“though he was speaking from a teleprompter — meaning there was no risk he would wander into incomplete thoughts” like the orange skidmark, who manages to ramble about hannibal lecter and electric shark batteries even though he, too, reads prepared remarks from a teleprompter.
which begs the question, "who writes the nonsense Dolt45 reads (poorly) at his fascist rallies?"
Setting aside for the moment that Ol' Stinky Britches seems to think that Hannibal Lecter is A) a real person, rather than a fictional character and B) Hispanic somehow...
He just can't get enough of that one joke about "having a friend for dinner".
It's like listening to Paulie Walnuts.
"Hey Ton', this guy Hannibal, the mook in the face mask, he was like, 'I'm havin' a friend for dinner'. You hear what I said there? [elbow nudge to somebody standing a foot away, who cannot possibly NOT have heard him] Hanh? Hanh? You hear what I said there, Christophuh? I says, "This fuckin' guy was like, "I'm havin' a friend for dinner".' *Heh heh heh*"
I watched this on Fox, just for kicks. Their chyron said, "Biden Finishes Speech Despite Cognitive Difficulties," or some such thing. I know I am not remembering it correctly, but they acted like it was a miracle that he didn't die in the middle of it.
I was surprised to hear Biden talking up "at least 23 [NATO members] will spend at least 2%" @1:04 ... I thought that was a Trump talking point ... he demanded, they responded!" Actually of course it was the Ukraine thing that got the Europeans feeling spendy. And he said it in a very firm voice, high marks there. He did promise yet another incremental delivery of weapons support for UKR, so that's nice. "TO THE HEAD OF THE LINE!!" he said firmly. Ahead of Israel even? Wow.
I think it is worth pointing out that he got those delegates because primary voters chose him. I was one of them and I resent the fact that some people think that those millions of votes should should all be thrown out--talk about voter suppression. There are people predicting that Biden can't win. That's an opinion and a silly one at that.
We should not be undermining out own candidate. That is a losing tactic. One reason Repubs win elections they shouldn't is because they support their candidate; they know that winning is more important than some kind of imaginary political purity.
I would vote for Biden again, even after cringing at his one bad debate.
Voters could have chosen Phillips or brain-worm dog-eater babysitter-rapist. Even in MI where the haters ran an "uncommitted" campaign, Biden won a larger percentage than Obama did during his re-election when there no such campaign in MI.
Biden is consistently winning the Dem nomination by higher percentages than Trump.
Millions and millions of Dems have voted for him. And on every ballot there is at least the option for "other" .
I noted something else the other day & I'll repeat it now:
The other side is gearing up to vote for a criminal fascist traitor piece of shit. Biden's our side's only choice since it's too late to get another candidate registered in most states or to get them enough funding to run. Even if he were senile (he's not) how fucking bad could you really feel about casting a vote for him to stop Trump? Would your heart break from the shame of having compromised your precious purity when you looked at yourself in the mirror one morning in Trump's Amerikkka? Then you my friend, are an idiot. Also, Harris is waiting in the wings to step up if he ever decides to step down. Get your heads out of your asses - it's not a hard choice.
“ though he was speaking from a teleprompter — meaning there was no risk he would wander into incomplete thoughts.”
This “teleprompter “ shit started in ‘08 with Obama when Republicans were trying to belittle his intelligence (as in “he doesn’t know what he’s saying, he’s just reading words”) and it needs to stop unless they also want to talk about their preferred candidate Big Orange and how he literally read prompter instructions at a recent event (thanks Meidas Touch for doing the job the MSM refuses to do). And like you said: Every prominent politician uses a teleprompter when delivering a big speech.
Fuck the Times. And I mean fuck 'em in a "forceful" way, "with few errors."
“Why give a medal to Jens Stoltenberg when you can give one to Jim Jordan?”
Nobody? OK! "Nice little continent ya got dere..."
Ta, Evan. Nice times.
“though he was speaking from a teleprompter — meaning there was no risk he would wander into incomplete thoughts” like the orange skidmark, who manages to ramble about hannibal lecter and electric shark batteries even though he, too, reads prepared remarks from a teleprompter.
which begs the question, "who writes the nonsense Dolt45 reads (poorly) at his fascist rallies?"
"who manages to ramble about hannibal lecter"
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Setting aside for the moment that Ol' Stinky Britches seems to think that Hannibal Lecter is A) a real person, rather than a fictional character and B) Hispanic somehow...
He just can't get enough of that one joke about "having a friend for dinner".
It's like listening to Paulie Walnuts.
"Hey Ton', this guy Hannibal, the mook in the face mask, he was like, 'I'm havin' a friend for dinner'. You hear what I said there? [elbow nudge to somebody standing a foot away, who cannot possibly NOT have heard him] Hanh? Hanh? You hear what I said there, Christophuh? I says, "This fuckin' guy was like, "I'm havin' a friend for dinner".' *Heh heh heh*"
playing to the (intellectual) cheap seats
Maybe the most annoying thing about his constant references to Hannibal Lecter is that he calls him “the late great Hannibal Lecter.”
Lecter’s death has never been catalogued, as far as we know he’s still alive in the Lecter-verse.
Lest we forget who's behind this shit:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/10/7464927/index.amp&ved=2ahUKEwiW06X05p2HAxWYEFkFHd2MBP4QyM8BKAB6BAgMEAI&usg=AOvVaw0hzStRwF1Ib_ozrr0QsrzP
I watched this on Fox, just for kicks. Their chyron said, "Biden Finishes Speech Despite Cognitive Difficulties," or some such thing. I know I am not remembering it correctly, but they acted like it was a miracle that he didn't die in the middle of it.
Serious question for my fellow Wonketteers:
Where does one go for some serious legit news free of NYT and WaPo bullshit?
Public Witness (lefty Christian, so not for everyone)
Pro Publica
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I already ran out…
British papers like the Guardian and BBC? I honestly don't know but I'm interested in the answer too.
The Guardian is my go to source for English language news (besides The Wonket, of course).
Same - I've had a subscription to them since 2016 and the email lady.
The Beeb’s good for international.
I was surprised to hear Biden talking up "at least 23 [NATO members] will spend at least 2%" @1:04 ... I thought that was a Trump talking point ... he demanded, they responded!" Actually of course it was the Ukraine thing that got the Europeans feeling spendy. And he said it in a very firm voice, high marks there. He did promise yet another incremental delivery of weapons support for UKR, so that's nice. "TO THE HEAD OF THE LINE!!" he said firmly. Ahead of Israel even? Wow.
Something that I haven't seen mentioned is that Biden basically is our candidate. He has far more than enough delegates now to win the nomination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-primary-elections/delegate-tracker
I think it is worth pointing out that he got those delegates because primary voters chose him. I was one of them and I resent the fact that some people think that those millions of votes should should all be thrown out--talk about voter suppression. There are people predicting that Biden can't win. That's an opinion and a silly one at that.
We should not be undermining out own candidate. That is a losing tactic. One reason Repubs win elections they shouldn't is because they support their candidate; they know that winning is more important than some kind of imaginary political purity.
I would vote for Biden again, even after cringing at his one bad debate.
"There are people predicting that Biden can't win. That's an opinion and a silly one at that."
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Yeah, I mean, isn't that irrelevant anyway?
If our guy loses, he can just refuse to leave, put on a horned helmet, and incite a riot.
I mean, that's what the last guy did, and it's definitely "an official act", so that's fine, right?
I had to hide under a table during Obama’s 2012 debates. Turns out debate performance isn’t really what drives an election
We nominated him.
Voters had a choice.
Voters could have chosen Phillips or brain-worm dog-eater babysitter-rapist. Even in MI where the haters ran an "uncommitted" campaign, Biden won a larger percentage than Obama did during his re-election when there no such campaign in MI.
Biden is consistently winning the Dem nomination by higher percentages than Trump.
Millions and millions of Dems have voted for him. And on every ballot there is at least the option for "other" .
Shit, people in the R primaries voted for Nikki Haley literally MONTHS after she was off the ballot, rather than vote for Poopy Racist Grandpa.
Gosh. Another tiny factoidettelette WaPOOP and PravdaI (NYT) failed to mention...
You can't repeat this enough.
I noted something else the other day & I'll repeat it now:
The other side is gearing up to vote for a criminal fascist traitor piece of shit. Biden's our side's only choice since it's too late to get another candidate registered in most states or to get them enough funding to run. Even if he were senile (he's not) how fucking bad could you really feel about casting a vote for him to stop Trump? Would your heart break from the shame of having compromised your precious purity when you looked at yourself in the mirror one morning in Trump's Amerikkka? Then you my friend, are an idiot. Also, Harris is waiting in the wings to step up if he ever decides to step down. Get your heads out of your asses - it's not a hard choice.
This could not be more simple.
I don't want America to turn fascist.
“ though he was speaking from a teleprompter — meaning there was no risk he would wander into incomplete thoughts.”
This “teleprompter “ shit started in ‘08 with Obama when Republicans were trying to belittle his intelligence (as in “he doesn’t know what he’s saying, he’s just reading words”) and it needs to stop unless they also want to talk about their preferred candidate Big Orange and how he literally read prompter instructions at a recent event (thanks Meidas Touch for doing the job the MSM refuses to do). And like you said: Every prominent politician uses a teleprompter when delivering a big speech.
The funny thing about that “Obama reads from a teleprompter” nonsense was that the conventional wisdom was that someone was giving HIM orders.
And now they think Obama is the one giving Biden the orders.
They can never just believe that the Dem president is actually the president.
When their last two have been extraordinary, yet dangerous, buffoons.
An excellent, productive, and progressive first term is not cancelled out by one bad debate.
So old!
Should have given that medal to Putin: Nobody has done more to make NATO grow stronger!
Depends on where you want to pin it.
yeah, but who will be Taylor Swift's vice president? Hillary Clinton?
Michelle Obama!
They're all probably pre-drafting their "BIDEN OLD, DEMS DISSARAY, KAMALA? TRUMP BETTER?" Articles as we speak.