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By WILL WEISSERT NEW CASTLE, Del©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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The Avenger
Qualities in a President: One who builds , not one who destroys. One who shows respect, not one who denigrates. One who is forthright and honest, not one who is a pathological liar . One who has empathy for others, not one who cares only about himself. Biden 2020
theFu
Qualities in a US President:
Over 35 yrs old.
Natural Born Citizen of the US.I'm thinking those are the requirements. Anything beyond that is gravy.
I'd add
under age 65 on election day
Prior govt experience as US State Governor, US Senator, Committee Chair in the House or Federal Judge.The second President Trump is gone, we need to add an Amendment to prevent anything similar from being possible again. Those requirements would also block VPs that have caused terrible actions to be taken.
Serrano
Trump is a total failure.
Biden 2020
David Varnes
The problem, Fu, is that there have been good Presidents who wouldn't have qualified under that list. For example, Eisenhower. While yes, a lifelong servant of his country, was never in those roles.
And technically, GHW Bush wouldn't have qualified before becoming VP. And while people can disagree on his politics, the man served his office honorably.
Hell, Lincoln wouldn't have qualified under those criteria.
I do agree that Trump's been an abject, utter failure. But one can demonstrate the sort of qualities that would make someone a good President without fitting those 4 criteria.
bass4funk
Now I really understand why Trump doesn’t want to wear a mask in public.
u_s__reamer
Wearing his "cool" trademark sunglasses and sporting an ominous black face mask Biden came out, but will he see his own shadow? ABT, I get, but does it have to be this befuddled silver geezer to cure the nation of Trumpitis? I'm hoping he will somehow go away "like a miracle", making way for a more robust leader to extricate the country from its Republican "Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue".
bass4funk
In other words a palatable establishment sock puppet.
ulysses
Glad to see he wore a mask.
Our beloved leader, trump on the other hand......
ulysses
Yes, I believe our dear president, trump's jowls weigh the mask down.
A pity though he would have looked stunning in a mask!!!
Strangerland
Look, if you have a problem voting for Biden specifically (Gabbard and Bernie were my choices), then vote for his cabinet. Look at Trump's merry band of morons he's cycled through the white house over the past four years, and compare that to the competent people Obama had for eight.
Look at Trump's pathetic response to this virus. Regardless of whether the right thing to do was go into quarantine, or to open up and aim for herd immunity, his leadership has been pathetic, by abdicating any responsibility (for things on which he criticized past presidents) and literally leading no one for the entire time.
Is this who America wants in charge if things go really bad? If another 9-11 happens? If a war breaks out? If some other unforseen disaster happens?
Don't you think the country will be infinitely safer with a cabinet like the one Obama put together?
bass4funk
Heck No!
PTownsend
Depends on how you define 'total'. His daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared have used daddy Trump's influence to make business arrangements with Chinese Communist Party officials, and have made a number of other deals with business people around the globe fattening their already fat bank accounts. I imagine each of Trump's children from his different wives have also increased their personal fortunes. So maybe as a father he's NOT been a total failure. Plus he's also provided jobs for Ivanka and Jared while increasing awareness of his and their brand names.
When it comes to dealing with the pandemic and the damage done to the economy, added to how he's further divided the nation, then it's pretty easy to say he's been a failure.
Strangerland
Well that definitely makes me feel better. If you think it's a horrible idea, it almost definitely means that I'm on the right track!
bass4funk
Like with impeachment? If liberals think it’s a great idea, it’s still a free world, please think so.
bass4funk
But Biden does look older.....oh, he is older...
Huh? ROFL,
Discovering airports during the revolutionary war was just brilliant, even trained archeologists weren't able to do it.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-times-tries-very-hard-not-to-talk-about-bidens-latest-gaffe/
“I’m prepared to say that I have a record of over 40 years and that I’m going to beat Joe Biden!”
“We have to make sure that we can have a a a system nationwide that can transfer, that can transmit coal and uh and and wind across the country.”
“There is a lot we can do that related to what has already been passed with small businesses that the president just uh, just hasn’t, hasn’t done look um you know uh um uh combination of uh failing to move quickly. …”
Yeah, brilliant.
ulysses
Even Melania looks older compared to dear president, trump.
Strangerland
That's why people who have a problem voting for Biden, should look at it as voting for the entirely capable cabinet we all know he'll put together.
Unlike trump's revolving door of merry con-men.
Blacklabel
Do you seriously think Biden will be picking his own cabinet? Its already been decided for him, or will be.
Just going to be all the failed Dem presidential candidates who knew they couldnt win and were more than likely promised positions if they dropped out. Shouldnt the voters know what promises have already been made to people?
lincolnman
Biden will win in a landslide in Nov - which is good.
But after over 100K preventable deaths, over 40 million people out of work, an economy that is a smoking hole and will take years to rebuild, and the largest budget deficit in our history, Marianne Williamson could beat Trump...
Trump's new accusation today; Melania is pregnant - Trump blames Biden...
And if you haven't seen Ann Coulter's rant this weekend against Trump yet, take a look - it's epic...
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ann-coulter-turns-disloyal-actual-172315065.html
Blacklabel
Sure no interest in talking about Biden, huh? Just a total lack of enthusiasm.
At some point Biden will need to stand on his own and be judged by his own words and actions. not just deflecting to something about Trump. As we saw in 2016, Dems cant win an election just screaming orangemanbad.
Strangerland
So the same as trump. Which makes your point moot since they’re both the same.
lincolnman
So, tell us what you think about Ann's comments - do you agree? Is conservative-icon Coulter now a "Lib"?
Strangerland
Yeah, when Biden is the incumbent.
Same as this time trump has to be judged on his own words and actions instead of blaming it all on Obama.
Pukey2
Actions speak louder than words. That's why he doesn't feel the need to turn every opportunity into a loud campaign rally.
Blacklabel
I thought your latest attack was that Trump picked them all and they are all terrible. Someone else picked Trumps cabinet? Who?
Blacklabel
he will never be the incumbent by hiding in the basement and having the media respond to his youaintblack controversy by claiming its fine because Trump made five "bad" statements and Biden only made one.
Biden has to address his own words and actions as a candidate, as well as discuss the outstanding issues from his past that are not resolved. directly, not through a spokesperson or the media.
lincolnman
The one picture that will summarize the entire Trump Presidency....
On the day we almost reach 100K Americans dead from Corona, on Memorial Day weekend when we honor our military members who gave their lives, and on the Sunday he demanded that churches be re-opened;
Donald Trump is playing golf...without a mask...
And really Trump supporters, we'd really like to hear your opinion of Ann Coulter calling Trump a "moron,” “retard” and “lout,” who was incapable of “pretending to be” a “decent, compassionate human being.”
Wow, go Ann...
bass4funk
Gotta say, I really do wish Biden was 10-15 years younger. Despite that, Americans have to vote for him. Do Americans think it's just their problem? The world can't afford four more years of Trump.
When you say things like this:
“I’m prepared to say that I have a record of over 40 years and that I’m going to beat Joe Biden!”
You know, it’s time to retire.
Blacklabel
More mentions of Trump in the comments than Biden, who is the subject of the article.low enthusiasm to say the least
if all these potential Biden cabinet members are so great, why do you have Biden as the nominee instead of them? Why didn’t these people run for President? Or did they, then drop out with 0-1% of the vote?
CS
A new and improved kiss Arse in chief, coming to a media outlet near you.
yakyak
Can't wait for the TRUMP/ BIDEN debates. That will be worth watching!
bass4funk
Biden looks horrible in a mask?
So what’s your point and?
Good, not everyone can breath with the thing, plus he’s away from people, a lot of people.
She’s a has been trying to stay relevant, we get it, she got bills to pay, she can’t get booked on TV as much anymore and as a writer, she needs all the publicity she can get.
Strangerland
Biden should just refuse to debate.
Let the people go off their respective track records
Strangerland
Frustrated that the other team endlessly whaddabouts? You don’t say...
lincolnman
I wonder if Trump cheated at golf like he usually does - on Memorial Day weekend no less...
You missed it, as usual...
Yep, sums it up pretty well...
https://www.startribune.com/trump-tweets-insults-promotes-baseless-claims-plays-golf-on-weekend-dedicated-to-war-dead/570738142/
Big News! A conservative icon who this poster once called a "hero" and said he "loved", is now irrelevant... Did you hear that big spatula flipping?
8T
With his massive ego, he will definetly debate. Both will lie to the American people but Biden will risk it all because he has a reputation for saying things that make no sense, he is a gaffe machine. Trump on the other hand through the entertainment business has been groomed to speak, act and move in a way to convince and win the audience. I have no agenda about would win a debate. Should be fun to watch.
Blacklabel
You have actually seen Biden’s track record? It's pretty horrific (crime bill, bussing, incarceration, racial comments) once you peel him away from things he claims he helped Obama do.
He has a lot of explaining to do still. Corona virus was supposed to help “run out the clock” in the basement
Strangerland
Biden has nothing to gain from the debates. Trump can only gain from the debates. Seems to me that Biden is better off refusing.
Strangerland
Heh, and compare that to trump’s.
yep, Biden’s best strategy is to refuse the debates.
After all, baby, it’s covid outside.
bass4funk
Tell that to the people that make masks out of bras and minions and Spiderman, anyway....
in tight close quarters, they should, but out in the open, I don’t and I don’t think you need to.
Blacklabel
It’s your answer to everything to avoid having to talk about Biden and his own record. Not gonna work.
Strangerland
Cute. Your team complaining about whattaboutism and thinking you have any moral basis whatsoever by which to do so!
Blacklabel
didnt work in 2016 with more coherent candidate, won’t work now. If you say measure by their record, you can’t just deflect to the other side, stay in the basement and avoid debates. You actually have to talk about plus defend your own record too.
lincolnman
“Some people would say I’m very, very, very intelligent” (Fortune, April 3, 2000). “My I.Q. is one of the highest!” (Twitter, May 8, 2013). “All the women on ‘The Apprentice’ flirted with me – consciously or unconsciously” (How to Get Rich, 2004). “It’s very hard for them to attack me on looks, because I’m so good-looking” (NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Aug. 9, 2015).
Calling Hurricane Florence “one of the wettest we’ve ever seen from the standpoint of water”, Referring to the “oranges” of the Mueller investigation repeatedly when he meant “origins”, Talking about the “floors of the forest” when discussing wildfires, saying that the president of Finland told him they “spend a lot of time raking and cleaning” their forests, Calling Apple CEO Tim Cook “Tim Apple”, Referring to 9/11 as 7/11, Saying that noise from windmills causes cancer, Telling a crowd that “the kidney has a very special place in the heart”, saying "Colorado is on our southern border"...
You know, like Kim Kardashian...and Stormy Daniels...
Blacklabel
If you don’t want to talk about Biden you could just sit this one out. Not necessary to interject yourselves so the others can’t speak on the topic.
Strangerland
But the fact that you guys do this proves you wrong.
We most definitely can say measure them by their record. Then we point out trumps record.
This isn’t a campaign on whether Biden should be president. Trump is the incumbent and this campaign is about whether Trump has shown he’s a qualified leader.
Strangerland
So I should do as you say, not as you do. Why would I not play the game according to the rules as you’ve decided they should apply to you?
bass4funk
Yes, Biden is intelligent...or at least he claims to be...
https://shaunking.substack.com/p/2-truths-and-31-lies-joe-biden-has
That’s why it is so incredibly disturbing, that after Joe Biden admitted in 1987 to telling such egregious lies about his role in the Civil Rights Movement that he has now, under the pressure of the 2020 presidential campaign, resorted to doing it again. If it was a lie in 1987 that he marched and did sit-ins and so much more, it’s a lie today.
And so it begins....or in his case will end very soon..
Wolfpack
It really is a shame that Biden didn’t make any comments during his big re-entre’ in the public eye. He has been on a roll since his racist comments about black Americans. Kind of goes with his hobnobbing past with segregationists. Oh and don’t forget about his racist comments about having to have an Indian accent to work at a 7-11. There is definitely a pattern here. Old Biden is such a wise guy. His followers - the Bidets - must be loving it. Get out of your basement Joe - there is an election going on.
Whoever wins in the Fall, the comedy gold out of the White House will continue apace. And that’s no malarkey.
lincolnman
Thanks for admitting it....
What's a shaunking.susbstack? Some site in Russia?
And is Ann right or wrong?
Strangerland
At this moment it’s politically prudent. Trump is hanging himself all by himself. Biden can sit back and watch it happen.
bass4funk
or at least he claims to be...
Youre welcome
Of course.
Wolfpack
You cannot seriously believe that do you? All that faux attacks used to shut up people who tried to point to the hypocrisy of Trumps critics ends the instance the bullseye gets put on a Democrat.
Jsapc
The whole "Biden is a rapist" thing didn't stick, "Biden is in bed with China and Russia" didn't stick either, so now it's the full force on the "Biden is a racist" angle, apparently. I'm not sure it's gonna work very well against "mexicans are rapists" and "Barack Obama is a Kenyan" though. But good luck to the fox news propaganda machine, I guess.
lincolnman
Well, another simple question they can't answer - it's pretty easy, Coulter said Trump was a "moron,” “retard” and “lout,” who was incapable of “pretending to be” a “decent, compassionate human being."
You'd think they could simply answer whether she was right or wrong - but they can't...
Their "conservative icon" vs their "Sainted Leader"...
Must be brain freeze...
bass4funk
Neither the Kavanaugh spiel.
Trump was acquitted the Russian hoax trap failed.
Hey, he said those words, no one put that in his mouth, but he has a history of being a racial flame thrower, go all the Way back to civil rights and you can go all the way to Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill...
Funny...
bass4funk
Ok, so what, she’s a has been writer and?
Lincoln, relax, I did. So what are you talking about? I answered and you’re still not happy with it?
Liberals
Strangerland
"Black people can't rent my apartments".
Mexicans are drug dealers and rapists.
bass4funk
A very long History as a matter of fact.
2006: "You can't go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent"
February 2007: Obama is "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean”
August 2012: “Put y’all back in chains”
June 2019: Biden touts his work with segregationist senators
June 2019: “The kid wearing a hoodie.”
August 2019: “Poor kids” just as bright as “white kids”
May 2020: “You ain’t black.”
lincolnman
And? Answer - is she right or wrong?
What was the answer?
Jsapc
That's not what happened at all.
Sure, that's why 83% of black voters expressed his support for him last week and Barack Obama chose him as his VP. Because he's a known racist. Makes perfect sense.
Strangerland
Trump: No black people are allowed in Trump properties.
8T
A Four-bedroom condo on Trump Tower's 63rd floor just a few floors down from Trump's $100m Manhattan penthouse is where Micheal Jackson lived for years.
Strangerland
After he pled guilty to forbidding black people from living in his buildings.
And he's always been ok with rich black people. Sort of.
lincolnman
You can say that again - here's a list if over 40 from the 1970's to 2019...and that was before Trump gave the Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh, who told a black female caller, "take that bone out of your nose and call me back"...
https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racist-racism-history
http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/rush-limbaughs-most-outrageous-moments-25
bass4funk
Biden
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-lawmakers-demand-biden-disavow-surrogate-s-racist-comments-n1131531
You are what you are, a voter vessel.
Biden is most definitely an odd man, but like With Hillary, the Presidency is nothing more than a hollow 3rd wasted attempt pipe dream.
Strangerland
Trump: Black people are not allowed to live in my properties.
bass4funk
SORRY, that’s exactly what happened, the Senate acquitted him and that’s for life
Like they did for Hillary? Allegedly? Lol
But waited so, so very long to endorse him, why? Hmmmmm...oh, I know...
Strangerland
For the next seven months. Then there will be a democratic senate.
beentofivecontinents
Wearing masks in the US from March first would have saved tens of thousdands of lives. Infection spread would have been greatly reduced.
TheLongTermer
and more blah blah group think spew it out, breathe it in, recycle Trump hate. Remember , children, Trump did not invent the Corona virus, and many countries were woefully unprepared. The economy was roaring before he got hit with this, but you was on that 24.7 haterade then, and youll be on it until Trump leaves office.
Im trying to figure it all out, starting from the Muller report, the impeachment, and what happened to all the frenzy, all that hypin it up, about the ventilators and Trumps fault? What happened to the ventilators? Dont need them now? So if you didnt really need them, what was all the hate about? I mean trying to sift through all this hate, its become bizarre.
bass4funk
That won’t happen, the House, sure, it a gamble, but the Senate, no.
Jsapc
91% of black voters voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. 81% black men, 98% black women. The only number remotely as high as this was white non-college grad voters, 64% for Trump.
You do?
ulysses
Since our dear leader , trump bankrupted casinos, I would take a wild guess he is not good at gambling.
The house and the senate do not matter because our dear, president will have a lot more time from next January.
All that golfing must haver tired him, so he can look forward to relaxing in a small cell!!
TheLongTermer
Can you believe this guy? Lets see....how many deaths did Japan have? so Im trying to make the jump here; Abe reacted poorly, but there were few deaths. the deaths had nothing to do with Trump...it was peoples health, daily and cultural habits and other factors.
40 million people out of work, an economy that is a smoking hole and will take years to rebuild
Geez dude...are you that dense? The stock market was the highest its ever been in history pre Corona. Who was responsible for that? Have you been watching the news, including here in Japan? Every country is in a recession.
Wow some of these people....??????
How about those ventilators Lincoln...did you buy yourself one..with your check?
TheLongTermer
The people cant go back to work because of Dem governors stay home/wear mask policies and small business are the sinking hole...they are going under because no customers = no rent = no lease = no property tax = no overheads can be paid. But liquor shops etc, (pay a higher tax) are allowed to stay open. Those Trumpites...why they must be all racist! How dare they eat and pay their bills
You ever worked in the private sector?
Geez..guy...whats wrong with you? are you that out of touch with reality? What do you do all day? Hide in your room?
TheLongTermer
If this is an indicator of Biden voters...whew...lol
Strangerland
Good thing this election is a referendum on Trump's "leadership".
Jsapc
It's not really a coincidence if the pandemic hit much harder in countries with notoriously incompetent/right wing populist leaders. Trump, Bolsanaro, Johnson, Putin... "peoples health, daily and cultural habits" are pretty much the same in Canada and in the US, and yet the death count is vastly, vastly different.
wtfjapan
I agree with you entirely. We can only hope that people who voted Trump last time will see the logic of that argument and not vote Trump next time.
actually not even that, just need more people to vote, higher turnouts nearly always favor Democrat candidates, 2018 midterms had a high turnout and it was a 10 million vote slaughter by the Dems
,lower turnout favor Republicans, why do you think Trump is so hell bent on blocking mail in ballots
Strangerland
He publicly admitted that he can't win if everyone votes.
bass4funk
And she still lost.
Trump will be busy, Biden, can retire peacefully and the Dems
Cell, that’ll never happen.
wtfjapan
How about those ventilators Lincoln...did you buy yourself one..with your check?
yeah right 1 ventilator cost around $40000, but during the pandemic states had to fight it out in government auctions and there were selling at around $70000, people were dying and companies were profiting greatly off necessary medical equipment
Blacklabel
So liberals (and their mouthpieces) just totally gave up to even pretend to speak about Biden on this article, huh?