One thing I usually prefer not to do is to risk politically dividing communities that I happen to belong to.
However, Joe Biden has done precisely what I hoped he would do. He has restored a sense of legitimacy and dignity to the office of the United States presidency, and he has pulled us back from the brink of an internecine conflict that would have torn us asunder.
There are other Democrats I would have seen in his place, but that is a compliment to them, not any slur against Biden himself.
@Sigma
> ''My name is Joe Biden. I'm Dr. Jill Biden's husband,'' the president began, addressing a gathering of women-owned businesses. ''And I eat Jeni's ice cream — chocolate chip. I came down because I heard there was chocolate chip ice cream. By the way, I have a whole refrigerator full upstairs..You think I'm kidding? I'm not,''
Joe Biden's reaction to a mass shooting by a trans gendered person.
If this person is who you imagine when you talk about a dignified president, then I also understand why you think you are a woman.
It's actually a normal part of populism. Populism is focused with connecting with voters on unifying aspects of their lives, which are usually the simple things in life. Enjoying ice cream might have little to do with running a country, but it does have a lot to do with showing that the person that runs the country is aware of what gives happiness to average, working-class moms and dads. It is deliberately simple.
I do not favor the approach, but the execution is not wanting.
Then again, you should see our own prime ministers speaking. Check this out for a laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IE-80ohawU
When talking to a group of female entrepreneurs, ice cream was a relevant subject.
Wailing over yet another mass shooting does not help a hardworking businesswoman get her small business off the ground.
I have not owned a television in years.
But the stuff on women entrepreneurship was right there in that bit that was posted. It wasn't something I had to research. I just had to read. Most likely, the speech had already been scheduled months in advance.
Therefore, ice cream was actually relevant to the occasion.
I want to note that I got rear-ended earlier this week, and Biden didn't even mention it, much less drop everything he was doing to start a crusade over it.
Luke, let's be clear.
You posted to me a news blurb where it said, in the very snippet you posted, that Biden was addressing a gathering of women-owned businesses. He was talking about one of the products sold by such a business.
It was obvious that the speech was both relevant to the occasion and consistent with Biden's avuncular style of speechmaking.
All you did was prove that Biden is the same politician now that he has been for half a century.
@LukeAlmighty @corfiot You should have read before you pasted, Luke. Again, your own evidence portrays Biden both making perfectly appropriate remarks for the event he was scheduled to speak at and staying perfectly consistent with the avuncular style he has cultivated for half a century.
In this video, he actually talks about the shooting.
@LukeAlmighty
*snorts*
That is hilarious.
So now you think I am to blame when some crazy person rear-ends me while on the run from the cops.
I want to note again that Joe Biden did not drop everything on his schedule to come to the scene! I noticed a distinct absence of him at the scene because he could not be bothered to have himself airlifted there to be there in person.
Why, oh, why, does the President not rearrange his entire schedule over every single car accident? WHY????