What Is George S. Trying To Do To Joe....

[global1]

Just listen to Biden answering his questions. Does he think that TCF can even put a simple answer to any of his questions together that make sense or is not a lie?

George is being a real ass here.

I'm more behind Biden now than ever.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Hit job on Biden.

Not a conspiracy theory.

Confirmed.

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. Biden must stop throwing himself to the

Wolves. Right NOW!

[Aviation Pro]

19. Wolves are noble animals

Virus or cancer would be more appropriate.

[XanaDUer2]

3. We're giving Joe money

Riding with Biden

[wryter2000]

52. I just contributed

Let's speak in terms even Trump can understand...$$$.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Maybe people will see the interviewer was a jackass.

And feel bad for Joe.

[wnylib]

30. You are right that people will see what an ass George was/is.

But since Biden handled it well, I don't think people will feel bad for Biden. I think they will feel positive and not pitying toward him.

[Irish_Dem]

60. People can feel both irritated at George S and happy for Joe.

They can feel bad that Joe is getting treated unfairly, but it is not pity.
People like to see fair play.

And at the same time they can be happy Joe is pushing back, and doing well.

Yes I agree, the net result is positive for Joe.

[wnylib]

61. But the media are in full revolt against Biden.

I fear the power that they are exercising over the will of the people more than any concern about Biden's ability.

Here are the headlines from Huffpost. They are so distorted that they must have seen a different interview than I did. The people are behind Biden. The media are openly against him.

https://www.huffpost.com/

[erronis]

5. I really expected Stephanapolous to have had some integrity.

But obviously his major backers have bought him and dictated what he should ask.

Joe did a good job in not berating this two-bit reporter (used to be halfway decent.)

[BumRushDaShow]

10. "I really expected Stephanapolous to have had some integrity."

After the Obama "flag pin" fiasco? From that point on, Stupidfuckidous has been off my list for any kind of viewing, and you know how long that goes back.

[Cha]

17. I didn't.. I don't trust any

M$M as far as I could throw their Money 💰 Bags 💰

[emulatorloo]

29. Joe did an excellent job. The interviewer, not so much.

Stephanopoulos asked the same 2 or 3 questions over and over, hoping to trip him up.

[Cha]

34. That's so good to know!

I saw one other person on here say that.

I hope behind the scenes they’re telling GS that he got schooled by President Biden.

🕯️🕊️💙🌊🇺🇸

[Beck23]

6. Why is Biden even doing this?

I don't understand why Biden is even doing this debate. Stephanopoulos is doing a hit job.

[Traurigkeit]

49. Doing it due to he BEING President and proving so.

He is our present and future President

[agingdem]

7. Biden is doing fine...George is just plain annoying..

he's asking the same question over and over again hoping to get a GOTCHA quote that will run 24/7 on every cable channel...George must be very disappointed...

[Cha]

18. Good to see.. PreZ

Isn’t biting?

[wnylib]

36. Prez did well. Calm, thoughtful, laid back but confident.

Gave some good answers, like "I'm not going to answer that George" in response to a stupid hypothetical question about what if Dem leaders Pelosi, Jeffries, etc. sat down with Joe and asked him to drop out.

George asked that question in a very patronizing tone. This was after Biden already said that he's been in touch regularly with those leaders and has their support.

When George tried to claim that the majority of Dem voters want Biden to step down, Biden said, "You don't know what you're talking about, George." Then Biden brought up the grass roots donations and large rally crowds after the debate.

George had some talking heads on after it was over and they pushed a new theme, that Biden listens only to a small circle of yes people and doesn't know how voters "really" feel. That new theme sounded to me like it came right out of a Putin talking point memo, endorsed by Trump.

[Cha]

38. TY!! You did that So Well Done 🕊️🕯️💙🌊🇺🇸

George and the panelists of Gasbag Assholes.

Good on Biden!💙🌊🇺🇸

[GainesT1958]

8. To hell with Tim Ryan...

And ANY "Democrat" who has no real reason other than "age"...really!? What about The Donald's age!? An honest, decent, compassionate, successful old guy beats a lying, cheating, convicted felon of a confused old guy ANY day of the week!!

[markodochartaigh]

40. To anyone who says that President Biden mumbles occasionally.

Trump mumbles all the time, and when you can understand his words they often don't make any sense, and when they are actual words and do make sense, the meaning is abhorrent. That is when they aren't just random lies.

[AverageOldGuy]

9. The serious part of this farce is:

The President of the US is NEVER waked up at 2:00 AM and told he must make a decision within the next 2 minutes or the world will come to an end.

Before it gets to POTUS, it has been verified, double-checked, allies consulted, courses of action developed and war-gamed.

Interviews are unrealistic because they demand a full PhD dissertation in response, but it's this shit that gave rise to Trump because Clinton, Biden, Obama, and even Republicans need time to think about it, weight their answer, and consider the impact of their words. Trump, on the other hand, does not give a rat's ass about the results of what he says -- he responds instantly with memorized, made up lies and bullshit. And it's working . . . "the media" are comparing a serious leader to a piece of shit . . . and they are pulling for the piece of shit.

Trump has said one of his first actions will be to shut down the "liberal media". I don't know how he thinks he will do that, but, I'm betting the people at Project 2025 have it all worked out. Fuck 'em all -- CNN, Stephanapolous, NYT, WashPost . . . serve them right to be hanged on the National Mall.

[llmart]

11. I've always thought George was an egotistical prick.

Not much better than that guy Lauer who also was an egotistical prick. They're so full of themselves they don't care. I seem to recall George turned on President Clinton also and wasn't Clinton the one who gave him his start at a young age?

[Tumbulu]

12. What a jerk Stephanopolis is being!!!!!!

My advice to the Presidents team is to stop these negative interviews.

[dobleremolque]

55. Great advice, but ANY interview

the President gives will be negative. The pundits, reporters, network news "stars," have no interest in policy or factual discussion. They are pushing their own narrative to get the answers they want.

People of all stripes who say the President needs to "get out there" and push the real version of himself to overcome the negative residue of the debate performance need to ask themselves what the President's options are to "get out there."

President Biden can "get out there" by doing what he did in Madison, WI today or he can try to "get out there" by doing what he did in the studio with Stephanopoulos. One on one interview are ALWAYS going to dilute and hinder any any benefit of "out there."

I don't know what other choices the Biden campaign has to "get out there," but if I were a campaign advisor, I'd say do more Madisons and fewer studio interviews.

[Beck23]

13. Now I get it.

Stephanopoulos is part of the Clinton, James Carville crowd. That's the "third way' Clinton who signed NAFTA. Carville has been negative on Biden since at least last fall. I finally had to stop listening to his podcast. This makes me wonder if he asked George S. to do a hit on Biden.

You can think of 'third way' Democrats as Republican lite. I think Republican lite is the real reason Hillary lost in 2016. At least, that's my opinion. I know people who didn't vote for her because of that, not because of the emails.

So you can also think of Carville as Republican lite.

[PatSeg]

37. It would seem that the Clinton people have their

blinders on when it comes to other Democratic presidents.

We've seen the same with a lot of the Obama in-crowd. They may be willing to support other Democratic candidates over the years, but no one will ever compare to the president that they worked for. I believe the JFK people felt the same way when it came to LBJ. They belong to a VERY exclusive club.

As for Hillary, I think she would have done better without the influence of campaign advisers from Bill's era. She was a different kind of politician and I think a lot of her consultants served her poorly.

[Beck23]

41. But she supported the Iraq war

I'll never forget that clip of Hillary clapping adoringly as W Bush lied to Congress saying Iraq got yellow cake (Uranium) from Niger. That was the last straw for many people.

As a result, Joe Wilson went to Niger to investigate and found it was a lie. Then, as punishment, Dick Cheney's team outed Wilson"s wife, Valerie Plame, as a CIA agent ruining her career, and causing a few others to be killed.

[PatSeg]

44. Because of the Trump years,

it is easy to forget how truly awful the Bush administration was. What Cheney did to Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame was unconscionable. How easily such crap gets swept under the rug while so many lives were destroyed because of hubris and greed.

[BigmanPigman]

14. After 30 seconds I literally turned it off

That is my policy now. And I even alerted someone on DU which I have NEVER done before. I've had it with all of them and their right wing talking points.

I read comments on You Tube and I can't believe my eyes when every damn one says they are voting for Biden and this media BS is making them cancel subscriptions. Usually there is at least one troll but there were none(and I read over one hundred)! That holds true for most of the pro-Biden videos posted. I take this as a good sign. A lot are people who said that they usually don't get passionate about elections but this one is completely different and voters are going to vote Biden 2024. There is a lot of anger out there.

The greedy media really is blowing it. People are pissed off now more than ever.

[calimary]

22. I'm not gonna even give him that much.

Besides, we’re kinda stuck on “To Catch a Smuggler.”

[BigmanPigman]

23. Wise move on your part.

[Diraven]

45. You didn't miss much

Stephanopoulos just asked the same question 15 more times.

[ImNotGod]

15. corporate news celebs don't even beep on my radar screen, have no idea who this prick is but bottom line, quit listening

to corp news and Pres should stay as far away from these networks as possible. He is fine on his own.

[lefthandedskyhook]

16. George Steponallofus

He lost me when he came out swinging in favor of jr bush and the invasion of Iraq. He is a hack

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Stephanapolous is an ass. I meet him in the 90's when I lived in Georgetown.

He was an egomaniac then as he is now. He's never been anything more than a "personality" posing as a reporter.

[cpamomfromtexas]

21. Im with Biden too!

[Hieronymus Phact]

24. The only thing that matters

Is that he doesn't have any senior moments, that he reestablishes the perception that he's together enough for the job..
If hes combative and alert that's great. Mission accomplished.

[KS Toronado]

25. Stupidfuckidous was out to make Biden look bad

Anybody else have volume problems with their TV?

Normally my TV volume is at 20%, I couldn't hear Biden and had to go up to 50% to understand what Biden was
saying and then he sounded like he was in an echo chamber or something similar, just a little annoying.

Anybody else notice something off with the sound volume and quality?

[summer_in_TX]

39. There were sound problems right at the beginning.

I couldn't hear Biden's responses on the first couple. It was better after that. I thought it was unprofessional of the producers not to have Biden's levels set properly ahead of time.

[jmbar2]

26. They're swift boating Biden

The American media has collapsed as a bulwark of democracy.

[markodochartaigh]

42. The American media has collapsed as a bulwark of democracy

I think that William Randolph Hearst breached that rampart a century ago. By now our vaunted fourth estate bulwark is little more than a speedbump at best and a slippery slope normally.

[ChazII]

27. It is just starting now here in Arizona. n/t

[DoBW]

28. I'm solid with Biden

[markodochartaigh]

59. I'm On the go with Joe

[dchill]

31. Q: Who's your candidate? A: Joe Biden...

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

[wryter2000]

32. Biden's answers are fine

His voice my falter, but what he's saying is just fine.

George S. "So, you really fucked up, Mr. President."

"i had a bad night."

"But more and more Democrats feel you really fucked up. Are you willing to take a test to prove that your mind isn't totally fucked up?"

Biden lists many of the good things he's accomplished.

"Will that be enough to convince people to vote for you given how badly you fucked up?

[GenThePerservering]

53. What...is he trying to be 'relatable'

saying 'fucked up' over and over again? It doesn't work that way, GEORGE.

[wryter2000]

54. I put the fucked ups in there

Stephanopolous didn't say them. He might as well have

[GenThePerservering]

56. I finally got the transcript

and yeah, you're right. He may as well.

Stephanopolous sounded like a damn broken record - over and over and over and over.

Biden had the patience of a saint, but I had had the feeling that he was smirking a bit at Stephanopolous, but was being his polite, regular self.

[StarryNite]

33. I think George S should step down

He seemed to have been forgetting that he kept asking the same questions over and over.

[delisen]

35. Steph was kicked to the curb by Trump. He is scared of the bully.

Afraid to call out the bully he is trying to restore his honor by bullying the man of reason.

He is petrified Trump will win and have him arrested and tried in the military tribunals he is planning. Steph thinks dumping on President Biden will save him.

Write in to to ABC and tell them to fire his sorry ass.

[relayerbob]

43. He lost my respect years ago

This is why

[nowforever]

46. I would love to see

Lawrence O'Donnell interview President Biden. He has the political savvy to question Biden in a way that will allow Joe to shine. Please Biden team reach out to Lawrence.

[ancianita]

48. Absolutely. Lawrence O'Donnell should do an hour long prime time interview with President Biden.

He'd reveal Joe Biden to the nation as the superman he is.

[ancianita]

47. He's trying to give Pres Biden some patronizing five and dime counseling. He's being a soft spoken asshole.

[Diraven]

50. The worst question was when

Stephanopoulos said (paraphrasing), "I talked to a bunch of my friends and literally all of them want you to drop out, so will you drop out now?"

Like WTF was that? Was he really expecting Joe to say, "Well if your friends (who may or may not exist) all (no way that is true) want me to drop out then, yeah, you've convinced me, I should drop out now".

Was this some sort of sly way to imply the Clintons have decided Joe should go or something?

[LisaL]

51. I am surprised that George has friends.

But maybe they only exist in his imagination, who knows.

[NowsTheTime]

57. George asked not one question about Trump's performance! Well isn't that special?

[Biden4eva]

58. Stephanopoulos is a right wing P.O.S.!!!

[Mike Nelson]

62. Yikes!

... George really only had one topic. He would have learned a lot more about Biden's cognitive strengths if he'd moved on to focus on problems the country and the world are having right now.