४ एप्रिल, २०२२

Does Biden, posing with Mack Trucks, say "I thought I was going to get to drive one of these fuckers today"?

Here's the video I found after I was watching a bit of the event live:

 

Did you hear the line? "I thought I was going to get to drive one of these [???] today." I hear "fuckers."

I'd just run into the live event on TikTok, and I was surprised at all the abuse the TikTok users were putting in the live comments. Here's a screenshot I took: 

 

There was a very fast moving stream of comments. Very nasty. It's just by pure chance that the screenshot ends with "Where's Will Smith when you need him?"

I got some background on the event from Washington Examiner. Biden was talking about trucking as "a national priority, including improving training and employment standards." And apparently, back in 2017, Trump had an event where he was "photographed in the cab of an 18-wheeler Mack honking the horn and pretending to drive before a listening session with executives and their employees on healthcare," so that may have prompted Biden to express disappointment at not getting to sit in the truck. I'm guessing his handlers were afraid it might look weak rather than strong (like Dukakis in the tank).

Oh! I see the Washington Examiner fills in the blank with "suckers." You tell me. I think if you watch believing you'll hear "suckers," you will hear "suckers," but when I didn't have a text, I heard "fuckers" every time (and listened 10 times).

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Michael K म्हणाले...

Sounded like "fuckers" to me. Slow Joe will get us into a world war one of these days.

Curious George म्हणाले...

Clearly suckers.

Valentine Smith म्हणाले...

Get your hearing checked. The first thing to go with age are the sibilant sounds (esses).
I listened expecting to hear fuckers (because Biden) and heard suckers.

maximusK म्हणाले...

As much as I wish it were the F word, I clearly heard "suckers."

Floris म्हणाले...

I heard "suckers" too. However, I rarely hear an f-bomb in my daily life, so I wouldn't have expected to hear it. The only time I really hear people use the f-word these days is when I'm watching a Disney-owned TV channel.

Captain BillieBob म्हणाले...

With the sky rocketing price of diesel I doubt Biden has many fans in the trucking industry. Not getting any votes from truckers so I don't see what they thought they going to get out of the photo op.

Aggie म्हणाले...

'one of these suckers today'. He didn't say the f word. He's old and his lips don't move very well anymore, and maybe his teeth don't fit - but you can clearly hear the sibilant.

Captain BillieBob म्हणाले...

He probably thought saying "fuckers" would get him tight with actual working truck drivers.

Xmas म्हणाले...

I heard the "f". But, in my headphones, it's pretty obvious he's saying "suckers" through some bad dentures and I'm guessing some anti-stutter tongue placement. Like (air rush/whistle)ssthuckers(air rush/whistle).

sphilben म्हणाले...

"suckers"

Like the american people after he was selected.

tommyesq म्हणाले...

I heard "sucker" before I scrolled down far enough to see what the Examiner thought.

Lurker21 म्हणाले...

Trains and trucks.

What a British diplomat friend said about Theodore Roosevelt: "You must always remember that the president is about six years old."

Maybe if they let Biden drive an earth mover he wouldn't have killed the pipeline.

I heard "suckers" without the script.

Maybe that was in reference to the people who believe what he's saying.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

I heard suckers on first go.

supermagicman म्हणाले...

I didn't read the paragraph you wrote until after I listened to him and I thought he said 'suckers.'

John henry म्हणाले...

Ann if you think the comments in the screenshot are nasty, you have a very low threshold.

Thanks again for helping elect this dolt. Yeah, I know, you didn't vote. As I said, thanks for helping elect him.

John LGBTQBNY Henry

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

there's so much to be out-raged about over this horrible crook - this is not one of those times.

Kai Akker म्हणाले...

If Brandon f*cks in the forest, does anybody hear it?

Amadeus 48 म्हणाले...

I hear suckers.

Reminds me of Biden voters.

Bill Crawford म्हणाले...

I vote "suckers". Or were it the suckers who voted for Brandon?

cubanbob म्हणाले...

Biden always has a long story to tell and all of them are untrue.

Misinforminimalism म्हणाले...

What, he drops the 'f' bomb so he gets off Scot-free on his "I used to drive a truck" fabulism?

https://nypost.com/2021/07/29/biden-mocked-for-claiming-he-used-to-drive-an-18-wheeler/

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

"I used to drive a truck... it's a long story."
Probably yet another lie out that fuckers mouth.

Ice Nine म्हणाले...

"Suckers"

He's pretty far gone of course but I don't think he is quite yet so daft as to say "fuckers" in public.

Dave Begley म्हणाले...

Biden is out by Christmas; one way or another.

Pete is building he's 25th Amendment file every day.

Achilles म्हणाले...

There was a very fast moving stream of comments. Very nasty. It's just by pure chance that the screenshot ends with "Where's Will Smith when you need him?"

This is what you would see if you looked around outside the ever shrinking media bubble the NYT's and WAPO inhabit.

The backlash is coming.

People that support Biden are just not respected anymore. They are terrible people.

Wince म्हणाले...

I heard "suckers."

Quaestor म्हणाले...

The usual suspects said Trump's manner was too crude for the Executive Mansion.

Pull the other one.

Mark म्हणाले...

Suckers.

The ssss is clear.

Narr म्हणाले...

I drove a dump truck for about three weeks, working for a neighbor's company constructing apartment complexes. I hauled trash and debris from site to a dump a few miles away, when the bed was full.

Cheap bastard wouldn't maintain the thing, or perhaps couldn't--it was ancient and there was a length of 2X4 in the cab to hold the brake pedal down at stops (wedge against the seatback--there's room).

Probably several kinds of illegal. OTOH, it was actually pretty fun work, if dirty.

Tim Sisk म्हणाले...

It sounded like "suckers" to me.

Zooks527 म्हणाले...

FWIW, I heard "suckers".

Forbes म्हणाले...

The only truck Biden (probably) drove was a Tonka truck.

Tim Sisk म्हणाले...

It sounded like "suckers" to me.

GMT -5 (Hugh) म्हणाले...

I think he said “suckers.”

gilbar म्हणाले...

He used to drive one of these!
Did you know that? Anyway, it's a Long Story (totally devoid of facts)

Wilbur म्हणाले...

I heard a faint sibilant "s".

And it's what I would've expected him to say.

gilbar म्हणाले...

As my grandmother got older, More and More things that i KNEW never happened became fixed in her mind. My 89 year mother is doing that too. I think Biden started 'remembering' things that never happened a little earlier than most (like by the mid 1980's)

madAsHell म्हणाले...

I can't believe he's ever worked as a truck driver, and I heard "fuckers"!

Heartless Aztec म्हणाले...

Fuckin' A...

jermwar म्हणाले...

He says 'suckers.' But he did repeat his canard about driving a truck that even Snopes rates as false (he was on a ride-along once).

Michael E. Lopez म्हणाले...

I hear suckers. He's slurping on his "s" a little, but it's pretty clear to me.

Beasts of England म्हणाले...

The fucker said fucker.

Iman म्हणाले...

Baby you can drive my truck
Yes, Dementia Joe said fuck

Mike Feehan म्हणाले...

I think he said “suckers”.

Regardless, he’s a dope.

Rabel म्हणाले...

I hear "suckers."

Rabel म्हणाले...

And I heard it before I read your final paragraph.

DanTheMan म्हणाले...

I hear "suckers". But if you want a hilarious example of "hearing what you were told to hear" check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7my5baoCVv8

pious agnostic म्हणाले...

I read your question, was prepared to hear "fuckers" but instead heard "suckers."

So, Biden just drops "[cock]-suckers" right in a speech, huh?

rhhardin म्हणाले...

It's refreshing to hear real people's language used.

Edmund म्हणाले...

I hear "suckers".

Jaq म्हणाले...

I am second to no-one in my loathing and contempt for Joe Biden, but he clearly says "suckers" much as I hoped and expected he was going to say "fuckers;" you can see his tongue form the 's.' The truth about Joe Biden is bad enough. I hope he is enjoying his war. If you have ever read "The Guns of August" you will see how much effort leaders put into getting the other side to go first in a war, to put the "odium" on them, usually, a war that the "agressed upon" side was the one who really wanted and had been planning for years, like since 2014. It drags along the simple minded and pure of heart who would never buy a war of aggression, and stirs up the blood lust in populations whose best interest is actually peace. In a just universe, Joe Biden would burn in Hell for not avoiding this war, alone.

Rick Jones म्हणाले...

I listened twice. The first time I did not watch and heard "fuckers". The second time I watched his lips and heard "suckers.

Either way, the man is and always has been a fool.

gongtao म्हणाले...

I watched expecting fuckers but I clearly heard suckers.

ThatMikeSmith म्हणाले...

Everyone knows trucks are neither sucker nor fu**ers. They are Sum Biches.
"This sum bich got 18 wheels and 24 gears and my cross tops are kicking in so I best be getting on the road."

cassandra lite म्हणाले...

"That's another story."

Pretty much every claim out of his mouth is another story. He loves this story, about driving a truck, which is a particularly stupid claim, given how much training and practice (plus a special license designation) are required to drive one of those things. Old Blue-Collar Joe knows nothing about blue collars.

Readering म्हणाले...

Sounded like suckers to me. AA poll?

john म्हणाले...

Yes. He said it. No doubt. And he has NEVER Driven a truck. That was established during the campaign.

Begonia म्हणाले...

I cannot hear "fuckers." I can only hear "suckers." I hear the ssss sound slipping through his teeth.

daskol म्हणाले...

Pluckers

rcocean म्हणाले...

No, I heard some something between an F and An S. Sorta like FFSSSuckers. Could be his bridge work.

While a Gaffe machine, Biden doesn't have a record as a potty mouth. Been speeking in public for 50 years. Comes from a generation and state where dropping an F bomb in public appearance would be your demise.

Course he is going senile, if he's not aleady gone.

holdfast म्हणाले...

The Democrats can blame Putin all they want, but regular people who are mostly non-political are seeing the prices at the gas pump, and the prices in the grocery store, and are mostly coming to the correct conclusions on their own.

Of course, what they don’t entirely realize is that the price of groceries is in many respects just a reflection of the price of petroleum products. Not so much gasoline, but rather the diesel that runs the tractors, runs the trucks, and runs the trains. And of course petro chemicals that are part of fertilizer and other farming inputs.

The Democrats generally won’t shut up about their hatred for the fossil fuel industry, and their weak and latterly attempts to cover that up aren’t fooling anyone with an IQ over room temperature, measured in centigrade.

Good old Scranton Joe, and his war on the coal industry, the steel industry, and the natural gas industry.

Dude1394 म्हणाले...

Right after he fired thousands who had already gotten covid because they didn’t need or want an experimental shot. Where is Will Smith when you need him. There is a *ucker all right in this video but it’s at the podium.

farmgirl म्हणाले...

I could care less about Biden- who is ruining everything he’s touching: foreign policy, economic policy- the border!! Supply/demand- transportation…
The truckers were headed to DC- did the media black them out?! I never heard a thing about their final destination. Diesel prices this yr are going to wreak so many agricultural incomes. We bought plastic- to wrap our marshmallow bales- we paid 100$/roll. 4800$ investment. It’s now 150$/roll, I hear. Plastic is a petroleum based product, yes? We’re a small farm. Grease, oils, other fluids. All increased in price.

Summer is going to be difficult.

PS Trump. He has so much fun w/people. I miss him.

William50 म्हणाले...

I watched his mouth when he was talking and it does not look like he is making an "F" sound with his lips. I heard suckers.

Will Cate म्हणाले...

He's unquestionably saying "fuckers"

typingtalker म्हणाले...

Read his lips. Suckers.

Darn.

JaimeRoberto म्हणाले...

I hear "suckers", but is there any evidence that he used to drive a truck? I thought that had been debunked.

Václav Patrik Šulik म्हणाले...

I read your headline and therefore was predisposed to that. But I heard "suckers" the one time I listened to it.

Dave (in MA) म्हणाले...

"one of these suckers"

Jake म्हणाले...

Suckers

cfs म्हणाले...

Biden has already said (sometime last year) that he drove a 18-wheeler at some point in his "ole Scranton Joe" middle-class past.

Richard Dillman म्हणाले...

O.K., I’ll bite. I watched it seven times and heard “sucker” each time, and “The Daily Mail” also reports it as “sucker.” I can’t find any additional reports, but I doubt if Biden even remembers what he said.

Leland म्हणाले...

I heard suckers before scrolling down to see others heard the same. Don't really care, because I'm more concerned that trucks like those won't be allowed in some states and countries because of policies that Biden also endorses. If you want to improve employment standards, get rid of laws preventing owner/operators.

Clark म्हणाले...

As much as I would like to hear "fuckers" I hear "suckers."

Anga2010 म्हणाले...

Heard it only the one time. Sounds like "suckers" to me.

Anga2010 म्हणाले...

Heard it only the one time. Sounds like "suckers" to me.

SoLastMillennium म्हणाले...

"Suckers"

"one of these suckers" (And I am no fan of Biden. I watched the Dem Primary debates and could see how bad he had faded after an hour. At the end he could be near incoherent.)

Cloudesley Shovell म्हणाले...

I heard "suckers". Played it for my wife. She heard "suckers". We both wonder why he keeps telling the "I used to drive a truck" lie.

Howard म्हणाले...

Biden uses "suckers" all the time.

JCo म्हणाले...

Listened with no expectations, and I heard "suckers." Listened again hoping to hear the f-word, still heard "suckers." Played it many times and never heard the f-word. To me it seems clear he said "suckers."

Whiskeybum म्हणाले...

Well, according to Kelli Stavast, Brandon said ‘suckers’, but everyone knows it was Biden saying f***ers!

Brian म्हणाले...

I was primed for fuckers by your comments, but I heard suckers...

Did he ever actually drive a truck? I thought that had been de-bunked last year:

“The extent of Biden’s trucking experience is that he rode in a truck once, for one night in 1973,” Parkinson wrote.

Skeptical Voter म्हणाले...

Just the Washington Post's helpful version of "Let's Go Brandon". But I can see why old Slow Joe wanted to sit in the cab of a big truck. After all he once claimed that he'd driven an 18 wheeler--probably just another Biden lie. But he could get halfway there if at some point in time he'd actually sat in a big truck.

Friendo म्हणाले...

He's such an asshole.

Paul Mac म्हणाले...

fwiw I heard suckers without reading to the bottom of your post where it is mentioned.

Rick म्हणाले...

He said suckers.

Eugene Dillenburg म्हणाले...

I heard "suckers." And watch his lips. They don't assume the "f" shape. They don't change shape at all -- which is what one would expect going from "these" (-s at the end) to "suckers" (-s at the beginning).

Rosalyn C. म्हणाले...

I remember being grossed out by the term "suckers" back in the 80's, these days it's "fuckers" all day long. I heard Biden say "fuckers" which goes along with Joe's looser language and devil may care attitude these day. However I realize that isn't an argument one way or the other since Biden is temporally challenged. He recently referred to his wife as the VP under Obama and our current president seems eager to shift into the past without hesitation.

stephen cooper म्हणाले...

He is not a good man, he is selfish and vulgar.

But I guess most Americans deserve having that selfish and vulgar man for what he is.

hawkeyedjb म्हणाले...

"I thought I was going to get to drive one of these..." LOL. Joe, they took your license away, that's why they have to drive you to the Dairy Queen.

SweatBee म्हणाले...

I watched it expecting to hear the "f" because I clicked before reading the rest of the post. But I was watching his mouth, and I heard "suckers." He didn't tuck his bottom lip as one does when forming the 'f' sound.

God of the Sea People म्हणाले...

I read your headline and listened to the clip, and it very clearly sounded like 'suckers' to me- and that was before I read to the bottom of your blog where you revealed that as the proffered explanation. I'm not one to cut Sleepy Joe any slack, but I don't think he said 'fuckers.' Potentially more problematic is the fact that he reiterated his claim that he used to drive a truck, which has been fact checked and shown to be basically false in the past. (He apparently drove a big-rig truck once as part of a campaign event, or something like that.)

Tank म्हणाले...

Suckers.

tim maguire म्हणाले...

I heard "these suckers" but it's fun to think he says fuckers.

Josephbleau म्हणाले...

Sounds like Joe has a bad case of white line fever from when he used to drive the big rigs, he told us all about it.

Eric म्हणाले...

I'm pretty sure that he said it with an f, but there is just enough distortion to make it ambiguous.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Finally, I’ve asked a question where everyone has an opinion!

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

“ Ann if you think the comments in the screenshot are nasty, you have a very low threshold.”

I saw many more comments flow by and am characterizing the whole experience. This is how it looked for a fraction of a second.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

What kind of people say suckers and not fuckers? Either say the word or don’t. It’s pretty clear we want him to have said fuckers!

Mary Beth म्हणाले...

We both wonder why he keeps telling the "I used to drive a truck" lie.

What's he going to say, "I never drove a truck but I spent a lot of time slandering a truck driver"?

Zooks527 म्हणाले...

There's an interesting video on this, known as the McGurk Effect.

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

Apparently, there's also a Nature article out there entitled "Hearing Lips and Seeing Voices".

Mary Beth म्हणाले...

Finally, I’ve asked a question where everyone has an opinion!

Definitely blue with black lace. I mean "laurel".

Iman म्हणाले...

He should stick with a hearty “corksoakers”… it’s more genteel.

Bender म्हणाले...

What kind of people say suckers and not fuckers?

(1) The kind of people who say malarkey.

(2) People who don't think in terms of vulgarities and would never even associate the two.

Narr म्हणाले...

I didn't voice an opinion before, but I will now. Hate to be left out.

Sucker. My wife says I have a lisp that I never had before since I've lost quite a few teeth.
Nothing up front, yet, but according to her even the lost molars etc. affect the thibylanth.

Narr म्हणाले...

As long as he doesn't break into a song about weed, whites, and wine, we good.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

Iman 3:55 = LOL

OlBlueEyes म्हणाले...

Reminds me of the famously ambiguous line from Blade Runner:
"I want more life...father/fucker."

NorthOfTheOneOhOne म्हणाले...

Sounded like "suckers" to me, but I can see how it could be mistaken for "fuckers". Neither word is something a US President should use with any regularity, too much risk of ambiguity.

I predict the "Garrulous Joe" act will be a large part of his eventual undoing.

Chris Lopes म्हणाले...

""I used to drive a truck... it's a long story."
Probably yet another lie out that fuckers mouth.

4/4/22, 3:24 PM"

Where do you think he got the chain to fight off Corn Pop from?

Narayanan म्हणाले...

nice strategic move on WH comm staff ??? so FJB from now on >>> SJB =

BudBrown म्हणाले...

He said suckers.

LA_Bob म्हणाले...

I hear "suckers", and Valentine Smith's comment makes me feel better about myself.

Bill M म्हणाले...

As much as I wanted to hear the F word, it was clearly the S word. I was listening with my headset in a quiet home with the sound turned up slightly from my usual listening range. He did say suckers. He also said he used to drive a truck. At most, probably a pickup truck. I believe his lie about driving a big rig was flattened some time ago.

Rollo म्हणाले...

Don't be disappointed. Give Biden a few months and every other word out of his mouth will be "fuckers".