Biden rides fuel-guzzling limo while trumpeting electric cars, climate change agenda

Sophrosyne said:

The "lots of us" should have but the "shhhhh" on the media and other lefts talking heads then because the complaining was almost comical. I never complained about Obama playing golf but did grumble when I heard Michelle got a free trip to Paris or something like that but since I didn't really know what she was doing there (or pretending to do) I just figured better to ignore the incident.

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The media did not care about Trump's golf playing so much as the former one-term president made it a big deal when Obama played golf.


He constantly harped on President Obama playing golf and how he wouldn't golf. Do you folks just ignore this stuff? Like it directly came out of his mouth. The news media just pointed out the hypocrisy, they don't care that he plays.

Sophrosyne said:

We only pay presidents of this country about $400k a year and professional athletes who have essentially no impact on our lives compared to what the president has get paid truckloads more of money so in that thought complaining about them getting a few hundred thousand dollars of perks can make us look a little petty while we have people paying a ball player 5 million a year and cheer them on we boo our presidents for less than half a million. It just all seems a bit odd. I think they should raise the salary of the President to 1 million a year as he is a greater celebrity than most entertainers... hated or not.

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Why are you bringing up athletes and entertainers? Are you suggesting the money they make is not deserved? Think about the next time you cheer on a sports team, wax poetic about a song you loved, or debate with friends your favorite movie or TV show. Those people garner those salaries because they are talented and generate a lot of revenue for their craft. The whole point of not having very high salaries for public service is that it's supposed to be about public service, not celebrity.

SummerMadness said:

This thread makes no sense. The president is advocating for investment and changes from vehicles currently on the market, which are mostly fossil fuel based to all electric cars by 2035. Why should the current vehicle the Secret Service uses be an electric car? That is a ridiculous presumption. The research and development push now is so that in 15 years we would have all electrical vehicles.

As I said, this thread makes no sense.

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It’s a Dijon mustard/tan suit thread.

Albion said:

We're pretty far from the Original Post and the topic of this thread now, aren't we?

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Hey, the Beast has a few less pounds to hall around with this President. There some slight savings in gas consumption with less of a payload

wing2000 said:

Hey, the Beast has a few less pounds to hall around with this President. There some slight savings in gas consumption with less of a payload

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Your delightful typo brings to mind that ‘round these parts (western PA), we have what are colloquially known as “fire-halls”; places that are built by local VFD (volunteer fire departments) to ostensively house their trucks/equipment, but turn into money-makers themselves as wedding reception venues.

Albion said:

We're pretty far from the Original Post and the topic of this thread now, aren't we?

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Indeed we are. Quite far, in fact.

SummerMadness said:

He constantly harped on President Obama playing golf and how he wouldn't golf. Do you folks just ignore this stuff? Like it directly came out of his mouth. The news media just pointed out the hypocrisy, they don't care that he plays.

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This. I didn't care that Trump golfed a lot in and of itself. I cared that he criticized Obama for golfing, only to go golfing significantly more. Also wasn't of fan of him seemingly using the golfing outings to enrich his businesses.

But the act of playing golf on its own? Don't care. Not different than any other hobby really.

wing2000 said:

With all the challenges facing our country you would think even the Washington Times could find better stories.....

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Given their audience, why would they need to put in the effort?