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

u mean like "Trump is the first racist president"? gonna be hard to top.

I believe in him

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/what-joe-bidens-climate-plan-really-signals

major takeaway:

I don’t want to go deeply into the details of the plan here, because chances are that few of the proposals will get enacted in their precise form, but they seem a truly useful compendium of the mainstream and obvious ideas for an energy and conservation transition. And they provide a good roadmap by which to steer, even if that map avoids the most controversial areas of the debate. (The plan is especially quiet about the efforts that will be necessary to limit mining and drilling for fossil fuels.) The best way to understand them, I think, is as a loud signal in the ever-louder conversation among élites about the trajectory and the pace of that transition.

I know I've complained about this before but every new joe biden mailing-list subject line sounds more and more like he's trying to hit on me (today: "I'd love to give you a call, Katherine")

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjBhMWQ3NTUtNDdmNS00ODdjLWI5NjAtZWVlMjlhYTc5MzdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg

He's emailing from INSIDE THE HOUSE

he's emailing from inside a typewriter

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/24/karen-bass-biden-vp-380583

Seems like there are worse possibilities.

Yes, this, as a Warren person, is what I want. I am at peace with her not being President and what I want now is for the President to be someone who understands that Warren has thought more about a wide range of policy than just about anyone else at that level of politics, and who will defer to her judgment on dozens and dozens of below-the-headlines issues that are really important in people's lives.

https://apnews.com/ef689a89b4ce8361001b3cb55faa6f2b

I'm steeling myself for the dumbest Twitter posts this planet has ever seen if Joe Biden's running mate is named Karen

m steeling myself for the dumbest meghan trainor campaign anthem this planet has ever seen if Joe Biden's running mate is named Bass

Better if they use Public Enemy

dammit, beat me to it

“The Way You Move” IMO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yt69f5CkTs

If this is your concern, I am not sure I want to know what you think about Keisha Lance Bottoms.

talk about coattails, my veep's got 'em

I like that veep and I cannot lie

all of the potential choices for vice president are ok with me

^this is what happens when you let Macklemore write the lyrics

would like to see any of them - Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Susan Rice, Karen Bass, Stacey Abrams, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Val Demings, Tammy Duckworth, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Gretchen Whitmer

^ what happens when you let Lou Bega write the lyrics

88 Lines About 44 Women (Vice Presidential Candidate Possibilities)

They could play the role of america’s greek chorus

^ what happens when you let Lou Bega write the lyrics

ha ha

in your heart...

Bernie Sanders co-chair: Voting for Joe Biden like eating 'half a bowl of s–t' https://t.co/c4APKd3QyN pic.twitter.com/ytNu1o8xw1

— New York Post (@nypost) July 27, 2020

Strategy/advice from the kind of mainstream Democrat ILX loathes (doesn't matter who):

5. Whatever you do, don't debate Trump. Trump has now made more than 20,000 misleading or false statements according to the Washington Post. It's a fool's errand to enter the ring with someone who can't follow the rules or the truth. Biden will undoubtedly take heat from Republicans and the media for skipping the debates. But it's worth the risk as trying to debate someone incapable of telling the truth is an impossible contest to win.

Not sure about that one at all. While I wouldn't go seeking debates, to turn them down would unleash a avalanche of speculation (what is he hiding, his fitness, etc.) It'd give Trump something to grab onto at a time when he nothing. Trump's relationship to the truth is pretty well documented by now--can't see that that would be a problem with anyone leaning even slightly in the direction of voting him out.

He can and should agree to a few debates, but don't be goaded into shit like 50 debates or a live cognitive function test shootout.

Mockingly dismiss that shit as the desperation ploy it is, and keep smiling.

Ditto this type of thing - Susan Collins demanding 16 debates:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/as-pandemic-limits-scrutiny-gop-fears-lesser-known-democratic-candidates-will-steamroll-to-senate-majority/2020/07/24/e7087534-cde3-11ea-b0e3-d55bda07d66a_story.html

Traditional "debates" are pointless. Trump will unleash a tidal wave of his usual rote phrases ("beautiful," "the best ever," "many people are saying," "no one has ever before") and bullshit. The questions should be factual in nature. "What does the 14th Amendment state?" "Which Cabinet agency is in charge of the United States' nuclear arsenal?" Stuff Biden knows, and Trump would fumble and try to bullshit through. It's not about proving that Trump is unfit at this point. That's established, in the minds of a majority of voters. What needs to be done now is to assure/reassure anyone who needs it that Biden will be better at the actual duties and responsibilities of the job.

Debate is dumb because both of them are champion bullshitters, but for one of this is an asset and for the other it is a liability.

VP debate better idea.

Dual best idea.

In the first debate, Biden should preface his first answer with, “I often think about the advice that the first thing a person should do when out into prison is find the biggest person in the yard and immediately pick a fight to gain respect,” then turn to Trump and say, “Here I am, shitstain. Take your best shot, try to get your self-respect back. I DARE YOU.” When Trump demurs, he should punch Trump repeatedly in the face while yelling “ARE YOU ENTERTAINED, AMERICA??? ARE YOU?” and then go into the details of his jobs plan as the Secret Service drags him off the stage.

still just need the Sons Debate

Wives debate.

I don't care do u

just bring Michelle Obama out to debate Melania

Melania will just repeat everything she says

but there's a 'ding' on the end, so it's a different song

they can't afford michelle's speaking fee

You don't need to change the tide. Running mates don't do that in a positive way anyway. You want someone who can raise money, be a son of a bitch, be loyal, not leak, help you govern, and be plausible for '24. Warren gets most of those. She's probably too old and white. https://t.co/twRNUguUzN

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) July 28, 2020

"anarchists should be prosecuted" i'm sorry is it 1917? we're doing criminal syndicalism and sedition laws? https://t.co/xu05gPDcci

— David Forum 🦅 🇨🇺 (@zlingray) July 28, 2020

incredible

furious Joe Biden won't say on television what we all obviously think which is that arson is great

well sure, if you've got the fire investigator in your pocket

important not to keep in the back pocket, when you sit down, might kill him

learned about this by hate-reading a george will column in support of joe biden

Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden has said, "Fracking is not going to be on the chopping block," if he's elected president, a statement which may rile left-leaning climate change activists and supporters of renewable energy.

An interviewer with Pennsylvanian ABC News affiliate WNEP, asked Biden, "We're losing a lot of jobs overseas, losing jobs to COVID-19, and if fracking is on the chopping block, how are you going to help these displaced workers?"

Biden responded, "Well, fracking is not going to be on the chopping block," Biden said. "Right now the president gives [an] advantage to companies that go overseas and invest overseas by reducing the taxes they have to pay on foreign profits. I'd double that tax and do that on day one."

https://www.newsweek.com/biden-says-fracking-jobs-wont-chopping-block-if-hes-elected-1516793 (<--from July 9, which i think is ONE day after the climate task force (AOC+Kerry+others) recommendations were released

didn't realize biden was being allowed to speak to the press, seems like a mistake

press usually gives cookies to Dems for being economically nationalist

Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden has said, "Fucking is not going to be on the chopping block," if he's elected president, a statement which may rile left-leaning climate change activists and supporters of renewable energy.

those guys fuck

"resultant paste" comes to mind

Surely it’s not actually necessary to have Biden talk to people. Being the embodiment of the Generic Democrat from polling questions has worked so well thus far.

chant:

half-a-bowl-o-shit
half-a-bowl-o-shit

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