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

I was a little pleasantly surprised by its messaging, which really hammered on COVID and economic recovery.

I know you're not a Biden fan, but I'm just curious why this surprised you (especially since this was such a big theme of the DNC).

I guess I wasn't surprised by the messaging itself, but more by how it was presented-- in a manner that was people-focused.

funniest thing he's ever done pic.twitter.com/R6d0tGzpZX

— jordan (@JordanUhl) September 25, 2020

Joe playing up his virility to an audience of west point plebes, eh?

Finally, the Jeb we deserve

that's from 2016 I guess

President Nixon's association with the song "California Love" is well-known. He was pleased to discuss it with Mr. Shakur in Los Angeles last year. - RZ https://t.co/GVIj9Ok3Ig

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) September 26, 2020

continuing to ask her questions like this is fucking stupid

^^

prez campaigns tend to consist mostly of those

probably she meant "best rapper who ever lived", but more funny to pretend she doesn't know he's dead, or ask such dumb questions

She just knows something the sheeple don't.

Pac did say "hollah if ya hear me"

i was going to hold my nose and vote for biden, but now, with this 2pac development, i might have to sit this one out

keep your head up

but..2pac is dead

and she didn't know

maybe she's just now catching up with his game-changing 2012 coachella performance

Once a long time ago I was sitting outside a metro stop and some guy with a microphone and a field recorder came up to me and asked me if I wanted to be on the radio. I said sure because I had nothing better to do (I was waiting on a ride to come pick me up, I think) and he began asking me rapid-fire questions that were obviously designed to elicit stupid responses, presumably for some morning zoo shit. I didn’t fall for it and he moved on to go find some other poor sap.

I imagine running for any reasonably high office in the land is like having that experience pretty much every other day or more.

During the week when the wildfires in Oregon were at their hellish worst I watched several live broadcasts of the governor giving daily press conferences, which were intelligent and informative, after which news reporters asked her many remarkably stupid questions.

Tupac lives on in our hearts

And in holographic form

i was going to hold my nose and vote for biden, but now, with this 2pac development, i might have to sit this one out

― Karl Malone, Saturday, September 26, 2020 10:21 AM (fifty-six minutes ago)

finally someone with the courage to speak out on this!

we could comment on the irony of Kamala's choice of rappers being a former prison inmate in the context of her problematic role in the racist carceral state, but we really should emphasize the fact she chose someone who is not alive as an indication of her overall dishonesty and low character?

n.b. i did think it was funny but ... just nbd

It's sad to see Democrats in disarray over the age-old East Coast/West Coast divide.

but we really should emphasize the fact she chose someone who is not alive as an indication of her overall dishonesty and low character?

Is anyone suggesting this?

Like Hillary's hot sauce it's just poorly staged folksiness - as cringeworthy as any relatable brand on Twitter. If asked, you don't have to pretend that you were cool an smoked weed in college while listening to Snoop ten years before he released a single.

(Though that one was worse, given her career-long record of ruining peoples' lives for weed.)

I was being sarcastic, but you are kinda proving my point?

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is never actually required

Oh, I agree! Like, I definitely cringe when I read/see stuff like that. It almost makes me want to be a campaign manager or PR person to help otherwise decent candidates avoid it, but ... that is too much professional masochism even for me.

I think I would also vote for Steve Buscemi

i still laugh at 'MUSIC BAND'

Same, heh. The lightning bolt really clinches it.

_but we really should emphasize the fact she chose someone who is not alive as an indication of her overall dishonesty and low character?_


Is anyone suggesting this?

Like Hillary's hot sauce it's just poorly staged folksiness - as cringeworthy as any relatable brand on Twitter. If asked, you don't have to pretend that you were cool an smoked weed in college while listening to Snoop ten years before he released a single.

yeah she's been talking about hot sauce since she had a southern accent

If you have any kind of character bit as a professional politician it automatically becomes fake. like if I ran for office and blurted out something about loving Detroit techno half the electorate would immediately assume I was just making shit up and had never actually listened to Carl Craig in my life. Then somebody would find my ILX posts and I would have to suspend my campaign under a dark cloud of complete and utter shame

yeah, why did you change your name from Tombot to El Tomboto, anyway?

change from @mac.com to @gmail.com iirc

Beto Tomboto

carlos danger's cousin, señor tomboto

Like Hillary's hot sauce it's just poorly staged folksiness

she was asked the question!

Only God can judge Kamala

xp - and if you haven't listened to a new album since 1995 you can say that! Like in exactly those words.

domo arigato beto tomboto

she was asked the question!

yes, and it's worth noting how many white male US senators are asked about their favorite rapper.

Mitt Romney loves 'sport'

I'm not looking to punish anyone, but it's about time the super-wealthy and corporate America start paying their fair share.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 28, 2020

PUNISH THEM

FRIENDSHIP

this is shtick with this guy right now right

why in the fuck wouldn't you want to punish someone who isn't playing fair

I was going to vote for you but not anymore. I've been working for the same corporation for 18 years and I absolutely love my company. We provide an essential service all around the world and if this is how we are going to be thanked for our hard work, then no thanks.

— Joe Pack Joe (@JKFlorida) September 28, 2020