"Joe Biden called a voter a 'lying, dog-faced pony soldier'. His time is up"

[bloom]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/11/joe-biden-called-voter-lying-dog-faced-pony-soldier


He probably thought it was funny. It's not.

[cherryinpa]

1. Old news

Old news, he already apologized for this and the student didn't find it offensive, not a big deal.

[Bettie]

3. It is still bizarre

just strange.

I understand it though, because everyone, at some point, says something that sounded OK in their head, but totally different once it was out.

This particular phrase isn't one I've ever heard.

[tblue37]

13. In an interview quoted in the linked article she says she was offended and

felt humiliated.

[fallout87]

15. Wrong

The student was upset by it, and couldnt understand why he called her that. Stop minimizing Joe's bad decision.

[cherryinpa]

16. OK

I'm not saying it was a good thing to say, but I wouldn't call it a bad decision, he didn't "decide" to insult her ... it was just a "faux pas", looking back on it I suspect he wishes he hadn't said it. The older you get the more prone you are to that sort of linguistic fumble. Its minor stuff.

[LexVegas]

2. Cancel Joe Biden!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

4. OP is a judgment on one gaffe, which was

really a kind of inside joke that went very foul. He should have explained it better, in the moment. What concerns me is the tone deaf aspect of it. Biden goes off message a bit, always did.

[emmaverybo]

12. Movie allusion, but given all the take-offs on Westerns since the days

of Gaby Hays and John Wayne, this should have easily been seen as a “line,” not delivered with intent to humiliate.

Plant laughed, audience laughed, early news stories reported “Biden said jokingly,” but in typical Biden-bashing fashion, MSM transformed a laugh line into evidence of Joe’s misogyny, bizarre conduct, aggressive hostility on the trail.

Another swift-boating tactic—turn a strength into its opposite. If Joe has AA support, paint him as a racist, if Joe has terrific rapport with audiences, cast him as a shock-jock. If Joe jokes, make his humor into a recondite reference only convalescent home audiences would get.

Of course the plant suffered retroactive trauma.

But, but he has no filter, Gen X,Y, or Z don’t watch Westerns, Biden has no sense of humor because dementia, he’s REALLY slipping etc.

[George II]

5. Are you seriously bringing this up AGAIN?

[jmg257]

6. This again? Not too funny but some thought so. Ah well...

next time he'll have a better line.

[showblue22]

7. Every time I hear it. I laugh my ass off.

"Lying dog face pony soldier. " said to a Bernie plant. Lol. I know I'm bad but I can't stop my self.

[bloom]

8. This article is from yesterday - evening, it looks like to me.

I spend more time reading the news than I do on DU.

[The Wizard]

9. Funny how Trump makes comments

far more offensive and the knickers in a wad crowd shrugs their shoulders, but a Democrat makes a goofy comment and they're looking for the blindfold and cigarette.

[Celerity]

10. this has been already beaten into the ground nt

[treestar]

11. How come these trolls don't show up

at other candidates' meetings?

We don't have a good take on how badly the others would handle these things.

[Baclava]

14. Should have saved the line for NV, there might be one 21y/o who still watches 1950s Westerns!

Sorry, the outrage already flowed over in the other 20 threads about this

[RGTIndy]

17. Well that's just like, you know, your opinion, man.

As long as we are quoting old movies.