Joe Biden Loses Cool When Asked Question

[chevyontheriver]

The EX President and Twitter deserve one another.

That is true.

 

[FireDragon76]

Well, no. They have too many to choose from for that to be likely.

To judge by Kamala's miserable performance in the Democratic Presidential primaries last year, opposition to her from even political radicals, and the embarrassed reactions a lot of liberals have had to her speeches and non-performance in office so far, not very many of them think she's competent to be President or Vice President, either!

A president doesn't have to pick a frontrunner. In the case of Kamala, he has chosen somebody that's similar to his own politics, a moderately conservative. Both are liberals, not leftists, but the actual hard ideological left in the US (the kind that reads Mother Jones, for instance) represent only about ten percent of the US populatino.

 

[Albion]

A president doesn't have to pick a frontrunner.

Not relevant to the point.

In the case of Kamala, he has chosen somebody that's similar to his own politics, a moderately conservative.

She had the single most liberal voting record of any of the 100 members of the Senate!

 

[GoldenBoy89]

She had the single most liberal voting record of any of the 100 members of the Senate!

More liberal than Sanders? I don’t think so.

 

[Subduction Zone]

More liberal than Sanders? I don’t think so.

It depends on the year of the report card by various groups. But in 2019 I did find one where she was rated least conservative, which I would guess would be most liberal.

EDIT: Here is the source:

Report Cards for 2019 - Ideology Score - All Senators - GovTrack.us

EDIT NUMBER DOS: And Media Bias/Fact Check has them rated as 'HIGH' on factual reporting and smack dab in the middle of 'Least Biased':
GovTrack

 

[GoldenBoy89]

It depends on the year of the report card by various groups. But in 2019 I did find one where she was rated least conservative, which I would guess would be most liberal.

EDIT: Here is the source:

Report Cards for 2019 - Ideology Score - All Senators - GovTrack.us

EDIT NUMBER DOS: And Media Bias/Fact Check has them rated as 'HIGH' on factual reporting and smack dab in the middle of 'Least Biased':
GovTrack

This also depends how liberal or conservative the Senate is as a whole and given the need to win across an entire state that pushes most Senators more towards the middle than you’d find in the House so to me being the “most liberal Senator” doesn’t say much as far as just how liberal that particular Senator actually is in terms of their views and politics.

 

[Subduction Zone]

This also depends how liberal or conservative the Senate is as a whole and given the need to win across an entire state that pushes most Senators more towards the middle than you’d find in the House so to me being the “most liberal Senator” doesn’t say much as far as just how liberal that particular Senator actually is in terms of their views and politics.

Politics is of course regional. A U.S. "liberal" is still often a European "conservative" or at the very most a moderate.

And I am amazed how many people that argue politics forget the first rule of choosing a Vice President They are supposed to short up what are perceived to be the President's weak spots in his own party. Which is why most Presidents are moderates in their own party and their Veeps are either conservative for Republicans or liberal if one is a Democrat. I swear that they also sometimes try to choose a Vice President that the other party does NOT want to see as President. That protects them from assassinations and unmerited impeachments

 

[Jaxxi]

On his worst day, Biden is twice the President EX President Trump was. Admittedly EX President Trump set an extremely low bar.

Hahahaha! Ok we will see about that as he rapidly declines into a nursing home.

 

[cow451]

Hahahaha! Ok we will see about that as he rapidly declines into a nursing home.

He will still be twice as competent as EX President Trump.

 

[Aldebaran]

Is Kamala supposed to be the Right's new bogieman? That's ridiculous, and panders to racist tropes.

Forgive us white people for daring to question the intentions of a black. We're still in white humbleness training.

 

[Aldebaran]

A president doesn't have to pick a frontrunner. In the case of Kamala, he has chosen somebody that's similar to his own politics, a moderately conservative. Both are liberals, not leftists, but the actual hard ideological left in the US (the kind that reads Mother Jones, for instance) represent only about ten percent of the US populatino.

If they're so similar, then why does she poll so unfavorably?
(HINT: Trotting out the race card is a surefire losing proposition here)

Among independents in the May 11 poll, Harris clocks in at 38 percent “favorable,” 53 percent “unfavorable.” That's 15 points underwater.
Here's why Joe Biden polls well, but Kamala Harris does not

 

[Subduction Zone]

If they're so similar, then why does she poll so unfavorably?
(HINT: Trotting out the race card is a surefire losing proposition here)

Among independents in the May 11 poll, Harris clocks in at 38 percent “favorable,” 53 percent “unfavorable.” That's 15 points underwater.
Here's why Joe Biden polls well, but Kamala Harris does not

Presidents often choose people that are further to the right if they are Republican or further to the left if they are Democratic. It helps bring in the wingnuts to support the party. And I have a bit of a snarky belief that it is done to deter assassins too. Shoot Trump and you get Mike Pence, even worse in some ways (though Trump turned into quite the wingnut himself) shoot Biden and you get Kamala.

 

[cow451]

Forgive us white people for daring to question the intentions of a black. We're still in white humbleness training.

That’s mighty White of you.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Forgive us white people for daring to question the intentions of a black. We're still in white humbleness training.

“A black”?

Seriously?..

 

[Benjamin413]

It looks like Joe Biden has issues with being accountable. He has recently lost his temper when a journalist asked a reasonable question. Is Joe Biden unable to answer any question that hasn't been screened beforehand, with an answer pre-prepared and put on the auto cue system for him to read?

'Why are you the only guy who shouts questions?' Biden loses it at CBS correspondent who asked if he'll help get more kids back to school after his COVID task force said classrooms are safe - then tells the press to leave

What? The first time?

How many times did trump lose his cool at reporters saying nasty things to them? At least once a press conference.

 

[KCfromNC]

“A black”?

Seriously?..

Sometimes the actual message slips past the filters.

 

[trunks2k]

“A black”?

Seriously?..

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that it was tongue in cheek.

 

[ranunculus]

It will rapidly become apparent that Joe is an angry old man at a loss for what to say. And the 25th amendment will come in to effect. I expect it within a few months. Biden going in is older than Reagan at the end of his presidency. And he acts like it too.

Predict the date.

We'll see how well you do ...

I give him four months. Six months at tops. I am willing to be surprised if it is even less.

I want to wish a happy 5th anniversary to these comments. They've aged like a fine avocado, as has this thread titled "Joe Biden Loses Cool When Asked Question". It's a recommended read if your body is low on irony.

I can only marvel at how high the collective standards for acceptable presidential behavior used to be and how low they have fallen since a couple days ago Trump told Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey, “Quiet, quiet piggy,” as she pressed him on the Epstein Files.

Hard to believe that made him snap. It was just a softball about the recently released trove of emails in which Trump's name appears 2000 times. You know,... the emails,... from his best friend of 10 years,... the pedophile human trafficker. You probably didn't hear about it. It wasn't even remarkable enough to warrant a thread on this forum.

And it's not even been 24 hours since Trump called for 6 democrats to be put to death.

The lawmakers, many of whom are veterans, had posted a video Tuesday telling military and intelligence officers to "refuse illegal orders."

“It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand — We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET,” the president wrote in one Truth Social post Thursday morning, linking to an article about the video from the Washington Examiner.

“This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???” Trump wrote in another post.

In a third, he wrote: "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"

Not unusual behavior right? He then went on to "retruth" a post calling for them to be hanged. The sitting president of the United States reposted someone saying that other elected officials should be hanged. Talk about an angry old man losing his cool. And that's without even going into the MTG catfighting (which resulted in her receiving credible threats) or any of the dozen other public meltdowns of the last couple of weeks.

If we're making predictions I think we're about 2 months removed from the headline: "Trump family flees to Russia". I am willing to be surprised if it is even less. /s