Obama to Biden: Did you take the high road like I told you?

[kpete]

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[Freedomofspeech]

1. I really love this.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. The time for taking the "high road" has passed.

JMO

[Dem2theMax]

3. .

[Ohiogal]

4. Me, too.

I hope we see more....

[WheelWalker]

5. There is but one road.

[dchill]

6. "...and I called him a clown."

[LiberalLovinLug]

33. .........

[regnaD kciN]

7. If Barack had to debate COVID-45 acting like that...

...he would have walked over and cold-cocked him.

And see his favorability rating skyrocket.

[still_one]

8. Taking the high road came from Michelle I believe

[BootinUp]

9. What Biden did was totally "in character" for Joe.

No worries.

[Cha]

15. Exactly. he had a detour or two.

Ain't no BFD.

[BigmanPigman]

10. A lot of people here still insist on taking the "high road".

I AM NOT one of them and will not be. I know who the GOP are...taking the high road is a joke to them.

[Drunken Irishman]

16. Joe walked the line between high road and tough mother fucker.

He did not go low and he was rewarded by the people as most the country thought he won the debate.

[BigmanPigman]

23. In other words..

he was behaving like a normal person. That is a welcomed rarity. I could use more of that when I turn on the news.

[Drunken Irishman]

27. Normal enough, I guess?

I mean, he lobbed some things that had they been said in any other debate would have been bad optics - like calling the President a racist, a clown, telling him to shut up and to keep yapping.

But the way he did it seemed reasonable, especially in the context. I'll tell you, I've never seen so many positive comments about Biden on YouTube channels but his 'keep yapping, man' comment to Trump made a lot of people laugh.

[niyad]

32. The point is, those comments would not have been necessary in ordinary times.

[whopis01]

37. Calling the president a racist isn't anywhere near as bad optics

as the president actually being a racist is.

[BigmanPigman]

30. Yes, he reached across the aisle

and they bit his hand, time after time after time.......

[OneBro]

11. This made me smile.

I doubt that Obama would be disappointed in Biden. Surely he knows Joe must chart his own path in such turbulent waters.

I still like it, though. 😃

[Drunken Irishman]

18. Biden saved Obama's butt in 2012.

His debate versus Ryan changed the trajectory of the race and gave Obama the jolt he needed to go toe-to-toe with Romney a few nights later.

[Cha]

12. LOL! Joe was mostly on the "high road".. he may

have had a detour or two.

[quakerboy]

13. I would pay So much to watch an Obama-Trump debate

or an Obama-Trump MMA match.

[JI7]

14. Telling him to Shut Up WAS taking the High Road .

[Cha]

17. lol & Yes!

[dflprincess]

19. I've missed the Obama/Biden memes

Really enjoyed this.

[peacebuzzard]

20. Joe was more than patient with this so-called president.

Joe held it together far better than most saints and popes could...

[RGTIndy]

21. I wish Obama hadn't taken the high road with Merrick Garland

Just sayin'.

[ancianita]

22. "What. I only told him what most people were thinking."

[NoRoadUntravelled]

25. Awww. This feels like family, doesn't it? I love it.

[soldierant]

26. In the circumstances,

telling him to "shut up" WAS the high road.

[cheezmaka]

28. Joe provided a "good balance"! There was a time to be cordial...

and there was a time for him to HIT BACK!

[Midnight Writer]

31. "But I didn't tell him to SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU ASSFACE CLOWN!"

[cwydro]

34. I love the Obama/Biden memes, and I miss them.

Is Obama campaigning for Joe or has the pandemic curtailed that?

[Awsi Dooger]

35. It's actually the opposite need

Biden now comes across as younger, more energetic, and more effective when he's angry. That has been obvious for months, including the convention speech and the debate.

By far his best response from an energy and decibel standpoint was the Beau Biden exchange.

He needs to summon that throughout

[whopis01]

36. Saying "shut up man" to Trump is still the high road

comparatively speaking.

And I don’t mean that (entirely) as a joke.

You don’t lose one inch of the moral high ground by telling someone who won’t follow the debate rules, constantly tries to shout over you, and is actively pandering to white supremacist groups to shut up.