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

i still blame sleepy joe. if he hadn't spent so much money intrepidly organizing an unprovable national voter fraud scheme maybe he'd have more leftover to fund the transition

Biden should just a phantom transition it's not like he is going to do anything anyway.

he should blast phantom tollbooth's power toy pulling his vette into the white house driveway for the first time in forever

https://www.zdnet.com/article/bidens-new-transition-team-these-are-the-tech-execs-whove-signed-up/

$15 minimum wage doesn't apply if you're an "independent contractor."

― onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Saturday, November 21, 2020 8:57 PM (two days ago)

tbh most of those companies associated with the tech execs cited (outside of lyft/uber) do the thing where they employ "contract workers" through 3rd party firms like Workforce Logic and whatever "temp agencies" have evolved into, but they seem to be based in Florida a lot, but they are paid as employees.

depending on how one views the spectrum of good labor practices ... the "contract workers" don't get the same benefits as the regular employees, but they do have taxes withheld, etc. Otoh, the uber/lyft drivers sometimes make more than $15/hr and they only pay tax on the net income ... so they might actually "make more" ... it would be interesting to see.

Monday 8:00 a.m. — “I’m going to be more optimistic, despite all this”

8:07 — [sentient Visa card appointed Sec of the Treasury]

— Ryan Boyd (@ryanaboyd) November 23, 2020

Impeach Joe Biden

Let's do it as soon as Trump concedes.

lol maybe sentient Visa card will give everyone 1.5% back on every purchase

neither Biden nor Harris have withdrawn their pleas for personal donations since $7million in taxpayer funds were released to them for the transition, nor removed the begging-bowl website, nor issued any statements on what functions or resources the donations will be spent on.

And it's been almost a whole hour! The corruption, the venality — truly, we didn't know how good we had it with Trump!

What does Trump have to do with it?

I was going to say, give them some time, sic. The cheque is probably being carrier pigeoned over right now.

Politicians, grifters? You don't say!

Imagine having an agile digital comms team that could plan in advance to make positive PR events out of the righting of unprecedented obstruction to electoral transition.

Retweet Murphy's bitchy letter with a gracious acknowledgment (that also highlights the gross irregularity of the obstruction). Press the "go" button on your prepared actblue landing page that switches to saying "THANK YOU! Due to the contributions of thousands of patriotic Americans, we have been able to develop our transition plans and can now use legitimate govt funding to proceed toward our goals of(, idk, rewarding war lobbyists or w/e)"

What does Trump have to do with it?

― huge rant (sic), Monday, November 23, 2020 6:41 PM bookmarkflaglink

what's Trump but a second-term remotion?

You must understand though the Trump of your hand
Makes my pulse react

LOL - thank you fellow Scorpios!

It's amoral / Only criminal
You must try to ignore / Bush vs Gore oh whaooooa

"Following progressive backlash against reports that Rahm Emanuel was being considered for transportation secretary, Joe Biden may now be considering the former Chicago mayor for the equally important but somewhat less visible position: U.S. trade representative."

Joe Biden: I hear your protests against giving corrupt megafailure and murder-hider Rahm Emanuel a powerful unelected position within the US government for which he is demonstrably and profoundly unsuited, and I see your protests against giving corrupt megafailure and murder-hider Rahm Emanuel a powerful unelected position within the US government. As a consequence, I will give Rahm Emanuel a different powerful unelected position within the US government for which he has not yet actively demonstrated his utter unsuitedness. Eighty-second chances matter.

And it's been almost a whole hour! The corruption, the venality — truly, we didn't know how good we had it with Trump!

― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 23 November 2020 bookmarkflaglink

Should've been done within 10 mins max.

It's almost as if electing a centrist career hack politician who is widely known as a fucking moron was a bad choice!

Suggest a Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States thread

Good luck to him. Hope he can provide some restoration of normality in a deeply divided nation where very many of the voices you hear seem to have no interest in compromise for the greater good.

Sad!

I kinda like this title tbh xp

He has no interest in the common good either. Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.

How might one understand these Biden voters? What makes them tick?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-to-understand-biden-voters-heres-your-reading-list/2020/11/23/1b5f07a0-2dbe-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html

Eugene Robinson stops short of suggesting that conservative media send reporters to Whole Foods, but I can imagine a half-decent humor column or SNL sketch along those lines.

Suggest a Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States thread

there are eleven Joe Biden threads already tbh, any more are likely to create confusion in the marketplace

Good metaphor for the illusion of choice tbh

lol:

“The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” Mr. Biden said in an interview Wednesday. “The Bush-Cheney relationship hasn’t tasted very good. Not a single person you can name for me” — at this point, he leaned forward in his chair, jabbed his finger in the air and punctuated his words sharply. “Look at me, now — a single one can tell you that the pudding has tasted good. Not one. Name me one serious person, liberal, conservative, Democrat, Republican.”

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He said he would bring more to the job than any of his predecessors, except possibly Lyndon B. Johnson. “I know as much or more than Cheney,” Mr. Biden said. “I’m the most experienced vice president since anybody.”

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, January 16, 2009 2:45 AM (eleven years ago)

Nobody will be watching Biden unless he says something idiotic, and Palin can beat herself; he just needs to show up and say words no one will remember.

― nabisco, Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:11 AM (twelve years ago)

I will be doing a series of ritual spirit-dances to keep Biden from saying anything dumb, and I hope you will all join me.

― nabisco, Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:12 AM (twelve years ago)

dude's gonna gaffe big time, i can feel it

― eman, Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:13 AM (twelve years ago)

"Good metaphor for the illusion of choice tbh"

you can't just toss Biden off in one post and then witheringly both-side him in the next, that's against the rules!

dude's gonna gaffe big time, i can feel it

― eman, Tuesday, September 30, 2008

glad he gaffed his way to pushing Obama to support gay marriage again tbh

I'd like to see Joe Biden on TV!

― the pinefox, Thursday, October 2, 2008 12:38 AM (twelve years ago)

I am boggling that PalinPalooza was 12 years ago. I mean...

He has no interest in the common good either. Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.

― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Tuesday, November 24, 2020 6:20 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Come on, man. Joe Biden has worked in public service his entire life and clearly has "interest in the common good." Of course, his ideas on how to achieve it may not match up with yours. You may think that his vision and policies aren't sufficiently expansive and, as a result, the "common good" won't actually be attainable by much of the population. I probably agree with those criticisms. But it's unfair to say that he isn't *interested* in making life better for all Americans. I don't buy this notion that he's secretly evil and deliberately out to screw people.

There is no difference between any of the perspectives that don't align exactly with mine, actually.

Also I've shit my nappy again can someone get that.

Glad to have you back, deems.

"Also I've shit my nappy again"

this is the right thread for it!

Tis the right site for it tbh

Love yis all obv

How might one understand these Biden voters? What makes them tick?

Instead of the 2017 Cletus safari, we'll have the 2021 brunch safari.

Joe Biden has worked in public service his entire life and clearly has "interest in the common good."

Do you think the former means the latter? There are a lot of right-wing politicians that it would apply to, no?

eh, earlier i typed "jaymc otm" and elaborated a little bit, but didn't think it added anything so i deleted it.

but can we not? am i really supposed to pretend that joe biden is 100% evil and there's really no difference between him and a lot of right-wing politicians?

ok, you can, but that kind of reasoning alienates nearly everyone, not just rightwing dipshits.

it was the same with obama, this same fucking conversation and line of reasoning. we get it, biden fucking blows. seriously, we all get that. it doesn't make him 100% evil. my parents are racist fucks who betray everyone in their universe if it meant a chance of kissing jesus' gonads in heaven. they're 99.9% evil. joe biden is not even in their fucking league, get out of of here

you guys - matt gaetz ALSO says he has the public's interest in mind!

!!!!!!!!!111!!!1111

and they BOTH take MONEY!

i don't understand...how could i think something is...not 100% evil...or 100% the best...at the same time? could there be degrees of good and bad? are there, in fact, a wide spectrum of actions and behaviors and consequences in the world so that every issue on the goddamn planet can't be reduced down to a child's book GOOD / BAD dichotomy?

no..no. joe biden is the same as chuck todd, who is the same as chuck grassley, who is the same as joe lieberman, who is the same as john kerry, who is the same as tom cotton, who is the same as dan quayle and ted cruz. they're all 100% evil!

it's a fucking joke

i'll just be over here in the Evil category, it's where i belong anyway

i oversee the circle of hell that is labeled Pedantic Bullshit Human Centipede

Instead of the 2017 Cletus safari, we'll have the 2021 brunch safari.

Yes. Funny, and probably fair to an extent and partly true - but a little reductive and tendentious as well.

I'm sure it's fun for yr TRU LEFT to say that the Biden victory is just due to prissy suburban liberal elites who are okay with crony capitalism but find Trump icky because he is uncouth.

This overlooks millions of voters of color and from otherwise marginalized communities who find Trump and Trumpism not just socially unpresentable, but actively dangerous to their welfare and survival.

I think there's room for Whole Foods Democrats / Brunch Bloc jokes, sure. But I don't want to minimize those for whom an anti-Trump vote entails antiracism, y'know?