Joe Biden Proved Today

[MineralMan]

That he is the Anti-Trump. He can, and will, defeat Donald J. Trump in 2020. He is the antidote to the poison Trump has been feeding this country.

[Demsrule86]

1. Yes he is...exactly. K&R

[TheRealNorth]

2. Not 100% sold today, but it was a great speech.

I need to a little more of this type of thoughtfulness "off the cuff" or when he doesn't have time to prepare.

[LakeArenal]

3. Go Joe!!!

[Thekaspervote]

4. He hit it out of the ball park!!

[bigtree]

5. so you're back

...sweating Joe for the win.

It was a great speech.

[R B Garr]

20. "so you're back". Interesting comment, all things considered.

But I don’t see anyone “sweating”, although there is certainly nothing wrong with showing support and confidence in Joe Biden. I guess we’re all “sweating” for the Democrats to knock Trump off.

[MineralMan]

22. I never left. I'm just posting fewer OPs in this forum.

Biden's remarks yesterday, however, deserved notice, so I posted.

Does that present a problem for you? It must, since you mentioned it. Why?

[bigtree]

29. I can't remember, but I thought you bowed out of this forum in your last post I read

...just a little friendly poke at that, is all (despite some ruffled feathers on a supporter on this thread).

Hard to stay away long from GDP.

[MineralMan]

31. No, I said I would be posting fewer OPs in this forum.

I didn't say I was leaving it. In fact, I have posted replies in many threads since then. I am not posting many OPs, though, at this time. You might want to go back and read what I wrote again.

Or not. It doesn't really matter.

[bigtree]

32. it doesn't really matter

...sorry to disturb you.

[R B Garr]

37. Projection...? Please point out the "ruffled feathers".

I didn’t see the “sweating” either, though. I see a nice positive OP about a good Democrat.

[oasis]

6. Joe is equal to the task. nt

[dlk]

7. Biden Gave a Fine Speech-Thought His Campaign Sign Was Crass

Given the amount of bloodshed, I thought a campaign poster was inappropriate.

[redstateblues]

8. The sign that said Biden for President?

So far you are all alone on that one. Biden for President

[dlk]

9. Perhaps. There is a Time and Place for Campaigning

This was neither the time nor the place, in my opinion.

[GulfCoast66]

11. At a campaign speech? In Iowa?

But if that’s your take-away, I’m good.

It was a hell of a speech. Best I have seen since Obama. But I’m biased!

[MineralMan]

33. It was a campaign appearance. In Iowa.

What do you mean by "not the time or place?"

[Demsrule86]

13. Ok then...

[Siwsan]

27. It is my understanding that it was originally slated to be a campaign event

Joe took his appearance in another, much needed direction.

[DemocracyMouse]

10. It was a solid speech. Much needed antidote to the man with a forked tongue.

Looking forward to all the Democratic candidates formulating a response to Trump's craven immorality.

[FakeNoose]

12. He's got it all, and some to spare

[onetexan]

28. Love this silent back &forth between them

[Sugarcoated]

14. He's pitch perfect

[Wawannabe]

15. Yes

Wish it could have been 2016 tho.
Damnit

Anyway. Going to throw my support to Biden tonight.

Undecided. To Biden. Woot. He IS back!

[gtar100]

16. All our top candidates are very good at putting tRump in his place.

Biden's speech today, though, really hit hard and he minced no words. Very encouraging, something I think we all needed to hear. I hope tRump has nightmares about it tonight.

[Hekate]

17. I am more glad than ever that Joe is in this race. We need him showing how it is done.

[Gothmog]

18. Biden makes the best case against trump

Link to tweet

[MineralMan]

23. That was a very good editorial!

[Maru Kitteh]

19. He was BRILLIANT; outstanding today.

Ready for the fight, and IMO uniquely capable to the task of bringing that fight to Orange Manson whilst also providing a salve to the wounds we've suffered since he came rolling down that escalator.

[R B Garr]

21. Yes! He was that good.

You nailed it.

[peggysue2]

24. There's been pretty much universal approval & accolades . . .

Of and for Biden's speech yesterday, even from people who are not thrilled with his candidacy. I think it's because he's the first to nail a strong message and send it directly to the voters--this is a battle for the soul of the country, this is a battle for democracy and decency. This is the moment we define ourselves not merely as Democrats but as Americans.

There was a lot of controversy when Joe Biden first announced this message, criticism that he was acting too much like a nominee rather than candidate. However, in light of last weekend's bloody events and the GOP/Trump response, the message about who we are is amplified through circumstance and grief.

Why?

Because it's the right message. It was on the nose when Biden first uttered it and there's no doubt that it is the exactly right message now.

This is how we win!

[USALiberal]

25. You determined that based on one speech?

[MineralMan]

26. Why, yes, I did.

I saw a number of people speak yesterday, including other Democratic candidates. Biden's speech was the most memorable.

[pwb]

30. This guy is accusing everybody today.

Ignore him mm.

[Gothmog]

36. Here are some fun polling results

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

35. Biden-trump can barely bring himself to use the words 'white supremacy

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

38. One of the greatest speeched that Biden has given was this one on grief to sme military families

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

34. Joe Biden reminded all of us of what a presidential president would sound like

Link to tweet

In a fiery and blunt speech slamming the tenor, tone and words of President Trump as the nation reels from white nationalist domestic terrorism, former vice president Joe Biden reminded all of us of what a presidential president sounds like. His words were stirring. His delivery was passionate. And they were befitting a man who kicked off his campaign with a video decrying Trump’s shameful response to Charlottesville....

Sure, some of that authority has to do with Biden having served side-by-side with the still-popular former president Barack Obama. His voice providing comfort for those of us who long for the days when a grown-up was president of the United States, acted accordingly and wielded the bully pulpit of the Oval Office with moral authority. Instead, in Trump, we have a bully with a pulpit and no moral compass.

“Days before the mid-terms,” Biden said of Trump, “he fomented fears of a caravan heading to the United States, creating hysteria. saying ‘look at what is marching up, that is an invasion…An invasion’.” The Democratic front-runner continued through a litany of examples of Trump hurling red meat to his supporters. “At a rally in Florida, when he asked a crowd, ‘How do we stop these people?,’ meaning immigrants, and someone yelled back, ‘Shoot them.’ He smiled,” Biden recounted. And then Biden drew a straight line from Trump’s embrace of white supremacy to the hate-inspired violence we’ve endured.....

Biden wasn’t blind to the shortcomings of our nation and the men who formed it. He talked about them. But he demonstrated that the vision of America was perpetuated by Democratic and Republican presidents alike throughout its history. Ending his speech, Biden slipped off his prepared remarks in an emphatic way. “This is the United States of America! Period! May God protect our troops,” Biden said pounding the podium, ending a speech that everyone knows he believes in his bones.