quit saying "not a joke"

[lapfog_1]

it is one of Biden's only speaking flaws...

I love the guy, I have for a long time... but this really gets on my nerves.

If he is running again, I want him to work with a communication coach to eliminate this sort of "throw away" side comment in his speaking engagements.

Unless he is really telling a joke and follows it with a fact.

[Ocelot II]

1. Everybody has a few verbal tics but I've never even noticed that one.

It's pretty unobtrusive; I think everyone who notices it understands it to be just a phrase he uses for emphasis. At least he doesn't say "like" all the time.

[mobeau69]

4. Don't see how you couldn't have noticed.

[Ocelot II]

5. Sorry, but it didn't make enough of an impression to bother me.

[inthewind21]

2. I'm

sure he'll get right on that!

[newdayneeded]

3. Biden was 100%, absolutely, no doubt

the person we needed to take down donny. But I'm worried about him running against a young, articulate, energetic repub. it'll be a pretty stark comparison on the stage.

This guy votes for whomever has the "D" behind their name regardless, but....just saying.

[Ocelot II]

6. I'm not, especially if it's DeSantis. Ever heard that guy speak?

His voice is nasal and his style is boring. He looks like, and has all the charisma of, a potato.

[A HERETIC I AM]

12. Potatoes are versatile.

Ron DeathSentence is a one trick pony.

Once the entirety of the American electorate hears him speak a few times, they’ll realize how much of a giant horses ass he is.

[Gruenemann]

7. Maybe it's a coping mechanism he uses to deal with his stutter. NT

[Irish_Dem]

9. Yes I was thinking the same. Some repetitive security blanket words.

[IcyPeas]

10. this is my thought too.

[rsdsharp]

8. I think he really uses three phrases that are all similar.

“Not a joke.”

“Not kidding.”

“Not hyperbole.”

[Polybius]

20. You forgot C'mon man

[Generic Brad]

11. It's better then "No malarkey"

[Demsrule86]

16. I love no malarkey...

[Polybius]

19. And you're young too, and somehow still know that word

At least I'm assuming you were born in 1986.

[BlueLucy]

13. I think it's just part of who Biden is.

I suppose some would like a more polished speaker. There are probably just as many who like his authenticity. I think Biden not seeming like a perfect vocabulary liberal elite was part of the reason why he won rust belt states. I agree with you about it sounding repetitive and some could be annoyed by it. As Gruenemann said in a post on this thread, "maybe it's a coping mechanism he uses to deal with his stutter."

[GenThePerservering]

14. I feel like Joe Biden is "one of us"

that is, not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, had to overcome difficulties (a stutter is...uh...no joke), worked hard, family man, worked to get where he is now.

He also says what is on his mind and is well informed.

His verbal tics don't bother me.

[Demsrule86]

15. No, I love the fact that Biden speaks honestly and says what he means.

[DET]

17. It Is Distracting

Doesn’t in any way diminish my admiration for Biden, but I wish he would lose this verbal tic.

[Raine]

18. That and the whispering

I don't get point of the whispering, can't even make out what he's saying.