Fractured Whispers and Piercing Screams

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/opinion/columnists/biden-unpopular-2024.html

("Why So Many Americans Are So Down on Biden")

We, as a country, say "fix our problems." But it cannot be done, at least never fully.

There is the weight of the opposing party, trying to keep those in the seat of power from completing their mission, at least in part as a matter of their own political preservation.

There are nations across the globe with their own needs and desires, which may be in direct conflict with ours, and cause us to reshape and modify our own goals.

There is the natural inclination towards dissatisfaction with those handed the reins. We have kept one party in the presidency for more than two terms exactly once in the last seven decades, while showing the ruling party the exit after only one term twice (including in 2020, except for those who believe in fairy tales).

No President is handed a perfect universe and no President handles every issue without blemish. So, it is easy, should one choose, to find failure, or at least, less than unquestionable success in calculating the pros and cons for any leader.

And the unvarnished truth is that the Democrats absolutely suck at messaging. They appear to run and hide from their achievements, speaking of them in fractured whispers.

In stark contrast, with never-ending persistence and unbounded by restrictions of fact, those in the opposite corner try, loudly and incessantly, to drown out the sounds of the President's accomplishments. Until nothing remains but the piercing screams of their complaints.