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I saw the entire press conference and it was a joke. Like "I'm going to let you in on a little secret." I smiled. Unlike the last guy he has a sense of humor and everything isn't how great he and he alone is. Then immediately realized that some would use it as "proof" of senility or something. What a shame.
What the ??
OMG...jplvr said:
Some of us are embarrassed when the people that supposedly represent us say mean and nasty things. I was never embarrassed when my Grandmother started losing her cognitive abilities - I took it for what it was, aging. Biden shouldn’t be President because he’s old - Trump should have never been President because he was totally unqualified in so many ways but mainly because he didn’t represent us, he represented himself.
unfortunate and sad maybe.. Utterly embarrassing.
I agree with basically all of this. Trump was a crazy low bar. Biden was a horrible candidate and is a weak president. My hope is that, much like Reagan was shielded from his worsening dementia in his 2nd term, Biden's advisers will keep him from doing real damage.
I stated before. I voted for Biden over Trump and would again today. Does that make me feel any better about Biden now? Not at all. Biden was the "beat Trump" at any cost canidate and it worked.
I think the tide turned on Biden after the G7. The establishment knows they can't protect him for 3.5 more years and have to prepare for the next step.
They needed to keep him more secluded like the first couple of months. The more exposure Biden is getting the worse he looks.
Well, that’s basically what Reagan was his entire 2nd term. So yeah, it could happen.
I agree but there is much more scutiny today. People really did not know Reagan had early stage demetia until he was out of office.
No disagreement. The visibility and stakes are higher now.
Reagan was well before my time but watching some old videos he did seem to have something going on. Harris and his staff had to cringe when Biden started whispering into the mike. It was bizarre behavior to say the least.
At least Reagan surrounded himself with people who were aligned with his agenda. So when Reagan lost capacity and "delegated" to those subordinates, the American voters were still effectively getting who they voted for.
Your rhetoric here is a little extreme, and Biden isn’t a tool for anyone, but it is true that his policies have moved a little to the left in recent months. The changes to the economy caused by the pandemic made this necessary. But there are still very significant differences between his agenda and that of a Bernie or AOC.
Disregarding the really creepy "they'll listen if I speak really, really softly" thing, a guy who's never had a private sector job and been in politics 68 years really comes off as tone deaf when he tells business owners to raise wages. Good grief.jplvr said:
The whole “he never worked in the private sector” argument lost any power it ever had over the last 4 years.
Joe has even given a way to pay for what he wants. Tax the people making over 400k. No reason not to do it for most Americans.
First I’ve hear of it, but it’s spot on. I voted for Biden because he advertised himself as a Moderate. He is more left leaning than I am comfortable with.
It still comes off as condescending and trite given the messenger. Sorry, but guys on the government teat for 50 years telling business how to stay in business is hysterical.
I don’t know if it’s such a positive. I’m trying to think of an example of when the argument “we look weak before the world!” ever produced a positive result. I can’t come up with one.
Well, they way he did it came off as unhinged and really creepy. In normal Joe voice it would have been incredibly condescending.
@timschochet Sounds like a great question for you based on your above comment. Perhaps another debate here this time with Sho. We can all evaluate Joe moving left or not.
OK I get that. But progressive who voted for Biden expect some sort of acknowledge towards their issues as well.
Ranks right up there with "COVID couldn't have possibly originated in a Chinese lab" as the worst lie that the MSM has foisted on the general public. Trump-hate made manifest.
But the media does. Visceral, smoldering hate. And they used the bully pulpit of the fourth estate to decry literally every action he took. Obviously this was a big one, so the wailing and gnashing of teeth was particularly loud.
I already discussed this in another thread. Biden has moved to the left in terms of policy. Several of the items in his spending proposal are beyond what he campaigned on.
I don’t believe the media hates Trump at all. Certain journalists might, but the media as a whole have paid more attention to Donald Trump than any other single public figure in American history, to their immense profit. On this subject I agree with Trump 100%: he made the media billions, and now that he’s out they’re losing tons of ratings. Media executives are praying to their dark gods that he runs again. And better yet, wins again.
