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An utter disaster. Consider this- ALL the questions and ALL the reporters called on to ask them were pre-scripted and pre-selected. Biden literally had a list of who to call and in what order. This was not a press conference by any stretch of the imagination. It was a kabuki theatre farce masquerading as a press conference, a Potemkin conference as it were. And even so, he dropped the ball. Plus Jean-Pierre at the end rushing to end it early, before he fully face planted. The only takeaway is that he won't step down without a fight. That must have a lot of senior democrats filling their diapers at this point.

Prove it or shut up. Stop making nonsensical and hysterical claims with no evidence. "The msn media"? What is that... And I get most of my news from CNA or NHK, so don't get yourself in a frenzy thinking otherwise.

No,they don't. There is no evidence of this, other than your fevered dreams. Especially birth control- you are really losing the plot there. This has nothing to do with the civil war. It is a simple truth that states are allowed to decide these things for themselves. And as Trump said, some will be very liberal and some will be very conservative. That is the simple truth. And there are NO states that want to ban abortion entirely. If you know of some, please educate us. The VP is "hammering" a dead horse. She and most democrats simply refuse to clarify their position on the issue. They just use platitudes and euphemisms like "choice" and "health care" instead of being honest and straightforward.

That was.....bad. Even for this event, he had a pre-selected list of reporters to call on, and no doubt a pre-selected list of their questions. This is NOT a normal 'press conference' in any sense of the word. Even so, many of the answers were rambling, nonsensical, and strange. Shame on Jill for pushing him like this. One thing we DID learn though- Joe will cling to power until the end. If the Democratic party wants him out, they will have to force him out. Joe will not go without a fight.

It has been funny listening to Clooney finally spill a little truth. Biden, and the Democrats in general, are addicted to Hollywood money. Yet at the same time Biden lashes out at the "elites" for trying to get him to step down, still trying to keep his image as good ol' scrappy Scranton Joe Biden, man of the people. Can't have it both ways, Joe.

Nice dodge. You didn't like an accurate answer, so you decided to go straight to ad hom remarks. What is wrong with states deciding their own laws?

Nice dodge. Now, care to answer the question , or just toss about more random platitudes?

Nah, he'd probably still kick my a55. I suck at bowling😜

Come on, man! You know very well that Biden would keel over before he got to the first tee. It's a million dollars if Biden can beat him....

Yeah, and good thing too. It was returned to the states to deal with individually. Trump has repeatedly said that he does not favour a federal ban on abortion.

So, World War Three to save a country that organizations like Freedom House describe as only "partly free" and rather corrupt. Nice one. You willing to throw YOUR sons and nephews onto the fire? I'm not. I did my time in the military, as did my brother and my cousin. We all agree that this conflict is best ended ASAP.

All I remember is the former Attorney General of New York stating flatly that he would have never brought the case against Trump, and that it was obviously a politically motivated mistake. As for dementia, Trump offered Biden a rematch of a debate this week. Time and place of Joe's choosing. Also offered Joe a chance to back up his brave talk about golf. Trump offered him 20 strokes over 18 holes, and to give a million bucks to the charity of Joe's choice if Joe could beat him. Crickets from Team Biden.

This particular discussion is not about Putin, so let's leave that aside for a moment. I do condemn NATO and have for many years for becoming a toothless, paper tiger. As for Trump, if you look back in my posting you will see that I preferred other candidates when the GOP primaries were happening.I was a Chris Christie backer, then Doug Burgum. But don't let the facts get in the way of your feelings.

True. Only one side is attempting to jail their political opponent. Only one side is OK with the Deep State of unelected and often unknown government factotums running the country in place of the figurehead president.

Again, yes, but...... what is your point? We have to deal with the situation as it is, and try to find a workable solution. Not just wish for a different way things started. I don't see an outcome that can both restore Ukranian terrirorial sovereignty and not result in a wider, if not global, war.

A distinction without a difference. Whatever pedantic vocabulary you choose, the longer the war goes the more Ukranians will die. And Russians too. But Russia can afford the casualties. It is their way of fighting since the Napoleonic Wars.

A wider war is curtailed? Great. Now solve the current one without troops on the battlefield. Otherwise, you are just sending hundreds of Ukranians to their death every day.

I think "simplistic" would accurately describe your analogy. By "call the police", do you mean that NATO should jump in and force Russia back to the pre-war borders? Because that would be very very stupid. I don't disagree about the causes of the war at all. Putin invaded, his fault, couldn't win a complete victory, and now here we are. Gotta deal with reality today. I am not sure where else his "imperialistic ambition" can be used since Russia is surrounded by NATO member states.

Ah yes, the old "bootlicker" shibboleth. I was wondering when it would be trotted out. But as usual you are getting caught up in your own vituperation to actually evaluate the situation. Do you see any way for Ukraine to get its land back without NATO involvement on the ground? Well, probably American involvement since most of NATO is not capable of much in the way of offensive operations. But otherwise, Ukraine is in a pickle. They can pretty much keep their attacker at bay, but can't go on the offensive- last spring/summer proved that. So, where does that leave us?

What exactly do you mean by "a more direct manner"? Do you want NATO ground forces in Ukraine and at war with Russia? Because that would be idiocy.

Nice try. I don't back Trump, I would back whoever the GOP nominee was. Personally I would have preferred someone else, but you can't always get what you want. Not backing Putin or his war either. Just want it to end, and therefore end the possibility of it escalating into a global conflict. Is that really so hard to understand, or has the T.D.S. gotten such a hold of you that logic and reason make no impact?

I have no interest in giving aid and comfort to anyone. What I do want is the conflict to end before it escalates into something out of control and potentially catastrophic. Ukraine cannot win without NATO support in the form of footsoldiers and direct air power involvement. Yet that would give Russia the excuse to escalate the choice and quantity of weapons used. Tell me, which city in the UK or Europe would YOU be willing to throw into a nuclear fire for the chance to liberate the occupied parts of Ukraine? It isn't a gamble that is worth taking IMHO. That is why I say cut a deal and end it.

I love the typical "if you don't agree with the war you must be Putin's puppy" logic that is displayed here so often. It is laughably simplistic. TBH, if Putin keeled over dead tomorrow that would be fine with me. I would only worry about who would succeed him. As for our green t-shirted little friend, he has a choice. Cut a deal or watch more of his people die. He isn't going to get the land back. So save your faux outrage.

Zelensky needs to STFU, stop barging in on other peoples' parties, and cut a deal to end the war. Otherwise he will run out of men to feed into the NATO sponsored meatgrinder. Other posters here have been quite honest about the fact that Ukraine is being used to degrade Russia's warfighting capacity. What those posters do NOT say is that they are quite content to use Ukranian lives to accomplish that goal.

Too bad he didn't.