US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians

 

[Northern Blockhead]

At this point it's hard to dismiss the investigator's report. For Trump there's the "communists and markers" statement (in our "cunny"!), but it's probably not as bad. Who knows how bad it could be by 2029 though.

No kidding. If Biden doesn't get a handle on the age problem; it'll be easy pickings for the GOP on the election (provided they can control their eventual nominee)

Also, side note, a funny oof from Jesse Watters who called South Dakota governor Kristi Noem the governor of South Carolina.

 

[WhiskeyJack]

As a Biden supporter: Yeah, this is an optical nightmare for him.

I'm just baffled that Biden's age is such an important issue, when Trump is not much younger and has also shown declines in mental faculties.

You are not baffled. Quit pretending. Biden's own government just found him mentally unfit. Trump meanwhile is actually capable of campaigning and talking with people or answering questions, actions Biden hasn't been mentally capable of for a decade now. It's absolutely night and day difference between the two of them.

More importantly, Trump's VP won't be Kamala Harris, which is proof enough of his mental faculties.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

Democrat modus operandi. Anyone remember this crypt keeper?

 

[Trianon]

As a Biden supporter: Yeah, this is an optical nightmare for him.

I'm just baffled that Biden's age is such an important issue, when Trump is not much younger and has also shown declines in mental faculties.

I think it shows that Biden is not "better" on a character level than Trump. If he can't make that case, then it would come down to a policy choice, and there are a lot of issues that are important to voters that would cut against Biden if the election happened now (immigration, economy). Biden and Trump are much more indistinguishable as people if they are both old, boorish, unethical and embroiled in legal troubles about mishandling classified documents. And the report just checks all of those things off for Biden.

(Not trying to argue or say that's 100% true, just that is how many voters will see it.)

The Democrats do NOT want to run on the election being basically a wash between two corrupt candidates. They need that high ground and they lost a lot of it today, during a primetime broadcast!

 

[Vesperus]

There needs to be an age limit, just like there is an age minimum. I vote for 65.

I'm inclined to agree, at least in theory. Airline pilots, for instance, are forced to retire at 60 because no matter how good they might have been nobody wants to be five miles up when grandad's brains fall out. And they are only responsible for a few hundred people, POTUS is responsible for millions.

They can still sit behind behind the throne, yanking at the strings of power like Kissinger, until they turn 200.

If you don't want a fixed age limit, at least gear up a up a constitutional amendment so the Senate can pull out the equivalent of article 25 out for next time POTATUS can't remember where fucking mexico is.

 

[Random Internet Person]

 

[UnKillFill]

Biden's been retarded since at least the beginning of Obama's first term. (That's when I first noticed it anyway.)
He made so many really dumb gaffes that by the end of it, Obama didn't let him speak at all.

At the time, I just thought he was a moron and yeah that's probably true too, but he was clearly also suffering from the early stages of whatever brain rot he has on full display now.

 

[make_it_so]

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Does the Democrat black vote really give a shit about Kamala? I mean, the black vote is pretty much geared to vote 90% for the Democrats one way or another.

 

[Gehenna]

Does the Democrat black vote really give a shit about Kamala? I mean, the black vote is pretty much geared to vote 90% for the Democrats one way or another.

The answer is complicated but can be summarized as Yes*

The really short version, Biden isn't actually seen as Obama Term 3, rather he gets halfway there. They need some more direct visual indicator. Sacking Kamala is more or less an open admission that Biden is not in fact Obama Term 3 and it would drive down an already shaky bloc. Getting blacks out to vote is one of the major covers for their ballot stuffing, if that number gets too late it makes it a lot harder to play pretend.

Again, as I said before, blacks do not need to vote republican to cause massive problems for democrats. They need to just not vote.

 

[Johnny Salami]

Yes, he spoke for about 12 minutes after about a half hour of prestream waiting.

The C-span version of the clip ditched the last 4 minutes though. I wonder why...

watch me lol

 

[Jeremiah the Bullfrog]

The DU reaction

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218665485

'Joe's too good for us!!'

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I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with a fascination with the bag of crazy that is the DemocraticUnderground. It's like a geriatric reddit with more religious fervor. I fucking love that shit.

Yes, he spoke for about 12 minutes after about a half hour of prestream waiting.

The C-span version of the clip ditched the last 4 minutes though. I wonder why...

There was a point when my grandfather got to the point where he was talking like this. Confused and angry.

So, you know what we did? No... we didn't nominate him for the presidency... we took the keys to his fucking Towncar and his table saw away.

I don't normally watch this shit unedited and just catch the highlights on my morning radio, which I take with a grain of salt because they're obviously pitching to one side. This was truly something to behold.

He did alright, aside from the slip about his son's rosary, when reading the prepared remarks. I'd almost give him a pass for getting distracted when he was talking about the passing of his child, because I can't imagine outliving my children (I also wouldn't bring them up every 15 minutes to garner sympathy, but whatever). That being said, if someone is calling out your mental competency, maybe you shouldn't act like your brain just decided to jerk off for 30 seconds in the middle of your comments.

I'm surprised he took questions and I'm surprised that the questions were as hostile as they were. During which time he got unnecessarily angry with the press, confused Mexico with Egypt and just looked incompetent.

All this happened in 12 minutes, 8 of which were just him reading from a teleprompter and the other 4 were from a slightly hostile press. Imagine how a debate with this guy facing off against Trump is going to go. I can't imagine that he makes it though something like that.

And if they sub him out after the primaries (and they almost have to) are over and after they've done everything in their power to remove Donald Trump from the ballot, how are they going to defend the idea that they're the "Party of Democracy"? They did everything in their power to remove the Republican Candidate from the ballot and pulled the Democrat Candidate from thin air.

They're in a bad spot right now and I'm not sure how they dig themselves out of it.

 

[make_it_so]

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"Hide and watch me, bish!"

 

[MisoSupper]

It's honestly frustating how slow Tucker is in comparision to Putin. You can tell how impatient Putin gets toward the end of the interview having to repeat the same point for like the 5th or 6th time. Its kind of fascinating how much lower IQ journalists have become in the modern era compared to say the 70's. Worth the watch still, and leagues better than anything the MSM slopfactory would put out...but that's not really saying much.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

Imagine how a debate with this guy facing off against Trump is going to go. I can't imagine that he makes it though something like that.

He didn't the last time. The moderator stepped in and debated Trump for Biden. Which is why this time I want Trump to encourage Biden to speak at every opportunity just to lure him into "I wore an onion, which was the style at the time."

 

[mlanguishi]

He didn't the last time. The moderator stepped in and debated Trump for Biden. Which is why this time I want Trump to encourage Biden to speak at every opportunity just to lure him into "I wore an onion, which was the style at the time."

Trump had Covid at the time too. So he at least had that excuse.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

That still doesn't make any sense because Netanyahu is a prime minister, not a president.

let's be fair, as burgers the idea that another country calls their head man something else than what we do is a little crazy even on the best of footings. Sleepy Joe doesn't just go all "and these other countries.... those mother fucks... what the fuck are they even called" is better than a lot of us can pull off
ngl if Trump went off in a speech about "and these other countries.... those mother fucks... what the fuck are they even called" it would be probably pretty great

 

[Geddy Lee's Fee and See]

It's honestly frustating how slow Tucker is in comparision to Putin. You can tell how impatient Putin gets toward the end of the interview having to repeat the same point for like the 5th or 6th time. Its kind of fascinating how much lower IQ journalists have become in the modern era compared to say the 70's. Worth the watch still, and leagues better than anything the MSM slopfactory would put out...but that's not really saying much.

It has a lot to do with the dumbing down of the American populace at large over the last 60 years (especially in the last 20 or so, with the rise of comedian newscasters). Watch Firing Line with William F. Buckley and you will be amazed that how cogent and well thought out the points made are and how generally intelligent the people arguing are (even if they are making bad arguments). America as a whole doesn't value education and learning like it used to just like it doesn't see value in hard labor. This probably is the most important reason we live in clown world today since an intelligent wouldn't vote for the vast majority people in power today. We're essentially living in Idiocracy today and journos being retards only reflects that.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

It has a lot to do with the duming down of the American populace at large over the last 60 years (especially in the last 20 or so, with the rise of comedian newscasters). Watch Firing Line with William F. Buckley and you will be amazed that how cogent and well thought out the points made are and how generally intelligent the people arguing are (even if they are making bad arguments). America as a whole doesn't value education and learning like it used to just like it doesn't see value in hard labor. This probably is the most important reason we live in clown world today since an intelligent wouldn't vote for the vast majority people in power today. We're essentially living in Idiocracy today and journos being retards only reflects that.

"Those who can't do teach" is the worst aphorism of all time. It is the philosophical basis of devaluing education that, quite frankly, was championed by American conservatives and businessmen.

 

[make_it_so]

ngl if Trump went off in a speech about "and these other countries.... those mother fucks... what the fuck are they even called" it would be probably pretty great

But Trump is and always has been a bloviating showman and has never pretended to be otherwise, so him doing that wouldn't be particularly out of character and more importantly he has the charisma to pull it off.

Biden on the other hand has spent decades pretending to be a "respectable" politician, and is decidedly not charismatic, so him doing so would rightfully be seen as him being a jackass.

 

[UnKillFill]

There's no way in hell that they're going to give us even one Trump/Biden debate. Even if Biden got all the questions beforehand like they usually do, he'd forget the answers by the time the question even came up. Oh. And he would probably forget where he was at least once and threat to beat up the moderator. (Or challenge him to a pushup contest)