It is such a contrast listening to Biden speak compared to Trump. On the one hand, it’s a relief. On the other hand, sometimes Biden sounds both naive and optimistic, after the last four years.
Can we ever go back?
The WSJ points out that in the Coronavirus recession, many out-of-work people are turning to GoFundMe pages in order to live:
“…more than $100 million for basic living expenses in tens of thousands of fundraisers on GoFundMe so far this year, the company said. That is up 150% from 2019 and more than any previous year. Last month, the company introduced a new category of fundraiser, for rent, food and monthly bills.”
This is happening as the Congress still diddles with a new stimulus package for Americans. A recent TransUnion survey showed that more than half of US consumers said the pandemic affected them financially. Some 38% said they couldn’t pay their credit-card bills and 30% said they couldn’t pay for their internet. On to cartoons.
House Republicans moved on Thursday to adjourn without voting for the stimulus:
Help is needed everywhere:
When you realize that it could be worse than you thought:
Elephant magically reverts to old ways:
Reality sets in:
The anti-vaxx’ers peculiar rationale:
Everyone’s singing the same song for Christmas:
On Biden sometimes sounding naive, is it that he is in fact naive or that he is crafting what he says to resonate with as many people as possible? I wouldn’t fault him for the latter. As to him sounding optimistic, I myself feel pretty optimistic about the next four years. That doesn’t mean I’m convinced things will get better, but I’m not pessimistic.
I don’t believe he is naive. I do believe he has a generally upbeat personality – as evidenced by his very upbeat and decent behavior when he swore in Congressmen and women. I also suggest he knows that he can’t push McConnell at all so just pretending it might be ok is all he has – like whistling past the graveyard.