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Act_of_Reparation

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84. A specious proposition, I feel.

Fri Mar 1, 2019, 04:48 PM

Mar 2019

What is a "passionately angry" response? What is the objectively appropriate response in a situation such as this?

I'm not sure these terms are useful, practically speaking. I'm not mad at Joe Biden. I'm not angry. I don't dislike Joe Biden. Joe Biden the person seems like a decent guy. But Joe Biden the politician made a boneheaded gaffe, and just because he's on my team doesn't mean he's beyond reproach. FWIW, Biden immediately realized he'd gaffed and apologized, which I think was the right move.

Also, this is Joe Biden we're talking about here. No matter how dear to us he might be, we can't deny that he's been a walking gaffe machine for the past twenty or so years at the very least. This isn't the first time his mouth has made trouble for him and I doubt it is going to be the last. Still, he's made it this far. I don't think we need to worry about people "attacking" him.

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Cynthia Nixon attacks Joe Biden for calling Mike Pence a "decent man" [View all] Yosemito Feb 2019 OP

Biden is no Obama. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #1

Didn't say he was Yosemito Feb 2019 #2

THIS is why we don't need Biden now. CharleyDog Feb 2019 #3

Ditto here lunatica Mar 2019 #37

HW Bush, not W. n/t namahage Feb 2019 #4

HW was anti-LGBT Yosemito Feb 2019 #5

Pence is "decent" on a superficial level radius777 Feb 2019 #6

Pence is never decent radical noodle Mar 2019 #44

Pence is not a decent guy. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2019 #7

Yes, very disappointed in Joe for saying that. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #86

A lot of pearl clutching because Joe Biden respects the dignity of the office in public. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #8

I couldn't agree more. Everything you said is right on. I am more and more convinced with so still_one Feb 2019 #9

+1 Docreed2003 Mar 2019 #57

+1 WheelWalker Mar 2019 #61

Exactly nt Raine Mar 2019 #85

The two of them have probably had a lot of interactions crazycatlady Feb 2019 #10

Depends. namahage Feb 2019 #16

I'm undecided as of now crazycatlady Feb 2019 #19

I have to agree with Cynthia on this one. comradebillyboy Feb 2019 #11

A lot of people have been hurt by Pence's anti-gay rhetoric ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #12

Cynthia Nixon would be better served directing her ire towards Pence. Devil Child Feb 2019 #13

YES, D C, but it appears to have worked, around here anyway. elleng Mar 2019 #28

Unfortunately so Devil Child Mar 2019 #39

Sure as hell does. elleng Mar 2019 #40

Context is important: Biden was referencing Pence introducing Trump at the Munich R B Garr Feb 2019 #14

so he's schmoozing with republicans (and others) at a republican-sponsored event bigtree Feb 2019 #18

Biden was at a foreign relations conference attacking a R B Garr Feb 2019 #20

it's absurd, all right. bigtree Feb 2019 #21

Uh huh. Good to see you are against GOP presidents R B Garr Feb 2019 #23

ooh, projection! bigtree Mar 2019 #24

You tried to put a phony context into something that R B Garr Mar 2019 #25

Some folks seem more interested in attacking Democrats than Republicans. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #34

Exactly, and now even attacking Democrats who are out R B Garr Mar 2019 #35

Cynthia Nixon was endorsed in that race by the so-called "Justice Democrats." CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #36

Thanks for confirming that. I thought I remembered that but R B Garr Mar 2019 #38

lol bigtree Mar 2019 #46

"Attack?" LOL. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #49

"fan of Kamala Harris" bigtree Mar 2019 #55

If Biden wants to campaign as a moderate he's going to get pushback bigtree Mar 2019 #47

You are really out on a limb here, lol. I can't keep up with R B Garr Mar 2019 #52

you mention Russia bigtree Mar 2019 #58

You aren't even making sense. R B Garr Mar 2019 #62

you still here? bigtree Mar 2019 #65

Biden was in a red state attacking a GOP president. R B Garr Mar 2019 #67

irrelevant to you bigtree Mar 2019 #69

You sound very mired yourself. R B Garr Mar 2019 #71

this is the weakness of this forum bigtree Mar 2019 #73

It wasn't a dodge. The purity standards are tiresome R B Garr Mar 2019 #74

it's just a cutsie insult bigtree Mar 2019 #75

The purity standards are well-known and frankly your R B Garr Mar 2019 #76

'bizarre' 'purity' bigtree Mar 2019 #78

LOL! Seriously? Look at how much you have written R B Garr Mar 2019 #79

something tells me you'll get over it bigtree Mar 2019 #80

More bizarre projections. R B Garr Mar 2019 #83

THANKS, R B. elleng Mar 2019 #29

And thank you for that, elleng. R B Garr Mar 2019 #30

Yes, I noticed that. elleng Mar 2019 #32

Biden v Pence in 2020 is a real possibility. What then Cynthia? oasis Feb 2019 #15

Pence is a typical Post-Nixon/Pre-Trump Republican. Dawson Leery Feb 2019 #17

Wow! Joe called Pence a decent guy!? workinclasszero Feb 2019 #22

Biden walks back praise for Pence following criticism Eugene Mar 2019 #26

Cynthia who? RandySF Mar 2019 #27

The New York actress candidate who badmouthed Cuomo R B Garr Mar 2019 #31

Exactly, Cynthia who... Devil Child Mar 2019 #41

Miranda on Sex and the City crazycatlady Mar 2019 #63

20 years ago Trenzalore Mar 2019 #33

So now asking someone to "please consider" something is an attack? Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #42

People on the left attacking Biden will help him gain more moderate support madville Mar 2019 #43

there are Democrats who feel they're under attack when they hear the former VP praising Pence bigtree Mar 2019 #48

It is all in your head. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #50

Someone named Nixon is attacking Joe Biden. ucrdem Mar 2019 #45

Is that all she said? That's not an attack. It's an appropriate comment Orangepeel Mar 2019 #51

I see that we're going to need the fainting couches tymorial Mar 2019 #53

This is leadership. We need to act with civility... zaj Mar 2019 #54

She did not "attack" him Evergreen Emerald Mar 2019 #56

Sure sounds like an attack to me. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #59

So disagreeing is now considered an attack? Evergreen Emerald Mar 2019 #60

Biden behaves as was once normal for gentlemen in politics, Hortensis Mar 2019 #64

Those days ended some forty fucking years ago. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #68

The "divided we fall" program? No. Hortensis Mar 2019 #70

lolwut Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #72

:) Discuss primary preferences and dislikes, but Hortensis Mar 2019 #81

A specious proposition, I feel. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #84

Joe is a good man and I would likely support him if he runs Gothmog Mar 2019 #66

Joe, Joe, Joe Faux pas Mar 2019 #77

Pence is not a player Miles Archer Mar 2019 #82