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

"she's saying he has an ability to do this thing"
"you idiot, she's saying he COULD do this thing"

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this is a real gif from the biden campaign design geniuses pic.twitter.com/l503tDQB18

— SLUG (@generalslug) May 4, 2020

AOC quote is a clear-eyed, world-weary statement on white, male privilege. At best it is a neutral statement of an uncomfortable fact. It is in no way complimentary to Biden or his supporters/voters.

Pointing Johnny got into Princeton ONLY because he is white, male, and rich is not generally considered complimentary.

out

was not previously aware of this decades-long abusive slander by Joe Biden:

Biden lying about how his wife and daughter were killed is supremely, supremely fucked up beyond belief pic.twitter.com/HaL6A9kEBV

— Klaus Nomi Malone (@prokchorp) May 5, 2020

joe was just referring to people who drink smoothies in place of a proper lunch, he has been a leader on this issue for decades, lookit his record

oh yeah, i had forgotten about that

really insane. the guy went to the grave still asking biden to clear this up.

but joe refused to submit to the Naked Juice lobbyists

i mean, there is too much sugar in that punch, jack, come on.

jamba juice known to draw many a dogfaced pony soldier though tbf

it's comical what we will "forget" about people when they occupy somewhat of a similar worldview

All of Trump’s supporters forgot he was a Clinton donor and a Democrat for his entire pre-Obama life

Or the Bloomberg supporters who I guess forgot that he spoke at the 2004 RNC. The list of turncoats is glorious.

NEW: Progressive groups including @moveon, @pccc, @WorkingFamilies, @justicedems, @sunrisemvmt, @greenpeaceusa, @UltraViolet urge Biden to drop Larry Summers as an adviser, pointing to his record on economics, climate and gender issues. https://t.co/czhdZYvzTL

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) May 6, 2020

Lucy’s arms are gonna get tired yanking the football away.

Biden came right out and said Ahmaud Arbery was murdered in cold blood, which I would not have expected him to do.

To see "Summers" name above "Bloomberg" is cognitive dissonance.

Biden's campaign organizers have a union contract - the first major party nominee's campaign to ever do such a thing.

Field organizers for Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign ratified a union contract that will give them a $15-an-hour minimum wage, overtime pay and a grievance process.

Biden’s campaign had previously recognized a union representing its organizers in Iowa, the first state to vote in the Democratic presidential primary.

The new agreement covers all of the campaign’s organizers throughout the country. The organizers will be members of the Cedar Rapids-based Teamsters Local 238.

“For the first time in history, the campaign staff for a presumptive nominee of a major political party will be covered under a union agreement,” said Jesse Case, the union’s secretary-treasurer. “We are pleased to announce that Biden for President field organizers, represented by Teamsters Local 238, have ratified a collective bargaining agreement effective May 1.”

Can they go on strike til Joe drops out now

Biden Leads Trump in First Poll to Address Sexual Assault Allegation

Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s lead over President Trump is growing nationwide even though most voters are aware of a sexual assault allegation against him, according to a Monmouth University poll released Wednesday. It is the first major national survey to ask voters about the allegation by a former Senate aide against the former vice president.

All told, 50 percent of voters said they would vote for Mr. Biden in a head-to-head matchup, and 41 percent said they would vote for Mr. Trump. In an Monmouth poll in April, Mr. Biden led the president by just four percentage points; in March, he led by three. The margin of error in the new poll was plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

A large majority of voters — 86 percent — were aware of the allegation that Mr. Biden sexually assaulted a Senate aide, Tara Reade, in 1993. Ms. Reade says he pinned her to a wall, reached under her clothing and penetrated her with his fingers.

After Mr. Biden publicly denied Ms. Reade’s accusation on Friday, Monmouth added a question to the poll already in progress, asking whether voters had heard about the allegation and whether they thought it was true.

Joseph R. Biden Jr

They didn't use to say 'William Jefferson Clinton' in 1992, did they?

Do you mean in general or the Times specifically? I think Clinton's full name was mentioned a lot back then.

A better comp might be Carter and Ford who are also both Jrs

Don't you cease to be a junior once senior dies? I know I stopped using mine once my dad kicked. There only being one of us left, after all...

It is customary to use "the younger" when there may be confusion. Cf. Pliny, Pitt, etc.

what if joe biden is actually the hottest bad boy in the game?

Op-Ed: How Joe Biden Can Defeat Trump From His Basement

If Joe Biden plays his cards right, the death of the traditional presidential campaign will turn out to be a blessing in disguise. The 77-year-old Mr. Biden, whom the president derisively calls “Sleepy Joe,” can become the hottest bad boy and disrupter in the media game.

I think Clinton's full name was mentioned a lot back then.

yeah that's the style in reporting on legal proceedings

It is customary to use "the younger" when there may be confusion. Cf. Pliny, Pitt, etc.

Sometimes, especially towards the end of his career, I'd sometimes see the Jr. dropped from Ken Griffey--he was Ken Griffey, period, his father was Sr. If the son eclipses the father's fame significantly, and is the only one anybody ever talks about, the Jr. seems redundant. (Having said that, because I grew up a Reds fan in the '70s, I still said Ken Griffey, Jr. But to a kid who only knew the younger, I'm sure that felt weird.)

weird for the nytimes to call him joseph r. biden, jr. should stick with "sleepy joe."

You can't post a link without the funniest line

By Lis Smith
Ms. Smith advised campaigns by Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Cuomo and Barack Obama.

They didn't use to say 'William Jefferson Clinton' in 1992, did they?

They did indeed, usually when they were explaining how he brutally murdered Vince Foster

Plus there was that great single R.E.M. put out during the Lewinsky scandal, "William Jefferson Clinton (I Think We're Lost)."

If the son eclipses the father's fame significantly, and is the only one anybody ever talks about, the Jr. seems redundant.

Robert Downey Jr still keeping the flame

larry mullen jr

I saw larry mullen junior walking with the queen

doing the werewolves of london

MLK Jr.

MLK Jr.

his hair was perfect

I thought this was solid reasoning

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/opinion/tara-reade-joe-biden-vote.html

Written by one of the reporters: https://www.vox.com/2020/5/7/21248713/tara-reade-joe-biden-sexual-assault-accusation

A data point, nothing more.

Tara Reade has hired high-powered Manhattan attorney Douglas Wigdor. He is a Trump supporter. pic.twitter.com/0f1DBLLhwm

— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) May 7, 2020

I mean would David Boies take her case?

Just hiring a lawyer, in itself, is not suspicious. If Ms. Reade is given the full Richard Mellon Scaife Red Carpet Treatment by some conservative billionaire who pays her legal fees, hires image consultants, buys her clothes and generally subsidizes her pursuit of Biden in the courts, then I will smell a rat.

I suspect this particular lawyer is not cheap. Does anybody know what Tara Reade does for a living?

Pro bono cases are requirements.

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/article242527331.html

Tara Reade is a curious character.

Through my lens, President Putin brought a chaotic and failed nation to become a vibrant, creative, economic force within a decade. I don’t care what your politics; just admit that his sheer, calculated vision and willful energy brought Russia back to be a world power. Now, I said this to a friend recently, she waved her glass of Merlot at me and began the “anti-Russia” lecture...I start to drift. I listen to the Sade song playing in the background “The Sweetest Taboo” as she speaks. When she finishes, I say, “Well, he is very good to women, holds them in high regard.”

President Putin has an alluring combination of strength with gentleness. His sensuous image projects his love for life, the embodiment of grace while facing adversity... President Putin’s obvious reverence for women, children and animals, and his ability with sports is intoxicating to American women.

A court document from 1996 shows former Senate staffer Tara Reade told her ex-husband she was sexually harassed while working for Joe Biden in 1993.

The declaration — exclusively obtained by The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, California — does not say Biden committed the harassment nor does it mention Reade’s more recent allegations of sexual assault.

Reade’s then-husband Theodore Dronen wrote the court declaration. Dronen at the time was contesting a restraining order Reade filed against him days after he filed for divorce, Superior Court records show.

Sanpaku, the Putin shit doesn't mean anything to me tbh.

Oh god I didn't expand the thread before cntl-Fing. Mea culpa.

I’m sure the sixth time someone posts that fucking Putin thing it won’t seem like an irrelevant attempt to undermine a sexual assault claim