Joe Biden's Washington Post editorial

[Gothmog]

Link to tweet

[mucifer]

1. Link to the article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-trump-wont-destroy-me-and-he-wont-destroy-my-family/2019/10/05/9544b9a4-e7cc-11e9-a6e8-8759c5c7f608_story.html

[OldRed2450]

2. I was undecided between Warren and Biden

I now choose Biden. We're going to need someone ready on day one, with a good reputation with our allies and national security experience after all this mess.

[Cha]

4. Mahalo, OldRed!

[OldRed2450]

22. Thank you.

[Thekaspervote]

8. Yes!! Welcome

[Lock him up.]

18. Warren will be a great VP (I hope for a BW ticket!) nt

[OldRed2450]

20. I'm hoping for Stacy Abrams.

It was hard to chose. Democrats have a lot of great people.

[Lock him up.]

25. Agreed.

Stacy would be a great choice too!

[OnDoutside]

26. My gut feeling is that if it's Biden, it will be Abrams as VP.

[Cha]

3. And, the monster Won't Destroy Democracy!

Thank you, Joe Biden!

Mahalo, Goth!

[ritapria]

5. Biden needs to get really tough on Trump

He should be just as mean to Trump as Trump has been to him ..People love a fighter ….He could turn this situation around to his advantage …..Don't worry about being seen " dignified" and " presidential" ..Trump is trying to destroy his family- for God's sake...

[Thekaspervote]

9. Ya know... I agree! Enough is enough

[oswaldactedalone]

13. Yes

kick ass and take names, Joe!! We’re behind you.

[phleshdef]

34. Fighting is fine. But Joe has to stay authentic and true to himself. Those qualities are why....

....a lot of people like him to begin with. He isn't always the greatest communicator. But his humility and humanity are what have gotten him as far as he has gotten. If he tries to be someone he isn't in order to combat Trump, then he loses his biggest assets.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. A very good piece.

He needs to come back hard, and relentlessly. He probably should have started sooner but he can make up for those few lost days by never letting up on Trump for the rest of the campaign.

[emmaverybo]

7. Biden gets to the core of the existential threat to democracy, to the world, that the Trump

presidency and his inept and corrupt cohort present. If nothing else, this opinion essay should
convince any sensible person who subscribes to democratic ideals and ethics that Trump must be removed first and foremost.

But time and again, as I see it, Biden has articulated exactly how dangerous Trump
is and why. Biden has in his grasp a thorough knowledge of governing, of America’s role and responsibility in the world, and of our most pressing issues here and around the world. He sees the big picture. He sees our history and our future with and without Trump.

Thanks for posting the link. This piece is a profound and yet completely comprehensible view of what’s at stake in 2020.

[Thekaspervote]

11. You really nailed it! Thank you Emma

Go Joe go we’ got your back!

[Gothmog]

10. Joe Biden: Trump won't destroy me, and he won't destroy my family

Joe is amazing in this editorial https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-trump-wont-destroy-me-and-he-wont-destroy-my-family/2019/10/05/9544b9a4-e7cc-11e9-a6e8-8759c5c7f608_story.html

Enough is enough. Every day — every few hours, seemingly — more evidence is uncovered revealing that President Trump is abusing the power of the presidency and is wholly unfit to be president. He is using the highest office in the land to advance his personal political interests instead of the national interest.

The president’s most recent violation of the rule of law — openly calling for China to interfere in our elections, as he stood on the South Lawn of the White House — is so outrageous, it’s clear he considers the presidency a free pass to do whatever he wants, with no accountability....

It is easy to be distracted by Trump’s daily outrages — to become obsessed with them or numb to them, or to normalize behavior that Americans would not have tolerated in any of the previous presidents in the nation’s history. Not me. While the House does its job on impeachment, I’m going to stay focused on what matters: remaking education so every child in the country is equipped to succeed in the 21st century; getting weapons of war off the streets and ending the epidemic of gun violence; building on Obamacare so that every American has access to quality, affordable health care; taking on the climate emergency imperiling the planet; and much more. I’m going to fight to ensure that the United States is once again the leader of the free world; a champion of democracy; and the bulwark of a stable, peaceful international order.

And to Trump and those who facilitate his abuses of power, and all the special interests funding his attacks against me: Please know that I’m not going anywhere. You won’t destroy me, and you won’t destroy my family. And come November 2020, I intend to beat you like a drum.

[Thekaspervote]

12. This! .. strong words well spoken by a statesman and public servant.. dotard isn't fit to polish

this man’s boots let alone walk in them

[emmaverybo]

14. Oh so true. You said it, Thekaspervote , and said it so well!

[Gothmog]

44. New ad-In Here

Link to tweet

[Duppers]

15. 👏 👍

[peggysue2]

16. Whoosh!

Biden nails Trump, calls him out for the opportunist he's always been and clearly identifies the damage he's done to the country:

It all comes down to the abuse of power. That is the defining characteristic of the Trump presidency.

We now know he has abused the foreign policy of the United States in an attempt to extract political favors from multiple countries. He has directly asked three foreign governments to interfere in U.S. elections, including Russia, one of our greatest adversaries, and China, our closest competitor. He has corrupted the agencies of his administration — including the State Department, the National Security Council staff, the Justice Department and the office of the vice president — to do his personal political bidding. We also know that the people around him in the White House recognized just how profoundly wrong it was and worked overtime to cover up Trump’s abuses.

Joe takes him on directly while recommitting to the important issues facing us: climate change, gun legislation, healthcare, etc. But here is the money quote for me, something that ties directly into Biden's background and made-for-the-moment qualifications:

I’m going to fight to ensure that the United States is once again the leader of the free world; a champion of democracy; and the bulwark of a stable, peaceful international order.

The idea that Trump made a promise to China not to comment on the Hong-Kong protests because of his lousy trade deal and tariff fight should be abhorrent to Americans. We're standing with tyrants instead of people pushing for democratic reforms. That is the legacy of the Trump Administration. Shameful and unAmerican in too many ways to count.

Good one on Joe!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-trump-wont-destroy-me-and-he-wont-destroy-my-family/2019/10/05/9544b9a4-e7cc-11e9-a6e8-8759c5c7f608_story.html

[emmaverybo]

23. Excellent commentary. You summarize the piece beautifully and show how what Biden says about

restoring our role in the world reflects his unique qualifications/background and his fit for the times we are in, perilous times, I will add.

[peggysue2]

24. Thanks, emmaverybo

You did a heck of a job yourself!

[onetexan]

27. Joe is the leader we need to restore America to true greatness

Not the fascist facade the dumpster puts up.

[GulfCoast66]

17. The best thing about this excellent piece?

And I think by design.

Tomorrow trump will double down on the crazy.

He’s lost the narrative and is desperate to get it back. But we are finally driving the agenda.

[herding cats]

19. I know this is the least important takeaway but...

At the very end I happy laughed to see Joe was sticking with the "beat you like a drum" message. It ticked trump off and was a perfect ending. A little more salt for the verbal wound on Trump.

[Cha]

42. I'm happy to see your

take on this.. some Dem on twitter was whining about Biden saying that.

[herding cats]

43. I don't see why anyone in the Democratic Party would whine about something that ticks off Trump!

People can be so weird sometimes.

[Cha]

45. It's too

violent or something.

[herding cats]

47. Omg! You gotta be kidding me?!

That can't be serious, right? Because that's so freaking funny I literally just belly laughed! 🤣🤣

[Cha]

49. Now you're making

me laugh Stop!

Anything to get a dig in on Biden.

[herding cats]

50. Yeah, that's out there.

It sounds so like propaganda I had to laugh.

Talk to me privately. I slay Russian trolls as a hobby on Twitter. If I can link them up, I gladly take them down

[herding cats]

48. Ok, whomever may be saying that you should just ignore.

That's batshit crazy territory and they can't be legit. That's gotta be a Russian mole. Don't take them seriously and twitter me. I'll look into it.

[Cha]

51. It wasn't a russian

mole.. they have many followers and can be quite right on many subjects but they're obviously not perfect. I've called him out a bit on his anti-Biden tweets.

[herding cats]

53. Doesn't mean they're not carrying water inadvertently.

I see it all the time, when objectivists overlap people sometimes follow a narrative that they shouldn't because it fulfills their narrative. It doesn't make them right, but they like linking up with people they think agree with them and get lost.

PM me.

[mfcorey1]

21. K&R

[highplainsdem]

28. Great message from Biden! Thanks, Gothmog! K&R!

[brer cat]

29. Very well done.

K&R

[mcar]

30. It's a very good piece

[Hortensis]

31. "I have known former Vice President Biden for 24 years, and the suggestion

that he would be influenced in his duties as vice president by money for his son simply has no credibility to me. I know him as a man of integrity and dedication to our country,” Volker testifying to congress.

This is one of many similar statements from people in and out of government, including among the media, who've known and examined Biden for years, even decades. This IS his reputation.

[Scurrilous]

32. ...

[hughee99]

33. Is it common for candidates to write op-Ed's in major newspapers?

I don’t recall seeing this before, but admittedly, if it was common, I’m not sure I would have noticed.

[wellst0nev0ter]

35. Ctrl-F "impeach him" Results: 0

Why am I not surprised?

[Kingofalldems]

36. Kick and rec.

[Peacetrain]

37. K&R Can it be any clearer

For those dunderheads who keep saying VP Biden is not responding.. noooo...they are not listening or reading or have another agenda all together.. ahem!!

[Gothmog]

38. Biden's polling numbers are very stable

Link to tweet

[oasis]

39. K and R

[Gothmog]

40. @JoeBiden camp punches back to Trump tweets:

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

41. Abuse of power is the defining characteristic of the Trump presidency.

Link to tweet

[BlueMississippi]

46. k&r nt

[oasis]

52. We have your back Joe, do it your way.

[Cha]

54. Thank you, Joe Biden!

[Gothmog]

55. 'There's nothing discernible to show Biden's been punched in the nose'

Link to tweet

Joe Biden has been under sustained assault from President Trump for more than two weeks.

But there’s little evidence that Biden has been significantly bloodied, according to a raft of new polls.
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In more than a dozen state and national Democratic primary polls since Trump launched his near-daily fusillade of attacks accusing Biden and his son, Hunter, of corrupt business dealings in Ukraine, Biden’s standing has remained largely static.

“There’s nothing discernable to show Biden’s been punched in the nose over Ukraine,” said Tim Malloy, pollster with Quinnipiac University, which released a survey Tuesday showing Biden has lost no support from Democratic voters since its last poll released Sept. 25.

[Gothmog]

56. Facebook takedowns show new Russian activity targeted Biden, praised Trump

Putin and Russia are also worried about Joe Biden

Link to tweet

Facebook on Monday said it removed a network of Russian-backed accounts that posed as locals weighing in on political issues in swing states, praising President Trump and attacking former Vice President Joe Biden, illustrating that the familiar threat of Russian interference looms over the next U.S. presidential race.

Facebook said the network bears the hallmark of the same Kremlin-backed group that interfered in the 2016 election by sowing social discord, boosting Trump and attacking Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. The new disinformation campaign appears to follow the same playbook.

This time, a coordinated group of Russian accounts that appears to show some links to the Internet Research Agency took largely to Facebook’s photo-sharing app, Instagram, to post content this year about U.S. politics and memes targeting Democratic presidential contenders.

The operation demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of the schisms within the Democratic Party as it labors to choose a nominee to face Trump next November. One Russian account, which portrayed itself as as a black voter in Michigan, used the #blacklivesmatter hashtag to hammer Biden for his gaffes about racial issues. Some of the accounts boosted one of his left-wing rivals, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

[Tarheel_Dem]

57. K&R