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Damn Biden is fantastic (Original Post) demtenjeep Feb 2021 OP
I love when he says demtenjeep Feb 2021 #1
wow demtenjeep Feb 2021 #2
It's nice having a normal human being for a president again PSPS Feb 2021 #3
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!! K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2021 #9
"Let this be not be a story about how far we fell, but how far we've climbed back up." AnotherMother4Peace Feb 2021 #4
I'm crying. lunatica Feb 2021 #5
I was OK, until Amazing Grace. A funeral for 500,000 souls. Very sad, yet hopeful. AnotherMother4Peace Feb 2021 #12
Darn, I missed it Nictuku Feb 2021 #6
I found a link to it on YouTube Nictuku Feb 2021 #13
Starts at 25:22 grantcart Feb 2021 #25
Be sure to look for it on YouTube. lunatica Feb 2021 #14
What a difference from the deranged idiot we listened to for four years ... who spent his time RKP5637 Feb 2021 #7
Yes, the "deranged idiot". The only time I want to hear his name is when he's prosecuted. AnotherMother4Peace Feb 2021 #16
I would be satisfied when he joins rush demtenjeep Feb 2021 #19
Ditto AnotherMother4Peace Feb 2021 #20
And the Deranged Idiot's "I don't care, do U?" spouse, who truly cares nothing for the US. Lonestarblue Feb 2021 #26
Yeah, "Melania should get her money while there is still some left." The well is going to run dry! RKP5637 Feb 2021 #34
Most people would pale in comparison with Joe in terms of compassion. But ... 11 Bravo Feb 2021 #8
Yeah. What a stark contrast. Caliman73 Feb 2021 #18
If President Obama became too passionate he'd have... electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #35
What a human, sincere Oldem Feb 2021 #10
yes demtenjeep Feb 2021 #11
Amen nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2021 #15
What a change. I was thinking The Loser would never had done that. Instead he would have doc03 Feb 2021 #17
hes become so beloved samnsara Feb 2021 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Oldem Feb 2021 #22
Thx for posting!! Truly a man made for the times Thekaspervote Feb 2021 #23
K & R...Thank You for Posting Stuart G Feb 2021 #24
I'd like to think that this touched even the blackest Trumpist heart. WinstonSmith4740 Feb 2021 #27
Every day gets better and better. BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #28
KnR Hekate Feb 2021 #29
Joe will go down as one of the great ones weissmam Feb 2021 #30
Yes 3auld6phart Feb 2021 #31
Amen to that Joinfortmill Feb 2021 #32
To use a little sincere "Bidenese" here Montauk6 Feb 2021 #33
He wasn't my first choice at all and... electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #36
Even the lighting, camera work, staging or whatever ya wanna call it was awesome. Kota Feb 2021 #37

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,244 posts)
4. "Let this be not be a story about how far we fell, but how far we've climbed back up."
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:15 PM
Feb 2021

"we've got to fight this as a people."

Yes he's a good man - from the heart. Honest. Compassionate. Willing to fight for us.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
5. I'm crying.
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:16 PM
Feb 2021

I didn’t think about crying but this moment is so important, so needed. We really needed this eulogy, this grief.

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
7. What a difference from the deranged idiot we listened to for four years ... who spent his time
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:18 PM
Feb 2021

lying, calling people names, spinning CT and taking the country down.

Lonestarblue

(9,988 posts)
26. And the Deranged Idiot's "I don't care, do U?" spouse, who truly cares nothing for the US.
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:30 PM
Feb 2021

She got her ticket on the money train years ago, and that is all she cares about. She should get a divorce quickly now that the SC has given the green light to giving Vance Trump’s tax documents. It takes to imagination to think that any comparison of valuations are totally different than valuations for tax purposes. Fraud, fraud, everywhere! Melania should get her money while there is still some left.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
8. Most people would pale in comparison with Joe in terms of compassion. But ...
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:19 PM
Feb 2021

following in the footsteps of an out-and-out sociopath really highlights the genuine decency of our President.

Caliman73

(11,738 posts)
18. Yeah. What a stark contrast.
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:37 PM
Feb 2021

President Obama was also a very empathetic person, but he had a more aloof and academic demeanor. I think some of that was as a necessity for President Obama because if he had let his guard down too much, the right would have called him "ghetto". They went after Michelle for dancing, even as a Princeton and Harvard educated attorney, she was "too Black", to ghetto for people on the right.

Biden has always had that "everyman" appeal. He is hard scrabble, Wilmington, Delaware and Scranton, Pennsylvania. One of my favorite SNL skits is where they have Vice President Biden going up against Sarah Palin in the VP debate in 2008 and he talks about being from Scranton, "the worst place in the world, aside from Wilmington, Delaware"

I was not for Biden in the primary but as I said many times, the one thing about Biden that always, always stood out, was what a genuinely good and caring human being he is. When compared to what we had the last 4 years, that cannot be any more visible.

electric_blue68

(14,891 posts)
35. If President Obama became too passionate he'd have...
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 02:35 AM
Feb 2021

tagged with the "angry black man" trope. 🙄

But he had quite funny bits of dry wit snark in some of his campaign speeches for Biden.

Oldem

(833 posts)
10. What a human, sincere
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:19 PM
Feb 2021

rebuke to his predecessor. I know that was not his 1st, 2nd, or 3rd purpose--maybe it was the furthest thing from his mind. But the contrast is staggering, heart-wrenching. I have a President who is doing God's work, as he sees it. I have a President who cares for his people. Even when he stumbles, and he's bound to, we're all blessed.

doc03

(35,337 posts)
17. What a change. I was thinking The Loser would never had done that. Instead he would have
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:37 PM
Feb 2021

been there attacking the Democrats and whoever else he was pissed at that day. Remember when Trump said
it will just disappear in April? God I hate that disgusting POS.

Response to demtenjeep (Original post)

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)
27. I'd like to think that this touched even the blackest Trumpist heart.
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:33 PM
Feb 2021

They're assholes, so it won't. But I'd like to think that.

Montauk6

(8,075 posts)
33. To use a little sincere "Bidenese" here
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 09:22 PM
Feb 2021

He's doing a WONDERFUL job, a WONDERFUL job, number 1.

Number 2, he's trying his darnedest during--no wait I'm being serious--the most ADVERSE conditions we've ever faced as a nation.

electric_blue68

(14,891 posts)
36. He wasn't my first choice at all and...
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 02:43 AM
Feb 2021

how his empathy shines!

Also being in the Senate, and VP with President Obama for 8 years has given him a hell of a lot experience to draw on.

( In a way like Hillary had First Lady, Senator, and Secretary - a big boat load of experiences, plus some of her earlier jobs etc )

So I am pleased at what he's done so far. 👍

Kota

(901 posts)
37. Even the lighting, camera work, staging or whatever ya wanna call it was awesome.
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 11:16 AM
Feb 2021

The whole thing looked presidential, looked like America is great. Watching Dotard on those steps that night, he just cant hold a candle to Biden.

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