Ticking Clock
Joe Biden eventually held his "Big Boy press conference" last night after many delays. He managed to take questions from reporters who were on a list assembled by his campaign advisors. He answered questions about world affairs, and he talked about both his economic record and his future agenda. He criticized Trump for many things that were implied but simply not true. At times he struggled to complete his own thoughts. He tainted the event at the end of his speech by introducing President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine as “President Putin.” Overall, however, for Joe Biden he got a passing grade, but it surely won't put an end to what has become a democrat civil war.
The sides:
Currently, Joe Biden has family members such as his sister Mary Valerie Biden Owens, who happens to be a political strategist, his wife Jill, his son Hunter and a few very close aides. One key, but questionable supporter would be Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who recently said "I'm with Joe," but may have said something different to donors behind closed doors.
Those against Joe are led by the great divider Barack Obama, who recently met with Nancy Pelosi and gave George Clooney approval to go ahead with a damning op-ed piece. Obama operatives like David Axelrod are also doing their part. Most of the leftwing media that lied about Biden's condition for years in now looking to dump him, led by the New York Times which recently did an editorial claiming that Biden has a "zero" chance of beating Trump. Then there are the elite donors like Abigail Disney, who have hit the brakes on funding the Biden campaign. Last but not least are all the democrat candidates on the 2024 ballot in highly contested precincts. Eight more House Democrats called on Biden to step aside yesterday, bringing the total number to 17.
As of right now Biden is as determined as ever to run. If he can manage to go from one press conference to another with a barely credible performance such as last night, he may just be able to run out the clock. The longer the war goes on without Biden budging, the better the prospects for Biden being the nominee.
In the news:
Inflation cooled last month which may lead Federal Reserve officials who are considering when to cut interest rates to give the Biden campaign a big gift in September with a rate cut. Is anyone surprised?
NATO allies committed more weapons to Ukraine. Still, it won’t be enough for Kyiv to launch a major counteroffensive against Russia until next year, military experts said.
Russia allegedly plotted to assassinate the chief executive of a German company that makes weapons for Ukraine, according to US intelligence officials.
The House defeated a bill that would have fined the corrupt AG Merrick Garland $10,000 a day for refusing to turn over audio recordings of Biden’s special counsel interview. Normally I would post the names of the Republican defectors, but not 4 months out from an election.
China’s exports are surging worldwide.
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The Las Vegas area reached 115 degrees for five straight days, a record-setting streak.
“It’s like being in front of an exhaust pipe,” one visitor said.
These days I prefer to stay in a nice, air-conditioned room. One of the benefits of old age.
if mixing up names is a measure of competency, the GOP has a bigger problem with their candidate...
lots more where that came from...
Good luck with trying to equate the two.
As one NBC analyst put it: There is only about 3 years difference between the two, but last night it looked as though there was 30 years difference.
Joe and Barack are pretty interchangeable. In fact Barack still may be the man pulling Joes strings
both candidates will eventually face being institutionalized, in 2 different settings, both hard to walk away from.
good luck using biden's age and a complete lack of legislative accomplishments to campaign on, and trying to keep the 2025 project hidden under the GOP rug.
I doubt there are many people in the democrat party who could have survived what Trump has survived.
The media has destroyed itself with its war on Trump.
evading equal justice by spending millions on legal fees donated by gullible sycophants?
the media created his political legitimacy in 2015...
Another epic fail for Biden. The dementia and Parkison's is seriously manifesting itself every time he opens his mouth. You would think his handlers would take the saying stupid shit shovel away from him.
I hope they keep parading him out there to humiliate himself and ruin the progressive brand....it's really helping Trump.
Not everyone agrees with that. Oddly enough, both the Biden & Trump campaigns consider it a minor victory.
Let us give him credit for answering a double question on two different topics, he remembered each question, kept them separate, and doubled back to answer.
The Trump response to the Clooney Op-Ed:
Why are you posting that demented message from Trump? Do you seriously believe that is a valid use of social media?
What is a "fake movie actor"? Movies with actors playing fictional characters are by definition "fake". Does Trump know the definition of the word fiction? Why does he publicly display his stupidity every day ?
I thought he nailed it.
Do you seriously believe that is a valid use of social media?
I still believe in Freedom of Speech.
What is a "fake movie actor"?
Maybe one who never was in a classic movie. I'll have to see if I can get through to Mar-A-Lago.
He was right on the part about lawfare, which is the all-important part.
Trump has been involved in thousands of lawsuits, the majority of which he initiated. He sues people to intimidate them, besmirch them, and sometimes just for fun. He is not a victim of lawfare he is a perpetrator of it.
What about Biden's predicament?
Isn't that what Johnny Friendly called "the first order of business?"
Its easy to tell when you are losing. You dont reply to a comment, you change the subject. Happens a lot.
Indeed, the boy is a regular hammer. Everything in his 'ReTruth' set a record for how high a certain substance can be piled.
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Lawsuits? How did you get on that? Joe Biden has been involved in lots of lawsuits and he has lost most of them.
How is that?
Someone was whining about lawfare.
All of that describes Trump to a t. He is not the victim of lawfare he is the perpetrator of it.
You do know what that means right? Malfeasance for those who don't.
He is not the victim of lawfare he is the perpetrator of it.
Are you sure you want to go here? Ok, John, let us begin:
Is it ok for someone to run for DA by promising to get somebody?
Is it ok for a president to prosecute his opponents?
Is it ok for a DA to use some novel twisted law on one individual for political reasons?
I have more questions, but I'm very interested in those answers.
Because you are a fan, you dont know enough about Donald Trump. You know what you want to know.
That is why I have you here.
You can help me by answering the questions.
It’s shocking to see how much Trump dominates some folks thinking. In other topics your comments show a reasonable, thinking person but when it comes to Trump. Your comments tend to show an unreasonably deluded thought process.
It never ceases to amaze me.
As in quoting him adoringly?
What was the article about?
As in being a permanent, rent free occupant in some brains.
Permanent
MAGAts and supporters and enablers and defenders of the indefensible's lack of values and morals and any standards align perfectly with the former 'president' convicted felon and rapist's.
Looks like it was an excuse to copy/paste the latest balderdash spewed by the guy you once wanted to disappear and now you play at being a facsimile of Mike Johnson.
Donald appears to have his 47% locked in which is not bad when 99% of those have 'bonus' rooms to spare.
So does the Joe the mumbler although his numbers are dwindling. Take heart though. The vacuum forming in most liberal heads is nearing perfection.
Very tough to do in nature so outstanding job by those dullards …..
it is now, according to SCOTUS...
Then that is great news for Biden and Garland.
Good, the Vacuum achieved in Trumpian heads needs the company.
lol
So true
I've noticed that often
The former 'president' convicted felon and rapist just rants delusionally and dementedly with the usual verbal diarrhea while literally filling his diaper with the usual liquid diarrhea.
The usual hive minded drone nonsense from one of my biggest fans.
Latest polling from NPR/PBS News/MARIS appears to belie that.
Before you go there, I have zero faith in any and all polls.
The former 'president' convicted felon and rapist only nails porn stars and Playboy bunnies and then pays to keep them quiet.
Okay, I’ll go there. Then what’s the point of quoting them here?
I know the answer. Let’s if we get an honest answer.
Not really, they didn’t need a SCOTUS ruling to do it. They been doing it for years.
Excellent application of the PeeWee Herman gambit.
Outstanding!
That would be true if you don't understand the SCOTUS ruling and how it applies in conjunction with the Constitution and existing law.
Rejoinder has no lack of synonyms, try a thesaurus.
As in, and I quote: “Puppet? I’m not a puppet. You’re the puppet!”
Doubling down? Well played sir, well played.
To be human is ... ummm ... to be human.
Another unhinged rant from the demented lunatic speaking while needing a diaper change. So jealous of Clooney
That wasn't from Biden.
We are looking at a high of 86 degrees where I am today.
Somehow the summers are not quite what they used to be. I came across what I thought was a tribute to the summers of the past:
I am a big Sinatra fan and consider Summer Wind to be one of the great pop songs of the 20th century.
I dont see anything in that video though that is a "tribute" to summers long ago.
Very true. They are a lot hotter. Its called climate change.
I am as well. I see his music as a form of romance, and I admire him for hanging on as long as he did. He was the main reason that there were music radio stations divided between music for the adults and music for the kids when I was young. Today it is all for the kids.
They are a lot hotter. Its called climate change.
I'll chalk up that indisputable fact for you John. I can endure the climate change. It is the climate fanatics that I can't tolerate.
There are still stations that play Sinatra and similar, but they are generally online now instead of over the air.
Here is one
Martini In The Morning - Your Musical Cocktail - Martini In The Morning
and another
Crooner Radio - All Crooners, All the Time!
both of them are free.
That is one thing about the internet. We can find almost anything there.
Crooner Radio has a sub station that is all Sinatra all the time.
I have a CD case in my car that also qualifies.
Among others.
Move over Frank, there's a new Chairwoman of the Board:
Some kid out there is going to say , whats a CD?
about a month ago , i was in a local store that still plays background muzak ( remember that term? ) and as per usual it was the so called "oldies station , and some song from the 90s, aughts or teens started playing , a younger lady than myself stopped started listening and looked like someone kicked her in the gut , and she muttered out loud , this isnt an oldies song , i started chuckling as i went by and she asked what was funny , i said welcome to old age .. the look i got was once in a life time and priceless.
Now? Great range targets
remember in the days before when computers came with the windows CDS ? i use them in the garden to scare off the birds with reflection .
I'm sure.
about a month ago , i was in a local store that still plays background muzak ( remember that term? ) and as per usual it was the so called "oldies station , and some song from the 90s, aughts or teens started playing , a younger lady than myself stopped started listening and looked like someone kicked her in the gut , and she muttered out loud , this isnt an oldies song , i started chuckling as i went by and she asked what was funny , i said welcome to old age .. the look i got was once in a life time and priceless.
I've had similar experiences. Do you ever go to a Walmart late at night? It is much different than in the daytime. I was in one that had mainly people speaking Spanish, little kids running around and Macarena blaring from a boombox. When I reached the cashier, he greeted me with "Dr Livingston, I presume."
The kids I know are into vinyl ... plus ça change and all that sort of thing.
I try NOT to go to walmart late at night , to the point i refuse to.
last time i did , i came to the conclusion that it was those people that do go there at night is the reason , that IF there was other intelligent life in the universe , is the reason they havent made contact with us .....
the people of walmart ARE out there .....Que X files music.
should see the looks i get when some of the younger people i know see my original collection dating from the 60s ,70s and 80s .......as well as a way to play them from the era .
I sold my 60s/early 70s vinyl collection a few months ago. I got a good price for it. Probably the most valuable item was an early edition Beatles White Album in excellent condition with the original posters worth a few hundred bucks. I haven't had a record player for years. I have some of them on CD so I can play them in the car, and when I want to listen to others I go on YouTube. From my teenage years.
I sold my vinyl to buy cds. Then I ended up selling my cds to buy gas. Life has its ups and downs.
LMAO!
Joe is an embarrassment. He makes the US a laughing stock of the world. He gets a barely passing grade yesterday because the bar is so low and the press was picked by Joes minions. Joe gotta go
True.
He makes the US a laughing stock of the world.
True
He gets a barely passing grade yesterday because the bar is so low.
True
Joe gotta go
Let's not be hasty!
The question will become who would be worse for the country (if dems win) Joe or VP Giggles. At least with giggles you know who is in charge, with Joe you would have no clue.
I'm not so sure of that. Her views coincide perfectly with those who have been running the country for the past 3 and a half years.
The US is quite capable of doing that all by its lonesome.
It is the former 'president' convicted felon and rapist who makes the US the laughingstock of the world including his maga cult.
Who is the leader of Ukraine?
Nope! He isn't PotUS at the moment. Mr. Biden is.
Don't you know?
Or the first black VP to serve under a black Potus..................
I know that - he's not making us a laughingstock - it is your dear former 'president' convicted felon and rapist.
It could be Nikki, or it could be Nancy ... /S
Why are you more worried about a private citizen instead of the real problem?
According to ruzzia , it is the US and its puppet NATO , that are pulling the strings in Ukraine .
Especially when Joe is our representative to the rest of the world.
Lately, our aid has come with strings.
The former 'president' and convicted felon and rapist is campaigning for 'president' right? It is on its' revenge and retribution 'campaign' aka finance my attorneys/legal fees.
You want it to be Putin.
Michigan Gov. Whitmer signed bills into law that will prohibit election recounts conducted due to allegations of fraud.
Controversial election bills now law in Michigan (nypost.com)
Damn she is evil looking. Gretchen Beelzebub, bride of Satan
She looks like Ursula from the Little Mermaid
As are selective photo choices to make her look so.
She has that look in her eyes even while she is attempting a smile.
To the eye of the beholder and the beholder is never disinterested.
My thoughts exactly.
Yeah, you've said that before. So evil.
Some folks go out of their way to find the most unflattering image possible and then there is probably, usually some photoshopping involved.
Yeah, SHE's evil
Evil is today's gqp/gop/ their leader the former 'president' convicted felon and rapist.
So much to look up to there.
Wow ! A white christian nationalist that watches cartoon movies. How fitting !
Darth Vaders sister
There is some sort of internal feud going on. Anybody catch when Biden threw Obama under the Afghan bus? And Biden didn't mention Beau anywhere; maybe that's why it was billed a a Big Boy press conference.
Joe Biden very lucidly laid out a bad domestic and foreign policy agenda. Biden's enumerated wins, plans, and promises that were an odd admixture of Reagan and Trump doctrine. There wasn't any sort of nod to Clinton and Obama only appeared as a scapegoat for the Fall of Kabul. Biden has always been dangerous and the press conference only affirmed the risks associated with reelecting Biden. The problem with Joe Biden isn't only his age.
It was kinda cute that Biden said 'By The Way' to signal when he was going to mimic Trump. BTW, Biden knows more world leaders than anybody, has done more than any leader since Pharaoh Ramses, and is the only human being that has ever existed who can fix everything. NATO leaders love Uncle Joe, why don't you?
The odd habit of drifting off into a circuitous discussion around a question before attempting to make a point is pure Biden. That rambling, incoherent style is not a sign of old age; that's how Biden has always spoke in public. It's the teleprompter rally speeches that are out of character for Biden.
It's way too late for Democrats to recognize who and what Joe Biden represents. What we saw during the press conference was apparent when Joe Biden was Vice President. Age may have slowed Joe Biden and weakened his voice but Biden is still the same guy he was 15 years ago. What we saw was the real Joe Biden.