Comments on: Joe Biden: these are not gaffes

By: Strange Daze

Strange Daze — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:42:05 +0000

[…] Joe Biden: these are not gaffes Very very disturbing. And this is far from an isolated incident, as you probably are well aware. What’s especially alarming about it – aside from the media silence, of course – is that Biden doesn’t seem to recognize that he’s said anything wrong with the 200 million figure. Even if he’s reading off a teleprompter that’s hard for him to see (and I’m going to assume that’s the case), at some point his mind should kick in and he should catch himself. […]

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:28:37 +0000

The timing of Kamala’s coup will depend on the make-up of the Congress after the election.
Democrats of the Newest Left are not going to put Pelosi in line of succession.
See what they are pushing now about Feinstein (age 87) – same for all the rest of the old fossils is in the works.
They will want to get a young Squaddie into the Speaker’s position before shifting everyone up one notch.

https://www.redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2020/09/23/unnamed-democrats-are-questioning-sen-diane-feinsteins-ability-to-lead-judiciary-committee-fight-over-supreme-court-nominee/

The other hitch is that Chuck Grassley (age 84) is currently President Pro Tem of the Senate, and he is next in line after Pelosi.

The only thing I agree with the Democrats of the Newest Left about is that there needs to be a retirement age for Congress.
And that’s not really agreement, because they are happy to keep people around if they are useful to the “cause” – as are the Republicans.

https://www.oldest.org/politics/members-us-congress/
Of the 10 oldest people in Congress, there are 5 of each party.

By: Philip Sells

Philip Sells — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:24:57 +0000

Richard, I’d be up for that. I’m not generally a betting man, but for this I can make an exception. What’s the stake? And deadline for entries is when? 🙂

By: huxley

huxley — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:09:06 +0000

Richard Saunders: Biden better get a food taster!

Visions of Livia in “I, Claudius” dance through my head.

By: Richard Saunders

Richard Saunders — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:56:49 +0000

I think, if Joe wins — God forbid — we should have a pool on how long before Kamala deposes him. I’d bet less than five weeks.

By: junior

junior — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:43:23 +0000

Biden’s not alone in this, though. A while back, one prominent Dem politician (I want to say it was Terry McAuliffe, though I’m not certain) claimed some absurdly high rate of gun deaths that would have seen the country depopulated in a month (93 million a week, iirc). And he’s shown no signs of impending senility. I don’t remember the media remarking on that incident, either.

By: huxley

huxley — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 23:13:03 +0000

I think Biden is both cognitively unfit and loathsome. He’s corrupt, a hypocrite, destructive, and a brazen liar, and has been for a long time.

–neo

Meanwhile, from the universe where Spock wears a beard:
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Can you imagine what mix of deep sorrow and tenacity it took for Biden to stay in public life, to carry on at all [after family tragedies]? Yes, he sometimes stumbles, but there is a core authenticity to the man.

In political life, you can fake a lot. You can’t fake compassion. And Donald Trump, who suffers from malignant narcissism, could not plausibly do compassion if it was scripted.

I think people are noticing. Once in a great while, basic human decency turns out to be winning politics.

–Robert Kuttner, “Biden’s Secret Weapon—Compassion”
https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/bidens-secret-weapon-compassion/
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Kuttner is a professor at Brandeis.

By: Mac

Mac — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:12:06 +0000

Interesting observations on dementia and facial muscle tone. I have an acquaintance whom I’d heard was in the early stages. A few weeks ago I glimpsed her briefly at church from at least 30 feet away. It was instantly obvious from her face that something was very wrong. It’s very sad as I don’t think she’s much over 60.

By: Sonny Wayz

Sonny Wayz — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:37:23 +0000

Frederick:

“To paraphrase a quote I can’t seem to find right now, the liar has enough respect for the truth to tell its opposite, but the bullshitter is concerned only with the effect on the listener and has no regard for the truth or falsity of what he says.”

That’s the thesis of ‘On Bullshit’, by Harry Frankfurt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit#Summary

By: Geofrey Britain

Geofrey Britain — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:59:00 +0000

AesopFan,
Re:

“In a real left-right no-hold-barred, actual honest-to-God shooting war, the right wins because we have all the guns.”

“Antifa has shown that they have a considerable armory, though.”

Their supplies are limited. In the main, they have zero military training. Most of all, they are urban dwellers. And while they have been trained in urban rioting tactics, neither they nor their backers have any understanding of logistics. If it comes down to a hot war, they’re toast.

The real question is how would the military react to an outbreak of war between civilians? If Trump, he’ll invoke the Insurrection Act, nationalize the national Guard and put down the Insurrection. Impeachment will follow and conviction will depend upon the Senate makeup.

If Biden, they’ll attempt to use the Feds to impose tyranny and that will precipitate “a real left-right no-hold-barred, actual honest-to-God shooting war”…

The irony here is that with Trump their covert treason continues, whereas with Biden its a counter-productive descent into “politics by other means”.