Honestly that line was probably written by a speech writer beforehand, but it shows he can remember it and deliver it with good timing. It was pretty good.
I don't think he's really doing anything to appease critics. He's not doing bad, he's just not doing well either. I'm sure the "Vice President Trump" bit will make its way around pretty quick.
As someone who is in the camp of calling for Biden to step down, if he would've just done this during the debate, we wouldn't have ever had a problem. Sure, he stumbled and mixed names up... Whatever. George W Bush did far worse, let alone Trump. But that debate performance? That looked closer to outright dementia, I'm sorry. And now in the back of everyone's minds is when is the inevitable next time he does this? For he certainly isn't getting any younger, and that sure as shit wasn't a cold. Meanwhile the apathetic battleground swing-voters who will decide this election and hate both candidates just got the confirmation they needed to say, "both sides / they're all the same."
A board-certified neurologist stated on NBC the other night that "it is a fact that he has Parkinson's" based on a variety of his behaviors, the slow and low-toned voice being one indicator of many.
He did alright. Alright isn't enough. He needed a homerun to unfuck this, and he hit a single. I think from here on out, Biden is a detriment to the party ticket. If he stays in, our fight becomes much harder.
He did alright. Alright isn’t enough. He needed a homerun to unfuck this, and he hit a single. I think from here on out, Biden is a detriment to the party ticket. If he stays in, our fight becomes much harder.
I would have agreed with that analogy up until that last question. He seems to have this thing about not knowing when to quit..
This is like, actually the worst answer he's given in the conference. Like, dude, you are polling in the 30s. Don't bring up the polling if you are trying to make your case. Whatever you do pretend the polling doesn't exist.
Biden: No ones saying that.
Bruh. Everyones saying that. Fuck he fumbled ENTIRELY on the final question. That went from minor win/ good to.. fucking disaster in that last minute.
Well, that started very bad, got a bit better in the middle, and then fell apart at the end. What I'm worried about is that he did just well enough to convince himself not to drop out. I doubt anyone feels much better after that though.
Basically just means someone is very energetic and it doesn't seem natural. Not sure how much it caught on, but in the military we used it as a euphemism for being fucked up that maintained plausible deniability if someone overheard.
Well that was fun. Every body stand up and stay standing for at least 5 minutes.
Walk around the house, go to the yard, whatever; get your heart pumping blood.
It will be time to return to our regular doom posting shortly, but in the mean time, look out for yourselves kings and queens: Its your health that matters.
Nope. This is an order soldier. One lap around the block. We've got months of shit posting and doom scrolling we've still got to get through. I need you in shape for that.
I dunno why people are so die hard for Biden to stay in the race. Most of those people will vote for whoever runs against Trump. I don't care who they put up, I am voting for them, but if we put up someone who is clear, coherent and younger, I suspect it will attract a better turn out.
During the debate and the interview with Stephanopoulos, he had this vacant, slack jawed look like he didn’t know where he was or what was going on.
Its a much better performance. Can it move the needle though?
Its not us, the wonk's of the wonk's who need to be moved. Its Average Voter who needs to be moved. Biden needs big W's to get back in this, not slightly smaller L's. Also, he called Zelnzkiy Putin, and Kamela Harris with Trump, thats whats trending at the moment. Gonna be much harder to get "industrial policy regarding defensive capabilities" trending.
I gave Biden a pass for the "Doing the goodest job" flub during the ABC News interview, because how do you answer that question on the spot without sounding like a nihilist? Obviously, he should have said that trust in the system is important and that checks and balances will still be a thing even if he doesn't win, but he opted for the feel-good sentiment of "At least we tried our best!".
But for this? The question was "Trump is already tweeting about you mixing up Vice President Harris with his name and citing it as evidence that you are not fit for office. How do you respond to that?" and he says listen to him. WTF man. Biden is his own worst enemy right now. He could have walked off stage and said nothing.
I just saw a stat saying he hasn't had a full cabinet meeting since last October? So take press conferences out of it... it's kind of dire how low a profile Biden is maintaining.
"Ahead of closed-door Cabinet meetings that Biden attends, it is customary for Cabinet officials to submit questions and key talking points that they plan to present in front of Biden ahead of time to White House aides, two sources with direct knowledge told CNN.
“The entire display is kind of an act,” one of those sources told CNN. “They would come and say, ‘Hey, the president is going to call on you about 25 minutes in, and ask this question. What are the bullet points you’ll respond with?’”
The second source, who echoed that same description, said when Biden attends Cabinet meetings, they are “not free-wheeling, and pretty well-orchestrated.” And the meetings themselves are infrequent, with one Cabinet secretary telling CNN they are uncertain of Biden’s condition because they so rarely see him.
In fact, the last full Cabinet meeting took place on October 2, 2023. Sources also said Cabinet meetings during the Obama years, which Biden attended as vice president, were not pre-scripted this way."
Media is seething rn. They wanted Biden to break down and start sobbing on stage. He basically told them they were stupid for running a major story about a minor flub this afternoon.
They are mad that Biden turned their accusations into a boring press conference about NATO and his accomplishments.
I use adguard for whole house filtering, and while out of town last week, I forgot how much it did. Treat it like your furnace filter, keep it updated, etc.
This must be so weird for NATO officials in the room. The future of NATO hinges in him... and it really has nothing to do with the message he conveys, but how he says it.
Is it better for NATO if he flubs it, and gets another candidate in? Worse? shrug
I don't understand "get a better candidate" though really. The Dems should run a paperclip someone found at the back of the drawer and beat a racist, murdering, pedophile, rapist.
The problem is the news corps decided they are gonna do whatever they can to get Trump.
They could have literally the best candidate on earth and trump could fuck a an aborted fetus of a pregnant teen trans boy on loop for 24 hours on live tv, and CNN would still find something else to talk about
I mean Jon Fucking Stewart, someone who could have run against Trump and won, is right in line with the same fucking plan.
First Time I hear about Hamas using Ballistic missiles. Boy they leveled up pretty quickly. maybe Biden should outsource missile manufacturing to them, US will be cutting billion of dollars in R&D.
That one was the best one. I thought his answer though to the question about letting Harris take over the ticket if she was polling better was awful. I’m sure most of the ink will be spilled over Vice President trump and “listen to him” but that’s a simple flub and a poorly delivered quip.
We are being told, and I really do believe, that a second trump term could bring about a fascist takeover, project 2025 is legitimately frightening and the Supreme Court seems eager to make this happen.
Saying that he wouldn’t go for who had the best shot he’d only step away if he knew for certain he would lose because of some nebulous “only I can finish the job here” is straight ego tripping.
Someone else has a better shot at saving our very democracy and Biden would bet it all on Biden because he thinks Biden is singularly capable of doing… something. No idea what. And that’s more important to him which is fucking wild
Vitamin B12 in the ass, meth, Dexedrine, we were just getting things in full swing with our full control of the natural world at all times and the girl-can’t-get-pregnant pills and it was basically just a normal thing like yo I’ll have some meth and then I’ll have energy and can focus
Biden looked ok he made joke got mad about gun violence took shots at trump still needs to do more but this is a decent first step to show he can actually win
I'm starting to think the same. I used to think "elder abuse" was just a phrase RW trolls would bandy about in relation to Biden, but...I'm just feeling terribly about the guy.
I also feel that so many within the "liberal media" and so many in the party are just walking on eggshells when it comes to this. None of this is a good look, at least if we care about WINNING.