January 22, 2021

Contempt fail: "Wasn't just a Trump thing."

129 comments:

Nonapod said...

If it were me, I'd have a button for a butler to bring me a warm towel and an ice water.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Had to make room for the Life Alert.

Narayanan said...

wondering if this is an indication of how often he was allowed into Oval Office as VP and his familiarity with its office/table furnishings

pacwest said...

We visited the replica of the Oval Office at the Bush 2 museum. The red button was on the desk. I have a picture of me pressing the red button! I was informed later that I was calling an aide for some water, not launching the nukes, but still, how much fun can one man have!!

BillieBob Thorton said...

Chocolate Cookies for damage control

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/damage-control-shameless-photo-op-jill-biden-gives-cookies-national-guard-troops-biden-admin-banishes-cold-garage-video/

Bob Boyd said...

They took the button away because Biden doesn't get to decide what he eats and drinks or when.

YoungHegelian said...

You don't even want to know what service got provided when Bill Clinton pressed the button!

Chris of Rights said...

Wow, I really look forward to four years of "news" like this.

Mikio said...

nominee for best answer -

Taylor Grayson
@taylorgrayson

The day any of us needs a button to have someone bring us a beverage, we need to stop and think "What have I become?"

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

YoungHegelian said...

You don't even want to know what service got provided when Bill Clinton pressed the button!

Was just thinking the same thing. It's probably had many meanings over different administrations!

Obama: 5 Guys run, stat!

Bush the Younger: Help I'm choking on a pretzel!

Clinton: Send Ms. Lewinsky in!

JK Brown said...

Pacwest - maybe Biden kept pushing it, laughing manically, saying "Nuke them all" "Come on, Man, who's laughing now?"

Hey, it would be a good conspiracy theory...

Lucid-Ideas said...

Leftists: "Trump has inspired a dangerous cult of personality!"

Also Leftists: "Our Obama cult of personality doesn't count!"

Narayanan said...

Mikio said...
nominee for best answer -

Taylor Grayson
@taylorgrayson

The day any of us needs a button to have someone bring us a beverage, we need to stop and think "What have I become?"
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in Downton Abbey which enamors NYC-DC-other elite they have bell-pulls to summon the downstairs staff.

Narayanan said...

Clinton: Send Ms. Lewinsky in!
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do we know for sure (for sake of historical accuracy) if there were repeat episodes? [more dresses than the blue one]

this is where Ken Starr totally flubbed it.

Narr said...

I'm old fashioned. I use a little desk bell to summon underlings for trivial errands.

Narr
Beulah, peel me a grape

CWJ said...

Now do kids in cages.

Iman said...

Short-sighted tactical error. Biden may soon need one for when he makes a poopy in his Depends®

Matt Sablan said...

I'm sure Biden has some other simple way to signal people he wants something.

Have these people never worked with busy executives? I mean, normally, you have people who anticipate the boss's needs and pre-stage stuff for them, but there's usually some subtle way to get assistance for things like that available to people who may not get 5 minutes between meetings.

Narayanan said...

Iman said...
Short-sighted tactical error. Biden may soon need one for when he makes a poopy in his Depends®
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who will do diaper changes? those who have already seen him naked?
will Secret Service assignment be sex neutral or will Joe ask for female

KLH said...

Like border cages, but Diet Coke

tcrosse said...

I would have a button to trigger the trap door under the chair opposite.

Freeman Hunt said...

I would want two buttons: (1) coffee and (2) Cherry Coke Zero. Biden should have a button.

TheOne Who Is Not Obeyed said...

I seem to recall Democrat propagandist Matt Lauer had a button on his desk. As did Democrat funder and propagandist Harvey Weinstein.

I bet Democrat travel agent Epstein had a button on his desk, too. Before he didn't kill himself.

Joe Smith said...

"Obama: 5 Guys run, stat!

Bush the Younger: Help I'm choking on a pretzel!

Clinton: Send Ms. Lewinsky in!"


Biden: Pudding. I want some pudding. Where are my socks?

I Callahan said...

Anyone notice that Trump had the military flags in the Oval Office, and Obama and Biden do not?

Tomcc said...

How can anyone be so crass as to suggest that Mr. Obama would use a button to get a diet Coke? Why, when he used it, it was to summon his trusted advisor, Magic 8 Ball.

Gunner said...

Judging by what is trending on Twitter, the only things that interest crazy hate-filled lefties are Trump or Rino (Meghan McCain) related. They literally have nothing positive they are interested in.

MadTownGuy said...

Replaced by the Aricept button.

Tomcc said...

To be followed up by an analysis that shows Mr. Trump consumed more Diet Coke than any previous president; even those serving two terms.

Howard said...

Ensure button on backorder.

Mikio said...

Narayanan -
in Downton Abbey which enamors NYC-DC-other elite they have bell-pulls to summon the downstairs staff.

Yes, because just as with Game of Thrones: Republicans hate it, Democrats love it – supposedly, we libs also secretly long for sword battle and no electricity or indoor plumbing. Bliss!

Achilles said...

I Callahan said...

Anyone notice that Trump had the military flags in the Oval Office, and Obama and Biden do not?

For the same reason Biden sent all the National Guard people in DC to a freezing parking garage after his use for them was over. They were crammed into a small space where if Covid was actually what they say it was they would all be guaranteed to catch it.

Democrats are just pieces of shit who hate the armed forces.

Especially Howard if he actually was a Marine.

SPQR said...

Robert Caro, in his books on LBJ, said Johnson called it his "Fresca Button".

JaimeRoberto said...

Biden will have a button for Ensure.

Drago said...

Achilles: "Democrats are just pieces of shit who hate the armed forces."

The Harris/obama admin is already maneuvering to set up a brand new war for Syrian regime change.

They couldnt even wait a week.

Bobber Fleck said...

In other headlines:

"After these troops protected Biden during his inauguration, they were forced to sleep on the concrete floor of an unheated parking garage. Trump has just offered them free hotel rooms."

"Damage Control: In Shameless Photo Op, Jill Biden Gives Cookies to National Guard Troops After Biden Admin Banishes Them to Cold Garage (VIDEO"

Mutaman said...

"They took the button away because Biden doesn't get to decide what he eats and drinks or when."

How does it feel to get beaten by a guy like that? By 7 million votes!

Achilles said...

Drago said...

The Harris/obama admin is already maneuvering to set up a brand new war for Syrian regime change.

They couldnt even wait a week.


This is inexplicable.

It is as if they want to make themselves look like foreign agents serving foreign masters.

Howard said...

Keep following those crumbs, people. Do your research!

I Callahan said...

Robert Caro, in his books on LBJ, said Johnson called it his "Fresca Button".

I thought that was Judge Smails?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDFCL5Oiqk0

Howard said...

Speaking to UN Security Council, Bashar al-Jaafari accuses US of 'plundering' Syria's oil and gas reserves, calls on Biden administration to end Trump's policies

I Callahan said...

How does it feel to get beaten by a guy like that? By 7 million votes!

We didn't. The media, social media, and crooked vote counters beat us.

Earnest Prole said...

Contempt? You're sounding less like a careful reader and more like your dopey commenters. The reporter follows up with, "He got the first one, then asked us if we’d like one too. We said yes please." Hard to read contempt into that.

Bob Loblaw said...

Why have a button? If I were president I'd have them put a little cooler filled with diet coke under the desk.

Matt Sablan said...

"Why have a button? If I were president I'd have them put a little cooler filled with diet coke under the desk."

-- I'm sure they have a reason. Maybe to make sure it's safe/that no one tampered with it, so that they don't have to have a cooler under the desk, because what else would the button do then? Did you think of the button's feelings?

Achilles said...

Earnest Prole said...

Contempt? You're sounding less like a careful reader and more like your dopey commenters. The reporter follows up with, "He got the first one, then asked us if we’d like one too. We said yes please." Hard to read contempt into that.

I think it is interesting you think you aren't a dopey commenter and everyone else is.

Especially since your posts are pretty shallow and thoughtless in general.

Lucien said...

Was it “Hot Shots, Part Deux” where the President had two buttons, “Nurse” and “Nuke”, and got them mixed up?

Timotheus said...

Obama used the button to order tea service.

Achilles said...

Bob Loblaw said...

Why have a button? If I were president I'd have them put a little cooler filled with diet coke under the desk.

You have to have clearances to get in that room. Temporary or permanent.

You don't get to just "have stuff" in places like that.

I Callahan said...

Was it “Hot Shots, Part Deux” where the President had two buttons, “Nurse” and “Nuke”, and got them mixed up?

LOL, yes, that's the one.

I hope they have those buttons separated for Biden...

DavidUW said...

Diet coke interferes with many drug cocktails.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Matt Sablan said...

"Why have a button? If I were president I'd have them put a little cooler filled with diet coke under the desk."

-- I'm sure they have a reason. Maybe to make sure it's safe/that no one tampered with it, so that they don't have to have a cooler under the desk, because what else would the button do then? Did you think of the button's feelings?



Or maybe because it's the freakin' Oval Office and not a dorm room.

Dave Begley said...

Had to get rid of it as Hunter would be ringing all the time for free coke.

Matt Sablan said...

Or the button just desperately seeks a purpose in life. It's not The Button. Everyone knows what The Button is for. This is just a lowly button. It had a purpose, and now, that purpose, and the button itself, stripped away.

Skeptical Voter said...

How is Shufflin Senescent Joe going to call Dr. Jill for warm milk and cookies before he takes his nap on the couch? Bring back the button!

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Biden has a button to summon his thoughts... and the angry young leftists who write his EOs.

tim in vermont said...

"Especially since your posts are pretty shallow and thoughtless in general.”

And not even that earnest, and we all know that’s important.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Biden has 2 buttons:

1) Dog faced Pony Soldier
2) Not Dog Faced Pony Soldier

Guildofcannonballs said...

Well I wish I had the balls to call Ann Altouse a racist cunt again, but I don't.

Cause she ain't, never was, never will be.

Guildofcannonballs said...

Joe Biden was right against Paul Ryan.

Joe Biden was + against Trump for now.

Narr said...

This is the 21st century, right? Why doesn't the presidential desk have its own beverage storage and dispenser system?

You could easily convert some of the drawer space to a function like that, I think.

As to policy. Syria, eh? The Permawar Uniparty (PU) doesn't waste any time, or thought, do they?

Narr
There's Crusades awaiting!

Earnest Prole said...

I think it is interesting you think you aren't a dopey commenter and everyone else is.

I'm complaining about the dopey Althouse commenters, not all Althouse commenters.

When you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one you hit will always holler.

Guildofcannonballs said...

"Joe Biden was right against Paul Ryan."

This is the thing 7- -- 8--- people thought that Nation Review stood for.

Because Buckley got old. And they succeeded in murdering his memory, mostly.

Guildofcannonballs said...

Althouse was born young and shall forever remain untouched by Leftism in Madison.

We don't sacrifice your lives for nothing.

narciso said...

chris buckley, thankless whelp defamed him and his mother,

Iman said...

Blogger Timotheus said...
Obama used the button to order tea service


Some folks believe that, but most know he used it to get smoke blown up his ass. He was even more useless without it.

Iman said...

I'm complaining about the dopey Althouse commenters, not all Althouse commenters.

When you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one you hit will always holler.


When you find a chronic complainer, there’s your bitch.

Ralph L said...

Where's the button that makes the Oval Office floor descend into the cellar?

Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...

Biden doesn’t need a button. He has a Clapper.

HistoryDoc said...

They took the button away because they knew that dementia Joe would sit there and press the red button all day long, wondering what it does, and hoping for a cookie without the Dr's knowledge.

Jim at said...

How does it feel to get beaten by a guy like that? By 7 million votes!

Twelve million more votes than 2008 Obama in just two-thirds of the counties, and people like you still believe it's real.

Michael K said...


Blogger Mutaman said...
"They took the button away because Biden doesn't get to decide what he eats and drinks or when."

How does it feel to get beaten by a guy like that? By 7 million votes!


I dunno. Never happened. Troll.

Drago said...

Bushman of the Kohlrabi: "Biden doesn’t need a button. He has a Clapper."

Nice.

Iman said...

Blogger Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...
Biden doesn’t need a button. He has a Clapper.


Yes, he does. The lying, bald headed geek.

Kay said...

Bob Loblaw said...
Why have a button? If I were president I'd have them put a little cooler filled with diet coke under the desk.
1/22/21, 4:44 PM


This is a really good idea. If I was president I’d be knocking them back all day long.

Ken B said...

This reminds of something. I saw a set of lectures given by a top physicist. He had a crew of blackboard cleaners who made sure if he needed a blackboard it was ready. I heard this described as ridiculous. The ridiculous thing would be to waste the time of such a lecturer and 100 graduate students by having the lecturer stop the lecture to clean the blackboard.

The president can have have a glass of pop brought to him.

narciso said...

talk aboout contempt

https://thenationalpulse.com/news/biden-revokes-trump-energy-eo/

Rockeye said...

Why is it so difficult to believe that at the pinnacle of earthly power, whichever president in the past was there when intercom buttons were invented, had a "bring me a coffee/water/milk/manhattan/diet coke/whatever it is I like to drink/ button installed. FFS, it's the president. Their time is filled to overfilling, and they don't exactly just have time to jump up and toddle off to the kitchen to grab drinks. I'm sure that Biden will either have the button box brought back in due time, or will have another means to produce the exact effect. BTW, would it have been looked at differently if the button summoned say a club soda or coffee instead? Not-so subtle punching down by our "elite" information gatekeepers.

narciso said...

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/01/democrats-expose-dynamics-oligarchy-lloyd-billingsley-0/

Yancey Ward said...

For those interested, tonight and the next couple of nights are the best for viewing the planet Mercury during this viewing period- saw it tonight myself driving west on the west end of Oak Ridge where I get a very good look at the western horizon. Not the brightest it can be, but definitely close to a minus 1 magnitude- quite a bit brighter than Mars is right now.

Can be seen in March in the morning sky when it should be a bit brighter even than now.

Arashi said...

But Biden wants a button to send some hair his way for sniffing - and even the democrats see that as bad optics.

Why don't they just put the button back and have it send the chocolate pudding to president asterisk' desk? Everybody likes chocolate pudding.

Narayanan said...

How to purpose under desk space

Narayanan said...

Ken B said...
This reminds of something. I saw a set of lectures given by a top physicist. He had a crew of blackboard cleaners who made sure if he needed a blackboard it was ready. I heard this described as ridiculous. The ridiculous thing would be to waste the time of such a lecturer and 100 graduate students by having the lecturer stop the lecture to clean the blackboard.
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pre-Powerpoint / slide projectors ?

I'm Not Sure said...

"talk aboout contempt

https://thenationalpulse.com/news/biden-revokes-trump-energy-eo/"


What Trump should have done before leaving office is revoke all his EOs. Biden, no doubt, would have immediately reinstated them.

narciso said...





https://babalublog.com/2021/01/22/corrupt-brazilian-ex-pressident-lula-de-silva-contracts-covid-19-in-cuba/

Mutaman said...

"The media, social media, and crooked vote counters beat us."

https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/63989977/those-bastards.jpg

Mutaman said...

"I dunno. Never happened"

If it never happened , why is Trump down in Florida playing golf and trying to lawyer up, and Joe is sitting in the oval office signing executive orders?

rcocean said...

I think the nuclear codes that follow Biden around are fakes. I think Jill has the Real ones, or Kamala Harris. I doubt they trust Joe.

rcocean said...

whatever happened to Fresca? I can remember their TV ads when a child. I remember tasting it, and thinking it was horrible. Not sweet enough.

Narayanan said...

@Narciso >>>>

how do you read Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (commonly referred to by his initials AMLO) - not a ?Hidalgo?

are we getting honest reporting about his policies and actions? by USA nedia : it looks to me like he saw a chance for Mexico to advance alongside MAGA and still keep their pride and patriotism

n.n said...

You don't even want to know what service got provided when Bill Clinton pressed the button!

Interns with "benefits". Social progress. Keep women barefoot, available, and taxable. Forward!

wild chicken said...

Taibbi:"West Wing was General Hospital for rich white liberals, a seven-season love letter to the enlightened attitudes of the Bobo-in-Paradise demographic. If that’s the self-image of the national press, it’s no wonder they make people want to vomit."

n.n said...

The Harris/obama admin is already maneuvering to set up a brand new war for Syrian regime change.

Bush Jr ended Iraq War 1.0. Obama/Biden opened Iraq War 2.0: wars without borders, transnational terrorism, social justice zones, catastrophic anthropogenic immigration reform. Trump ended Iraq War 2.0. Biden/Harris seem intent to reuse, recycle Obama/Biden's legacy.

narciso said...

Hes been an outsider to the power circles they stole at least two elections from him the worst in 2006

Iman said...

Interns with "benefits". Social progress. Keep women barefoot, available, and taxable. Forward!

Get yer biscuits in the oven and yer buns in bed!

Bob Loblaw said...

You have to have clearances to get in that room. Temporary or permanent.

You don't get to just "have stuff" in places like that.


Yes, well, presumably if I were president I'd have that clearance.

Sprezzatura said...

“Taibbi:"West Wing was General Hospital for rich white liberals, a seven-season love letter to the enlightened attitudes of the Bobo-in-Paradise demographic. If that’s the self-image of the national press, it’s no wonder they make people want to vomit." “

Hopefully Althouse will eventually take a break from having no humor re noting the absurdity re lotsa POTUSs (inc Biden, as shown in the post re the bust) have had buttons but only one used it to automatically order aspartame on a platter, then she can call out Taibbi’s writing.

OTOH, that is asking too much re her. In the past she quoted him when he was hype-fest jabbering re what he declared to be [I’m paraphrasing him] terrible writing from other people (DiAngelo). Althouse: praise crap writing when it pushes the ideology you like, and do the reverse to further entrench your bias. = total garbage, IMHO.

Ken B said...

Narayanan
2015
It’s better to see the equations and derivations created on the board sequentially and with comments. Also, questions.

Iman said...

Spazzyturd for the L-L-Loss...

narciso said...

You take a look at the collado case hes the real life sydney korshak, for pri and pan figures alike.

narciso said...


Some details here:

https://www.web24.news/u/2020/09/prosecutors-office-will-appeal-a-judges-ruling-in-favor-of-collado.html

Sebastian said...

"Contempt fail"

Nice thought. But prog contempt never fails. It's the advantage of hegemony.

I mean, even the most skeptical of the nice women still felt enough contempt to abstain.

Openidname said...

"Mutaman said...

"How does it feel to get beaten by a guy like that? By 7 million votes!"

It feels like election fraud.

gadfly said...

According to WaPo, Joe Biden, who doesn't drink alcohol, prefers Coke Zero and snacks on Haagen-Dazs. Dr. Jill splurges on Martinis and french fries.

Methinks it is about time that wired red buttons be retired in favor of wireless cell phone apps housed in highly secure phones.

narciso said...

Furthermore


https://www.jeffreygroup.com/5points/july-12-2019-2/

Fernandinande said...

Confucius say "Be careful of the truth."

boatbuilder said...

Is anyone in the lefty media saying that it is a shame that because of covid the participants in the glorious inauguration of the Great and Glorious Joe were forced to wear masks, and because of the perfidious treachery of Trump the inauguration was attended by thousands of National Guardsmen rather than the enthusiastic crowds of overjoyed American citizens who voted for the most popular president ever?

As opposed to what I am seeing, which is: "Isn't this so wonderful?" In unison.

Because if my candidate had won legitimately and the inauguration was as lame as this one, that's what I would be talking about.

Very, very weird.

I'm Not Sure said...

"As opposed to what I am seeing, which is: "Isn't this so wonderful?" In unison."

Did Joe wet his pants? Well, there you go. How much more "wonderful" could it get?

James K said...

I would have a button to trigger the trap door under the chair opposite.

In pre-lockdown days when I actually worked in an office, I put the "Fake Call" app on my phone. If you click on it, 15 seconds later the phone rings, and you can say to the unwanted office visitor, "Sorry, I have to take this call." Something I'd always wanted pre-smartphone.

narciso said...

https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/22/woman-behind-bernie-sanders-iconic-mittens-quit-making-them-because-high-taxes-killed-her-business/

MayBee said...

I wonder if Biden will ever be alone in the Oval Office, or if he'll always have a minder with him.

effinayright said...

Narayanan said...
Ken B said...
This reminds of something. I saw a set of lectures given by a top physicist. He had a crew of blackboard cleaners who made sure if he needed a blackboard it was ready. I heard this described as ridiculous. The ridiculous thing would be to waste the time of such a lecturer and 100 graduate students by having the lecturer stop the lecture to clean the blackboard.
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pre-Powerpoint / slide projectors ?
*************

Sounds to me more like something a "top sociology professor" would do."

effinayright said...

rcocean said...
I think the nuclear codes that follow Biden around are fakes. I think Jill has the Real ones, or Kamala Harris. I doubt they trust Joe.
**************

I think every one of them has his balls in their purses.

Michael K said...

Blogger Mutaman said...
"I dunno. Never happened"

If it never happened , why is Trump down in Florida playing golf and trying to lawyer up, and Joe is sitting in the oval office signing executive orders?


Stealing. Something you people are good at. You said "beaten by 7 million votes."

Sort of like the unauthorized shopping in Minneapolis last June.

gilbar said...

I'm sure that Biden will either have the button box brought back in due time, or will have another means to produce the exact effect.

actually, i bet he Won't
my dad (who is Even Older than Jo Biden); not only has to have No Salt, can't have more than a few glasses of water, All Day (his kidneys, or something)
My guess is: Jo Biden is NOT in charge of what he gets to eat or drink any more than my dad is.

Seriously, you can't just let a senile dementia patient decide that they want a soda
His nurse (used to be kid's babysitter) Dr Jill has to give her approval

farmgirl said...

I don’t understand.
No sunrise picture today?
Or, is it me?

Narr said...

Prof's put a lid on it, I think.

Narr
I'll have some frogurt and check back later

Mutaman said...

"Stealing. Something you people are good at. "

But its so easy considering who the opposition is. And then you're too dumb to be able to prove that a theft took place. You couldn't even convince Clarence Thomas.

HistoryDoc said...

President Joe's agenda for tomorrow:

9AM - 5PM look for red button on phone, press it a lot when I find it.

sterlingblue said...

Identifying media hypocrisy isn't even fun or interesting anymore. It's now expected, and just sad.

narciso said...

https://mobile.twitter.com/davereaboi/status/1352659308966719488

eddie willers said...

Had to make room for the Life Alert.

We have a winner in only the second post!

Francisco D said...

Tara Reade told me that Joe likes to finger other buttons.

Unknown said...

Couldn’t take the chance off having a button labeled Coke withbHuntet around.

tim maguire said...

Presumably, the button could be used to have other things brought. Did somebody suggest this to Biden?

stlcdr said...

4 years of ad hominem attacks. Now we will have 4 years of appeal to authority.

Ray - SoCal said...

Thanks Narciso for the link about how Biden is now allowing in Chinese equipment for the power grid.

China is definitely getting a great return on investment for everything they did to help get Biden elected.

Chinese collusion actually happened as part of the election fraud.

Mary Beth said...

Presumably, the button could be used to have other things brought. Did somebody suggest this to Biden?

He's not allowed to decide for himself when he wants something. Unscheduled drinks or snacks could upset his blood sugar level and cause weird(er) behavior. The caregiver who will stay with him can decide if he needs anything.

Michael K said...

But its so easy considering who the opposition is. And then you're too dumb to be able to prove that a theft took place. You couldn't even convince Clarence Thomas.

The troll ignores the fact that Roberts is running interference. None of these court cases ever got to the FACTS. IT was all process and you commies are very good at that.