is our friend. We don’t agree with him on policy. But he is a decent human being. For him to down rather than thank President Biden is so ungraceful that it is breathtaking.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, also called for the president’s resignation. The speaker, a figure in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, should be the one who resigns.
Other Republicans made similar nonsensical remarks regarding President Biden. MAGA Republicans continue to trash the president even though he is now in the last months of his administration.
They are a disgrace to the offices they hold. Not one of these partisans has called on Mr. Trump to step aside. Two impeachments. Thirty-four felony convictions. Pending charges in three other jurisdictions. The list is heartbreaking, but Delegate Wright, Speaker Johnson and their cohort turn a blind eye to the criminality and venality of Donald J. Trump and instead trash one of the three most decent men to serve as president in our lifetime, the others being Democrat Jimmy Carter and Republican Gerald Ford.
As a newspaperman, we try to praise those with whom we disagree on policy. We praised Mike Pence for refusing to trash the Electoral College vote. We have praised Speaker Johnson on occasion.
It is called comity, meaning civility, and it is a lost word and practice among those who may sing God’s praises on Sunday but act like idolaters the rest of the week.
The country got rid of comity about the same time it trashed civics instruction in the schools and good manners everywhere else.
You would never hear any of these MAGA partisans say of their power what President Biden said in his eloquent and masterful address to the nation regarding his decision to step aside:
Thank you, PoliticsNC, for this post. And for taking time to address our current governor for whom I have much respect. And for not gaming about who Harris will select as her running mate. As too many have been caught up nattering on about who she may or may not, or should or should not choose. When others do that, it appears they do not have fresh ideas about which to write or speak, so they prattle. Clearly PoliticsNC keeps ideas in the hopper and does not need to do that.
Excellent analysis. While I’m sure that Cooper would be a competent AG for Harris, I hope he continues to serve NC, preferably as a replacement for Tillis.
You are right concerning Thom Tillis! I think Gov Cooper would give him a run for his money and would do a great job for us in the Senate. We also need to find a replacement for Sen Budd too.
"We would be listening to another self-aggrandizing speech about how nobody else could have achieved the prisoner swap. I don’t think most Americans want to go back there." Sadly, too many people do want to do this, including most members of my family. I even heard one person being interviewed on TV say he wanted a dictator gor President. Unbelievable!
And, with the Convicted Felon, he finds ways to keep going lower, as evidenced by his interview at the National Black Journalists Association Conference.
I suspect Gov. Cooper will announce his Senate candidacy in February 2025.
Good read. This is exactly what I think too. Tillis should be easy target, but I think more likely he will not survive a primary challenge. Cooper could serve in cabinet and then come home to run for Senate in 2026.
I wholeheartedly agree
Great points.