Biden's disturbing Town Hall
Last night we were treated to another soft soap CNN town hall featuring Joe Biden. Biden attempted to discuss a wide range of topics.
Here are some of the highlights:
First: Biden throws Jen Psaki under the bus:
COOPER: Well, let me ask you, your administration had set a goal to open the majority of schools in your first 100 days. You're now saying that means those schools may only be open for at least one day a week --
BIDEN: No, that's not true. That's what was reported.
COOPER: Uh-huh.
BIDEN: That's not true. That was a mistake in the communication. But what I'm talking about is I said opening the majority of schools in K through eighth grade, because they're the easiest to open, the most needed to be open in terms of the impact on children and families having to stay at home -- COOPER: So when do you think that would be K through eight --
(CROSSTALK)
COOPER: -- at least five days a week if possible?
BIDEN: I think we'll be close to that at the end of the first 100 days. We've had a significant percentage of them being able to be opened. My guess is they're going to probably be pushing to open all summer, to continue like it's a different semester and try to catch up.
(CROSSTALK)
COOPER: Do you think that would be five days a week or just a couple?
BIDEN: I think many of them five days a week. The goal will be five days a week. Now it's going to be harder to open up the high schools for the reasons I have said. And just like you notice the contagion factor in colleges is much higher than it is in high schools or grade schools.
Second: Biden dismisses CBO findings:
COOPER: The Congressional Budget Office says that a $15 minimum wage would lift 900,000 people out of poverty, but would also cost 1.4 million people their jobs. Is that --
BIDEN: Yes, but there's also -- if you read that whole thing about Pinocchios and all the rest, there are also equal number of studies say that's not -- that it wouldn't have that effect, and particularly, as you do it in terms of how gradually you do it.
So let's say -- you said you're going to increase the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour between now and the year 2025 to $12 an hour, to $13 an hour. You double someone's pay, and the impact on business would be absolutely diminished (ph), and it would grow the GDP, and it would grow -- and it would generate economic growth.
But it's not illegitimate as a small-business person to worry about whether or not increasing it at one fell swoop would have that impact.
I do support a $15 minimum wage. I think there is equally as much if not more evidence to dictate that it would grow the economy and long- run and medium-run benefit small businesses as well as large businesses, and it would not have such a dilatory effect. But that's a debatable issue.
Third: Xi Jinping gets it !:
COOPER: What about the Uyghurs? What about human rights abuses in China?
BIDEN: The Uyghurs.
We must speak up for human rights. It's who we are. We can't -- my comment to him was -- and I know him well, and he knows me well. We're -- a two-hour conversation.
COOPER: You talked about this to him?
BIDEN: I talked about this too.
And that's not so much refugee, but I talked about it. I said, look -- Chinese leaders, if you know anything about Chinese history, it has always been the time China when has been victimized by the outer world is when they haven't been unified at home.
So, the central -- to vastly overstate it, the central principle of Xi Jinping is that there must be a united, tightly controlled China. And he uses his rationale for the things he does based on that. I point out to him, no American president can be sustained as a
president if he doesn't reflect the values of the United States. And so the idea I'm not going to speak out against what he's doing in Hong Kong, what he's doing with the Uyghurs in western mountains of China, and Taiwan, trying to end the One-China policy by making it forceful, I said -- by the way, he said he gets it.
Fourth: the smearing of those who defend us & the White Supremacy bogeyman:
BERKOWITZ: More seriously, Mr. President, like millions of my fellow citizens, I was shaken by the attack on the Capitol on January 6th and on our democracy more broadly by your predecessor and his followers.
While I appreciate efforts being made to bring them to justice, I worry about ongoing threats to our country from Americans who embrace white supremacy and conspiracies that align with it.
What can your administration do to address this complex and wide ranging problem?
BIDEN: It is complex and it's wide ranging, and it's real. You may -- I got involved in politics to begin with because of civil rights and opposition to white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, and the most dangerous people in America continue to exist. That is the greatest threat to terror in America, domestic terror.
And so I would make sure that my Justice Department and the civil rights division is focused heavily on those very folks, and I would make sure that we, in fact, focus on how to deal with the rise of white supremacy.
And you see what's happening, the studies that are beginning to be done, maybe at your university as well, about the impact of former military, former police officers, on -- on the growth of white supremacy in some of these groups.
You may remember, in one of my debates with the former president, I asked him to condemn the Proud Boys and he wouldn't do it. He said "Stand by," stand ready, or whatever the phrase exactly was.
It is a bane on our existence. It has always been. As Lincoln said, we have to appeal to our better angels, and these guys are not -- and women -- are, in fact, demented. They are dangerous people.
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The world according to Joe Biden.
What was so 'disturbing' about the Town Hall?
Uncle Joe, he's a moving kinda slow at The Shady Rest like on Petticoat Junction
Charger, try the 80/20 rule of life. That is, dwell on the positive when it outdoes the negative. Now then, what is wrong with Joe Biden being a nice, humble, man who tries to care about us?
Because that is not true. Biden is a genuine and authentic and corrupt career asshole.
Greg, I'm sorry you feel that way. However, the 80/20 rule stands the test of time.
LMAO
thank you
It must be difficult for Trump cultists to have to change gears and instead of doing mental gymnastics to defend outright lies told by the previous admin, they are nitpicking looking for anything the current admin says that they can twist to appear as untrue.
Not that I feel sorry for them at all. But man, it must be tough!
To the contrary, a lot of what Biden says he wants to do we can only wish was untrue!
What's good for the long term is not always good for the short term.
trump has a short term based agenda.
Biden has a longer term agenda.
Trump would pump out every drop of oil as soon and at any cost, Biden looks more to the future.
The goal was to be energy efficient, but before we even when we reached that point we started selling our energy resources for the profits.
There is only so much resources to drain. trump would drain it all as soon as he could and leave future generations even more dependant on competing for the rest of the worlds resources more in the future.
It's called Delayed gratification. Just like the idea of saving for a rainy day which many Americans have abandoned and now live week to week.
Agreed Phaedrus! So true!
Any thoughts?
Anyone?
Vic, would you care to quote the entire comment?
Vic, would you care to quote the entire comment?
No need to...it's the thought that counts.
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and then later
What about that is "disturbing and dreadful", [removed]
Any thoughts?
Sure, that's not all he said ... you cherry picked.
The WHOLE QUOTE IN CONTEXT!
Thanks for the truth of the matter AND THE ENTIRE QUOTE/COMMENT IN CONTEXT Phaedrus!!!
Isn't it disgraceful how they only use PART OF THE ENTIRE QUOTE/COMMENT out of context?
Watch the damned video...................
No . . . . . . . why the fuck would I do that?
Yes it is. But it's not surprising..
Your gif lacks the 4th monkey.
I left you a link to the entire text. As I pointed out in the article, those were the highlights I chose. I chose them to show people who voted for normalcy what they actually got! I'm going to keep reminding them!
We voted for normalcy and that's what we got!
He spoke reality and to me it's very sad and sorry that some folks don't seem to recognise it these days.
I'll add: I did not expect it to be so difficult to get back to reality !
trump really did a job on some folks.
Yes America has some different cultures that are normal here and not in China.... and China has some different cultures there that are different from us.
Duuuu
My thought is, At least Biden speaks reality !!!
Steve, Trump conservatives do not apologize for their mistaken policies, attitudes, or anything else. It is a definite posture of defiance. . .on everything. That is, they look for the liberal position so as to determine where the weaknesses are to exploit. That's key to how this operates.
Whatever a liberal aspires to - deny that definitely.
they are nitpicking looking for anything the current admin says that they can twist to appear as untrue.
Nitpicking for 5 years looking for anything or reason to criticize and demean Trump and his supporters has been the Dems modus operandi for years. We will continue to search for any reason to nitpick (or impeach) Biden
His townhall exhibition was disturbing and dreadful.
Well he told over 30,000 lies during his tenure. No need to nitpick unless you call deciding which lies to call out "nitpicking".
He never told me lies because I didn't pay him any attention.
Biden is well on his way to exceed Trump's "lies".
Wow, that's quite the prognostication there, Greg. Seems a little early to pull that out of your ass, doesn't it? But then how would you know if President Biden doesn't tell them to you directly?
Feel free to disagree with me and say so. In the meantime stop the personal insults.
Thank you and have a nice day.
So stop paying attention, just stick your head back in wherever you've had it again.
problem solved
Genocide is apparently a cultural norm in China. Can't really be upset it by it, , per Joe Biden
The world no longer has to worry. Joe talked about it with Xi and Xi said "he gets it!"
Joe talked about it with Xi and Xi said "he gets it!"
Sometimes how what's said makes a huge difference. Perhaps not at the moment but with time.
We had gotten used to a president that just threatened his way thru everything short term instead.
trump wasn't worth a shit about looking at anything long term. He even failed at successfully planning his own insurrection so he was still replaced.
People don't like being told what they have to do or to be threatened to do it.
The best long term approach to have people to go alone with what you want is to find something to agree on and work from there.
It's kinda hard not to agree that China and America have some cultural differences. and Xi said "he gets it!"
It took 4 years to realize that?
Not for me I've know that since I was a child. Unfortunately many others don't seem to ever have learned it.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper asks Joe Biden what’s it like living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
Biden: "I wake up every morning, look at Jill, and say 'where the hell are we?'"
Priceless!
Self deprecating humor ... you should try some.
You should refrain from making it personal.
“minorities don’t know how to get online”
Joe Biden just advertising his racism at this point.
I think this is the last townhall his handlers let him do.
Which is more boring? An hour with Joe Biden or this article criticizing him.
Biden has lost a little of the articulation ability that he used to have, but he's still far preferable to the completely dishonest lunatic and crook that preceded him.
Yours truly.....
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He's made that mistake before! LOL! He means you but he referred to himself!
And his comment wasn't? Give me a fucking break, Perrie.
There is nothing boring about a radical agenda. Opening the borders and granting amnesty to what is really about 22 Million is a radical concept.
No one is opening the borders and granting amnesty to 22 million.
How uninformed you are.
Breaking............Rush Limbaugh has succumbed to cancer....................
I doubt he'll get a medal for that ... but then in America there's always someone crazy enough to do anything that's crazy enough. Meh, may he Limbo in Peace ... or pieces.
We don't trash the dead here. There is somebody doing that, sadly & disgustingly elsewhere. You can join them.
Last warning.
The U.S. lost a powerful voice today. Rest in Peace, Rush.
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Where do you come up with this shit? I read that and no where did he throw her under the bus. I would think you all know what that looks like after four years of donald.
She is the one who said they were hoping to open one day a week - right?
He came out and said what he knew. Did he call her names and a liar?
No he did not. He did not say anything about her...
She is the White House press secretary and spokesperson.
"Psaki said Biden’s goal was to have a "majority of schools" – meaning more than 50% – open by day 100 of his presidency, which would be April 30.
"That means some teaching in classrooms. So at least one day a week, hopefully it’s more. And obviously, it is as much as is safe in each school and local district," Psaki said.
The reporter asked Psaki what she meant by "some teaching," to which Psaki replied: "teaching at least one day a week in the majority of schools by day 100."
At the town hall Biden claimed there was a "miscommunication."
In other words somebody told our brain dead leader how bad that sounded!
Still not seeing him throw her under the bus...
That's your problem.
Nope. The problem of a lying article.
Your comments are what is disingenuous.
What is disingenuous is trying to come up with stupid nitpicking things just to be able to attack Biden.
Guess what, it falls flat.
How soon some forget the nit picking that has gone on for at least 5 years and, I will venture to say, the eight years........no 20 years prior.
Those are his remarks. I think I gave it a reasonable critique. Is Biden a sacred cow?
All of your comments have been disingenuous.
Ha. Sorry but donald brought on most of his critiques. He brought it on with his own constant attacks.
Keep saying that if it makes you feel better.
Not a ring of truth butt, go for it...
Don't like it? I'm only using the same tactic you & others get away with.
Is that all you wanted to do here?
As will Mr. Biden in some circles. Just going to have to deal with it.
Not the same 'tactic' at all. One is calling out lies while the other one is protecting them.
Then it will be dealt with as it comes. No need to manufacture them.
There are no lies here and you aren't fooling anyone. Prove what you claim. Thus far you've only been able to throw the word lies around.
Let's see if we can get an intelligent argument.
You have not shown where he threw her under the bus.
I have only seen manufactured outrage over basically nothing.
Post 9.1.2
What you mean is that you refuse to admit it.
I have only seen manufactured outrage over basically nothing.
I don't need a team to help me.
You've got to be kidding. So saying there was a miscommunication is throwing her under the bus? In what world?
She speaks for the Biden administration. She made the statement on Tuesday Feb 9th. Biden's town hall came a week later. If it was simply a "miscommunication" why wasn't it corrected immediately? Reopening schools for one day a week is a fairly controversial policy. You are going to ask us to believe that Biden just left that out there for a week, until he was asked about it at a town hall?
GASP! HEAVENS NO!
That is still not throwing her under the bus...
Of course it is. Biden took that stand for the teacher's union. Now he has the science and the parents against him, even Anderson Cooper found the fortitude to ask him about it. He changed course! She took the fall.
That was in the cards from the beginning:
"The bombshell revelation that Biden’s plan would only resume in-person learning for half the schools and as little as one day per week comes after his own CDC director said in-person classes can be held safely without staff receiving the COVID-19 vaccine."
That's what happens when you bow to the teacher's union.
Fall for what? Does she still have the job?
A "miscommunication." Biden would have us believe that she didn't get it straight, yet even before that Psaki was claiming the CDC director was speaking in her personal capacity! The CDC Director said on Sunday, that when she speaks it is as the CDC Director!
That's when the CDC Director told them what the teacher's union didn't want to hear!
To tell you the truth, I don't think any of them know when and how all the schools can open. They can only give guidelines. It is up to the individual school districts to decide.
To repeat:
"his own CDC director said in-person classes can be held safely without staff receiving the COVID-19 vaccine."
The Catholic schools have been open all along without problem or all the money the Teacher's union has been getting.
It is up to the individual school districts to decide.
Chicago has decided, but the teacher's union keeps saying no.
I just worry that people are going to jump ahead of themselves and stop taking precautions.
Even if cases are going down, doesn't mean we are out of the woods yet.
If you have something positive to add about Joe Biden, now would be an opening to do so. Please proceed. . . .
Because President Biden did not. "Shit happens!" The saying goes. . . . However, there are some conservatives who will 'explode' the shit that happens like its a soap opera.
I do. At the town hall Biden confirmed that he is against defunding the police.
There is something I agree with, but then again, that's something that shouldn't be up for debate in the first place....
There was a video of a school that opened recently here in Maryland - none of the kids they showed were wearing masks and neither was the teacher. They weren't social distancing either. I expect the cases of Co-Vid to start going up again, after they just started to drop.
By the way, is this a seed? As it does not have the normal seed attachment.
No, it is not.
It should be. You only wrote three short sentences and the rest is from Newsweek.
Someone else did that the other day. I didn't notice you objecting to it.
You also lack an argument?
Guess you missed this in the article at the end................
A blog seed hybrid...
I did not notice it the other day. Shrug.
For one to have an argument, one should care substantively about the subject matter. As this article or blog or whatever appears to more of the same whining about nothing, I do not care to address it beyond the fact of noting that if you really cared, you probably would have written some more, too.
Glad he picked a young VP lol.
Who had an old man as a sugar daddy.
Like Melania? Or Ivanka, or Eric, and... the other one whoever the fuck he is.
Did any of them use a sugar daddy to get their start in their careers?
Let me answer that for you...
No...
If not for Willie, Kamalamadingdong would be nothing more than a third rate lawyer at a third rate ambulance chasing firm.
So easy for you to say. BTW, Kamala Harris wrote a book about her life, including words about the Willie Brown period. You might go look it up and read that part. As she owes him nothing - their relationship was what it was until it was not. (That last part is no charge.)
Willie Brown was good for California, thus he had a long fulfilling career in state politics. Additionally, he was a source for the ire of the republican community due to his stylish personality and hiring activities. However, he never lost a day of work in his storied career in state politics, because of the nepotism (which was allowable under law) if on the extremes. In Kamala's case - if you can't beat them - why the "H" not join them?
Stepping meet stone.
Yeah well, Biden didn't call anyone names, threaten anyone or------------do the Trumpian mantra that he isn't responsible so I assume that would be quite frightful to the 'dead conservatives' who flounder about without an American mission or a reason----except division, wealth concentration and what ever else they pretend to know anything about.