Comments on: Joe Biden speaking https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/ A blog about political change, among other things Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:48:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: RockMeAle https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/#comment-2522136 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:48:41 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=101057#comment-2522136 Drogo,

Courtesy of Mike+K above

https://youtu.be/HHqCi0h93FQ

Gaffes aside, the platitudes are nauseating.

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/#comment-2522130 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:27:13 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=101057#comment-2522130 “…occasional…”

The acumen undeniable
The intuition enviable.

But, pray, how, in that case, doth the Bern get so much open-mouthed adulation from the sound and fury groupies? It couldn’t be because he’s a multi-millionaire? Or could it…

(Of course, the answer to that may have much to do with the perversity of the times…)

As for “rationalism”, well it’s admirable, certainly. I used to think it was a worthy goal, but at the moment I’m stuck on “rash”. (A very long moment.)

]]> By: Drogo Bunce https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/#comment-2522129 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:23:35 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=101057#comment-2522129 Has anybody got either a link to the unedited video, or date, time, and location? Apparently he gave multiple speeches in Philadelphia, and was OK in one.

]]> By: M J R https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/#comment-2522123 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:59:34 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=101057#comment-2522123 Tom Grey wrote, “if [Biden is] elected in 2020, he might not be the person sworn in in 2021, and by 2022 I’d say there’s a 66% chance he’s gone, long before the midterms.”

Anything to be said for the theory that they keep Biden alive (on life support if necessary) until January 21, 2023, in order that Harris becomes eligible for two full terms as POTUS, plus just under two years as Biden’s successor?

Reference:

U.S. Constitution, Amendment 22, Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/#comment-2522121 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:34:20 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=101057#comment-2522121 Barry Meislin: I appreciate the sarcasm, however…

As usual, my point is that we are not rational animals, as Aristotle and the Scholastics would have it. We are mostly animals, who have their occasional, rational moments.

Thus, when we look for a leader, we tend to look for a tall, strong, good-looking guy, who can be charming and a badass, with a short punchy name to get the job done.

On that basis I call the election for Trump.

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/#comment-2522115 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:02:29 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=101057#comment-2522115 “Biden’s low-profile, zoom campaign would look weak to me.”

You seem to be forgetting that he’s such decent man….

]]> By: Dnaxy https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/#comment-2522114 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:01:16 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=101057#comment-2522114 What if Biden wins but gets too demented or gets ill before the inauguration…does the same 25th Amd. machinery go into play?

]]> By: Gringo https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/#comment-2522113 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:55:46 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=101057#comment-2522113 Tom Grey
I was very glad Kerry lost (with his 3 purple hearts, and a great Jib Jab duet with George “This Land is My Land”… and Dick Cheney, too).

That Jib Jab “This Land is My Land” duet was hilarious. JibJab.com “This Land!” Surprised it is still online.

In 2004 I had a restaurant dinner with some NYC relatives- one of whom is an artist. I got a Christmas card from them that year. “Nice to have dinner with you. I’m so sad that Kerry lost.”

Who the heck puts a handwritten political message on a Christmas card? Yellow dog Democrat lefty NYC artists, apparently.

]]> By: Neo https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/#comment-2522111 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:47:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=101057#comment-2522111 These Biden flubs are very real, although this is obviously a highlights (or rather, lowlights) compilation. I plan to publish a post on that a bit later today.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2020/10/28/joe-biden-speaking/#comment-2522109 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:05:25 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=101057#comment-2522109 Back in 2008 I asked an astute friend of mine whether a handsome, tall, young, black Democrat with a radical background could beat an old, short Republican with a distinguished military career, who however looked like a goblin.

My friend said the goblin could beat Obama.

Well, he got that one wrong.

I once read that in a presidential election the race is usually to the taller candidate with the shorter name. Trump wins slightly on height and syllable count, but wins clearly on vitality.

If I were a person who didn’t care much about politics, Biden’s low-profile, zoom campaign would look weak to me.

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