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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:24 PM

Laelth (32,014 posts)

This says it ALL.

The Dalai Lama said in his congratulatory message to Biden: "Humanity places great hope in the democratic vision of the U.S. as leader of the free world."

https://www.axios.com/world-leaders-congratulate-biden-election-victory-bf6c14e4-f7ce-4ca2-acde-611036f88b17.html

The link above covers a number of global responses to the Biden/Harris victory. So far, the totalitarian regimes (Russia, China, Brazil, Turkey, and Iran) have been reticent to congratulate President-Elect Biden, whereas the rest of the world is, more-or-less, ecstatic to know that Democrats will be running the country again soon.

-Laelth

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25 replies	Author	Time	Post
This says it ALL. (Original post)	Laelth	Nov 2020	OP
I believe Turkey's Erdogan called Biden to congratulate.	panader0	Nov 2020	#1
Correct	empedocles	Nov 2020	#2
Oh my. Lol	SheltieLover	Nov 2020	#5
You're right. Thank you.	Laelth	Nov 2020	#8
I bet that really frosted donnie.	panader0	Nov 2020	#9
I suspect so. n/t	Laelth	Nov 2020	#11
He'll always have Kim's love. His government in exile could be based in Pyongyang.	Marcuse	Nov 2020	#15
No doubt.	Laelth	Nov 2020	#17
Trmp got "honey dicked" by lil kim..	movingviolation	Nov 2020	#25
Wow, that's gonna leave a mark don the con	SheltieLover	Nov 2020	#3
All our hopes for making good on the original promise. . .	pat_k	Nov 2020	#4
I hear you, but we're working on it, and the world is watching. n/t	Laelth	Nov 2020	#10
It's very comforting to know that the adults are back in charge.	Initech	Nov 2020	#6
Hear! Hear!	Laelth	Nov 2020	#12
Yes, what you said. NT	AnotherDreamWeaver	Nov 2020	#23
Soon they're gonna diss Biden with "your lama" insults.	Beakybird	Nov 2020	#7
Turkey congratulated Biden.	BlueMTexpat	Nov 2020	#13
Got that. Thanks.	Laelth	Nov 2020	#14
People are known by the friends they keep.	paleotn	Nov 2020	#16
Sigh. I feel that I cheated myself in life because I didn't heed your mother's wisdom. n/t	Laelth	Nov 2020	#18
Fine words from His Holiness...	Harker	Nov 2020	#19
No. I suspect he meant to use the upper-case D.	Laelth	Nov 2020	#20
Brilliant observation. Bad guys not happy is good.	jaxexpat	Nov 2020	#21
That's about as political as the Dalai Lama gets.	BobTheSubgenius	Nov 2020	#22
K&R	Blue Owl	Nov 2020	#24

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:27 PM

panader0 (25,661 posts)

1. I believe Turkey's Erdogan called Biden to congratulate.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:31 PM

empedocles (15,751 posts)

2. Correct

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:38 PM

SheltieLover (57,073 posts)

5. Oh my. Lol

Chumputin is going to erupt, again (or still?)

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:39 PM

Laelth (32,014 posts)

8. You're right. Thank you.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday became the latest world leader to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Reuters reported.

Erdoğan said in a statement that the Turkish government is "determin[ed] to work closely with the U.S. Administration" in the days ahead, according to the news service.

Biden has been a frequent critic of the Turkish president, calling him an "autocrat" and telling The New York Times editorial board that, as president, he would back opposition leadership "by the electoral process."

https://thehill.com/regulation/international/525285-turkeys-erdogan-congratulates-biden-on-winning-election

-Laelth

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:42 PM

panader0 (25,661 posts)

9. I bet that really frosted donnie.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:47 PM

Laelth (32,014 posts)

11. I suspect so. n/t

-Laelth

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:04 PM

Marcuse (6,593 posts)

15. He'll always have Kim's love. His government in exile could be based in Pyongyang.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:13 PM

Laelth (32,014 posts)

17. No doubt.

On the other hand, our South Korean allies, our REAL allies, are thrilled that Joe will soon be in charge:

South Korean President Moon Jae-in also posted a congratulatory weekend tweet before telling reporters Monday that he will work to "make sure that there won't be any vacuum in the strengthening of the South Korea-U.S. alliance and progress in the Korea peace process."

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-2020-election-results/2020/11/09/932985388/japan-and-south-korea-congratulate-biden-hope-for-steadier-relationship-with-u-s

-Laelth

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Wed Nov 11, 2020, 06:27 PM

movingviolation (310 posts)

25. Trmp got "honey dicked" by lil kim..

Like in the movie "the interview."

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:36 PM

SheltieLover (57,073 posts)

3. Wow, that's gonna leave a mark don the con

Is "it" going to condescend to the Dalai Lama?

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:38 PM

pat_k (9,292 posts)

4. All our hopes for making good on the original promise. . .

. . . we have utterly failed to live up to.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

May the nation finally work EFFECTIVELY toward these aspirations.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:44 PM

Laelth (32,014 posts)

10. I hear you, but we're working on it, and the world is watching. n/t

-Laelth

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:39 PM

Initech (96,380 posts)

6. It's very comforting to know that the adults are back in charge.

The children had their fun and nearly destroyed the country and life as we know it in the process. But playtime is over and it's time to get the world moving again.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:55 PM

Laelth (32,014 posts)

12. Hear! Hear!

It’s nice to know that the majority of the world agrees.

-Laelth

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:30 PM

AnotherDreamWeaver (2,715 posts)

23. Yes, what you said. NT

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:39 PM

Beakybird (2,953 posts)

7. Soon they're gonna diss Biden with "your lama" insults.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:58 PM

BlueMTexpat (15,137 posts)

13. Turkey congratulated Biden.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-turkey/turkeys-erdogan-congratulates-u-s-president-elect-biden-for-election-win-idUSKBN27Q2FN

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:02 PM

Laelth (32,014 posts)

14. Got that. Thanks.

See post #8, above.

-Laelth

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:10 PM

paleotn (15,797 posts)

16. People are known by the friends they keep.

One of my mom's pearls of wisdom I snarked at as a youngster. God, what a fool I was.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:17 PM

Laelth (32,014 posts)

18. Sigh. I feel that I cheated myself in life because I didn't heed your mother's wisdom. n/t

-Laelth

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:55 PM

Harker (11,996 posts)

19. Fine words from His Holiness...

I suppose he meant to use the lower case 'd.'

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:58 PM

Laelth (32,014 posts)

20. No. I suspect he meant to use the upper-case D.

It is the Democratic Party’s vision of America that he was celebrating. That’s what is so AWESOME about the quote.

-Laelth

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 07:52 PM

jaxexpat (5,203 posts)

21. Brilliant observation. Bad guys not happy is good.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 08:10 PM

BobTheSubgenius (11,362 posts)

22. That's about as political as the Dalai Lama gets.

His salutation is encouraging and congratulatory, but a little oblique. He is describing how others feel.

How do you like that? A Tibetan spiritual leader has a better grasp of the separation of church and state than Republicans.

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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:36 PM

Blue Owl (43,870 posts)

24. K&R

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