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See the Politifact piece I linked earler. It was in the middle of a long press scrum- something we have not seen from the current occupant of the White House.

Exactly. He was separating the people who did not want a statue removed from the neo nazis. From Politifact (hardly a Trump supporting website) " we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence. It has no place in America." Regarding the killing of a female protestor by an idiot in a car: "Well, I think the driver of the car is a disgrace to himself, his family, and this country" And finally "And you had people -- and I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists -- because they should be condemned totally. But you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists. " https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/26/context-trumps-very-fine-people-both-sides-remarks/

Dont forget the second part of the quote, the part that says, "and I'm not talking about the neo nazis and white supremacists, they should be condemned totally". It seems like a lot of people want to forget it though, for some reason...

Politicians only fundamental personal value is to get re-elected. Anything else is negotiable. Biden is the embodiment of this spirit.

Nope. Never happened. DeSantis also recently signed a law banning distributing hateful flyers and material on private property, and also projecting images onto property like the one shown above. Some fascist....

There is nothing anti-gay in any of the laws in Florida. They are almost exclusively designed to protect children and to safeguard parental rights. California may seem to be "open and welcoming", but it is bleeding population every year. Net decline of more than 800,000 people in two years according to; https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2023/02/california-population-exodus-housing/ Florida? The fastest growing state with 700,000 new arrivals in the same time span. https://www.voanews.com/a/7002666.html#:~:text=Florida is the fastest-growing,beaches%2C now tops 22 million. So you tell me which is actually the most "welcoming". As for the pseudo-nazi protesters, they are nothing. Ignore them and they will go away. Pay attention and they win.

"Finger in the air" and "political leader" are not synonymous. He has been a follower for his entire career.

Nah, I meant these guys. From the Lincoln Project who posed as white supremacists during the gubernatorial election in 2021. https://www.businessinsider.com/lincoln-project-sends-fake-white-supremacists-to-virginia-gop-event-2021-10

As a politician of 50 years' experience, Joe Biden is adept at keeping his finger in the air and detecting which way the (political) wind is blowing. Then following.

Quite possible another case of faux protesters. Remember the ones who tried to derail Glen Younkin in the Virginia governor's race? Perhaps another sign of the fear DeSantis brings to the hearts of Biden supporters. The last thing they would want to see is Biden get on a debate stage with a younger, sharper, more mentally agile opponent. I am not a huge DeSantis fan (he would be my 4th or 5th pick for the nomination), but he would crush Biden.

Thanks, I wasn't sure. If they were classified, not a big deal. Stupid but not serious Top secret, we have a problem. I wonder at the policital end game though. For the GOP, getting Trump out of the race is the best thing that could happen.

Just curious, is there any evidence that the well publicised photos of boxes of documents in the crapper and on the stage, or spilling onto the floor- any of those the "top secret" documents in the indictment? Or are they just photos of boxes that were stored haphazardly. No doubt Trump is a braggart and wanted to look like a big man by showing off to his friends. Not sure if he will see jail time over it. Problem is, that it would set a rather disturbing precedent for other Presidents and former presidents.

I wonder if Joe told any of his BS stories about his experience with the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community. Like when he was a child, and saw two men kissing and asked his father about it. His father replied, "they love each other son". Never happened. Or his tales about gay people still being thrown out of restaurants. Come on, man.

A good man and a good choice for the parade.

So, walking slowly down a ramp is worse than pratfalling on a stage and needing 3 people to assist you in standing up again? I seem to recall the "ramp episode" triggering the media into a flurry of "use the 25th Amendment" stories, gleefully repeated ad nauseum.

How about instead comparing him to other previous Presidents for a more accurate assessment? To Presidents Obama or Bush for example. Using Trump exclusively is no more than damning Biden with faint praise.

This might be Biden's biggest weakness going forward into campaign season. He always made his image that of an Everyman type, old Joe from Scranton, a retail level politician. He is losing that common touch with his errors and petulance. He never was thought of as any great intellect, now he has nothing to fall back on other than 'at least I'm not The Other Guy'.

And it takes all of two comments before a "not as bad as Trump" appears. What a low standard you have, Tug! I guess Biden's handlers forgot to write "PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak" on the crib notes that he carries around. They are going to have to correct that. It would be an honest mistake IF it were the leader of some third world nowhere country, but not the case of one of America's most important friends.

I am impressed and surprised that you consider Senator Hawley a "political institution"!

Really? Tell that to the Ukranian victims of the famines in the 1930s. A genocide by starvation.

Killed millions of Germans, anyway. Definitely killed millions MORE of their own citizens. So do you want to ban Soviet symbology too?

Me too. They deserve it. Kind of surprised it has taken this long.

OK, "ejected and many arrested". Better? The point stands though. Congress did its job, the new president took office, there was no real danger to any American political institutions.

Somehow I am not surprised. So you would be OK with banning symbols of the Soviet Union as well? A seriously hate filled regime that killed millions of innocent people. Or Chairman Mao, another monster responsible for tens of millions of deaths. I am curious where your pruning of symbols from public view would end.

Actually it is worse than that. It is bringing the power of the State to bear on people for their choice of attire or for what they carry peacefully.