As I'm reading it, he is using political-speak to say that Kissinger was a war monger. "Fierce...and profound strategic focus." It is well known that he had a hand in a lot of shitty policies and actions around the world, but in Biden's world of being within DC, to me that specific phrase, on top of his previous line about strongly disagreeing, reads as Biden saying that Kissinger was a monumental dick.
It felt like Biden was saying that he appreciated how brilliantly Kissinger articulated views that he disagreed with so he could have a clear picture of what he was working against.
She was a trailblazer. But as a CommanderSkins fan, this is what I recall the most. O’Connor was about to leave because she had an early commitment the next morning. Riggins approached O’Connor’s seat, put his arm around her husband, looked over at the first female justice in history and uttered the famous line, “come on, loosen up, Sandy baby, you’re too tight.” “Then he squatted and was staring off into space. He was really out of it. Then he dropped to one elbow, then he was flat on the floor. I knew he was under my chair when his cowboy boots hit my shoes.” — Jill Cohen, guest at nearby table “He just went back without a sound.” — Robb “He fell asleep is more accurate.” — Mary Lou Riggins “They left him there through the whole speech [by Vice President George H.W. Bush.]” — Robb “It looked like an 18-wheeler jackknifed on the interstate.” — John Riggins “People checked Riggins a couple of times during the show to make sure he was breathing.” — Guest Marin Allen https://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/07/john-riggins-sandra-day-oconnor-loosen-up
It's not evasion though. It shows dislike but in a way that says, "yeah, we knew each other. I didn't like him. Condolences to his family." It's something my mother (Who was also educated in Catholic schools like Biden) would've said about someone. And it was short and to the point. I mean, that's it. And if it says anything, Biden never invited him to The White House.
Nixonland revealed so much about him. My favorite though was his drama teacher saying, "There goes my actor" after the Checkers speech. Or the Herblock comics that took great joy in mocking him.
You know what’s great about Biden? In modern politics, since primaries opened up in the 70s, most presidents have been kind of weirdos. A lot of them have daddy issues. (I’d go so far as to say every president since Carter has had big time daddy issues except Bush 1.) Biden is not a weirdo. It’s a relief. Me, I’m pretty much a weirdo, and that is probably true of almost everyone here. This forum is a niche of a niche. I’m not criticizing weirdos, my tribe. Just saying it’s a relief not to have a weirdo president. Nixon was before his time, a complete weirdo freak before the time when running for president meant a gauntlet of 57 contests, and the concomitant elevation of weirdos.
Yeah, seriously. The French take all the guff for retreating from wars but never any credit when they start them.
But did you know this? She started dating the editor of the Stanford Law Review, William Rehnquist. In fact, the future Chief Justice asked her to marry him, but she demurred. I am going to try to drive the thought of her and Rehnquist getting nasty behind the robes out of my mind, but mostly am failing to do so.
Was at my sis's house at a BBQ a few years ago & some Trump ahole showed a cell phone pic of "Mike" and his supposed package. My sister was mortified & I never saw him at another event.
Evil Empire Yankees saluted Kissinger on Twitter. It did not go well Addding Henry Kissinger to Murderers' Row sounds appropriate— HARD FACTOR (@HardFactorNews) November 30, 2023