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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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We really don't care... (Original Post) Skya Rhen Aug 2019 OP
K&R! Thanks for posting this! Great video clip from CBSN. highplainsdem Aug 2019 #1
Biden gets slagged for slips of the tongue and minor errors The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #2
+1 gazillion squared x 2 to the infinite power DonaldsRump Aug 2019 #31
I wish more did. We already have a president who has supporters... TCJ70 Aug 2019 #3
nobody needs to explain what Biden said. people know he got the name JI7 Aug 2019 #5
Pretty sure this latest one was more than just a city mix-up... TCJ70 Aug 2019 #7
every candidate has had to explain things. it's bs to compare it to trump JI7 Aug 2019 #8
Don't even try to compare Biden Cha Aug 2019 #15
No comparison here between what Trumpsters have to explain--and really they don't bother-- emmaverybo Aug 2019 #18
I don't want to spend four or eight years saying "But what he really meant was..." TCJ70 Aug 2019 #19
Don't. No one is forcing you to, but you can make your case without resorting to making a emmaverybo Aug 2019 #20
I would much rather that than say...President Trump ...a most cruel despicable piece of poop. Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #24
That's a totally false equivalency peggysue2 Aug 2019 #23
Biden Forgot That Segregationists Don't Call White Men "Boy" DrFunkenstein Aug 2019 #4
are you angry at minorities for supporting Biden ? becsuse Biden had support among JI7 Aug 2019 #6
As an AA...I. Do. Not. Care. Skya Rhen Aug 2019 #9
Well we will use him to win as Obama did. Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #25
Sure they did. Where do you think good ole boys came from? "Boy," a Southernism, but also found emmaverybo Aug 2019 #32
More precisely... LincolnRossiter Aug 2019 #10
I couldn't have said it better, myself! THANK YOU!!! Skya Rhen Aug 2019 #11
Ha!! Perfect 👌 Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #28
how about asking How much do South Carolina voters care about tRumps fuck-ups, pardon the French. nt yaesu Aug 2019 #12
the people that vote in the democratic primary in SC are the group most opposed to Trump JI7 Aug 2019 #14
Good answer on twitter lunasun Aug 2019 #13
Great post. K&R NYMinute Aug 2019 #16
.."Biden More relatable.." media harping.. " not working.. Cha Aug 2019 #17
My question is - do all the dem candidates get a pass on gaffes? lame54 Aug 2019 #21
Most of them already have. Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #26
Elizabeth Warren definitely has ! stonecutter357 Aug 2019 #30
When will M$M get it? oasis Aug 2019 #22
Well that's an ill-considered statement. progressoid Aug 2019 #27
finally!!! She's useful for some worthy cause Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #29
Uh. No. progressoid Aug 2019 #33
And they worry about Biden's verbal gaffes? The president is a category 5 disaster Gothmog Sep 2019 #34
 

highplainsdem

(48,732 posts)
1. K&R! Thanks for posting this! Great video clip from CBSN.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:15 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,281 posts)
2. Biden gets slagged for slips of the tongue and minor errors
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:17 PM
Aug 2019

that would go unnoticed, or at least unreported, if done by anybody else. But of course since Biden is so totally "gaffe-prone," that's going to be the story. Kind of like how Al Gore was boring and Hillary wasn't likable enough, it turns into a meme -- because if you don't have any substance to report on and you've got air time to fill, hell, let's find some more gaffes because that's what Biden does! He said it was Tuesday when it was actually Wednesday! He said he was drinking Coke when he was drinking Pepsi! OMG!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
31. +1 gazillion squared x 2 to the infinite power
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:54 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

TCJ70

(4,387 posts)
3. I wish more did. We already have a president who has supporters...
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:22 PM
Aug 2019

...that have to bend themselves into pretzels to “explain” what he says. I don’t want to be responsible for putting another one in that office.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

JI7

(89,187 posts)
5. nobody needs to explain what Biden said. people know he got the name
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:29 PM
Aug 2019

of a city mixed up with another one and other similar things.

trump is intentionally lying and just not informed about things.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

TCJ70

(4,387 posts)
7. Pretty sure this latest one was more than just a city mix-up...
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:31 PM
Aug 2019

...Thanks for the explanation, though...

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

JI7

(89,187 posts)
8. every candidate has had to explain things. it's bs to compare it to trump
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:35 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Cha

(295,929 posts)
15. Don't even try to compare Biden
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 08:42 PM
Aug 2019

to trump.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
18. No comparison here between what Trumpsters have to explain--and really they don't bother--
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 01:43 AM
Aug 2019

and easily explained and harmless tongue-slips. Also consider the source.

No comparison between decent, qualified, experienced, knowledgeable, hard-working Biden and his long civil rights record and unfit, moronic, racist, criminally corrupt Trump. Please don’t go there with any Dem candidate.

Next.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

TCJ70

(4,387 posts)
19. I don't want to spend four or eight years saying "But what he really meant was..."
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:47 AM
Aug 2019

Maybe you're OK with that and that's fine. I'm not. Biden mixed up at least three different stories together into one that never happened. Then, when confronted with this and given the facts about it, doubled down and stood by his story. No thanks.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
20. Don't. No one is forcing you to, but you can make your case without resorting to making a
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 02:25 PM
Aug 2019

comparison between Trump and Biden.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Demsrule86

(68,355 posts)
24. I would much rather that than say...President Trump ...a most cruel despicable piece of poop.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:33 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
23. That's a totally false equivalency
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 02:56 PM
Aug 2019

There's no comparison to Trump. None. As Josh Marshall stated explicitly yesterday in his op-ed at TPM:

Trump is a degenerate, malicious liar.

Case closed!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DrFunkenstein

(8,745 posts)
4. Biden Forgot That Segregationists Don't Call White Men "Boy"
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:28 PM
Aug 2019

Forgot that black kids are not the same as "poor kids."

Forgot that telling an African-American audience that Mitt Romney would "put you all back in chains" might be a loaded statement.

Forgot that Anita Hill was never the one on trial and that despite saying he "owe her an apology," forgot to actually apologize.

But Obama used him to balance his ticket and assure older white voters that he was safe as milk, so it all works out.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

JI7

(89,187 posts)
6. are you angry at minorities for supporting Biden ? becsuse Biden had support among
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:31 PM
Aug 2019

minorities even before he became Obama's vp. he is very much loved among minority communities .

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Skya Rhen

(2,701 posts)
9. As an AA...I. Do. Not. Care.
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:36 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Demsrule86

(68,355 posts)
25. Well we will use him to win as Obama did.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:34 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
32. Sure they did. Where do you think good ole boys came from? "Boy," a Southernism, but also found
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:58 PM
Aug 2019

in other regions, was a term many folk used to express hierarchy. It could be fond, think John-boy, and, on the other hand, a white man could use it with a white store clerk. Many white men used it with each other, as peers. Also could be used in sports as in “Go, my son,” which you will hear
UK and Irish say. Here it might be “look at that boy run away with the ball,” or “ our boys played a great game today.”

“Boy” did evolve into a racist smear meant to infantalize, demean, dehumanize black men.

Senator Eastland used “boy” with White Senators, and in that context, without its racialist connotation. Biden would not have heard him use it as a racial slur in talking to senators.

To this day the word has a variety of contexts is which it is used and connotations accordingly.

Attempts to paint Biden as a racially insensitive closet racist have failed.

Biden was not recalling Eastland’s racism fondly, but his old-man quirks in relating to young senators like himself and Ted Kennedy.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Skya Rhen

(2,701 posts)
11. I couldn't have said it better, myself! THANK YOU!!!
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:46 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
12. how about asking How much do South Carolina voters care about tRumps fuck-ups, pardon the French. nt
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:50 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

JI7

(89,187 posts)
14. the people that vote in the democratic primary in SC are the group most opposed to Trump
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 08:27 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
13. Good answer on twitter
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 08:04 PM
Aug 2019

Say it -he is gaffing but at least he ain’t all lies and hate propaganda


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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Cha

(295,929 posts)
17. .."Biden More relatable.." media harping.. " not working..
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 08:57 PM
Aug 2019

"..media harping.." Good description!

"..they care about the realness of the candidate. Biden is a real candidate."

Mahalo, Skya!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

lame54

(35,143 posts)
21. My question is - do all the dem candidates get a pass on gaffes?
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 02:43 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Demsrule86

(68,355 posts)
26. Most of them already have.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:35 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

stonecutter357

(12,682 posts)
30. Elizabeth Warren definitely has !
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:52 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

oasis

(49,152 posts)
22. When will M$M get it?
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 02:53 PM
Aug 2019

"Gaff monitoring" is what they've transitioned to from their "Joe's too touchy, feely" reporting.

Gotta pile on Joe no matter how weak the sauce.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

progressoid

(49,827 posts)
27. Well that's an ill-considered statement.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:40 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Thekaspervote

(32,606 posts)
29. finally!!! She's useful for some worthy cause
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:45 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

progressoid

(49,827 posts)
33. Uh. No.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 04:05 PM
Aug 2019

She's not useful for anything worthy.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Gothmog

(144,005 posts)
34. And they worry about Biden's verbal gaffes? The president is a category 5 disaster
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 01:22 PM
Sep 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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