This is not good and doesn't seem to be getting any better.

[mobeau69]

In Latest Gaffe, Biden Claims He Was Vice President During 2018 Parkland Shooting

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/joe-biden-gaffe-vice-president-parkland-shooting.html

[emmaverybo]

1. Already a thread on this. Please find it and comment there. NT

[Voltaire2]

3. There is a rule against duplicate threads?

I didn’t know that.

[emmaverybo]

5. It is usually pointed out. If there isn't a rule, there should be.

[pnwmom]

9. What does "15 is usually pointed out" mean?

The only rule about duplicates is in late breaking news.

[emmaverybo]

12. Means what I said. People point it out. I pointed it out.

[pnwmom]

13. What does the 15 mean? 15 people haven't pointed it out.

But lots of people do things here. That doesn't mean they're always right.

[oldsoftie]

14. Maybe "15" is supposed to be "it"? Other than that, I got nothing

[emmaverybo]

21. Brilliant decode. Fixed it.

[MrsCoffee]

28. That's only a rule in latest breaking news.

I’m pretty sure you will find thousands of duplicate threads elsewhere on the site.

[wyldwolf]

26. mods used to lock duplicate threads.

[pnwmom]

37. Only in latest breaking news -- and they still do. Otherwise, it could mean searching through days

of posts looking for dupes every time you posted.

With LBN this makes sense because only news up to 12 hours old is posted, so that's all you have to look through.

[ExciteBike66]

2. Easiest way for Biden to respond:

Just point out that the number of horrible mass shootings is so egregiously high in this country that even he gets confused as to what happened when. Then go on about your plan to stop them.

[mobeau69]

4. Just like me, Joe's in his golden years.

There's a time to hang up your gloves and retire from the ring. I know it's my time and I hope Joe and his supporters soon realize it's his too. He should take the grandkids fishing. He's served his country and now it's time for the a new generation to take the reins. We have plenty of good candidates that can smash Don the Con.

[BeyondGeography]

7. People are starting to figure it out

All the State Fair coverage I’ve read is filled with quotes like this:

"I like Joe Biden. I think I would prefer someone younger," said Laura Burkhalter, who works at a Des Moines art museum and cast her kernel for Warren. "It's time that we had a woman president."

Dennis Schwartz, who works for the state government in Colfax, cast his kernel for Buttigieg. Schwartz said Buttigieg is "very quick on his feet."

"I like Joe. I think he's a gentleman. I think he's past his prime," Schwartz said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/457036-scenes-from-iowa-state-fair-surging-warren-harris-draw-big-crowds

Biden’s stumbles matter because his prospects are based on electability. As people grow more comfortable—and more excited—with the alternatives, he’ll fade.

[Demsrule86]

33. We shall see...

[Cosmocat]

8. Pete is my guy, and I would rather have him, Warren, or a few others before Biden, but

I have felt all along Biden was going to have a lot of appeal, and that is playing out.

It would be better to have someone who is sharper as you note, but you have to live in the world you live in.

Things could change, but it just seems that the off ramp for the country from the craven, immoral POS old white guy is looklng like a warm, compassionate, decent old white guy.

[MrsCoffee]

29. He should do whatever the fuck he wants.

He served his country so he should go sit the fuck down now because you are feeling ageist?

Nah, I don’t think so.

Apparently he still has the fire in his belly and the knowledge and experience to make a great President.

Getting hung up on age is so last century.

[LanternWaste]

30. No need to project your own limitations onto a peer

We all give up/hang-up when it's right for us, not when it's right for someone else.

[aikoaiko]

49. Some people wait too long and do things like repeat themselves.

Some people wait too long and do things like repeat themselves.

[ExciteBike66]

32. I agree that we suffer from a glut of excellent candidates

[Celerity]

41. any POTUS candidate you says 'I get confused' is courting disaster, especially if they have to (or

choose to) do it more than once.

I would not recommend this course of action.

[OKNancy]

6. As has been discussed before

Biden did meet with the Parkland kids in the Capital, but it was after he was out of office. He met with Sandy Hook parents while he was Vice President and that is probably where he got mixed up.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders said in 2016 that New York's subway took tokens, which had been gone 13 years.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren talked on CNN of "two co-equal branches of government."
Sen. Kamala Harris referred to him as "Senator Biden" during the second debate.

[mobeau69]

10. False equivalencies won't hide the problem.

[Loki Liesmith]

15. Biden's going to be the nominee

Just helping brace you for that

[mobeau69]

17. That's exactly what has a lot of Democrats worried.

[emmaverybo]

18. Speak for yourself. Apparently more are not worried.

[mobeau69]

22. I'll speak for myself and relate what I've read and heard from others.

Like you just did.

[oldsoftie]

16. Pointing out other gaffes isnt a "false equivalency"

They happen. Plenty of other examples.

[mobeau69]

19. Sure, and there's plenty of people that shouldn't run for President.

Some are just not qualified and some are just past their time.

[emmaverybo]

23. Biden has the most job-specific qualifications, experience, and knowledge. He is the only candidate

with foreign policy and relations expertise, and hands-on work in the field. He’s running ahead, not
going fishing.

[LanternWaste]

31. What is the objective measure of "past their time"?

And upon what data is used to make that measure? Or is this merely another "I don't need evidence to support my opinion that 2+2=5!!!"?

[TwilightZone]

44. If we disqualify everyone who makes mistakes...

we won't have a nominee.

Happens to everyone, though I've noticed that the reaction tends to vary based on one's current candidate preference.

We can choose to acknowledge and understand that it's a long campaign and everyone will make mistakes (and most already have, to varying degrees), or we can keep the selective outrage machine chugging along instead of focusing on real issues.

[Demsrule86]

34. You posted this in order to go after Biden...it has been posted twice...

But it won't work...it just makes people angry to see a decent man get treated this way. So, I think such attacks help Biden...they are showing both times he spoke with shooting victims (Sandy Hook and Parkland) and he looks good doing it....and the Parkland kids came to Washington and met with Biden 18...so have at it; don't think it will work.

[emmaverybo]

11. Well, that gives us a little perspective. A TV critic discussing some Biden "gaffe" said the primary

would be held August 15, 2015. He didn’t even catch himself.

[mobeau69]

20. Is that person running for President?

[Demsrule86]

35. Did your candidate address his issue yet?

Why not worry about him...why not explain to us why your guy is the best instead of attacking non-stop.

[stonecutter357]

24. let's go Joe !

[sinkingfeeling]

25. As somebody said yesterday, I want a complete media

freak out for every lie Fat Donnie tells. Why write millions of words about Biden's quickly corrected "gaffs", while ignoring 10 or 11 lies per day?

[Autumn]

39. The media will get right on that and everything will be fair and honest.

When pigs grow wings and fly. The media will spend hundreds of hours about Biden's quickly corrected "gaffs" showing people he's old and forgetful while showing how Trump doesn't do the same thing. That's what they do, they normalize Trumps stupidity and evilness and they will have a field day with Biden's gaffes.

[wyldwolf]

27. I saw a great football game once

Someone scored a touchdown and was doing an end zone dance. A player from the other team walked up to the dancing one, tapped him on the shoulder, and pointed to the scoreboard. The dancing player's team was now losing 42-7.

Enjoy your dance, Mr. 8%. I'm pointing at the scoreboard:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/?

[Princetonian]

36. SMACKDOWN!!!!

wyldwolf (42,854 posts)
27. I saw a great football game once

Someone scored a touchdown and was doing an end zone dance. A player from the other team walked up to the dancing one, tapped him on the shoulder, and pointed to the scoreboard. The dancing player's team was now losing 42-7.

Enjoy your dance, Mr. 8%. I'm pointing at the scoreboard:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/?

[AncientGeezer]

40. Ouch!!

[cwydro]

46. Well, we're a long way from the end of the game.

Time will tell.

[yaesu]

38. Of the hundreds of speeches he makes there is bound to be a wrong date, wrong name, ect...

he is human, we don't have any robots running, yet.

[Gothmog]

42. Symone Sanders-"I want to be very clear: this is a press narrative, not a voter narrative."

Link to tweet

[Blue_true]

43. Your concern noted. In other news, I eat a wonderful chocolate chip cookie today. nt

[Gothmog]

45. Opinion: There are more important things to worry about than Biden's gaffes

Link to tweet

My response to both was the same, as it was when I was asked about the Biden issue on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” There is a racist sitting in the Oval Office implementing a white supremacist policy agenda. So, you focus on Biden’s mouth marbles, and I’ll keep my eyes on the prize. The prize being the eviction of Trump from the White House.

As Waldman also wrote, Trump “is waging a reelection campaign based on racism and fear,” not to mention being “the most prolific liar in American political history (he just passed 12,000 false or misleading claims).” And what makes the focus on Biden’s mouth extra aggravating is how it wipes our memories of the moronic things said by this president, as my follower @absolut_irish was so kind to remind Biden’s critics.

Link to tweet

Some of these are funny. Some are worthy of a cocked eyebrow. But they are not nearly as consequential as the racist and white supremacist beliefs parroted by Trump and the right-wing echo chamber that found their way into the manifesto of the suspect in the El Paso mass shooting, who told police his target was "Mexicans.” The atmosphere of menace and danger is now indisputable. Your time would be better spent worrying about the shredding of our values, ideals and the rule of law than the flubs of a particular candidate who would put an end to this shameful chapter.

[Gothmog]

47. "Voters just don't care... they think that he's an honorable man..."

Link to tweet

[NurseJackie]

48. Meh! Who cares?