Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, DELAWARE), to Run for President

I'm officially convinced that there is absolutely no way in hell Biden should be the nominee due to his abortion record. This election is going to largely be determined by women, and abortion is going to be a hugely galvanizing issue. This should really put an end to any "electability" debates about him. He is not electable.

along with Anita Hill, "I have no empathy" for millennials, credit card co Muppet, Iraq vote, etc

I hate Biden, but you can find bad stuff about any candidate, but anita hill and the iraq war vote are not going to be defining issues of 2020. Abortion almost certainly is.

It's a spectrum, but Biden isn't that far removed from Trump. There is no sharpening that tool.

I wouldn't go that far. But I won't think about it because he ain't getting that nomination.

i'm not so certain but i hope you're right because I absolutely think he would lose to Trump.

as D Perrin's podcast cohost said last week, the Dems nominating him and losing pretty much exactly as HRC did would be the ultimate self-inflicted Groundhog Day.

That's fine, but I'm really only interested in hearing opinions like that from people who think it would be a bad thing.

I can hear Perrin's giddiness.

^^^ pair of bad-faith comments

but i'm glad you're listening to it, Alfred!

I didn't: I'm going by the love-to-watch-you-burn tone of his tweets.

he's just an Angry Old Man, you know the type

I wouldn't go that far. But I won't think about it because he ain't getting that nomination.

I feel like you're about as sure of this as I was that Trump wouldn't get elected

https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/7056958/2147483647/resize/971x/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F28%2Fe3%2Fea549ba74a21915366f2bed6f84f%2F190605-joe-biden-ap-773.jpg

That shirt is so Poppy Bush Interzone.

I feel like you're about as sure of this as I was that Trump wouldn't get elected

― Simon H., Thursday, June 6, 2019

Dem primary voters aren't GOP primary voters, despite this "electability" garbage.

despite this "electability" garbage.

This is both his strength (more so than fact he was good at standing next to Obama) AND his big weakness. His lead is purely out of this idea that he's somehow electorally invincible and a 'safe bet', but the problem with this is its a shield made out of glass. The minute he starts taking hits in the debates, the whole thing will shatter, and that shield was the only reason in the first place

I don’t think his lead is due to perceived electability. I think people like him and they also want a restoration of Obama era normalcy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King

It's both. ILE is not the world, I have to remind myself at all times. I had a fight with two acquaintances visiting from Belgium last Friday -- liberals in every sense -- who wished the Dems could shake off their collective madness and "rally behind" a candidate. The more vehement of the two called me naive. I reminded him that primary battles don't play well overseas.

Joe should dust off Warren Harding’s famous campaign slogan.

Joe should dust off Warren Harding’s famous campaign slogan.

I had a fight with two acquaintances visiting from Belgium last Friday -- liberals in every sense -- who wished the Dems could shake off their collective madness and "rally behind" a candidate.

I'm all for that if the candidate is Warren

TOO FAR OUT FOR BRUSSELS

I am not taking pointers on anything from people who put mayo on their fries

DJP otm

on everything

I offended them when I pointed that while they were gay they were also two old white dudes.

lol

and belgians

Ahhhh, the Belgians were gay. Not Biden and Trump. Thought I missed some announcement.

Joe just reversed himself on Hyde Amendment.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/447392-biden-reverses-stance-on-hyde-amendment-after-blowback

Joe oughta dust off Warren Harding's old mistress

pic.twitter.com/kEwbWvGogI

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) June 6, 2019

^^^ the kind of incisive satire that's earned Perrin his status ("Dennis who?") in the world of comedy.

I think Dennis Miller has that corner on lock.

it's just a tweet, you silly nonentity xp

just learned that Symone Sanders is working on Biden's campaign, which is very disappointing but not altogether unsurprising, I did have a sneaking suspicion even when she was working for Bernie that she sucked.

Happy #BestFriendsDay to my friend, @BarackObama. pic.twitter.com/JTd1t7NtyL

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 9, 2019

lol @ the replies

Stark horror at the replies. So many srs pizzagate and Obama-not-American cheer squads.

Biden: I’m all for making the minimum age 15, like Bernie!

Obama: Joe, he said WAGE. Minimum WAGE! pic.twitter.com/ezcV03kjpp

— Joe Jacobbi (@joejacobbi) May 30, 2019

what a fuckin rube

Biden at a fundraiser tonight, on his desire to work with the Republican Party post Trump.

“With Trump gone you’re going to begin to see things change. Because these folks know better. They know this isn’t what they’re supposed to be doing."

— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 11, 2019

they do know better about Biden

wtf

.@JoeBiden in Ottumwa, Iowa: "I promise you if I'm elected president, you're going to see the single most important thing that changes America — we're going to cure cancer."

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 11, 2019

um

wow, that is something

I've not particularly enjoyed the jibes at older candidates mental faculties, but that from Joe either down the line out there craziness or super cynical. What was the reaction like? does it say, I can;'t click through

we're going to cure cancer

So, Joe Biden finally found his signature issue. iirc, Nixon also made this claim. It's evergreen.

sounds like joe knows the cure but won't tell us unless he wins? not unlike trump's plan for syria

i wonder if there was a massive federal push for this -- i'm talking the same focus that went toward going to the moon, or developing the atomic bomb -- if it could actually happen. ditto AIDs. and ditto renewable energy that is truly cheap.