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edisdead

(1,932 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 10:50 PM Feb 2023

Holy shit Biden just pulled a masterful end around on SS

He had them calling him a liar regarding the republican plans for SS and then rope a doped them i to saying “well we must all agree to no cuts to SS now stand up for seniors and show them”


Fucking brilliant!

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Holy shit Biden just pulled a masterful end around on SS (Original Post) edisdead Feb 2023 OP
You beat me to it...that was freaking brilliant. cayugafalls Feb 2023 #1
pretty sure I saw a chuckle on Kevs face edisdead Feb 2023 #4
+++ emulatorloo Feb 2023 #6
Welcome to DU, edisdead! calimary Feb 2023 #24
Switched channels when it was her turn KS Toronado Feb 2023 #40
Listened to about 2 sentences and immediately turned the TV off. Tommymac Feb 2023 #51
I listened to 3 minutes and actually fell asleep! colorado_ufo Feb 2023 #53
I saw that! LOL DemocraticPatriot Feb 2023 #26
Yep relayerbob Feb 2023 #37
Kev the sprinkleeninow Feb 2023 #42
That was indeed masterful Lemonwurst Feb 2023 #2
Yes, he DID!!!! FeelingBlue Feb 2023 #3
He backed them into the corner and they backed down. Masterful! emulatorloo Feb 2023 #5
Joe's like, "Here... hold my beer." He just DESTROYED the lunatic right fringe WheelWalker Feb 2023 #7
Dark Brandon is on Fire! Deep State Witch Feb 2023 #8
He's so good at this. cilla4progress Feb 2023 #9
Brilliant! mtngirl47 Feb 2023 #10
It was magnificent Politicub Feb 2023 #11
TIC, troll in chief. Tis a thing of beauty alfredo Feb 2023 #12
Exactly!!!!! Sogo Feb 2023 #13
It was brilliant! I am so proud of how he handled it. wnylib Feb 2023 #14
There is a large advantage to having spent 30 years in Congress. Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2023 #15
It was brilliant! I jumped out of my chair! n/t Greybnk48 Feb 2023 #16
Yes, it was brilliant! Bravo Biden. iluvtennis Feb 2023 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #18
I think he made a similar maneuver on something about the border... Trueblue Texan Feb 2023 #19
agreed edisdead Feb 2023 #21
That actually may be his mightiest weapon in a very large bag of tricks. calimary Feb 2023 #27
I was a big fan of Joe Biden in 1988... DemocraticPatriot Feb 2023 #28
Twitter is full of GOP accounts pledging not to cut SS or Medicare Recursion Feb 2023 #20
Maybe they did not check with Rick Scott DemocraticPatriot Feb 2023 #30
It seems many of them feel that above all else their Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2023 #45
This was the finest moment of Biden's Presidency...so far. patphil Feb 2023 #22
Him exposing them as frauds could edisdead Feb 2023 #23
MORE OF THAT!!! DemocraticPatriot Feb 2023 #31
It's good when our guy eats the howler-monkey caucus' lunch.... lastlib Feb 2023 #25
OMG!!! "The Howler-monkey Caucus"! calimary Feb 2023 #29
Lol. Marginal Taylor-Greene. Good one judesedit Feb 2023 #46
Joe handed them their heads on a platter. Talitha Feb 2023 #32
I was watching it all unfold . . Richard D Feb 2023 #33
One of the Meisalis bros. On Meidas Touch called it like laying traps, magas fall in..right on asiliveandbreathe Feb 2023 #34
Born for this he was. I want to watch it again to savor yorkster Feb 2023 #35
Yes, absolutely brilliant relayerbob Feb 2023 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #38
Old sleepy Joe showed them whats what... Historic NY Feb 2023 #39
That was pretty damn amazing! Brilliantly done! FlyingPiggy Feb 2023 #41
THIS!!☝️ onetexan Feb 2023 #44
Ads NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #43
Did he plan that move??? The Jungle 1 Feb 2023 #47
That's what I want to know! ismnotwasm Feb 2023 #48
I heard commentary thinking it was planned edisdead Feb 2023 #50
Either way he showed the entire republican party the back of his hand. While smiling!!! The Jungle 1 Feb 2023 #52
Yes, brilliant! CaptainTruth Feb 2023 #49
Tell me again how President Biden is senile. TomSlick Feb 2023 #54
I LOVE YOU, JOE BIDEN!! Lunabell Feb 2023 #55

cayugafalls

(5,641 posts)
1. You beat me to it...that was freaking brilliant.
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 10:52 PM
Feb 2023

However, McCarthy ass was stuck in the past...sitting there like a mushroom

edisdead

(1,932 posts)
4. pretty sure I saw a chuckle on Kevs face
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 10:54 PM
Feb 2023

pretty sure I saw a chuckle on Kevs face as though he was trying to hide the fact that he KNOWS hos team just got fucked.

calimary

(81,298 posts)
24. Welcome to DU, edisdead!
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:14 AM
Feb 2023

Last edited Thu Feb 9, 2023, 01:22 AM - Edit history (2)

He had that whole side of the room AND Kevvy-boy at the end of a fork.

A GREAT night to be a Democrat!

I also like the way he took so much time on his way out, greeting and shaking hands and chit-chatting with everybody who wanted a moment in the afterglow with him, that Poor Sarah Huckabee Sanders was kept waiting for quite awhile. I wonder how many viewers stayed tuned for her "side" of it.

Hopefully not that many. What little I saw as I was getting my hot tea was NOT anything to write home about.

It was NOT what anyone would call a “star turn.”

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
51. Listened to about 2 sentences and immediately turned the TV off.
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 03:00 PM
Feb 2023

I don't have time to waste sorting garbage.

colorado_ufo

(5,734 posts)
53. I listened to 3 minutes and actually fell asleep!
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 07:35 PM
Feb 2023

Upright in a rocking chair! Meanwhile, I was glued to the broadcast when Biden was speaking. He was absolutely incredible! And Harris did an awesome job of cheerleading behind him.

Lemonwurst

(287 posts)
2. That was indeed masterful
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 10:52 PM
Feb 2023

Where do they go from here? Oh yeah, just lie - don’t believe your eyes and ears.

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)
7. Joe's like, "Here... hold my beer." He just DESTROYED the lunatic right fringe
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 11:01 PM
Feb 2023

in that debt limit-Medicare/SS exchange. Joe's a ninja at debate.

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,575 posts)
15. There is a large advantage to having spent 30 years in Congress.
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 11:31 PM
Feb 2023

The other side thinks he's like their guy, who had ZERO governing experience and boy did it show!

Response to edisdead (Original post)

Trueblue Texan

(2,430 posts)
19. I think he made a similar maneuver on something about the border...
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 11:48 PM
Feb 2023

...I. can't remember exactly... but after all the jeering and yelling he told the Rethugs, "You got it!" I think he trapped them into agreeing to something about the border, but I can't recall the details. I think I'd gone to get another glass of champagne. Watched it out on the patio because it's a lovely night tonight.

OK. I admit, I was not a big fan of Biden. I thought he was out of touch and too old. I thought he was clueless about the evils the Rethugs were will to go to to maintain power. But the man has far surpassed any expectations I'd had for my pick for all the candidates. He was brilliant, amazing, and super effective tonight! Maybe his superpower, besides his decades of experience, is that he is so often underestimated. I admit. I was completely incorrect in my primary assessment of the man.

edisdead

(1,932 posts)
21. agreed
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 11:51 PM
Feb 2023

Warren was my original candidate but when Joe got the nom I did think well maybe he is the candidate that we need to bridge from Trumpass to something else. But he has been kicking ass the whole way. Only problem is that the media hasn’t trumpeted it the way the did if Donny dipshit manages to say his own name correctly.

calimary

(81,298 posts)
27. That actually may be his mightiest weapon in a very large bag of tricks.
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:18 AM
Feb 2023

He's been at this kind of thing for DECADES. He knows ALL the maneuvers and strategies and, yes, the tricks. And he understands his own style and how to work it effectively. He combines an aw-shucks vibe with a Mohammed Ali punch. And he's so subtle you never see it coming.

I'm just glad he's on OUR side.

DemocraticPatriot

(4,369 posts)
28. I was a big fan of Joe Biden in 1988...
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:18 AM
Feb 2023

He was railroaded out of the race for the nomination that year--

but perhaps his time had not yet come...




Recursion

(56,582 posts)
20. Twitter is full of GOP accounts pledging not to cut SS or Medicare
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 11:50 PM
Feb 2023

He lead them into that box canyon like he was Butch Cassidy

DemocraticPatriot

(4,369 posts)
30. Maybe they did not check with Rick Scott
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:20 AM
Feb 2023

about what their position was supposed to be on that issue ???


Well, most of the polls show that a majority of the voters actually agree with the Democrats, on the issues....


they only vote for Republicans if they are stupid about their own self interests....


Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
45. It seems many of them feel that above all else their
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 08:56 AM
Feb 2023

self-interest is best served by, "owning the libs."

They're so misinformed that they don't even know what's happening in the real world. One thing they think they know for sure is that Dems are evil.

The policies they agree with, they believe it's the Rs that are for them rather than the opposite truth.

Fascists are so damn good at propaganda.

patphil

(6,180 posts)
22. This was the finest moment of Biden's Presidency...so far.
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 11:52 PM
Feb 2023

I expect even more to come, despite the Republicans in the House.

edisdead

(1,932 posts)
23. Him exposing them as frauds could
Tue Feb 7, 2023, 11:53 PM
Feb 2023

Him exposing them as frauds could be what propels him to four more years.

DemocraticPatriot

(4,369 posts)
31. MORE OF THAT!!!
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:22 AM
Feb 2023

And the Republican House is certain to hand him plenty of opportunities---

(as the Republicans in congress helped out Bill Clinton--- only much more-so this time...)

lastlib

(23,239 posts)
25. It's good when our guy eats the howler-monkey caucus' lunch....
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:14 AM
Feb 2023

...and hands them the empty lunch sack!

Marginal Traitor-Greene got major pwned!

calimary

(81,298 posts)
29. OMG!!! "The Howler-monkey Caucus"!
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:19 AM
Feb 2023

Dear God, that's exactly what they look like, especially when pictured with their mouths open!

They've been describing what Biden did as "rope-a-dope" on MSNBC. And that's precisely what it is.

But hey, if the bad guys insist on continuing to under-estimate him, I'm just fine with that!

Talitha

(6,593 posts)
32. Joe handed them their heads on a platter.
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:23 AM
Feb 2023

And they didn't even realize it!

Badass Brandon was on fire tonight.

Richard D

(8,754 posts)
33. I was watching it all unfold . .
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:27 AM
Feb 2023

and the brilliance of getting the repubs to not only agree with him but give him a standing ovation was something that will go down as utterly masterful.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
34. One of the Meisalis bros. On Meidas Touch called it like laying traps, magas fall in..right on
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:52 AM
Feb 2023

Cue...another said, like pouring salt on a slug...

yorkster

(1,497 posts)
35. Born for this he was. I want to watch it again to savor
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:55 AM
Feb 2023

the skillful lassoing job.

Great speech,great night.

relayerbob

(6,544 posts)
36. Yes, absolutely brilliant
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:55 AM
Feb 2023

Lured the MAGAts down the rabbit hole and slammed the door on them. Stupid fucks didn't have a clue.

Probably the best SOTU address I've ever seen in my 65 years

Response to edisdead (Original post)

onetexan

(13,041 posts)
44. THIS!!☝️
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 06:48 AM
Feb 2023

That damn mtg and her trashy behavior is disgusting as heck, on display for all of the world to see. She is the epitome of deplorable, sorry to say.

NowISeetheLight

(3,943 posts)
43. Ads
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 06:35 AM
Feb 2023

Every one of those Magats are now on video SUPPORTING no cuts to Social Security. If they turn around and vote against it now they’re exposed as liars. Brilliant.

ismnotwasm

(41,986 posts)
48. That's what I want to know!
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 12:56 PM
Feb 2023

He must have known the GOP are undisciplined and unruly, he hit the right note, and they reacted. He handled it perfectly

edisdead

(1,932 posts)
50. I heard commentary thinking it was planned
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 02:20 PM
Feb 2023

I heard commentary thinking it was planned. On CNN they were talking about how there have been interruptions during the SOTU more frequently and it seemed as though this speech was designed to get a reaction from republicans. They also said that Biden was smart to address issues where the republicans perceive him as “soft”.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
52. Either way he showed the entire republican party the back of his hand. While smiling!!!
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 03:21 PM
Feb 2023

If he did it off the cuff that is some solid political work.
Tell me again about how Biden is old and feeble. Every time Biden's age comes up that clip needs to play

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
54. Tell me again how President Biden is senile.
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 07:42 PM
Feb 2023

He was very quick on his feet and nonplussed by the noisy MAGAts. It was a master class on undressing the opposition.

Senile my Aunt Fanny!

Lunabell

(6,082 posts)
55. I LOVE YOU, JOE BIDEN!!
Wed Feb 8, 2023, 08:20 PM
Feb 2023

My pugilistic president comes out swinging at these lying traitors!! Go get 'em, Dark Brandon!!

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