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Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    Thread is as dead as the dodo. I'm actually starting to feel sorry for the man.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,750 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Thread is as dead as the dodo. I'm actually starting to feel sorry for the man.

    Politics should never be sensational, I'm glad he's getting sh!t done and not making headlines for saying stupid cr@p. Makes a refreshing change


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,654 ✭✭✭✭extra gravy


    duploelabs wrote: »
    Politics should never be sensational, I'm glad he's getting sh!t done and not making headlines for saying stupid cr@p. Makes a refreshing change

    Poor Trumpsters are desperate for drama, they don't seem to understand that politics is supposed to be boring.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,750 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Poor Trumpsters are desperate for drama, they don't seem to understand that politics is supposed to be boring.

    Thing is they conflate viewership with efficacy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    duploelabs wrote: »
    Politics should never be sensational, I'm glad he's getting sh!t done and not making headlines for saying stupid cr@p. Makes a refreshing change


    Headlines are full of him saying stupid crap.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,237 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    Headlines are full of him saying stupid crap.


    Would that be on those "alternative" news tweets? Those tend to be out of context partial sentences with dodgy editing.


    Anyway, I don't think that saying stupid crap is the ground that you want to compete on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,654 ✭✭✭✭extra gravy


    Headlines are full of him saying stupid crap.

    https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1405216963190824960?s=19

    Quite enjoyed this slip of the tongue :) Easy enough to confuse two sociopaths to be fair to him.


  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Did anyone see what happened between Biden and Collins?

    https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1405223618741559299?s=21

    For me Collins completely misquoted him, and that’s what set Biden off. His last condescending line was out of order which he rightfully should have and did apologise for.

    Interesting to see how the Trump-lovers try to paint CNN has partisan now mind.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,225 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    I've just deleted 40 posts of pointless back and forth off topic bickering. Can we please get back on topic folks, thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭BlaktainPicard


    https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1405216963190824960?s=19

    Quite enjoyed this slip of the tongue :) Easy enough to confuse two sociopaths to be fair to him.

    Pathethic the excuses,

    :D:D
    babbling on nonsensically with obvious signs of dementia.
    He is admitting he has handlers that only allow him talk to certain journalists.
    The long long pauses and mumbling and veering off to barely related topics when asked a question ... but sure, I must be a "Trumpist" :rolleyes:

    His wife is dragging him around not allowing him to talk either, he has the look of a confused old man that doesn't know where he is , it's pathetic the excuses the media are making for him - it doesn't make you pro Trump to see the guy is obviously suffering serious cognitive decline.

    Even CNN panelist was questioning why is this guy so protected from the press, and never has any tough questions to answer.


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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,225 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Pathethic the excuses,

    :D:D
    babbling on nonsensically with obvious signs of dementia.
    He is admitting he has handlers that only allow him talk to certain journalists.
    The long long pauses and mumbling and veering off to barely related topics when asked a question ... but sure, I must be a "Trumpist" :rolleyes:

    His wife is dragging him around not allowing him to talk either, he has the look of a confused old man that doesn't know where he is , it's pathetic the excuses the media are making for him - it doesn't make you pro Trump to see the guy is obviously suffering serious cognitive decline.

    Even CNN panelist was questioning why is this guy so protected from the press, and never has any tough questions to answer.

    Threadbanned


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,215 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Did anyone else see this absolute Putin-grilling?



    This lady has brass


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,215 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Holy ****, I wasn't expecting so much bipartisanship in one week.

    https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1007363054/congress-is-poised-to-take-back-some-of-its-war-powers-from-the-president

    The House has passed a law to rescind the 2002 Authorized Use of Military force, aka AUMF, aka the 'declaration of war' on Terrorism.

    I cannot understate how significant this will be if or indeed when the Senate passes it, if it has Republican support, which it appears to have.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,258 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    Overheal wrote: »
    This right here gave me waves of emotional relief, that we once again have a POTUS with neurotypical human thoughts and feelings, such as remorse, and humility.

    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/biden-apologizes-for-heated-spat-with-cnns-kaitlan-collins-i-shouldnt-have-been-such-a-wise-guy/

    This afternoon, Biden snapped at CNN's Kaitlyn Collins for suggesting with her question that he had some degree of "confidence" in Putin changing his ways. “I’m not confident he’ll change his behavior. Where the hell — When did I say I was confident?” adding that she was “in the wrong business.”

    by the time he got back on the ground though Biden had been humbled:

    “I owe my last questioner an apology,” he said. “I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy with the last answer I gave.”

    “Look, to be a good reporter, you’ve gotta be negative. You’ve gotta have a negative view of life, it seems to me, I apologize for having been short before.”

    was that really his apology?

    i should have realised, yer one is in the press and they have a negative view of life?

    thats pure insulting to all in the press.

    the original incident, that was just him snapping cos he wasn't spoon fed an answer. maybe he was frustrated that he cant actually give an unscripted answer so this was his chance to do so?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,258 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    Overheal wrote: »
    Holy ****, I wasn't expecting so much bipartisanship in one week.

    https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1007363054/congress-is-poised-to-take-back-some-of-its-war-powers-from-the-president

    The House has passed a law to rescind the 2002 Authorized Use of Military force, aka AUMF, aka the 'declaration of war' on Terrorism.

    I cannot understate how significant this will be if or indeed when the Senate passes it, if it has Republican support, which it appears to have.

    seems like the dems dont trust biden with this power. i know some of them already tried to take the nuke codes off him.

    that was a facetious answer. will read the article!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,909 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    was that really his apology?

    i should have realised, yer one is in the press and they have a negative view of life?

    thats pure insulting to all in the press.

    the original incident, that was just him snapping cos he wasn't spoon fed an answer. maybe he was frustrated that he cant actually give an unscripted answer so this was his chance to do so?

    He turned back to the press to answer a question he could have easily ignored while walking into a building because he wasn't spoonfed an answer? Can you explain the mechanics of that in detail because it seems a bizarre viewpoint that is at odds with reality.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,169 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    was that really his apology?

    i should have realised, yer one is in the press and they have a negative view of life?

    thats pure insulting to all in the press.

    the original incident, that was just him snapping cos he wasn't spoon fed an answer. maybe he was frustrated that he cant actually give an unscripted answer so this was his chance to do so?

    Person, woman, man, camera, tv


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,258 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    astrofool wrote: »
    He turned back to the press to answer a question he could have easily ignored while walking into a building because he wasn't spoonfed an answer? Can you explain the mechanics of that in detail because it seems a bizarre viewpoint that is at odds with reality.

    as i said, maybe he was frustrated that every question he gets is from a preselected group and in a particular order.

    biden does it every so often and they strike me as similar to the outbursts of a petulant child against the people who he will get in trouble from.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,258 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    was that really his apology?

    i should have realised, yer one is in the press and they have a negative view of life?

    thats pure insulting to all in the press.

    the original incident, that was just him snapping cos he wasn't spoon fed an answer. maybe he was frustrated that he cant actually give an unscripted answer so this was his chance to do so?
    everlast75 wrote: »
    Person, woman, man, camera, tv

    as i said? maybe i'm missing something


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,909 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    as i said, maybe he was frustrated that every question he gets is from a preselected group and in a particular order.

    biden does it every so often and they strike me as similar to the outbursts of a petulant child against the people who he will get in trouble from.

    So, in your reality, Biden is walking into a building with the press shouting questions, then suddenly gets frustrated that his other questions are preselected and in order and stops walking to the building, walks back to the press and gives an answer to a question.

    That in your mind is what actually happened here?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,258 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    astrofool wrote: »
    So, in your reality, Biden is walking into a building with the press shouting questions, then suddenly gets frustrated that his other questions are preselected and in order and stops walking to the building, walks back to the press and gives an answer to a question.

    That in your mind is what actually happened here?

    people need to learn the definition of maybe. i am speculating.

    whats your explanation?


  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    people need to learn the definition of maybe. i am speculating.

    whats your explanation?

    Watch the f*cking video, for a start.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,909 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    people need to learn the definition of maybe. i am speculating.

    whats your explanation?

    I'm just fascinated that a human, capable of thought and speculation, can watch those events and come up with that explanation.

    It's cuckoo bananas by the way.

    But fascinating.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,258 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    astrofool wrote: »
    I'm just fascinated that a human, capable of thought and speculation, can watch those events and come up with that explanation.

    It's cuckoo bananas by the way.

    But fascinating.

    the human mind is something else!

    why do you think the POTUS snapped (surely we can take that for granted given he apologised) at a journalist for asking a reasonable question?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,909 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    the human mind is something else!

    why do you think the POTUS snapped (surely we can take that for granted given he apologised) at a journalist for asking a reasonable question?

    What's the simplest logical explanation?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,169 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    people need to learn the definition of maybe. i am speculating.

    whats your explanation?

    I don't know. He should be in good form. After all...

    https://twitter.com/JohnCollins_KP/status/1405502819378008065?s=19


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,258 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    astrofool wrote: »
    What's the simplest logical explanation?

    i've thought about this for a few mins, and have come up with a few others explanations as to why the POTUS would snap at a reporter (basically asking myself why the POTUS would snap at a reporter for asking a reasonable question):

    he was tired
    he was going into a high stakes summit and was on edge
    didnt like the reporter
    didnt like the question
    the heat
    drunk

    i think my speculation in prior post is the occam's razor.

    and if i'm way off track, what do you think is the simplest logical explanation?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,909 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    i've thought about this for a few mins, and have come up with a few others explanations as to why the POTUS would snap at a reporter (basically asking myself why the POTUS would snap at a reporter for asking a reasonable question):

    he was tired
    he was going into a high stakes summit and was on edge
    didnt like the reporter
    didnt like the question
    the heat
    drunk

    i think my speculation in prior post is the occam's razor.

    and if i'm way off track, what do you think is the simplest logical explanation?

    The very simplest explanation is that he was frustrated at his words being misquoted by the press, got angry and later apologises.

    This was also reported in multiple news reports from both left and right channels. You either have an agenda on this and keep trying to push some senile joe narrative, or you truly believe what you wrote and have to accept that you're not very good at reading situations.

    I mean all your alternates are even more bizarre than your first try, drunk? Really? You think the president of the United States being drunk is another explanation for why he called out a reporters question? How does that confer any credibility on your future opinions?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,258 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    astrofool wrote: »
    The very simplest explanation is that he was frustrated at his words being misquoted by the press, got angry and later apologises.

    This was also reported in multiple news reports from both left and right channels. You either have an agenda on this and keep trying to push some senile joe narrative, or you truly believe what you wrote and have to accept that you're not very good at reading situations.

    I mean all your alternates are even more bizarre than your first try, drunk? Really? You think the president of the United States being drunk is another explanation for why he called out a reporters question? How does that confer any credibility on your future opinions?

    so we're all on the same page, what was the original quote that has been misquoted?

    i dislike him for 1 main thing...pandering to cancel culture/woke/whatever its called.

    birthing people?

    the alternatives were simply that, alternatives. not what i think, but possible explanations of him snapping at a reporter.


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  • Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Andrea Strong Rodent


    so we're all on the same page, what was the original quote that has been misquoted?

    i dislike him for 1 main thing...pandering to cancel culture/woke/whatever its called.

    birthing people?

    the alternatives were simply that, alternatives. not what i think, but possible explanations of him snapping at a reporter.

    Not his lies about a public option? carrying on Trump's border policy? inaction on climate change?

    You know, actual meaningful policy positions.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,169 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    i dislike him for 1 main thing...pandering to cancel culture

    This right here shows where you get your "news".

    Fox et al have convinced you and others that this is the biggest threat to your life.

    If you take a step back, splash some water on your face and think about it, it is utterly ridiculous.

    He's objectively doing a really good job and so this is the best they can come up with.

    It's utter nonsense.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,169 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    seems like the dems dont trust biden with this power. i know some of them already tried to take the nuke codes off him.

    that was a facetious answer. will read the article!

    Another talking point being pushed by right wing hacks currently and up it pops here.

    https://twitter.com/Kredo0/status/1405625624279060483?s=19

    Does anyone really need to dig up what this utter clown said about trump to know his opinion isn't worth jack sh1t?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,085 ✭✭✭Smee_Again


    i've thought about this for a few mins, and have come up with a few others explanations as to why the POTUS would snap at a reporter (basically asking myself why the POTUS would snap at a reporter for asking a reasonable question):

    he was tired
    he was going into a high stakes summit and was on edge
    didnt like the reporter
    didnt like the question
    the heat
    drunk

    i think my speculation in prior post is the occam's razor.

    and if i'm way off track, what do you think is the simplest logical explanation?

    I'm not sure if you should think about things a little longer or just not at all.

    THe bit in bold shows how clueless you are, the question was after the summit.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,750 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Smee_Again wrote: »
    I'm not sure if you should think about things a little longer or just not at all.

    THe bit in bold shows how clueless you are, the question was after the summit.

    Stop getting in the way of baseless conjecture with your 'facts'


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭Christy42


    everlast75 wrote: »
    Another talking point being pushed by right wing hacks currently and up it pops here.

    https://twitter.com/Kredo0/status/1405625624279060483?s=19

    Does anyone really need to dig up what this utter clown said about trump to know his opinion isn't worth jack sh1t?

    If he doesn't respond to this with "Person, woman, man, camera, TV." it will go down as the greatest missed opportunity in the history of missed opportunities.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,875 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    everlast75 wrote: »
    Another talking point being pushed by right wing hacks currently and up it pops here.


    Does anyone really need to dig up what this utter clown said about trump to know his opinion isn't worth jack sh1t?

    Ronny Jackson still hitting the sauce? Lest we forget he's a discredited former Surgeon General. Kind of impressive how many careers were ruined by association with the #IMPOTUS.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,909 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    so we're all on the same page, what was the original quote that has been misquoted?

    i dislike him for 1 main thing...pandering to cancel culture/woke/whatever its called.

    birthing people?

    the alternatives were simply that, alternatives. not what i think, but possible explanations of him snapping at a reporter.

    This was your attempted explanation of what happened, you then go further down the rabbit hole with further wilder explanations.
    as i said, maybe he was frustrated that every question he gets is from a preselected group and in a particular order.

    This is something that didn't happen and is not something that a human does. Your views are just not based in reality and can't be taken credibly, you're making up stories to try and fit a narrative that you have in your head without putting any critical thought into whether that narrative is actually possible or not. If this is an agenda driven theory, at least own up to it, if it's really what you think when you saw what happened then none of your posts can be taken seriously (which is fine, there are lots of posters about who just regurgitate the thoughts of cranks).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,169 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    Christy42 wrote: »
    If he doesn't respond to this with "Person, woman, man, camera, TV." it will go down as the greatest missed opportunity in the history of missed opportunities.

    https://twitter.com/TimOBrien/status/1405729061658316800?s=19


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭charlie_says


    https://youtu.be/QF-VRvvONDo

    Well since I believe everything on the news and they would never lie or get anything wrong this is highly worrying about Joe


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    https://youtu.be/QF-VRvvONDo

    Well since I believe everything on the news and they would never lie or get anything wrong this is highly worrying about Joe

    Ah Sky News Australia, the Fox News of the southern hemisphere.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,169 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    https://youtu.be/QF-VRvvONDo

    Well since I believe everything on the news and they would never lie or get anything wrong this is highly worrying about Joe

    HuRr DuRr -

    HeRe'S a vIdEo Of SoMeOnE sAyInG sOmEtHiNg BaD aBoUt bIdEn...


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    WhomadeGod wrote: »
    https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/558726-biden-approval-rating-slips-from-april-poll

    President Biden's approval rating has dipped 6 points since April, according to a new poll, as Congress weighs his sprawling spending plans.

    Biden drew positive marks from 48 percent of Americans in a Monmouth University poll published Wednesday, down from 54 percent who approved of the job he was doing in April.

    Approval rating on the decline folks.

    Probably better to look at all of the polls as a whole rather than just cherry-picking the poll that tells you what you want to hear.

    https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,593 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    WhomadeGod wrote: »
    https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/558726-biden-approval-rating-slips-from-april-poll

    President Biden's approval rating has dipped 6 points since April, according to a new poll, as Congress weighs his sprawling spending plans.

    Biden drew positive marks from 48 percent of Americans in a Monmouth University poll published Wednesday, down from 54 percent who approved of the job he was doing in April.

    Approval rating on the decline folks.

    I'd like to discuss this. Would you?

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,593 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Probably better to look at all of the polls as a whole rather than just cherry-picking the poll that tells you what you want to hear.

    https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/

    Even the 538 average isn't good news for Biden. What more does he have to do?

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    WhomadeGod wrote: »
    Yes your link also shows a decline in approval and a rise in disapproval.

    Thankyou for further cementing my original point.
    A rare bipartisan moment on the thread.

    Your statement that his approval rating was down by 6 points was wrong by about 500%.

    I guess that counts as a win for republicans these days.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,875 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    The winning continues for President Joe Biden. Investment in technology surges in the last quarter. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/18/biden-tech-spending-boom-corporate-495119


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,875 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    More good news. HofR finally votes to repeal the 2001 AUMF. Senate now needs to do same. https://www.kqed.org/news/11878309/after-rep-barbara-lees-years-long-fight-house-votes-to-repeal-2002-iraq-war-powers-resolution


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,085 ✭✭✭Smee_Again


    WhomadeGod wrote: »
    https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/558726-biden-approval-rating-slips-from-april-poll

    President Biden's approval rating has dipped 6 points since April, according to a new poll, as Congress weighs his sprawling spending plans.

    Biden drew positive marks from 48 percent of Americans in a Monmouth University poll published Wednesday, down from 54 percent who approved of the job he was doing in April.

    Approval rating on the decline folks.

    We’re still waiting on those no go areas of London you offered to share.

    I know it’s OT but you can send by pm.

    You did offer, remember?

    Thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,366 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Igotadose wrote: »
    More good news. HofR finally votes to repeal the 2001 AUMF. Senate now needs to do same. https://www.kqed.org/news/11878309/after-rep-barbara-lees-years-long-fight-house-votes-to-repeal-2002-iraq-war-powers-resolution

    Well then ran Paul will vote for that if his previous statements hold true.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,394 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    WhomadeGod wrote: »
    You can say he's winning but dismal back to back job reports.
    People losing faith in his trillion dollar BILLS.
    Ever ending microphone slip ups
    Approval rating on the decline surprisingly most among Democratics in polls seem to be saying different.

    When you crunch the numbers they are beginning to fail to add up.

    We can both lie but the numbers never do as they say.

    Only 2.2 million jobs.
    Shocking alright.


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