President Biden thread

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Barack Obama’s humiliation of feeble ol’ Joe Biden

Blistering interpretation of the events.

https://nypost.com/2022/04/06/barack-obamas-humiliation-of-feeble-ol-joe-biden/

2 hours ago, Tweety said:

Must admit that Schatz's take down of Hawley was epic. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/08/brian-schatz-josh-hawley-ukraine-loudness-gap/

As you are aware, we often watch or listen to congressional proceedings.  We do need more of this type response to the GOP nonsense and gas lighting. He gave a passionate and compelling speech.  

34 minutes ago, Beerman said:

I guess not.  I mean, without even considering his reps, his performance regarding Ukraine has been top notch.   I remember how impressed everyone was with his words while he was in Poland.  And, he has been right on top of it with the sanctions...nothing but praise from the rest of the world, right?  LOL 

Surely you can agree that Biden's response to Ukraine's need for military aid is far superior to Trump's response. Biden's interest and effort in assisting Ukraine is evident and clear while Trump's interest was confined to personal political favors and clouded by lies and corruption. 

I'm assuming that you may be trying to use sarcasm rather than actually defend your claim that Biden is seen as weaker than Trump in this current Putin mess.  I have to assume that because you've offered nothing to give weight to your opinion and now you're making silly statements.  How do I know your comments are silly? I know because everyone knows that not all world leaders are praising Biden and it's silly to suggest such a thing. 

Why not just discuss your claim and offer up some foreign reporting that supports your belief?

3 hours ago, Beerman said:

Great idea.  Although,  it'd be better to send them to Delaware,  where Joe spends every weekend.

"On Wednesday, Abbott said at a news conference that the state would be sending the migrants "to the United States Capitol, where the Biden administration will be able to more immediately address the needs of the people that they are allowing to come across our border."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-begins-dispatching-buses-to-the-southern-border-to-transport-illegal-immigrants-to-d-c

What authority does the Texas governor have to force people into buses and transport therm to another place? Isn't it funny that the governor assumes that all of those Brown skin people arriving at our border are there illegally and none have any legitimate cause or reason to be there? It's legal for any person to present themselves at our border and request asylum, whether or not Texans like that or whether or not that asylum is ultimately granted. 

Why would Abbott need to send those people to a family home rather than to the federal capitol? Is he using those Brown people like some political pawn in a game for social media campaigning in a cult? It really looks like that conservative white man is intentionally bullying poc at our border, treating them as if they are nothing more than a tool to inflict political harm upon a political opponent. Isn't that an example of a white man in a position of power dehumanizing people of color and using them for his own personal agenda and purposes...against their will?

Why would it be more appropriate to send the brown people to Delaware for assistance from the Biden administration? Oh right...that wouldn't have anything to do with the brown people and their needs or wants...it would be about using them, against their will, to make a political point against a political opponent. Abusing a group of people in that way is racist...deeply racist.  Abbott is clearly a liar and a racist according the content of his remarks on this subject.  

All of that leads me to wonder why you presented this story in the fashion that you did.  Do you think that Abbott is correct and this is a clever idea?

Did you choose to personally add the part about Biden visiting his home in Delaware on weekends because that activity is troubling to you? Do you think that should be troubling to anyone else?  It seems somewhat petty and hypocritical for a Trump supporter to mention any other president's personal travel. Maybe you aren't aware of Trump's campaign promises about his free time and the contrast to his actual behavior after he was elected. Maybe you didn't know that Trump spent more time playing golf in 4 years than his predecessor did in 8. Maybe you didn't know that every time Trump visited one of his resorts/hotels that he personally profited from the lodging arrangements of the secret service.  Or maybe you actually do know those things but you can't appreciate how hypocritical that makes you appear.  

10 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

As you are aware, we often watch or listen to congressional proceedings.  We do need more of this type response to the GOP nonsense and gas lighting. He gave a passionate and compelling speech.  

I do wish Republicans would call each other out, but I also agree that Democrats should be a little more loud.

I also found an interesting article at spoke that Republicans have different expectations of leaders than Democrats.  Republicans want a someone strong and a fighter, which explains to me why conservative press are using the word "feeble" to describe Biden a lot.  

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Many studies have shown that Republicans yearn for a “strong leader”, a “fighter”, and this may make them hesitant to condemn bullying. I came to know Sharon Galicia, a lively single mum and medical insurance saleswoman from Louisiana, while researching my 2016 book about the American right, Strangers in Their Own Land. “The man liberals see as an arrogant bully,” she told me, “conservatives see as Rocky Balboa.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/11/is-donald-trump-a-bully-or-bold-protector-that-depends-on-whom-you-ask

As everyone here knows I didn't like Trump's style at all.  When he was good I gave him his props.  He made several good speeches when he stuck to the script.  On the world stage his "America First" and things such as him withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, and thoughts of withdrawing from NATO and saying America wouldn't automatically defend NATO allies, didn't make him popular with some countries.  Also this was a time when Germany had a strong leader in Merkel who was much more popular on the world stage.  

I will say his point that other countries should pay more for their own defense was a good one.  At the end of the day I think the world's faith in the United States remained intact during the Trump years.  Our strong military presence in South Korea and Japan and their faith in us as protectors and allies remained intact.  Our relations with Canada remained strong, as with Western Europe.  

There isn't a President that we've had that hasn't struggled on the world stage and had issues with some countries.  Biden with a softer less aggressive side I don't think is seen as weak and feeble by world leaders.   In fact when he did get passionate and aggressive saying Putin must be removed he was widely criticized.

1 hour ago, Tweety said:

I do wish Republicans would call each other out, but I also agree that Democrats should be a little more loud.

I also found an interesting article at spoke that Republicans have different expectations of leaders than Democrats.  Republicans want a someone strong and a fighter, which explains to me why conservative press are using the word "feeble" to describe Biden a lot.  

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/11/is-donald-trump-a-bully-or-bold-protector-that-depends-on-whom-you-ask

As everyone here knows I didn't like Trump's style at all.  When he was good I gave him his props.  He made several good speeches when he stuck to the script.  On the world stage his "America First" and things such as him withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, and thoughts of withdrawing from NATO and saying America wouldn't automatically defend NATO allies, didn't make him popular with some countries.  Also this was a time when Germany had a strong leader in Merkel who was much more popular on the world stage.  

I will say his point that other countries should pay more for their own defense was a good one.  At the end of the day I think the world's faith in the United States remained intact during the Trump years.  Our strong military presence in South Korea and Japan and their faith in us as protectors and allies remained intact.  Our relations with Canada remained strong, as with Western Europe.  

There isn't a President that we've had that hasn't struggled on the world stage and had issues with some countries.  Biden with a softer less aggressive side I don't think is seen as weak and feeble by world leaders.   In fact when he did get passionate and aggressive saying Putin must be removed he was widely criticized.

Historically, authoritarian propaganda coalesces around strongman politics. Our republic seems illl equipped to fight this threat even though we should have seen it coming. 

https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/04/09/the-rise-and-risks-of-the-age-of-the-strongman

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2021-05-12/long-arm-strongman

Clearly this authoritarian thinking is now deeply imbedded in casual republican thought.  We get to push back against this specific authoritarian tactic right here in AN. It's similar to pushing back against the right wing propaganda and misinformation about the elections, the border or the pandemic.  

5 hours ago, Beerman said:

Biden...dumb, dishonest, or both...the question that we've been asking for decades.

 

You do have to wonder how he overcame all of that to now be President and when did we as voters come to accept that "all politicians lie" and be okay with it.  I mean Trump altered a hurricane map with a sharpie and claims he won the election, and he's still a serious candidate for president and the most sought after endorsement for the mid-terms.  (And I only deflect to Trump because it's ironic that the title of the video is "Biden's Lies Are Legendary...." next to a picture of Trump).  

How are we okay with all of this and does it say more about us than it does them?

It's still odd to me that suddenly any appearance or instance of dishonesty is disqualifying for a politician for people who continue to support the most dishonest and dishonorable man to event be elevated to the presidency.  It would be less odd if they were concurrently critical of the very dangerous, ongoing lies of that scoundrel, but they are largely unimpressed by his lies about election results or extortion or paying Media stars hush money with campaign money...but they're not.  Typically they wave that away, ignore the language and behavior, suggest that people have TDS and/or make excuses for the dishonesty. 

How do we explain that phenomenon?