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In reply to the discussion: NY Times Very Mad Joe Biden Is Not A Fucking Idiot Like Trump [View all]stopdiggin
(15,614 posts)19. Here's the real headline
Beneath Joe Bidens Folksy Demeanor, a Short Fuse and an Obsession With Details
As Mr. Biden settles into the office he has chased for more than three decades, aides say he demands hours of debate from scores of policy experts.
As Mr. Biden settles into the office he has chased for more than three decades, aides say he demands hours of debate from scores of policy experts.
- snip - He never erupts into fits of rage the way President Donald J. Trump did. And the current president rarely exhibits the smoldering anger or sense of deep disappointment that advisers to Mr. Obama became familiar with.
- snip - But several people familiar with the presidents decision-making style said Mr. Biden was quick to cut off conversations. Three people who work closely with him said he even occasionally hangs up the phone on someone who he thinks is wasting his time. Most described Mr. Biden as having little patience for advisers who cannot field his many questions.
- snip - But several people familiar with the presidents decision-making style said Mr. Biden was quick to cut off conversations. Three people who work closely with him said he even occasionally hangs up the phone on someone who he thinks is wasting his time. Most described Mr. Biden as having little patience for advisers who cannot field his many questions.
It's a real 'hit piece' I tell ya'!!!!!
But you'll of course want to go to twitter feed to better understand what the newspaper was really saying.
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I'm pretty certain that the ninja level drama queen definition of "snap" applies here.
Progressive Jones
May 2021
#7
Again about this article! I really wish Twittershitters and other commentators would actually...
TreasonousBastard
May 2021
#10
My point is simply that it was a "slice of life in the White House" article and does not...
TreasonousBastard
May 2021
#17
Basically agree. Ironic, too, when material like "oliverwillis" is used to complain
Hortensis
May 2021
#43
Basically agree. Ironic, too, when material like "oliverwillis" is used to complain
Hortensis
May 2021
#44
I read it and didn't get that impression at all-- after four years of idiocy, we have a president...
TreasonousBastard
May 2021
#15
Here are just a few examples of what seems to me to be almost in the category of
Ocelot II
May 2021
#22
Close, but I really think no cigar. I do not think any of that goes to the extent of "trashing"...
TreasonousBastard
May 2021
#27
Well, you know, the christofasicsts always go with self-centered gut decisions...it's how they roll.
Thomas Hurt
May 2021
#11
missing the dog & pony show of the " soon to be in the can for life former guy "!
monkeyman1
May 2021
#33