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Rikard's avatar

Everytime I see a clip with the US president, mr Biden, I can't help thinking that he would perform better in front of the cameras if he was drunk. No disrespect intended but he looks scared stiff, and slightly confused. I've known plenty of people for whom the greatest terror was public speaking, especially off script or freeform, who performed better after a pint.

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Maria Romana's avatar

You seem to hear Mr. Biden through the same sound board I do. Next time he gives a press conference (if they let him do another one), I'll skip the speech and go straight to your summary! Thanks!

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Darling Sneauxflayke's avatar

Joe Biden is Grandpa Simpson. Half expected him to start talking about wearing an onion on his belt: https://youtu.be/5Rzao52ndNA

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SimulationCommander's avatar

It was the style at the time!

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Darling Sneauxflayke's avatar

We couldn't use the yellow ones BECAUSE OF THE WAR! 😂

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

Errors? Where?

I listened/watched the WHOLE debacle (You'll have to wait for my book about how I survived my guffaws. Tease: my office is covered in Red Bull I just couldn't keep down.), and...

I verify this official transcript.

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Dr. Colleen Huber's avatar

Awesome job! You nailed it.

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Diana's avatar

You summed up the "consummate obfuscating, script-regurgitating politician" nature of the way Biden speaks perfectly (when he's not having an outburst). I guess maybe he hit it out of the park this time, because he didn't say anything "They" wouldn't have approved. (Still haven't figured out whether "they" is a group of people or just the preferred pronoun of a very powerful individual.)

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SimulationCommander's avatar

I was honestly surprised he held it together for so long, with the obvious glaring mistake of repeating the George Wallace line multiple times. We all know what he said and he confirmed it multiple times, all while trying to pretend the issue was that he said you would literally turn into George Wallace, not just be on his side.

It's also ridiculously presumptive for him to talk like this bill is landmark legislation like the Voting Rights Act. It's like since he compared them, now we all have to support the BS that's actually in his bill.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

It oughtta be called the Voting Left Act, or maybe the Voting Correctly Act, as in we'll make sure you vote correctly, or at least we'll COUNT your vote "correctly."

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norstadt's avatar

I think Biden meant to say that 17 fake Nobel Prize winners support BBB.

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SL's avatar

That was pretty good. Thanks for doing something that I cannot do, which is to watch Biden on TV. You deserve a lot of praise for that.

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The Ungovernable's avatar

Your biting humor helps me deal with the deep sobbing and uncontrollable depression after having witnessed that.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

Then my work here is done.

Until next time.

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BigT's avatar

THAT took a while to write.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

I figured it would be a typical 30-minute in-and-out. My bad.

He did keep making a big deal about how he could do it forever, while complaining about how long it was already going.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

He's a natural bait-and-switcher, isn't he. But that would take some talent and forethought, so it's just more of the passive-aggressive of an empty suit-er.

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Julia Lerner's avatar

Things are going great, and they're only getting better, especially since they started replacing nurses with soldiers and teachers with cops. The future's so bright, where are my Ray Bans?

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Justin's avatar

So, I'm gonna play the innocent fool here: Is this what was actually said? You have direct quotes embedded and identified. Some of this sounded so ridiculous that the only reason why it might be realistic is because we have a dementia-addled president in the big chair, and a VP that is so unpopular that people don't want to push the 25th amendment option.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

You are mistaken. I have already verified this official transcript of our dear leader's wonderfulness.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

The places where real quotes are used, they are noted. IIRC, there were 3 of them.

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Justin's avatar

Okay, thank you. I just wanted to be sure. Hard to tell where the line between truth and insanity lies with our current president.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

Once I see a full video somewhere, I'll add it to the bottom so you can follow along! Note: I do not suggest this.

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The Ungovernable's avatar

Can confirm

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