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‘Teflon’ Joe Biden?

[QUOTE]Biden’s more Teflon-coated than many have assumed. He already weathered a flurry of Burisma accusations. Biden’s refusal to wilt helped him withstand those attacks and claim the nomination. Even the Reade accusations have failed to derail Biden.

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by Anonymousreply 23July 14, 2020 10:15 PM

"Even the Reade accusations" bit is hilarious -- she was just revealed yesterday to have lied about being an expert despite having testified as an expert witness, sending at least one person she testified against to prison for life.

She's a psychopath. Those accusations should never have even come close to derailing Biden. What kind of crap is this?

by Anonymousreply 1May 22, 2020 1:42 PM

"the Reade accusations" were transparently invented smears. It was embarrassing to see liberal pundits take the bait.

by Anonymousreply 2May 22, 2020 1:46 PM

False accusations or not, the media reported on the story to a point where the vast majority of Americans heard about it and many believe he’s guilty. The media breathlessly repeated her words for weeks on end without any pushback against her credibility, R1.

by Anonymousreply 3May 22, 2020 1:46 PM

Media are cunts. They live for hits. It's a deeeeepolorable situation all around.

by Anonymousreply 4May 22, 2020 1:48 PM

People following politics have been familiar with Biden for decades. Trump can't define him. Most Republicans in the House and Senate actually like him on a personal level

by Anonymousreply 5May 22, 2020 1:59 PM

RealClearPolitics is a right-wing site, do no need to take this seriously.

by Anonymousreply 6May 22, 2020 2:14 PM

No one has been more Teflon then Trump

by Anonymousreply 7May 22, 2020 2:23 PM

R6: THANK YOU! I've been screaming that for months, RCP is Right Wing Cunts Puking. You want polling? Go to 538. RCP is just right wing poop crap and people need to stop linking to it.

by Anonymousreply 8May 22, 2020 2:34 PM

You sound like an insane frau, r8.

Everyone know RCP is right wing - no need to continually “scream about it” in fraucunt ALL CAPS.

by Anonymousreply 9May 22, 2020 3:05 PM

It just goes to show how crooked and repulsive Trump has become to the public.

Much worse than Biden.

by Anonymousreply 10May 22, 2020 3:11 PM

R9: No, I'm an insane fag. And I will scream if I want to. And no, people do not know that it is right wing. So cut the crap.

by Anonymousreply 11May 22, 2020 3:57 PM

Smdh

by Anonymousreply 12May 22, 2020 4:05 PM

Who cares if Biden isn’t perfect, misspeaks, bumbles along. You’re all missing the point.

HE ISN'T FUCKING TRUMP SO SHUT UP ALREADY.

by Anonymousreply 13May 22, 2020 5:38 PM

Biden does seem to have a "teflon" affect lately. He's supposed to be senile so when he wins whenever he puts words together in a semi-clear way.

Trump is in freefall with none of his shit sticking. Obamagate is just dumb and impossible to understand. Biden as a confused old white guy is actually a tough target for him.

by Anonymousreply 14May 22, 2020 5:57 PM

How frustrated are the media: they're trying to make the joke on Charlemagne a thing lol. Everything else failed.

by Anonymousreply 15May 22, 2020 5:59 PM

Don’t look now, R15, but this might be the thing that finally sinks Joe Biden. 😂

by Anonymousreply 16May 22, 2020 6:03 PM

Oh, absolutely, R16! Devastation on the horizon for a joke on a morning show!

by Anonymousreply 17May 22, 2020 6:06 PM

Nothing is going to sink Joe. May is supposedly the big month for smearing your opponent and Trump has done a masterful job of destroying himself. Not much left for Joe to do.

by Anonymousreply 18May 22, 2020 6:10 PM

Because he doesn’t go completely belly up doesn’t make him teflon. The Reade affair had an effect as will other situations. It’s accumulative.

by Anonymousreply 19May 22, 2020 6:13 PM

Smells like Vodka in here.

by Anonymousreply 20May 22, 2020 6:15 PM

Is it, R19? Not only did he not go belly up after the Reade accusations, his polling numbers actually improved. If that’s not Teflon, then I don’t know what is.

by Anonymousreply 21May 22, 2020 6:18 PM

[QUOTE] The incumbent is deeply unpopular and, if history is a guide, stands little chance of drastically changing those sentiments by election day.

[QUOTE]His best — and possibly only — chance of winning a second term is making Biden seem the more unpalatable of the two; turning the election, in the political shorthand, into a choice between candidates rather than a referendum on Trump’s personality and performance.

[QUOTE] The strategy worked four years ago against Clinton. After a quarter-century on the national stage, and a bruising Democratic primary, the former first lady and Secretary of State was viewed by many Republicans as a figure of almost singular villainy, and by a significant number of independents — who didn’t like either candidate — as the greater of two evils.

[QUOTE]This time seems different.

[QUOTE]“People are not afraid of Biden,” said Ed Rogers, a former top official in the George H.W. Bush White House and a longtime Republican operative. “He’s not a good enough bad guy” to make the focal point of a negative campaign.

[QUOTE] Trump strategists privately concede the affable Biden is nowhere near as unpopular or easy to demonize as Clinton.

[QUOTE]One reason is voters like Republican Chuck Zeman.

[QUOTE]The 77-year-old retired financial planner from Sun City, a senior living community outside Phoenix, backs Trump’s bid for a second term, citing the president’s tough stance on immigration and the way the economy hummed before COVID-19 forced businesses into a medically induced coma.

[QUOTE]Despite his partisan bent, however, Zeman doesn’t feel hostile toward Biden, who happens to be his same age. “I like the guy personally,” Zeman said. “I think he’s a nice guy.”

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by Anonymousreply 22June 22, 2020 11:45 PM

[QUOTE] The Trump campaign spent most heavily on TV ads claiming that Biden would be a tool of the far left, that he doesn't have the mental competency to be president and that he's the wrong person to deal with China.

[QUOTE]The campaign has spent at least $6.6 million in English and $200,000 in Spanish on an ad imagining a world in which police budgets are slashed — the ad it has spent most heavily on since May, according to Advertising Analytics. The spot contrasts an unanswered 911 call with images of violence at protests and says people wouldn't be safe under Biden with supporters who want to slash police funding.

[QUOTE]Recent polling showed that most Americans disagree with Trump on what efforts to defund police departments mean and disapprove of his handling of race relations after George Floyd's death. Biden has said he doesn't support defunding departments, but he has said he's in favor of making federal aid to law enforcement agencies conditional in hope of creating incentives for certain police reforms.

[QUOTE]The next biggest ad spend is for a spot arguing that Biden is "slipping" mentally and "is clearly diminished."

[QUOTE]The campaign has spent at least $4.2 million in English and $2.3 million in Spanish on the ad since May, according to Advertising Analytics, which shows that the campaign has spent more than $10 million on a variety of ads saying Biden is the wrong choice to deal with China.

[QUOTE]Yet a Fox News poll in May reported that more voters trusted Biden on China than Trump. And a Monmouth University poll this month found that more voters felt Biden, 78, has the mental and physical stamina to handle the presidency than felt so about Trump, 74.

[QUOTE] It is difficult to demonize Joe Biden," said former Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla. "He is certainly not short on flaws, but throughout his career he has never been considered a villain or a shady character. The president almost needs that kind of foil in order to succeed."

[QUOTE]Curbelo said Biden's "affable and conciliatory" nature makes it tough for Trump to land punches.

[QUOTE]"It's difficult to attack vanilla," he said.

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