If this has been discussed as nauseum, you make have me flogged in the public square of Gaytown by a sweaty muscular brute.
If not, shoot.
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If this has been discussed as nauseum, you make have me flogged in the public square of Gaytown by a sweaty muscular brute.
If not, shoot.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | November 25, 2020 10:18 AM |
He’s widely reputed to be an ultra-mensch. Even republican senators can’t say enough good things about him.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 23, 2020 1:52 PM |
Biden comes across as an Empath, which is in stark contrast to Trump selfishness.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 23, 2020 1:56 PM |
As a person he's an opportunist. He'll say anything, do anything, support anything to be liked. He has no morals, no strong personal beliefs, he's a career politician. He has been both democrat and republican, his party affiliation changes depending on what he thinks his best shot at getting elected is.
As a person I think he's the same as every other straight white guy in politics: an opportunistic greasy sexist homophobic racist money-hungry pig. But, he's our new president and our best chance at erasing Trump, so I support him... for now, anyways.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 23, 2020 2:19 PM |
Until the Senate turned radioactive toxic, he was known to be affable and to get along with all of his peers. He was known on the Hill as a decent person.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 23, 2020 2:24 PM |
Old and out of touch?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 23, 2020 2:26 PM |
Never met the man but in the many “candid” videos I’ve seen of him he seems to have great humane instincts in how he interacts with strangers. I don’t think it’s an act.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 23, 2020 2:32 PM |
You can't fake Joe Biden. I think he may be one of the few politicians where what you see is actually what you get. That said pretty sure he has a temper. Think I've heard or read that.
And I like to imagine Hunter... comes by it honestly. ;)
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 23, 2020 2:36 PM |
[quote]He has been both democrat and republican, his party affiliation changes depending on what he thinks his best shot at getting elected is.
Link, please.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 23, 2020 2:42 PM |
Someone give [R3] a puppy, or a Qualude. It must be exhausting to have to go through life with such a judgmental, accusing, negative view of people. I mean Joe Biden??? Sounds more like he was describing Hitler.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 23, 2020 3:06 PM |
Demented
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 23, 2020 3:08 PM |
Biden has a soul unlike the current occupant of the WH.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 23, 2020 3:13 PM |
"That said pretty sure he has a temper."
Trump may not have a lot of good qualities, but nobody throws a better tantrum than Donald J. Trump.
It's "Hitler in the final days in the bunker" quality, including foaming at the mouth.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 23, 2020 3:21 PM |
R3 anyway never ends in ‘S.’
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 23, 2020 3:24 PM |
I've never liked him and if he wasn't running against Trump, I probably would never vote for him. Looking at his record, he seems very craven and opportunistic. Even for a politician.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 23, 2020 3:25 PM |
[quote]So what is Biden like as a person?
Whatever Biden is like as a person is going to be a fuck of a lot better than what Dump is like as a person.
So there's that...
by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 23, 2020 3:27 PM |
He is stupid and I hate him!
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 23, 2020 5:22 PM |
Who cares what he's like as a person. Trump created this weird dynamic where we're supposed to give a shit about the personality and opinions of the President. Who cares what he's like in real life, all that matters is that he's a good leader. I don't care if he stomps on stray puppies in his free time as long as he has his shit together in the oval office.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 23, 2020 5:25 PM |
To set the country right after the crap it's been through calls for an extraordinary leader.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 23, 2020 5:26 PM |
If you want to know what Biden is like from somebody who really knows him, here’s Lindsey Graham before Trump and Putin got their hands on him.
People joke about this, but Graham seems very sincere in this. He’s known Biden a long time. Listen to what he says. He didn’t have to say this. He gets no benefit from it. This is from 2015.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 23, 2020 5:33 PM |
[quote] Trump created this weird dynamic where we're supposed to give a shit about the personality and opinions of the President.
You think Trump created this? Were you born yesterday? People have been interested in the personalities and inner lives of presidents for a long time. Ever heard of people voting for a candidate they want to have a beer with?
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 23, 2020 5:36 PM |
R3 I feel (fear) your evaluation is going to prove to be true in at the end of year 2 of his term. The pollyanna, unicorn riding folks here who are defending him will soon realize his true colors. (Nope, no links, just gut feeling).
Having said that, he's a far cry better than Trump.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 23, 2020 5:36 PM |
R19 Lindsey goes verklempt? I dont trust anything our senatrice says.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 23, 2020 5:40 PM |
[quote]Trump created this weird dynamic where we're supposed to give a shit about the personality and opinions of the President.
Americans have cared about that long before Trump.
Hell, the first thing I remember was seeing Bill Clinton playing the sax on Arsenio Hall when I was a kid.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 23, 2020 6:16 PM |
Thank you for posting that, R23. I happen to think that you're right, in that Graham is sincere in this clip. I know he's odious, but it says a lot when you have people on opposite sides of the aisle who still can respect each other and speak so highly of the other. It makes me wonder what kind of conversations Graham had with Biden during Trump's run, however. When do your friends start telling you, really? They must be sublimating the fuck out of their shame somewhere.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 23, 2020 7:22 PM |
[quote] opportunistic greasy sexist homophobic racist money-hungry pig
Sure, Jan
by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 23, 2020 7:24 PM |
If you can't talk convincingly out of both sides of your mouth, you have no business being in politics.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 23, 2020 7:24 PM |
Biden seems like a stand-up guy, which is how so many of his colleagues, both Rep and Dem, describe him.
I rarely see him in front of any issues (although he did with gay marriage) so he doesn't seem to be a maverick (either was McCain--that nonsense was created for is presidential run).
Biden is a placeholder. He will get us back to normalcy after the crazy Trump years. After that, I hope we move more progressively.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | November 23, 2020 7:28 PM |
[Quote] He will get us back to normalcy after the crazy Trump years.
A yuuuge task. He's got his work cut out for him. Wish him all the luck. He'll need it.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | November 23, 2020 7:37 PM |
[quote] Biden is a placeholder. He will get us back to normalcy after the crazy Trump years.
I, too, have felt that Biden is a bridge to another place.
Even pre-pandemic (pre-primary), I sensed that the country would chose a leader that would be the last hurrah (or the last “huff”) of politics as we’ve known it in the USA: old, white, male.
The country is now too traumatised and polarised to significantly swing in any one direction.
The USA does need to heal, and perhaps Biden has finally come into his time, after making several attempts at positions, and failing.
Questions that remain include how effective he will be. If he is wise, he will put together a team of visionary, smart, capable and ETHICAL individuals who come together to do the majority of the work of the admin with Biden having more of a symphonic conductor lead.
This is a critical time in the nation’s history. And it remains unclear if things will ever return to “normal”.
There are huge shifts occurring; and resets and redirections may be necessary not only in this country, but worldwide.
Using a surfing analogy, it is if we are in the midst of a 🌊. And there is already death, disease and destruction wrought upon the country. How can the other incoming admin use the tsunami, nay even ride it, for the most optimal outcome to heal the nation?
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 23, 2020 7:45 PM |
I think Obama has described Biden as being a little unfiltered, but in a good way.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | November 23, 2020 7:56 PM |
His Cabinet picks so far are very impressive. So he knows how to have good people around him.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | November 23, 2020 8:08 PM |
That's the most important thing. No President can do it all. It's most important that he has people around him advising him correctly and doing all the grunt work. One of the worst things about the Trump Administration is that there WERE no good people--just toadies. Hence, the chaos we're in today.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | November 23, 2020 8:20 PM |
Americans are stupid. As usual, a Republican completely screws everything up and a Dem has to come in a fix. Once the Dem does, Americans vote for a Republican again. And the cycle continues.
WTF?!
by Anonymous | reply 33 | November 23, 2020 8:22 PM |
R3 is triggered by Biden defeating her pet candidate — Trump? Mayor Pete? — Saint Bernie? — so she has decided Biden must be a ruthless amoral monster. Do go on, girlfriend!
(Meanwhile that’s a ridiculously fact-free evaluation of Biden.)
by Anonymous | reply 34 | November 23, 2020 10:14 PM |
I'm guessing it's a Butthurt Bro, Bootsy/R34.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | November 23, 2020 11:32 PM |
Why don’t you ask his son HUNTER BIDEN???? 🤡
by Anonymous | reply 36 | November 23, 2020 11:40 PM |
Handsy. A big case of resting heavy hand(s).
by Anonymous | reply 37 | November 23, 2020 11:42 PM |
I see nothing wrong with r3 post even though I support Biden wholeheartedly. I saw him throw Anita Hill under the bus live on TV so I don't see him as a savior. I see in play the same neoliberal DNC corporatist playbook that Bill Clinton wrote, and Obama followed.
I just would like to see Biden uphold the law and fulfil his duties as president. I hope he will.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | November 24, 2020 12:54 AM |
Racist
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