Biden's Speech at Philadelphia about the Supreme Court

[GeneralMacArthur]

Oh I hope he goes full Kennedy and lists all the 5-4 decisions from ACA to Roe to Obergefell and says we are going full Gilead if those are decided the other way. Fear is the most powerful human emotion there is. The Democrats can fearmonger suburban women, too.

If that is his approach, he won't be getting my vote, for the same reason that Hilary Clinton talking that way in 2016 pushed me away from supporting her.

"Yes, Trump is absolutely horrible, completely incompetent, and dedicates himself every day to destroying our democracy and infecting our government with corruption and polarization.  But Biden had better be careful, if he uses standard political rhetoric that I don't like then I'll vote for Trump anyway to spite him."

said no one who was actually going to vote for Biden ever!

[GeneralMacArthur]

Mixing up orders of magnitude is one of Biden's most prominent "Bidenisms" and he has been doing it for decades.  I can literally go back to his 2008 debate with Sarah Palin and find a half dozen different examples.

Please read this thread from nearly six months ago:
https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=362940.msg7220066#msg7220066

If you people are really stupid enough to think Biden literally thinks 200 million people are dead, rather than simply mixing up "million" and "thousand", then you deserve to have Trump as your president.

[GeneralMacArthur]

Also, anyone want to talk about the actual speech rather than lazy, low-effort right-wing trolling?  Im' gonna go watch it now.

[GeneralMacArthur]

At 12:30 he says "200,000 people have died."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml5-xY3P8L4

it's obviously a mis-speak.

In other news, I'm honestly not that satisfied with this speech.  I don't think he makes a compelling case for his position.  Biden's people need to sharpen the language and work some focus groups.

[GeneralMacArthur]

At 12:30 he says "200,000 people have died."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml5-xY3P8L4

it's obviously a mis-speak.

In other news, I'm honestly not that satisfied with this speech.  I don't think he makes a compelling case for his position.  Biden's people need to sharpen the language and work some focus groups.

According to Ipsos, 62% of the public agrees with his position, so.

He just needs to make it more clear what his position is.

He said early in the speech that the only "rule" he cares about is the rule of the constitution -- that the president gets to appoint a nominee, and the Senate must advise and consent.  That's a pretty clear argument that what the Republicans did in 2016 was wrong.

But then later on he says that the nomination hearings should be delayed until after the election, and that if he is elected then he should be allowed to pick the nominee.

The two seem contradictory.  He doesn't clearly explain how they're not.

[GeneralMacArthur]

Buttigeg and even Klobouchar were far better moderate candidates. Biden is looking to do nothing while he’s in power for a return for a #return to normalcy.

I can't believe it's September and people are still saying this.  Biden gives speeches and interviews every single day where he rattles off laundry lists of things he wants to do in office.  If you still seriously believe that "Biden is looking to do nothing" then you are beyond hopeless.  Either that or you just aren't paying attention to the election at all.