President Kamala Harris before the end of the year?

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Saga Lout wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:55 pm
Rockburner wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:36 pm Fuck me, let's hope none of us ever mispeak, Saga Lout will have us up against the wall in a second. :hmmm:
He's supposed to be the leader of the free world and he's got dementia and nobody seems to care.
His financial acumen is beyond reproach; he got a 60% discount on Boris' bike.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57453840
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:01 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:55 pm
Rockburner wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:36 pm Fuck me, let's hope none of us ever mispeak, Saga Lout will have us up against the wall in a second. :hmmm:
He's supposed to be the leader of the free world and he's got dementia and nobody seems to care.
I don't remember you ever making similar posts about the significantly more gaffe prone Trump. Could there be a tiny bit of partisanship here? :D
That.

Jeez, Donald couldn't even close a fucking brolly and and shambled up the steps to Airforce 1 trailing bogroll like a demented Andrex Puppy. It would be faster to say the things he did right than to go through his gaffs. He made Reagan look like the consummate statesman.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:01 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:55 pm
Rockburner wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:36 pm Fuck me, let's hope none of us ever mispeak, Saga Lout will have us up against the wall in a second. :hmmm:
He's supposed to be the leader of the free world and he's got dementia and nobody seems to care.
I don't remember you ever making similar posts about the significantly more gaffe prone Trump. Could there be a tiny bit of partisanship here? :D
You don't remember me asking how come in a nation of 330 million people, the two best candidates for the top job were Donald and Hillary?

Well, it was a long time ago, I suppose. Maybe your memory is going.

Anyway, why has this degenerated into a bout of whataboutism?
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Saga Lout wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:35 pm Anyway, why has this degenerated into a bout of whataboutism?
Because you said....
Saga Lout wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:55 pm He's supposed to be the leader of the free world and he's got dementia and nobody seems to care.
My supposition is that you only dislike Biden because he's not Trump. I don't think you care if he's demented either, you're just looking for a reason to criticise him. I don't recall you being particularly critical of Trump, quite the opposite in many instances, so I can only assume you have no problem with demented old men but rather a problem with Biden.

I could be senile though :D
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Saga Lout wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:55 pm
Rockburner wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 4:36 pm Fuck me, let's hope none of us ever mispeak, Saga Lout will have us up against the wall in a second. :hmmm:
He's supposed to be the leader of the free world and he's got dementia and nobody seems to care.

Yes, Reagan was a bit confused towards the end, but he had all his marbles when he got the job.
And Trump was any better?
Sorry, a slip of the tongue does not dementia equal.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:56 pm
JackyJoll wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:56 pm It is confusing. They used to be the RFC.
And the RFA float around in big grey boats that look military.

Of course no British politician would ever become confused over US military TLAs.
I’m lost now. What is this about?
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Rockburner wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:08 pm And Trump was any better?
And what about... and what about... and what about... :roll:
Rockburner wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:08 pmSorry, a slip of the tongue does not dementia equal.
If you think that was the first time you haven't been paying attention. His tongue "slips" just about every time he opens his mouth.
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Blame the voters, if you think Biden shouldn’t be president.
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Thank fuck the DM decided they needed to point out the "outdoor swimming pool". I had no idea what that huge blue puddle looking thing was...

Are the UK media reporting on Bidens daily blunders, or just this one?

Against my better judgment I read the DM article.. which actually appears to mostly be a advert for the castle/hotel :wtf:
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Saga Lout wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:26 pm
Rockburner wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:08 pm And Trump was any better?
And what about... and what about... and what about... :roll:
Rockburner wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:08 pmSorry, a slip of the tongue does not dementia equal.
If you think that was the first time you haven't been paying attention. His tongue "slips" just about every time he opens his mouth.
On US media pages on FB all you have to post is "Trump" without saying anything else at all & the entire thread descends into an anti-Trump rant by the TDS crowd. It's hilarious.
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I transposed a couple of numbers yesterday while I was writing them down. Better get myself off to the dementia clinic.
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Antagonism was the basis of Trumps success. :D
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Potter wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:03 am When I do lectures or interviews off the cuff I rarely make mistakes, but if I do filmed things where I read from a prompter or from a memorised lecture/speech I make lots of mistakes. It's a proper skill that takes a lot of practise, blockbuster movie stars make it look easy but they're literally one in a million who can perform at that level in front of a camera. Reading off a prompter is hard if you want to make it look like you aren't doing that.

I can live with Biden making a few gaffs and I really don't think he's that bad, you'd have to work hard to hate him. Trump was a different kettle of fish because it was what he represented (power and money) that bought out the butthurt, crying and resent, but Biden seems to fly in between all that - he's a rich white powerful man, but he doesn't flaunt it like Trump and he comes from quite a different place.

Trump was antagonistic, Biden is a better politician.
I agree with most of that but I don't think the 'hate' surrounding trump was driven by jealousy. That's too easy, in the same way that it's too easy for folk to say "you hate Diane Abbott because you're a big rassist". It's primarily driven by incompetence in the position, nobody wants someone in a position of power where it's so obvious you yourself could do it way better.

Personally I'd rather slit my throat than swap places with any of them. Power and money looks like it sucks.
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Potter wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:03 am When I do lectures or interviews off the cuff I rarely make mistakes, but if I do filmed things where I read from a prompter or from a memorised lecture/speech I make lots of mistakes. It's a proper skill that takes a lot of practise, blockbuster movie stars make it look easy but they're literally one in a million who can perform at that level in front of a camera. Reading off a prompter is hard if you want to make it look like you aren't doing that.
Teleprompters were invented about 70 years ago.
Wikipedia wrote:On January 4, 1954,[8] Dwight Eisenhower was the first President to use a teleprompter for a State of the Union address
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprompter#History

Biden has been in Congress since Pontius was a (RFA* [sic]) pilot, he's had plenty of time to learn.


* Roman Air Force? ;)
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Or maybe Biden's no good at teleprompters 'cause he historically wrote and delivered his speeches himself...now there's a thought.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:17 am Or maybe Biden's no good at teleprompters 'cause he historically wrote and delivered his speeches himself...
And now he's incapable of doing that so he has to rely on script writers.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:17 amnow there's a thought.
Yeah.
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I wonder how many people here could read from a teleprompter.

I couldn't. I have to really think to read children's stories to baby D, even though I love reading in general. I think its cause I read much faster than I can talk, so I have to make a conscious effort to slow down.

Am I senile and incapable?
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 3:39 pm I wonder how many people here could read from a teleprompter.

I couldn't. I have to really think to read children's stories to baby D, even though I love reading in general. I think its cause I read much faster than I can talk, so I have to make a conscious effort to slow down.

Am I senile and incapable?
I certainly struggled to read aloud from my own written words when i last spoke in public, I'll join you on the bus to the rest home....
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:17 am Or maybe Biden's no good at teleprompters 'cause he historically wrote and delivered his speeches himself...now there's a thought.
*cough* Neil Kinnock speech *cough*

Have you heard Biden without a prompter??? Stanley Unwin lives.... :shock: