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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGREAT speech from Biden. Riveting. He effectively claimed not just victory but a mandate,
and then he went on to talk about the work ahead and the need for unity.
Brilliant!
Blue Owl
(50,291 posts)Chichiri
(4,667 posts)nolabear
(41,937 posts)It was OUTSTANDING.
highplainsdem
(48,920 posts)and the popular vote.
He made it clear those states haven't been called yet by the media, but in effect he called them.
Statistical
(19,264 posts)Said they are solidly ahead and they are confident they win those states just give the process time to count all the votes.
Pretty clearly implied without directly claiming to have already won.
L.Pharmstrong
(152 posts)But said that based on numbers, it is all but inevitable and he hopes to speak again tomorrow.
highplainsdem
(48,920 posts)foo_fighter999
(86 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 7, 2020, 01:14 AM - Edit history (1)
Plus I think it had even more impact that, though he didn't declare himself the winner (yet), he went on to say they have begun working on plans for COVID, the economy, and some of the other issues facing our country. He's going to hit the ground running, which is exactly what this country needs.
His tone was also calming and reassuring. I can't wait for him to take office so we can have a real President leading this country again.
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)He said we're going to win but didn't declare himself the winner. He moved effortlessly from there into talk of unity.
I thought Kamala was slated to speak but she didn't although she stood just off to the side of him as he spoke.
highplainsdem
(48,920 posts)NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)I loved that it was to the point, inclusive and uplifting. I can't imagine anyone better suited to the task ahead.
forgotmylogin
(7,521 posts)She got Joe's back.
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)It feels wonderful to see the light at the end of the tunnel at last.
BootinUp
(47,093 posts)calimary
(81,127 posts)It's been awhile since we had one of those.
highplainsdem
(48,920 posts)NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)It's just so refreshing to hear him speak after four years of blather that I just tear up. Sanity will be restored at last.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)StClone
(11,682 posts)Go to bed. We got this!
highplainsdem
(48,920 posts)AkFemDem
(1,823 posts)Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)MakeTXBlue2020
(131 posts)I know the place was swarming with secret service but all this violence Trump and his allies have incited has gotten me on edge. I pray Joe and Kamala are protected and that regular Americans are on high alert as surely there will be violence in the coming days after Joe is named president-elect. Be safe everybody!
George II
(67,782 posts)iluvtennis
(19,835 posts)It was so nice to see what a real president will sound like.
Mme. Defarge
(8,014 posts)An authentic American president.
Joinfortmill
(14,397 posts)disalitervisum
(470 posts)and in spite of the emotional arguments for calling the race now, and the logical arguments against calling the race now due to the structural defects of our system (see electoral-vote.com), i can't help but believe that there is a strategy being executed by the Biden campaign.
i think this could be considered the first test of a Biden administration. how to handle stripping the psychopath of power.
"...the don shrugged his shoulders. Even dynamite could be exploded harmlessly." (paraphrased from "The Godfather," by Mario Puzo.
NBachers
(17,083 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 7, 2020, 01:15 AM - Edit history (1)
There is definitely a feeling of history and significance watching this.
And, I agree- I was a bit surprised when he didn't turn it over to Kamala, but then I knew it amplified the significance of his statement as they walked off the stage together. There's something about the way Kamala moves with strength, confidence, and determination when she walks. Poetry in motion.
To paraphrase Jimi: "And she really didn't need to talk- she just kept on moving."
paleotn
(17,884 posts)to hear from a real president after 4 years of total insanity. But we ain't done. We've got 2 senate runoffs in GA. My hope is, with dear leader off the ballot, disheartened trumpers will stay home. Take the Senate. Then the real party starts.
Volaris
(10,269 posts)Is the only thing standing between their freedumbs and a liburl sholist commie hellscape.
They're correct in their summation that the 'costal elites' they hate so much ARE socially liberal...BECAUSE ITS GOOD FOR FUCKING BUSINESS. they're ALSO correct that
their 'conservative ' voices are being shut down on social media...
BECAUSE HATE SPEECH IS BAD FOR BUSINESS.
Nobody took Lincoln Project stuff off youtube, because theres a difference between conservativism and NAZI HATE SPEECH.
Auggie
(31,133 posts)NewsCenter28
(1,835 posts)By the media. Watch what they do, not as they say, and the deference they are showing Trump here on not calling states Biden has clearly won is low indeed!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)time for it. No teleprompters just speak. Kudos to speechwriter! great speech! I love Joe! Would just love to hear him!
Wow. Mark Meadow's positive
C Moon
(12,209 posts)because they're making a lot of money on this.
We need one source to declare Biden the winner, then the others will have no choice but to follow.
Do you think the GOP would have waited (if the opposite were true)? Nope. They would have declared victory on Wednesday.
PatrickforO
(14,559 posts)refreshing, to have a real president speaking of uniting the country, the responsibility of caring for all of us, talking about the work that lies ahead.
January 21 cannot come soon enough.
Midnight Writer
(21,719 posts)He came across as the man you want in charge in a crisis.
calimary
(81,127 posts)Sometimes its almost hard to remember what that was even like...
highplainsdem
(48,920 posts)I hope that someday the Trump years will seem like a distant memory of a bizarre nightmare.
Skittles
(153,122 posts)he more than anyone should know how they operate