# The Biden Administration - the first 1,500 days \[NOT an Afghanistan discussion\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 8, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057 "2020-11-08T15:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 45
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/883 "2021-06-29T13:34:11Z")
Was Melania not invited to be on the cover? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/884 "2021-06-29T13:42:33Z")
Just another example of how biased the MSM is, and that Vogue is one of the most leftist publications out there. Should be investigated. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/885 "2021-06-29T13:44:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Was Melania not invited to be on the cover? No, as the article explains. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/886 "2021-06-29T14:00:34Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Was Melania not invited to be on the cover? > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Just another example of how biased the MSM is, and that Vogue is one of the most leftist publications out there. Should be investigated. I know @Northern_Piper is being facetious, but in all fairness this _is_ an example of media bias – a non-political publication that for political reasons denies coverage it’s granted to every other first lady in memory. I mean, I _agree_ with Vogue’s choice, but it’s still bias. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/887 "2021-06-29T14:08:20Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > I know @Northern_Piper is being facetious, but in all fairness this _is_ an example of media bias – a non-political publication that for political reasons denies coverage it’s granted to every other first lady in memory. > > I mean, I _agree_ with Vogue’s choice, but it’s still bias. I agree with all of that. That said, the sheer volume of sour grapes produced by that incident was enough to fill a lake of sour wine, with Trump supporters simultaneously loudly complaining about being persecuted by Vogue for refusing to feature Melania and claiming that Vogue was irrelevant and they didn’t care who they put on their cover anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/888 "2021-06-29T14:15:43Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > … being persecuted by Vogue … Today’s GOP in a nutshell: 1. Believing they’re entitled to something just because they’ve always gotten it, and 2. Assigning state-like powers of censorship and persecution to private enterprises exercising their own judgement. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/889 "2021-06-29T15:01:46Z")
Sorry… lazy today. My bad. 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/890 "2021-06-29T15:40:27Z")
I didn’t really follow the story at the time, but according to the CNN article: > [@](#): > > There have been conflicting arguments as to which side – Trump’s or Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour’s – was responsible for keeping Trump, a former model, from being featured. Was this actually Vogue refusing to feature her, or was it them not coming to an agreement about the story? I wouldn’t be surprised if the Trumps made demands that no other first ladies have made, and Vogue didn’t wish to accommodate. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/891 "2021-06-29T15:48:09Z")
No worries, **ThelmaLou**. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/892 "2021-06-29T15:57:59Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > … and that Vogue is one of the most leftist publications out there … Their focus on consumerism notwithstanding, there [was an article on capitalism](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-capitalism-is) in Teen Vogue that would not have been a welcome addition to townhall•com’s content. I think Teen Vogue is related to Vogue, but maybe it is not? ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/893 "2021-06-29T15:59:18Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Was this actually Vogue refusing to feature her, or was it them not coming to an agreement about the story? I wouldn’t be surprised if the Trumps made demands that no other first ladies have made, and Vogue didn’t wish to accommodate. Whether that’s the case, or if Vogue just unilaterally nixed a Melania cover out of pure bias, the narrative from the right would be the same: censorship, cancellation, victimization. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/894 "2021-06-29T16:53:14Z")
FWIW, Melania was on the cover of Vogue in February 2005, wearing her wedding dress. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/895 "2021-06-30T21:17:59Z")
IIRC, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff talked about this in her book, _Melania and Me_. She claims that while Melania wanted a cover and a fashion shoot, she refused to be interviewed for or cooperate with an article profiling her - and the magazine didn’t want to put her on the cover without an accompanying article. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/896 "2021-07-01T07:37:45Z")
> **[‘Not a healthy environment’: Kamala Harris’ office rife with dissent](https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-healthy-environment-kamala-harris-160530561.html)** > > There is dysfunction inside the VP’s office, aides and administration officials say. And it’s emanating from the top. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/897 "2021-07-01T09:15:41Z")
“We are not making rainbows and bunnies all day.” That’s good to know. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/898 "2021-07-01T10:00:15Z")
What a dumb article. A handful of anonymously sourced, extremely vague allusions with almost no specifics. Just as likely to be a few bitter cast offs as an actual reasonable assessment of Harris. A donor and old friend suddenly don’t have immediate, easy access to the Vice President of the United States! How horrible! Bad journalism. Par for Politico. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/899 "2021-07-01T15:01:28Z")
I’m not usually one to play the Sexism Card, but I also have to wonder if this kind of article would have been written about any predecessor of hers with the same personality and work ethic. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/900 "2021-07-01T18:13:24Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > What a dumb article. A handful of anonymously sourced, extremely vague allusions with almost no specifics. Just as likely to be a few bitter cast offs as an actual reasonable assessment of Harris. Hmmm…yes. BUT, rumors/reporting were pretty consistent about damaging [disarray in Harris’ presidential campaign as well](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/us/politics/kamala-harris-2020.html). I don’t think it would be unfair to speculate on whether this is a pattern. The very fact that a certain level of disgruntlement exists is a little worrying. Hard work is great, but you do need a few bunnies and rainbows when campaigning because campaigns run best with enthusiastic, highly motivated staffers with a common focus. And I do worry, because Harris has a high likelihood of being the presumptive nominee in 2024. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/901 "2021-07-01T18:30:20Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > What a dumb article. Apparently their goal was to write about disorder in the office of the VP by using a style that is so chaotic and incoherent that the style itself is meant to depict the image they are trying to convey. I could not even follow it, which may be what they wanted: to drive the reader off with some vague notion that the rest of the piece really did point out that there is a there there. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-the-first-1-500-days-not-an-afghanistan-discussion/925057/902 "2021-07-02T03:09:18Z")
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