Someone place a microphone in front of Biden today and he said hilarious things. Here he is on Kamala Harris:

#Biden #Trump #Harris

Poor guy couldn't catch a break and later in the day introduced President Zelensky to a crowd as "handing it over to President of Ukraine [...] Ladies and Gentlemen President Putin"

#UA #Ukraine #Zelensky #Biden

Not reacting to Biden's gaffs has got to be a competitive sport within the administration:

#Blinken #Austin #Sullivan #Biden #Harris #Trump

A reporter tried despretaly to toss Biden a softball question about the Harris/Trump mix up.

Biden attempts a zinger and imo... completely missed the mark.

This was supposed to be an event that many media outlets are billing as a demonstration of Biden's campaign readiness.

#Biden #Trump

Look, the Democrats on here tell me I'm not allowed to question Biden's record on economics, cops, race and especially genocide.

So I'm stuck with the last thing I'm evidently allowed to talk about.

Swagger & Riz and let me tell you I have pretty high standards especially for genocidal old men.

Just look at this man's dapping skills would you please?

#Obama

I mean... the first time he said he wouldn't pick Trump to be vice president, and since he did pick Kamela that makes her more qualified. I don't know if that's a gaff so much as a little vague phrasing, since it made total sense. The second time was pretty bad, but Biden did immediately correct himself. The third time was the same audio clip as the first time, so really there's only one example here of him saying anything untoward.

And you're absolutely allowed to question his record on economics, cops, race, and genocide, except that you're not saying a single bad word about Trump. You never do. None of you lot ever do. Like Biden suggested, maybe if reporters would listen to Trump, they'd find Biden isn't the raving lunatic here.

@cy
Arguing "they are both bad" is not in contradiction with "Trump is bad", and if you make "he's not Trump" the central argument in favour of Biden, obviously anyone who isn't Trump will do just as well.

With this background I don't think it's useful to demand every critical thread about Biden have a "obviously Trump is a disaster" disclaimer at the start.

But maybe of you put "obviously I don't like that Biden is supporting a genocide" notice in every pro-Biden toot things gets interesting: let everyone be the muslim condemning terrorist violence whenever they have to speak about cheese tarrifs.
@nullagent

I don't think it's useful to demand every critical thread about Biden have a "obviously Trump is a disaster" disclaimer at the start.

And yet they don't. It's kind of suspicious. Basic human psychology says if you put something in our face often enough, it will take our attention away from other things. They know that, so they should always draw attention to everybody's faults, not write articles only about Donald or Joe. I'd be overjoyed if Jill was President, but until we fix the system not to be rigged against third parties, attacking the one party implies supporting the other.
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@cy
The idea that someone would write a short text about a single topic is suspicious? Weird position to have, but ok.

It is also wrong to say people are attacking the party when the discussion is clearly about the candidate the party intends to field, which actually hasn't been formally decided, that happens towards the end of August.

Also, I'm a bit sorry for you as it sounds like you are unable to ignore banner ads...

Yeah, I try to isolate myself from banner ads, they're just upsetting and I'm kind of prone to impulsive shit. (kind of)

Suspicious doesn't mean guilty, just it's a red flag. If one guy is a paragon of virtue, fine, but if they're both fucked up, and all I hear is people writing "short texts" about one of them, it kind of makes their political stance clear.
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