President Biden thread

toomuchbaloney · Oct 18, 2022

12 hours ago, Tweety said:

I appreciate that. No need to default to "well you're side does it worse" and dismiss someone bringing up a topic. IMO

I think sometimes we all embellish things about ourselves and our pasts because we're egotistical people. I used to do that when I was drunk quite a bit. But I've matured and recognized that about myself and find the good old ugly truth is always the best way to approach people learning about me.

While I can excuse my grandfather or drunk uncle to me it's a bit different when a President makes things up and while Trump lives in some sort of alternative reality where he just makes things up to suit himself and is much more worse than Biden, I still don't appreciate Biden doing it and understand that conservatives would point that out. Although I understand that them giving Trump a pass while all of a sudden being concerned about Biden is a bit annoying.

To me nothing is worse than the lie "the election was stolen" but that still doesn't mean people can't talk about Biden.

Sure, people can talk about Biden. I'm simply going to be observant about obvious hypocrisy and uneven application of standards for accuracy, honesty or integrity when it comes to political leadership. What's that old saying about glass houses and stones?

Politics is all about relating to and interacting with people. It's about building concensus through discussions and negations. I don't mind if conservatives point out that they don't like Biden's embellishments or exaggerations. Nobody seems to care for my comparison to Trump in response. Because the conservative alternative to Biden's variety of dishonesty is Trump's dishonesty or some other similarly inspired right wing authoritarian in the era of Trump.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Oct 18, 2022

4 hours ago, heron said:

Still phishing for a fight, I see.

It's okay. I don't take bait from certain posters here. Besides, it's not an insult. Fox News is highly rated and definitely is on my radar and I comment often about them.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2022/09/27/fox-news-dominates-3q-cable-news-ratings-as-all-networks-see-declines-in-prime-time/?sh=2e02889d43f5

Tweety, BSN, RN · Oct 18, 2022

Speaking of Biden and Fox News. Here's story about him saying commenting on California gas prices. I didn't take it as him saying gas prices were always $7 a gallon but that they've traditionally been higher in California, but it does make him seem a bit out of touch and again cavalier about it.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/Twitter-erupts-biden-tells-reporter-gas-california-7-gallon

toomuchbaloney · Oct 18, 2022

1 hour ago, Tweety said:

It's okay. I don't take bait from certain posters here. Besides, it's not an insult. Fox News is highly rated and definitely is on my radar and I comment often about them.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2022/09/27/fox-news-dominates-3q-cable-news-ratings-as-all-networks-see-declines-in-prime-time/?sh=2e02889d43f5

Highly rated as in more viewers or highly rated as in award winning journalism?

Tweety, BSN, RN · Oct 18, 2022

7 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Highly rated as in more viewers or highly rated as in award winning journalism?

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Though Fox News Channel has not won any of these awards, it is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which also owns the Wall Street Journal. The Journal has won a number of those awards. It is also possible that the channel has not submitted itself for consideration of the awards. Experts tell us that Fox News has always prioritized ratings and popularity over industry recognition.

Number of viewers.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-news-pulitzer-emmy-peabody/

MaybeeRN · Oct 18, 2022

4 hours ago, Tweety said:

Number of viewers.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-news-pulitzer-emmy-peabody/

More like so called experts

toomuchbaloney · Oct 18, 2022

Just now, MaybeeRN said:

More like so called experts

Have another drink.

MaybeeRN · Oct 18, 2022

1 hour ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Have another drink.

Do you have any kool aid left?

toomuchbaloney · Oct 18, 2022

1 minute ago, MaybeeRN said:

Do you have any kool aid left?

What sort of kool-aid do you drink that leads to such nonsensical posts? I've not had any of that... and I don't drink alcohol, do you? Your political discernment often sounds slightly drunk to me.

Beerman, BSN · Oct 18, 2022

"President Biden was ridiculed on social media Monday for spelling out the word “dot” in a website URL he read off a teleprompter during a speech, with one wag comparing him to Ron Burgundy."

https://nypost.com/2022/10/18/biden-spells-out-dot-reading-website-address-off-teleprompter/

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Oct 18, 2022

4 minutes ago, Beerman said:

"President Biden was ridiculed on social media Monday for spelling out the word “dot” in a website URL he read off a teleprompter during a speech, with one wag comparing him to Ron Burgundy."

https://nypost.com/2022/10/18/biden-spells-out-dot-reading-website-address-off-teleprompter/

That just seems unkind to me. So what? Kinda like Dan Quayle putting an "e" at the end of potato.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Oct 18, 2022

33 minutes ago, Ado Annie said:

That just seems unkind to me. So what? Kinda like Dan Quayle putting an "e" at the end of potato.

Poor Dan Quayle couldn't catch a break.

It does seem a very odd gaffe for Biden to make and because people think he's demented (as the person in the article stated "Biden is so far gone....") it's open season on him. It's his cross to bear.