Biden just delivered a great speech for the Medal of Honor ceremony.

[orange jar]

Too bad it was ruined by the fact that he didn't look directly at me.

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[brooklynite]

1. As I said in my statement (I'm sure you remember)

In a speech to a room, you look at the audience in the room (recipients, family, friends, etc)

In a speech to the nation, or a debate, you look at the audience on TV.

Do you disagree?

[orange jar]

3. As a general rule, no, I don't disagree.

But if the audience in question is the *press* and not the American public, then it makes sense for him to look at the reporters instead of the camera (yes — regardless of any speech/debate/conference he's been a part of in previous years).

He was not "speaking to the nation" ("nation" as in average Americans) in that speech, he was speaking to the press. Maybe — maybe — it would've resonated more with at least one average American if he looked at the camera, but in the midst of all that was going on at the time, him looking away from the camera seemed fairly insignificant in comparison to other (real or perceived) issues being talked about. Bordering on absurdity, almost.

I'm really not trying to make fun of you as a poster. I promise. I enjoy a lot of your posts. Nothing is personal at all. I just thought that specific post was a little funny, so it's one of the more memorable posts (to me) I've read all week.

[brooklynite]

4. The audience in a speech to the nation isn't the press.

And the audience in a debate isn't the moderators. As I said, in the 2020 Debate, Biden spoke straight to the camera when he answers questions or responded to Trump.

The speech in question wasn't a press conference; it was a message to the nation.

[edisdead]

8. in a world where we could all end up on the gulag

I am not on a democratic forum knit picking such trivial bullshit!

[Bucky]

2. Normally politicians look at the teleprompter

Especially the ones who know how to read

[onecaliberal]

5. I se what you did there.

[Cha]

6. TY & President Biden!

And for your positive posts 🕯️🕊️💙🕯️🇺🇸

[edisdead]

7. Oh fucking hell yea to this! To every last motherfucking bit of this!

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