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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Jesus fucking christ!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Imagine going to a buffet where everything is gone except a suspicious and particularly greasy clam chowder or an overcooked ham sandwich that's been left out too long.

Also, you have a shellfish allergy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

And I don't like ham :(

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Great we're going to be set back hundreds of years because an old Democrat refused to step down...

AGAIN.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

... Because that was guaranteed defeat in the past.

Come on, comrade, this angle is played out.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Honestly, that this is the headline from the meeting is kind of ridiculous.

I absolutely think Biden should step down and hand the torch to whoever is best able to make the case for their beating trump between now and the convention.

But he was always slipping up with word switches over his career.

He was actually very on top of the policy nuances in this Q&A - 1,000x better than Trump could have dreamed of being.

The one word switch in an hour of nuanced policy discussions as the headline is more a failure of the media than Biden.

Even though he def should be making way as his decline is going to get worse and more info is going to come out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

He was actually very on top of the policy nuances in this Q&A - 1,000x better than Trump could have dreamed of being.

Well yeah because trump has the mind of a 3rd grader and spews out word salads with no substance to every question because he doesn't understand any of the questions.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

The media was seething because they can't just run another word flub every day. Biden turned their repeated questions about minor misstatements into a policy discussion.

They don't want to run the story "NATO meeting a success" because it doesn't get as many clicks as "Biden secretly nuts". They've become tabloids.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The one word switch in an hour of nuanced policy discussions as the headline is more a failure of the media than Biden.

This a million times over. He did a great job the whole time and had one weird slip up, and all the media cares about is the slip up.

Fuck the media. Focus on the substantive part of the meeting, not the one meaningless gaffe. I say stupid shit all the time by accident, it doesn't matter. It's not even a sign of age, people just do this kind of thing because we're human.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Focus on the substantive part of the meeting, not the one meaningless gaffe.

Has he had an appearance recently that hasn't had at least one? Maybe we should ask the leader of Ukraine, President Putin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A great job the whole time? This gaffe aside, he seemed to lose his train of thought a number of times, he didn't directly answer some questions and, when he was "on", he just seemed to repeat parts of his speeches. We can do better. While not my first choice, Kalama is better.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Let's talk about a Harris/AOC ticket if we have a democracy after this. Everything else is secondary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Elder abuse

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Eh, if you actually watch the video and don't take it out of context you realize he meant Harris, bcz he later refers to how they can beat trump. Sometimes you say the wrong thing, I've done it before and I'm barely into my 30s, and nobody accuses me of being senile.

To be clear, he should have stepped down a long time ago, and I'm not really a fan of Biden. But he's been making mistakes in speeches like this his entire career. It wasn't until he became president that everyone started losing their mind over it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't until he became president that everyone started losing their mind over it.

Do you not agree a position as powerful as President should be under more scrutiny?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't think we should crucify him for saying the wrong thing occasionally like every human ever does.

He has plenty of shit policies to talk about. But the only thing that seems to get people riled up lately is the way he speaks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Good morning Sunday morning

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