President Biden is giving his version of a Fireside Chat, his Thanksgiving Address, sans fireplace.

[George II]

What a difference!

[blitzen]

1. A tremendously good speech! n/t

[Danmel]

2. I have tears in my eyes

He such a kind and decent man.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. It's really relaxing to see and hear all that *normal*

after four years of rage and hate and lunacy and incompetence.

[George II]

8. Soothing.

[nolabear]

4. This is such a gift.

[handmade34]

5. it would be ok

with me if he was sitting in an easy chair with a cup of hot tea delivering the message....

[George II]

6. CNN's Brooke Baldwin just came on after the speech, started with a deep breath and "Wow!"

[jrthin]

7. Wow!!!!

[DeminPennswoods]

9. While listing, I wondered if this was

similar to my parents and grandparents listening to FDR's fireside chats.

[George II]

10. That's what I was thinking, too. Reassuring the country.

[DeminPennswoods]

11. One thing is that Biden's been through probably

the worst things with the death of his first wife, baby daughter, then his son. After that, it's probably easy to keep calm and carry on.

[Tanuki]

12. What a contrast to when RDOTUS45 (Racist Dunce) was asked, back in March

at a Covid Task Force presser, what message he would give to people at home who were scared.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/20/trump-coronavirus-question-attack-reporter-over-fears

..."Peter Alexander, White House correspondent at NBC News, asked the US president: “What do you say to Americans, who are watching you right now, who are scared?”

Erupting in anger, Trump unleashed a tirade: “I say that you’re a terrible reporter. That’s what I say. I think it’s a very nasty question and I think it’s a very bad signal that you’re putting out to the American people.”

The outburst came at Friday’s White House coronavirus taskforce briefing, at which Trump announced a restriction on non-essential travel across the US-Mexico border as well as stricter controls on undocumented migrants.

The president – who repeatedly downplayed the threat early in the global outbreak – has this week been hyping an anti-malarial drug, chloroquine, as a possible therapeutic treatment.

“It may work, it may not work,” he said on Friday. “I feel good about it. It’s just a feeling. I’m a smart guy … We have nothing to lose. You know the expression, ‘What the hell do you have to lose?’”...(more stupidity at link)