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NYMinute

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26. He did not misspeak
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 06:14 PM
Jun 2019

He was talking to adults whom he trusted would not need his words broken down to a kindergarten level of comprehension nor did he expect his benign speech about needing to work with the most heinous characters to be nefariously twisted as something uncouth.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
I wish posters would put in the Biden statement they're speaking of, when they do their posts. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #1
I edited to try to make that more clear. Thanks /nt tonedevil Jun 2019 #9
Thanks. That DOES make it clearer. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #20
I don't think the talking about working with a segregationist... tonedevil Jun 2019 #24
As it turns out, the senator called younger white guys boy or son. Story about Ted Kennedy in emmaverybo Jun 2019 #32
Do you think these two sentences... tonedevil Jun 2019 #34
Stop parsing. You are not a linguist. You have taken to dismissing any new information and to emmaverybo Jun 2019 #47
Ok boy. /nt tonedevil Jun 2019 #48
Oh, yeah. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #40
It's time to move on ... stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #2
OK / nt tonedevil Jun 2019 #3
+1 -K&R. People are twisting Biden's words big time onetexan Jun 2019 #17
He must have a foot fetish Cheap_Trick Jun 2019 #4
he is a friend to the rich and the bigoted Amyishere Jun 2019 #6
Oh go away!! Thekaspervote Jun 2019 #12
Got some outsiders here, I am going to walk away, fuck this.. This will very soon Eliot Rosewater Jun 2019 #16
Ignore them. Theyre trying to dissuade people from Biden. onetexan Jun 2019 #18
Second the emotion. Great link. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #39
who is the rich and bigoted friend ? stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #33
Rich people like Bernie? Skya Rhen Jun 2019 #11
it's only okay for him to be tonedeaf about the past if it's the past Amyishere Jun 2019 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #7
Is this really bashing in your opinion? /nt tonedevil Jun 2019 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #10
YES.. YES it is Thekaspervote Jun 2019 #13
No Peacetrain Jun 2019 #14
Thank you... tonedevil Jun 2019 #19
I did not think you were bashing.. and I do not think VP Biden misspoke.. Peacetrain Jun 2019 #21
This is where I believe he misspoke... tonedevil Jun 2019 #22
Give it up. This won't get a single vote to your Senator BS. nt NYMinute Jun 2019 #43
Don't want any votes for... tonedevil Jun 2019 #49
BS aren't his initials? nt NYMinute Jun 2019 #58
They certainly are... tonedevil Jun 2019 #61
Of dear Gawd, give me patience. NT emmaverybo Jun 2019 #44
POOF... tonedevil Jun 2019 #50
That made me laugh in a good way. NT emmaverybo Jun 2019 #52
Thanks... tonedevil Jun 2019 #53
Oh my. Perhaps log off for a wee bit. demmiblue Jun 2019 #35
Criticizing Joe takes too much time & energy away from attacking... JoeOtterbein Jun 2019 #15
No he said what he meant...you can work with the worst in order to get stuff done. Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #23
In the past... tonedevil Jun 2019 #25
Read this post about Eastman calling Ted Kennedy 'boy.' LAS14 Jun 2019 #30
Apparently... tonedevil Jun 2019 #38
He did not misspeak NYMinute Jun 2019 #26
I've written this a lot in here... tonedevil Jun 2019 #27
Either way, he was saying he was insulted. nt NYMinute Jun 2019 #41
If I'm expecting to be called boy... tonedevil Jun 2019 #51
YES. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #45
More like we misunderstood... MineralMan Jun 2019 #28
I think... tonedevil Jun 2019 #37
Could be, but we're overanalyzing. MineralMan Jun 2019 #55
I'm pretty sure... tonedevil Jun 2019 #56
Apparently he didn't mis-speak. Check this post: LAS14 Jun 2019 #29
Even in light of Kennedy being amused at being called boy... tonedevil Jun 2019 #31
Biden is so far down my list, this really doesn't matter to me. Maybe folks should move on..n/t monmouth4 Jun 2019 #36
If it doesn't matter to you... tonedevil Jun 2019 #42
TY monmouth4 Jun 2019 #46
Right. Biden's mistake is not realizing that his audience wasn't aware of... LAS14 Jun 2019 #62
Yes he Misspoke. And there is nothing wrong with admitting when you are wrong tulipsandroses Jun 2019 #54
Thank you... tonedevil Jun 2019 #57
The fact that he doesn't seem to try to, or even want to, understand how his words or actions Demit Jun 2019 #63
Very well said. BlueWI Jun 2019 #64
This message was self-deleted by its author Politicub Jun 2019 #59
I can believe that he misspoke. But when making a joke or a point about serious issues like race, Blue_true Jun 2019 #60
In defence of Biden, I heard he dozed off at the podium & was talking in his sleep when he said it mtnsnake Jun 2019 #65
I don't think in some people's eyes he can say or do anything right treestar Jun 2019 #66
100% this. nt oasis Jun 2019 #67
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