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knowledge dropper
Footballguy
Fell asleep in a one on one meeting with a foreign leader?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/joe-biden-fall-asleep-oval-office-meeting-israeli-prime-minister-naftali-bennett-video/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/joe-biden-fall-asleep-oval-office-meeting-israeli-prime-minister-naftali-bennett-video/
KingPrawn
Footballguy
I tend not to get into these short out of context clips but, daaaannnnng, it sure looks like it.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
KingPrawn
Footballguy
Is this kinda like when you fall asleep at church during the sermon and pop awake as soon as the word Amen is said?
KingPrawn
Footballguy
You do realize this happens on both sides?Nothing like cropping videos to make your point. Goodness.
knowledge dropper
Footballguy
Ignore the swaying shoulders, closed eyes and slumped head as Joe sinks into dreamy land…30 seconds later he said something. Fake News!
Max Power
Footballguy
Nah, he wasn't sleeping its just terrible manners. His active listening skills are horrible and responses are incoherent, but he DID NOT fall asleep for 30 seconds.
But to be safe let's just label this as misleading since we really dont know.
knowledge dropper
Footballguy
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Cmon guys, he wasn't SLEEPING. It was just too much effort to sit up, open his eyes, look alert, and pay attention to the leader who was speaking to him.
supermike80
Footballguy
Can't BELIEVE there is an attempt to spin this. Whatever he is doing, it ain't listening.
Good gracious.
Good gracious.
The spin started was that Biden was sleeping, using cropped videos to support that narrative.
Once that was proven to be false, the next spin is that he isn't listening.
What's next?
supermike80
Footballguy
Nothing in the longer video shows him to not be sleeping. Not sure how you guys gather that.The spin started was that Biden was sleeping, using cropped videos to support that narrative.
Once that was proven to be false, the next spin is that he isn't listening.
What's next?
But Ok...Say he isn't sleeping. Then what the heck is he doing?
The Commish
Footballguy
I like that this stuff matters now, all of a sudden. Better late than never 
supermike80
Footballguy
BUT TRUMPPPPPPI like that this stuff matters now, all of a sudden. Better late than never
The Commish
Footballguy
Do you ever tire of being wrong most of the time? My comment had nothing to do with Trump. His supporters and their selective faux outrage on the other hand......
supermike80
Footballguy
Right........so how does that have nothing to do with Trump? You're referring to his supporters and fans but say it has nothing to do with Trump. That's logical
The Commish
Footballguy
Have we really gotten to the point where people have gotten so lazy they can't differentiate between individuals? Really?
I know....anything to keep the narrative alive. I'm seeing this in other threads as well. You do you and I will be happy that a select group is finally caring about things like this even if it's momentary. I'll take what I can get. If it bothers you that it's pointed out, perhaps negating the fact by remaining consistent in standard would be of benefit.
quick-hands
Footballguy
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Some of us were trying to warn you all along. But sure, "all of a sudden"I like that this stuff matters now, all of a sudden. Better late than never
supermike80
Footballguy
Hey you're the one that cant seem to get past Trump, not me. So as far as the narrative, if you wanna just focus on the current problem, that might make that go away. If you continually do BUT TRUMPPP then, well, that kinda continues the narrative now doesn't it?Have we really gotten to the point where people have gotten so lazy they can't differentiate between individuals? Really?
I know....anything to keep the narrative alive. I'm seeing this in other threads as well. You do you and I will be happy that a select group is finally caring about things like this even if it's momentary. I'll take what I can get. If it bothers you that it's pointed out, perhaps negating the fact by remaining consistent in standard would be of benefit.
Kind of like the deficit.I like that this stuff matters now, all of a sudden. Better late than never
The Commish
Footballguy
I didn't even bring him up but it's me that's obsessed
The "problem" has been around a while and continues to be a problem as several of us have expressed both now and last cycle. I was simply commenting on the those who basically remained silent last cycle and are now, apparently, gravely concerned. I'm glad you guys are finally on board...welcome!
supermike80
Footballguy
You bring up his supporters, but not him. Yeah OK. That logic doesn't work.I didn't even bring him up but it's me that's obsessed
The "problem" has been around a while and continues to be a problem as several of us have expressed both now and last cycle. I was simply commenting on the those who basically remained silent last cycle and are now, apparently, gravely concerned. I'm glad you guys are finally on board...welcome!
The Commish
Footballguy
Warn me of what? It's rather clear neither Trump or Biden are particularly "there" in a mental capacity. I've made this argument several times myself. The only thing that's changed is some people are selectively jumping on board. As I said before, better late than never, even if it is just for a short time.Some of us were trying to warn you all along. But sure, "all of a sudden"
The Commish
Footballguy
Of course not. Can't get into anything but the 100K foot level observations..."nuance" (and I find it really hard to classify something so blatantly and obviously different as nuanced but trying to meet you where you are) be damned!!!!
supermike80
Footballguy
I don't know if you really understand anything you are typing today. But the smiley emojis are cool.
When you say "this stuff matters now", what time period are you comparing it to? TIAI like that this stuff matters now, all of a sudden. Better late than never
You should have just stayed down.
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Snotbubbles
Footballguy
The deficit should matter to both sides. Neither side seems to care ENOUGH, though I will say, the Republicans have shown an interest in at least limiting spending more than Democrats.
supermike80
Footballguy
Trump years, Trump supporters, Trump politics but not Trump.When you say "this stuff matters now", what time period are you comparing it to? TIA
Nuance you see.
The Commish
Footballguy
Any point prior to this administration. It's not unique to Trump guys, though they seem to be the most vocal. As I said before, glad you guys are on board with concernWhen you say "this stuff matters now", what time period are you comparing it to? TIA
The selectiveness is transparent, but I'll take you being on the right side even if for the wrong reasons. Welcome aboard!
The Commish
Footballguy
shadrap
Footballguy
so your saying the original video is cropped & fake? Where is the one showing him not nodding off? I'm now curious & hope to god we have one that shows he is not sleeping.The spin started was that Biden was sleeping, using cropped videos to support that narrative.
Once that was proven to be false, the next spin is that he isn't listening.
What's next?
Odd. When the poor complain of having expenses higher than their income, the right likes to say those people should get a better job, pull themselves up by their bootstraps, better themselves through education, etc., or in other words, find a way to increase their income (or, revenue). Yet when government complains of having expenses higher than their income, the right suggests that government needs to decrease its spending rather than increase its income (or, revenue). Curiously, even when government already spends more than it takes in, conservative dogma typically calls for decreasing revenue.
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
I have no problem paying more taxes if it's accompanied by a decrease in spending. I don't want higher taxes just so the government can spend more. The problem is, when the right tries to decrease spending the left complains and when the left tries to increase revenue, the right complains. If I'm given the choice, I rather pay less taxes.
I can't really remember a time when the right tried to legitimately reduce spending. I do remember the right repeatedly reducing revenue. Right now, I'd settle for just undoing all the recent revenue reductions imposed by the right.
We all know what you meant and the semantics games you like to play for zero reason.Any point prior to this administration. It's not unique to Trump guys, though they seem to be the most vocal. As I said before, glad you guys are on board with concern
The selectiveness is transparent, but I'll take you being on the right side even if for the wrong reasons. Welcome aboard!
Nobody ever cared when the President fell asleep in a meeting in the entire history of presidents before Biden!
But Trump!
The Commish
Footballguy
I'll never understand the obsession with creating straw men for people who agree with you on something just to try and make it seem like they don't agree with you. What do you get out of that? Just to argue? It's an amazing thing to watch.We all know what you meant and the semantics games you like to play for zero reason.
Nobody ever cared when the President fell asleep in a meeting in the entire history of presidents before Biden!
But Trump!
Dickies
Footballguy
I also do not mind paying higher taxes, but don't necessarily mind if the government spends more or less as long as they spend it on things I find important. I would like to significantly narrow the gap between revenue and spending. When was the last time the right has made a serious effort to decrease spending?
You may disagree, and that's fair, but I don't take a POTUS suggested budget seriously when POTUS party differs from Congress control. POTUS budgets when not controlling Congress are basically just marketing (this goes for D budgets too). Where were those same cuts in 2017-18 when Republicans did control Congress?
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Rich Conway said:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/268356/ratio-of-government-expenditure-to-gross-domestic-product-gdp-in-the-united-states/
As you can see, the Government expenditures as measured as a percentage of GDP were in line with the Obama administration, and somewhat below what Obama's administration spent. It would have been nice to see the Republican's do more in reducing the expenditures when they had control. But as I said before, it doesn't appear that either party is very concerned with reducing the budget.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Yes because if anything has been proven to reduce spending, it's raising taxes.Rich Conway said:
Right. So GOP control resulted in no change in spending but vast reductions in revenue. In other words, GOP control led to increases in the deficit.
If you'd followed the thread, you'd see the goal of raising taxes wouldn't be to reduce spending but rather to reduce the deficit, something it most certainly would accomplish.Yes because if anything has been proven to reduce spending, it's raising taxes.
supermike80
Footballguy
These simplistic comparison takes are so silly. These are almost always a copy and paste item from facebook as some sort of meme where the person who created it probably gave himself a high five
So let me see if I have this right. If a poor person was buying, oh I don't know, COCAINE with their limited income, the right would be OK with that. They only care about them making more money and never ever get upset about what they are wasting that income on.
Just so silly.
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
I suppose you prefer the Obama alternative, higher taxes AND higher spending and deficits. I feel like I continue to repeat myself. I said it above, I'll say it again. Since neither side seems particularly worried about spending and deficits, I prefer the side that taxes me the least.
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
It would only accomplish a reduction in the deficit if the spending didn't increase in an equal amount. But for example, the Biden 2021 budget proposal increases tax revenue by 1.7T over 10 years but it also increases spending by 4T over the same time period. So, yeah, tax and spend isn't really a deficit reducer.
