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Hmmm. Let's see why the author thinks biden is Amoral. Hers a quote from the article "In Biden, we see a Catholic who found it expedient to reject his church’s teachings on abortion and align himself with the politically powerful pro-abortion forces." Okay, so it seems so far that the author believes that Biden is amoral because he believes in pro-choice policies. And accuses him of not being a good Catholic.
Okay, let's look at another. "He would publicly abuse, bully, and humiliate judicial nominees at Senate confirmation hearings (Judge Robert Bork comes to mind) and subsequently approach the devastated family with a smile and the lame explanation, “Don’t take this personally; it’s just the way the game is played.” Here the author argues that biden embarrassed judges because he asked serious questions and his example is Bork who's nomination to the Supreme Court failed in 87 largely because he helped Nixon orchestrate the Saturday Night Massacre which was retaliation for Nixon being investigated. So then I guess it's amoral to not want a sycophant who did corrupt actions to be on the highest court in the country.
Okay, let's look at another. "Think of the incompetent withdrawal from Afghanistan: American servicemen and many Afghani friends of America died simply because Joe wanted to score political points by announcing the withdrawal on Sept. 11, 2021 — the 20th anniversary of 9/11 — an artificially rushed date that left our forces without time to organize an orderly withdrawal." Here the author says that Biden pulling out of Afghanistan, using a plan laid out by the trump administration, is also amoral. I assume this means that the author thinks we should have remained in Afghanistan for longer than the deal allowed. A deal trump brokered.
Okay, let's look at another. "Biden has greatly depleted the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that we maintain to keep us supplied in an emergency. Why? To push gasoline prices lower to mollify voters who were angry about rising gasoline prices. Gaining votes for Democrats was more important to Joe than national security." So this quote is that biden is amoral because he tapped into the oil reserve to try to keep gas prices low. So, biden trying to help the economy is amoral according to this author.
Okay, let's look at another. "Biden has treated the lives of American allies (Israelis) and friends (Ukrainians) as expendable, presuming to tell those allies not to fight for victory. Why? Because he needed the votes of Americans who side with Hamas or want to appease Putin." Here the author says biden, an avowed zionist who has hesitant criticized Israel and continued to send weapons, has somehow abandoned Israel because he wanted votes of people who are antigenocide. Edit: Most interestingly, the author says that Biden and the democrats are the actual ones that want to appease Putin, not the Republicans pushing to leave Ukraine and allow Putin to take the country.
So overall, according to the author, biden is amoral not because of him supporting a genocide or because of the drug bill in the 90s. No, he's amoral because he had principles and didn't let his religion influence his public policies that much.
The author seems rather conservative. Let's look him up. Mark W. Hendrickson is the author, he is fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. That is a place that advocates for having faith be a foundation in society. On their website, the first thing that comes up is a video of a member being on the Jordan Peterson podcast with the title "The Devil and Karl Marx". One of the articles on their site is titled "Bud Light’s Super Bowl Hail Mary" Which of course is about the Dylan Mulvaney singular Bud Light can and how bud light and target disregarded their customers to push a woke agenda. Seems like this place is nothing but conservative propaganda.
So, at the end of this, the author has a clear far right radical Christian agenda that views just being a Democrat and supporting rights of minorities as amoral. This article is trash and the author is trash.
It’s a shame that you have spent effort investigating such a low quality article, but perhaps it’s worthwhile for others if it’s not immediately obvious garbage.
It gave me something to focus on so I could wake up from my nap. I've done similar stuff before, although it's been a bit.
In your fifth paragraph you skip the most ridiculous part. The guy is claiming that Biden and Democrats are the ones who want to appease Putin.
Thank you. Edited to include that now.