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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Nah, I don't think that he thinks it's the wrong thing to do at all. That's why he doubled down instead of giving at least a token apology.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangPart of the problem with Biden is that the meme version of him as a bumbling-lovable-uncle type figure was entirely created by The Onion, and that overshadowed the actual, much more problematic, Biden.
This has been such a problem that one of the writers responsible for it apologized for his role
So essentially we have had a false view of Biden drilled into us and it was only until the primary that people began collectively looking at what kind of person Biden actually was. Hence the seemingly sudden backlash.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangIt's the 4th of July, so for some fun, here's what all the Democrats running for president's answered when asked what their favorite comfort food is:
Cory Booker - Veggies (Note: The host, a former speech writer for Obama, thinks he's lying)
Tulsi Gabbard - Vegan cupcakes
Beto O'Rouke - Any kind of fast food
Steve Bulloch - A good hamburger
Seth Moulton - A burger
John Delany - Grilled chicken sandwich from Mc Donalds. Grilled, not fried. Two of them.
Amy Klobachur - Baked potato (Note: Which many people noted is something you can throw at people)
Michael Bennett - Italian sausage sandwich
Bill De Blasio - Pulled Pork
Andrew Yang - KIND Bars
John Hickenlooper - Little bowls of M&M's or mints
Jay Inslee - "It was M&M's but I've taken an oath to lay of the M&M's to maintain belt security."
Bernie Sanders - "Last time out, we did a trip to the West Coast and I gained three pounds in four days. So that's too much comfort food." (Note: Host - "That's not an answer but it's charming.")
Marianne Williamson - "I have no comfort food." (Note: The host is convinced she's an alien)
Pete Buttigieg - Beef jerky
Tim Ryan - Ice cream
Kirstin Gillibrand - A glass of whisky at the end of the night. (Note: Host - "This is the Gillibrand candidate problem. Almost, but a little off. I get it, alright you want a drink, fine. But that wasn't the question.")
Elizabeth Warren - Chips and guacamole
Kamala Harris - French fries
Biden - Did not answer
Julian Castro - Iced tea (Note: Host - "That's not a food!")
Eric Swalwell - Mocha coffee
The hysterical woman defense. Classic.
Might even work, too. A lot of people in this country sympathize with a "Bitches be crazy, amirite?" dismissal.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Jul 5th 2019 at 1:54:15 PM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.A shitty candybar masquerading as health food.
Edited by M84 on Jul 5th 2019 at 8:08:23 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised... Someone remind me why Obama thought Biden was the best choice of VP back in 2008.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Intelligencer: Why Did Obama Pick Biden As His Veep in the First Place?
There’s actually no infallible way to know. Obama’s veep-selection process, begun in June of 2008 after he nailed down the nomination, and headed up by Jim Johnson (who soon gave way to Jim Hamilton), Eric Holder, and Caroline Kennedy, was very secretive. Insiders recall that 20 names were on the initial “list,” but no one has given a comprehensive list of names. Publicly, the process was for some time overshadowed by talk of a “unity ticket” with Hillary Clinton to overcome the bruises of the primary season, until Obama privately ruled it out. Later indications were that the veep finalists were, along with Biden, Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, and Virginia Governor (later senator and HRC running mate) Tim Kaine. Obama clearly wanted someone white and from the political mainstream, recognizing that the high drama of his candidacy would probably make any running mate a reassuring afterthought rather than a true partner on the campaign trail. Biden, Sebelius and Kaine were Catholics as well.
Biden’s comparative advantages were his Washington experience (Obama had been a state senator four years earlier) and his extensive foreign-policy résumé. It was probably a bonus that Biden’s son Beau had been called up for National Guard duty and would soon deploy to Iraq, given the ticket’s war-hero opponent, John Mc Cain. It also surely crossed a few minds that having run twice for president himself, Biden probably had no unexposed skeletons in his closet. The better-known skeletons we are hearing about this year don’t seem to have been taken that seriously.
By all accounts, it ultimately came down to a “coin toss” between Bayh and Biden, with Obama personally making the choice. Bayh apparently underwhelmed Obama’s key staffers in interviews with a stiff and low-energy manner, while Biden talked animatedly “about the world, the middle class, the challenges and opportunities America faced and how he could help Obama.” The final decision came down to perceived chemistry with Obama, but there was one other thing, too, which helps explain why perhaps Biden’s “baggage” was not adjudged as too heavy. This fascinating tidbit, which my colleague Gabriel Debenedetti unearthed while writing a piece on the Obama–Biden relationship, comes from the New York Times’ contemporary account of the pick based on its own sources:
The choice by Mr. Obama in some ways mirrors the choice by Mr. Bush of Dick Cheney as his running mate in 2000; at his age, it appears unlikely that Mr. Biden would be in a position to run for president should Mr. Obama win and serve two terms. Shorn of any remaining ambition to run for president on his own, he could find himself in a less complex political relationship with Mr. Obama than most vice presidents have with their presidents.
In other words, Team Obama was looking at Biden strictly as a veep, and perhaps as someone who could help out with congressional relations and international matters — but not as any sort of heir apparent or successor as leader and shaper of the Democratic Party. The assumption that Biden would be too old to run for president in 2016 is rather interesting now that he’s running four years later. But it does help explain why there was little apparent worry over Biden’s touchy history on racial issues. The Obama–Biden ticket had more than enough biracial bona fides to cover a multitude of old sins and associations.
The strong possibility that Obama and his closest advisors never intended to place an indelible kosher label on Biden’s record and outlook helps explain the 44th president’s hands-off attitude toward the 2020 nomination contest. But reminders of the shadier side of that record and outlook have given the former vice-president every incentive to snuggle up ever more closely to Obama. It could make for an uncomfortable but revealing dynamic as the voting phase of 2020 draws closer.

At point I think he feels his misdeeds are too many to bother,all that matters is the presidenty which he thinks will sweep them away,make him invincible,just like Trump
Edited by Ultimatum on Jul 4th 2019 at 10:56:16 AM
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