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lapfog_1

(32,057 posts) Thu Jan 26, 2023, 03:50 PM Jan 2023

quit saying "not a joke" [View all]

it is one of Biden's only speaking flaws...

I love the guy, I have for a long time... but this really gets on my nerves.

If he is running again, I want him to work with a communication coach to eliminate this sort of "throw away" side comment in his speaking engagements.

Unless he is really telling a joke and follows it with a fact.

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quit saying "not a joke" [View all] lapfog_1 Jan 2023 OP

Everybody has a few verbal tics but I've never even noticed that one. Ocelot II Jan 2023 #1

Don't see how you couldn't have noticed. mobeau69 Jan 2023 #4

Sorry, but it didn't make enough of an impression to bother me. Ocelot II Jan 2023 #5

I'm inthewind21 Jan 2023 #2

Biden was 100%, absolutely, no doubt newdayneeded Jan 2023 #3

I'm not, especially if it's DeSantis. Ever heard that guy speak? Ocelot II Jan 2023 #6

Potatoes are versatile. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2023 #12

Maybe it's a coping mechanism he uses to deal with his stutter. NT Gruenemann Jan 2023 #7

Yes I was thinking the same. Some repetitive security blanket words. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #9

this is my thought too. IcyPeas Jan 2023 #10

I think he really uses three phrases that are all similar. rsdsharp Jan 2023 #8

You forgot C'mon man Polybius Jan 2023 #20

It's better then "No malarkey" Generic Brad Jan 2023 #11

I love no malarkey... Demsrule86 Jan 2023 #16

And you're young too, and somehow still know that word Polybius Jan 2023 #19

I think it's just part of who Biden is. BlueLucy Jan 2023 #13

I feel like Joe Biden is "one of us" GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #14

No, I love the fact that Biden speaks honestly and says what he means. Demsrule86 Jan 2023 #15

It Is Distracting DET Jan 2023 #17

That and the whispering Raine Jan 2023 #18