President Biden thread

On 11/16/2021 at 10:41 AM, Cclm said:

Yeah and they all were not white!! 

Correct, not all racists are white.

On 11/16/2021 at 6:57 PM, Cclm said:

What about the east Indians that work at 7 11 and dunkin donuts? 

Trump supposedly referred to Nigerians living in huts, there were claims that this was was racist which I don't agree with.  Saying Mexicans are all rapists and criminals, that's racist, but making an observation of something that is true isn't racism.  Mud huts are not uncommon throughout Africa, he was referring to Nigerians who had immigrated here who often came from Lagos, a modern city with high rise buildings, paved roads, broadband internet, etc, but it is still no incorrect that many people throughout Africa live in huts.

The same is true for claiming that it's not uncommon for immigrants to own convenience stores and gas stations.  In the Punjabi and Pakistani community it became increasingly common a few decades ago to invest in convenience stores and gas stations because there wasn't much if any interest in independently owning these businesses, they were staffed 24/7 rather than M-F 9 to 5, it came no benefits, the profit margins were slim, but it did provide the opportunity to send proceeds back home where family members could then invest back into the business and then qualify for 'investor visas'.

13 hours ago, chare said:

I agree that there were many white supremacist and racist groups present during the unite the right rally and statue removal protests.  However, to clarify, are you are stating that all of those protesting, regardless of membership in those organizations, are racist and they all support slavery?

Honoring or paying tribute to General Lee is by definition supporting slavery, and I suppose it could be argued that supporting slavery isn't automatically racist, I'm having trouble seeing daylight between being pro-slavery of black people, and being racist.  

If Lee was also known for something else notable, if say the people protesting were just really big fans of 19th century beards, then maybe it could be argued that they weren't all supporting him because he led the Confederate army, but that doesn't seem to be the case. 

4 minutes ago, Beerman said:

Wow.

"Voters have increasing doubts about the health and mental fitness of President Joe Biden, the oldest man ever sworn into the White House, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll."

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/17/poll-biden-mental-fitness-job-approval-522785"

Fortunately, if those fears and concerns are realized, there is a competent cabinet in place with a competent vice president available to assume responsibility for the agenda and work of governing. I definitely think Biden is too old but the alternative was Trump so...

4 hours ago, Beerman said:

Wow.

"Voters have increasing doubts about the health and mental fitness of President Joe Biden, the oldest man ever sworn into the White House, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll."

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/17/poll-biden-mental-fitness-job-approval-522785"

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They’re running a very aggressive campaign on this, and it’s bleeding over into the mainstream a little,” Lake said. “By and large, the people who believe this are Trump supporters anyway or they’ve been exposed to the right-wing disinformation machine.”

Since there's about a 50/50 split in those that are concerned of his age and competency I might tend to agree with this. Republicans that make up a huge voting block don't like Biden and are convinced he has dementia.  I heard someone instead of calling him the President, "that man with dementia in the White House".    I remember watching a video of a Fox News commenter saying "I see an old feeble man....." and I thought "really...he's old for sure, but he's far from feeble".

The campaign has been quite successful among a certain segment.  Just like convincing the public to "lock her up" this might be his undoing.  They are good like that.

Personally, I do have a cautious concern for his age.  I'm not agist enough to say he's too old to do the job, but he is old for the job.  Peolosi is old too and at the top of her game.  So for me age is something to watch out for but not disqualify.  I would vote for him again against a republican, but I would rather have someone younger to get rid of this garbage that he's old, feeble, and demented.

That being said as Gen Z and Millenials start to take over they are going to not want someone leading them that's so distance from their age bracket and that's a 130 million people.  There's a touch of agism in how they few boomers and put a lot of blame on their inability to get the good life they had like buying homes, low college debt, etc.  They want someone they feel can relate to them better.  Biden isn't that man.

13 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Fortunately, if those fears and concerns are realized, there is a competent cabinet in place with a competent vice president available to assume responsibility for the agenda and work of governing. I definitely think Biden is too old but the alternative was Trump so...

A competent cabinet?? Haha. 

You think kamala is a competent vise president? Seriously? Take responsibility? Are you too far from the southern border? It's her charge and it's a disaster. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-approval-rating-historic-low-compared-to-other-vp-2021-11

5 hours ago, Cclm said:

A competent cabinet?? Haha. 

You think kamala is a competent vise president? Seriously? Take responsibility? Are you too far from the southern border? It's her charge and it's a disaster. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-approval-rating-historic-low-compared-to-other-vp-2021-11

 

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Vice President Kamala Harris' approval rating is 28% – even worse than Biden's. The poll shows that 51% disapprove of the job she's doing. One in 5, 21%, are undecided.

The 51% are surely mostly Republican.  That makes 49% undecided or somewhat approving, so it stands to reason why a poster here might think she'd be competent to succeed Biden should he be unfit or pass away.  I happen to think she would be competent.

Does that mean I'm not upset at the border situation and her handling of it.  I think she could have done things differently and shown more leadership for sure.  

That one issue seems to be her undoing.  I think Biden through her under the bus with that one.

26 minutes ago, Tweety said:

 

That one issue seems to be her undoing.  I think Biden through her under the bus with that one.

I completely agree and don't understand why he gifted her with this specific and unsolvable issue. 

I saw a Tik Tok the other day that had quoted "Millennials ruined shopping centers"....and the poster responded with "Boomers destroyed polar bears and the climate" or something like that.  To me this is what makes Biden too old.  He's of the generation that the millennials and Gen Z feel caused all the problems of the world and are handing them down a destroyed world.  They are a bit naive to think that boomers weren't affected by the same problems or that they are going to fix things boomers destroyed but as I indicated above I think Biden's age is an issue for them.  He's out of touch in their minds.

He got half the young voters that Sanders did.  I don't think they've fully come around and he benefits only from not being Trump.

He's old.  He looks his age, is more physically fit that many people his age,  and I don't appreciate a biased reporter looking at him and saying "I see an old tired feeble man" because that's just a smear campaign.  

It's working as people are increasing questioning his mental fitness.

I also want someone more vibrant and energetic so that when he or she stumbles through a speech (as they all do) they don't do "see! he's demented!" or someone that has the energy not to fall asleep during a meeting.  I want a JFK.  LOL

2 hours ago, Beerman said:

You've consistently maintained that there is nothing wrong with Biden's cognitive abilities.  So, what makes Biden "too old"?

His chronological age.