{"id":2384638,"date":"2024-12-30T10:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ghost-of-president-past-joe-biden-and-a-christmas-carol\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T10:09:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T15:09:25","slug":"the-ghost-of-president-past-joe-biden-and-a-christmas-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ghost-of-president-past-joe-biden-and-a-christmas-carol\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ghost of President Past: Joe Biden and A Christmas Carol"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-ghost-of-president-past-joe-biden-and-a-christmas-carol%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2384638&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh excerpt presents \u2062an opinion piece comparing President\u2063 Joe \u2062Biden \u200bto the ghost of Jacob\u200d Marley from Charles \u2063Dickens&#8217; &#8220;A Christmas Carol.&#8221; It argues that \u2063Biden&#8217;s \u200cpolitical \u200binfluence has effectively ended,positioning \u2063him\u2063 as a relic of past leadership that \u200dfailed to \u2063address\u2062 the nation&#8217;s debt crisis\u2062 and other pressing issues.The author \u200cportrays Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-image-claims-nancy-pelosi-was-executed\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral Image Claims Nancy Pelosi Was Executed\">recent public appearances<\/a> as ghostly and lacking substance, suggesting he&#8217;s been sidelined even within his own party, replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris.\u200c <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-the-receipts-rolling-stone-hit-piece-calls-what-is-a-woman-transphobic-but-its-author-watched-0-of-the-movie\/\" title=\"We Have The Receipts: Rolling Stone Hit Piece Calls \u2018What Is A Woman?\u2019 Transphobic, But Its Author Watched 0% Of The Movie\">piece calls<\/a> for Biden&#8217;s &#8220;spirit&#8221; to inspire change by promoting \u200dunity and compassion among\u2064 politicians, urging them to prioritize\u2062 the well-being of all citizens rather than engaging\u2064 in partisan conflicts.\u200b The author \u200dhopes that\u200b even in his diminished state, Biden\u2062 can encourage lawmakers to \u2063remember\u200d their responsibility toward the public and foster a more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">benevolent\u200c political\u2062 habitat<\/a>, ultimately invoking themes\u2064 of redemption and positive change.The\u200c article concludes on\u200b a hopeful note, expressing a desire for a \u200cmore constructive legislative approach in \u200dthe new year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Biden is dead, politically at least, to begin with. As with Jacob Marley in the Dickens&rsquo;s classic this tenet of death must be accepted for any good to come of the following words.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-legacy-nuclear-bunker-sales-go-roof-despite-expert-warnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> is the ghost of President Past, and as such, he may yet have something to teach us.<\/p>\n<p>If he were still alive, he would be the principal antagonist in the debate about a realistic and fundamental solution to the nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/priceless-watch-trumps-irs-pick-troll-tax-spend-reps-auctioning-national-debt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debt<\/a> ceiling and spending problem. Instead, he is absent as though he&rsquo;s shuffled off this mortal coil.<\/p>\n<p>Last June <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legacy-ending-photos-drop-final-days-biden-presidency-vp-seen-meeting-hunters-chinese-business-associates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> showed up to debate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-delivers-ultimate-christmas-post-mocks-trudeau-says-go-1-group-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> in Atlanta and appeared to pass on to the great beyond before our eyes. His pale complexion, vacuous stares, stammering and insensible utterances all combined to remind one of the wandering hordes of the undead in horror movies.<\/p>\n<p>After flatlining during the debate, a star chamber led by the stiletto wielding, and wearing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nancy-pelosi-throws-fit-live-cnn-trump-coverage-even-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pelosi<\/a> finished the dirty deed.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Undone by his own party, kicked off the ticket in favor his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, his remains stored in the White House; he is left utterly alone. During the presidential campaign, his ghost was allowed out &mdash; reluctantly, restrained by the chains of corruption and graft he forged in life &mdash; to speak insensibly about the threats of a Trump victory, but never about Harris&rsquo; virtues.<\/p>\n<p>Even a ghost can&rsquo;t conjure what doesn&rsquo;t exist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamalas-loss-trump-even-embarrassing-looks-blue-states-send-clear-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris&rsquo; loss<\/a> further diminished what flimsy vapor Biden became, becoming a shadow whose purpose is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>At this time of great controversy and concern about a government shutdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-speaks-mystery-drones-government-knows-happening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drones<\/a> in the skies, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-immigrant-arrested-connection-womans-nightmarish-nyc-subway-death-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal violence by illegal immigrants<\/a> he finds himself in Marley&rsquo;s spooky shoes, unable to intervene or interact meaningfully in the world of the living. He sobs uncontrollably at the loss of power, prestige, and the earning power of his former life.<\/p>\n<p>He groans, now aware a lifetime of self-enrichment and self-aggrandizement should have been better spent. Too late he realizes, &ldquo;Mankind should have been my business.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I propose in this editorial of ghostly proportions that the spirit of Biden can still have an impact in the real world. As a suddenly benevolent wraith whose conscious demands fairness and a last act of true leadership.<\/p>\n<p>He can condemn divisiveness and rancor. He can tell them partisanship only breeds bitterness. Instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pardoning-evil-convict-biden-commuted-selling-teens-profit-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pardoning<\/a> criminals and commuting the sentences of murderers, he can float into Congress and whisper in the ears of his fellow Democrats, reminding them of Dickens&rsquo;s incomparable wisdom.<\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Christmas time, when it has come round &mdash; apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that &mdash; as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Biden can interject what remains of himself, one last time, to make Americans&rsquo; lives better. He can remind us that government isn&rsquo;t for the betterment of the elected, but rather for the improvement of all.<\/p>\n<p>Can his apparition convince Scrooges in both parties to relent in doing business as usual and instead make mankind their business?<\/p>\n<p>He can but try and give us a happy New Year. A New Year that clears the legislative decks for the foundational change Trump&rsquo;s entry foretells. Biden&rsquo;s ghost can abandon its haunts and seek whatever succor can be found in having done at least one right thing.<\/p>\n<p>We can then acclaim, &ldquo;God bless us, everyone!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><b>The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either d or endorsed by the owners of this website. 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As the ghost of a former president, he might still offer valuable lessons. If he were alive, he would be the main opponent in addressing the nation&#8217;s debt ceiling and spending issues. Instead, he&#8217;s seemingly vanished from the political scene. During a debate with Trump last June, Biden appeared almost lifeless\u2014his pale face and incoherent speech reminiscent of horror movie zombies. After his lackluster performance, his own party effectively sidelined him in favor of his vice president, leaving him isolated.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the campaign, Biden&#8217;s presence was reluctantly allowed but constrained by past corruption; he spoke vaguely about Trump\u2019s threats without acknowledging Harris\u2019 strengths\u2014perhaps because they don\u2019t exist. With Harris\u2019 defeat further diminishing his influence, Biden now resembles a lost spirit during a time filled with governmental turmoil and rising crime rates due to illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>He mourns his lost power and status while realizing too late that he should have prioritized humanity over personal gain. I suggest that even as a ghostly figure, Biden could still make an impact by advocating for unity and condemning divisiveness among Democrats in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>He could remind them of Dickens&#8217; wisdom about compassion during Christmas\u2014a time when people open their hearts to one another as fellow travelers toward mortality rather than viewing each other as separate beings on different paths. By doing so, Biden could encourage lawmakers to focus on improving lives rather than serving their own interests.<\/p>\n<p>Can this apparition persuade both parties to abandon their usual ways and prioritize humanity? He can try for a better New Year that paves the way for significant change heralded by Trump&#8217;s return. In seeking redemption through at least one good deed before moving on from haunting politics altogether, we might then joyfully proclaim: &#8220;God bless us all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2384639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joe-Biden-14.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[47588,47589,32320,33930],"class_list":["post-2384638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-christmas-carol","tag-ghost-stories","tag-joe-biden","tag-political-satire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joe-Biden-14.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384642,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384638\/revisions\/2384642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}