The goofy Politico headline caught my eye: "Biden's delicate midterm dance."
I clicked, wondering what kind of absurd credit is he getting now, but I see it's pre-boosting him as the hurricane approaches:
The storm bearing down on Florida forced President Joe Biden to scrap plans to deliver a politically-charged speech in the state. But he campaigned anyway, from behind a podium* in the Rose Garden....
The moment may have been refashioned by Hurricane Ian. But it reflected the approach the White House hopes to adopt less than six weeks before the midterms. The president has eased into a familiar cadence: He’s raising cash for Democrats and echoing the big-picture themes the party wants emphasized; he’s doing just enough to stay visible, but not so much that he becomes a heavier anchor....
Biden himself has, to this point, been comfortable with the lighter public footprint...
... Biden has embraced the idea of being helpful at a 30,000-foot level, sharpening his attacks in speeches to paint the Republicans writ large as out of touch and extreme....
So he's way up in the sky, sharpening and painting and writing in large letters?
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* The correct word is "lectern." If he tried to campaign from behind a podium, he would look very foolish.
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So, just to confirm, Biden's priority as a damn near Cat 5 hurricane is about to hit Florida is....
Raising cash for Democrats.
The tone-deafness is absurd. This type of stuff was once rightfully called out by the press as abdication of duty. Once upon a time, the press would gently mock a President for golfing during a weeks or months long crisis. At least golfing was, in many ways, a Presidents way of decompressing to re-sharpen the mind.
Here we have a President actively putting energy into politics, including focusing an enormous core staff on event management.
Biden has embraced the idea of being helpful at a 30,000-foot level
I perceive that he is campaigning in the gutter.
WaPoo(D) - the joke outlet for the Democrat Party.
If Ian causes damage, guess who the media will blame: DeSantis. Not, of course, Joe Biden, who apparently is openly refusing to cooperate with DeSantis.
Used to be, "politics stopped at the water's edge." And when it came time to help Americans who have suffered natural disasters. But Joe Biden and the left are apparently going to try the "Well, it's a Republican area so they deserve it and we won't do anything." tactic.
Because their top goal is "punching down" and abusing power and punishing those who they don't like.
Still, good to know that now we can ignore California when the Big One hits and wipes San Fran off the map. Don't they "deserve it" after all?
And think of the money we'll save by not using federal tax dollars at all!
And he didn't even need to survey the pre-damage from Air Force One. Somebody call Kanye! Get that dancing-rapping-sambo out of bed and on the phone with CNN to tell everyone that Biden "doesn't care about Floridians"!
How did the anchor get to 30,000 ft? Did the hurricane put it up there?
Looks like Venice Beach, Fl will be the point of landfall. Here's a recent video of the area from earlier this month.
He told everyone yesterday that the best way for residents to prepare for the storm was to go get vaccinated
My Dad and his wife retired in Venice. They are supposed to take the direct 155mph hit.
They're in good shape with a newly constructed house built to withstand these storms. Ten miles inland. He said most of the retirement community was staying put. I would doubt any of them consider Joe Biden a hurricane resource.
But, I'm sure we'll soon hear the typical bullshit claims of "Climate Change causes hurricanes" and "its Ron DeSantis' fault" soon enough.
I'd imagine there is a good percentage of liberals out there that hope this goes as bad as possible 1) to punish Florida for not going along with the fake totalitarian climate change program, and 2) to damage DeSantis.
But...I'm sure Governor DeSantis is prepared for this. He's not an incompetent, senile, corrupt douchebag like our installed fake President.
Carbon footprint.
Ah Biden's loyal fawning press has little to say.
Biden doesn’t dance. He stumbles.
Definition of podium
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as
a : one around the arena of an ancient amphitheater serving as a base for the tiers of seats
b : the masonry under the stylobate of a temple
2a : a dais especially for an orchestral conductor
seems like you could be behind a 2a?
Just goes to show that the boot licking, while it has increased in quantity, has reduced in quality over the past several decades.
Staying within the lines ... well, no, but we discard the pictures that are obviously, you know, out of it. There's only one way to respond to a hurricane: get vaccinated. Off-screen: CUT!
How do we feel about Biden ordering the navy to destroy Russia's natural gas pipeline? Does this mean they get to nuke DC?
"* The correct word is "lectern." If he tried to campaign from behind a podium, he would look very foolish."
"We are very sorry to inform those of you who care about this matter that the word podium can truly and without embarrassment refer to what is also called a lectern."
P.S. Biden looks very foolish in almost all situations.
Of course Don Lemon tried to link Hurricane Ian to climate change last night on CNN.
But then Lemon got spanked by his guest hurricane expert. “Rohme repeatedly told Lemon climate change should not be the primary subject of discussion as the hurricane approaches the US and cautioned the host not to blame climate change for any single weather event”
These liberal mouth pieces are all one trick propaganda ponies. Evil people. But, he gets paid to push lies assigned to him by the Democrat party.
And for the members of the climate change church, how stupid do you have to be to believe cow farts cause hurricanes?
Points to you for the "podium" versus "lectern" mention.
MarcusB THEOLDMAN
On the safe side of Florida
I wonder who made the decision to ignore DeSantis and call Democrat Mayors in the runup to the hurricane? There is no doubt that Democrats are hoping for, and preparing for, another Katrina PR effort. Bush was caught unawares, as he was by many things, DeSantis is more agile in the PR field.
Biden refused to call Governor DeSantis while this hurricane was building. He, instead, called up the Mayors of Tampa, St. Pete, and Clearwater, to offer Federal help, ignoring the dynamic Governor of the nation's third largest state. Also ignoring the Mayors of the cities and towns where the hurricane is actually hitting. DeSantis has this state wired...so far. We'll see how things progress. But from where I'm sheltered in place, I'm much more comfortable knowing that DeSantis and his team are on this, and have the recovery plans ready and waiting to jump in, rather than the bungling corps of bureaucratic mouthpieces, led by the Classless One, Joe Biden.
The difference between DeSantis and Biden could not be more glaringly obvious than their behavior and reaction to this hurricane. Biden, as would be expected, shows he is classless and clueless. I still cannot believe there were 81 million people foolish enough, or still breathing, who voted for him.
Our "unifying" President called three Florida city mayors (presumably all Democrats) about the approach of the storm---but ignored the Governor of the State. Those of us with a few brain cells left will recall problems Dubya had in getting help to Louisiana in a major storm. Dubya needed an act by the Louisian governor in order to implement Federal aid. And the Governor, a Democrat, refused to act. Of course Dubya got blamed for the failure.
Biden was finally shamed into giving DeSantis a call yesterday. Of course Slow Joe didn't recall the Louisiana hurricane debacle. But then Joe can't recall whether he had corn flakes or cheerios for breakfast this morning.
Tough to read, and co-authored by Berkeley and Columbia degree recipients. Not one teacher, guidance counselor, professor, relative, spouse, friend, priest, nun, rabbi, parole officer or anyone else told them to pursue a different profession. And do they believe what they write?
I'll bet they're on ketamine.
Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar suggested on Morning Joe that voting for Democrats in the mid-terms would stop hurricanes. Between claims of being able to control Earth’s climate, and mutilating children for the sake of “gender reaffirmation” these liberals sure do have a God complex.
You know, one of the most entertaining things about watching our country being destroyed by Democrats is seeing how they motivate their own voters and supporters. You’d have to be an idiot to believe any of this man-made climate change crap at this point.
NONE of the dire predictions have come true. NONE. And yet they keep pumping out the claims and pushing the fear. Let’s see what happens to California and Germany. I think we already know.
Obviously, Democrat leaders they think their voters are as stupid as I do. If it wasn’t leading us toward global totalitarianism, it would actually be hilarious
Isn't Mr Lemon leaving the evening slot due to a change of climate in Mr Licht's office?
Once you've seen how Biden walks, it's hard to imagine him dancing, let alone @ 30,000 feet.
Biden has embraced the idea of being helpful at a 30,000-foot level
No one at sea level wants him in their state.
None of the assembled press brought up the issue Jupiter raises. Was sabotage of an international pipeline not news? Does the press forget that Tori Nuland* said we would do this "if Putin invaded Ukraine" last January? And Biden backed her up repeating it in February of this year.
*Here's videon of Nuland saying so in January: Link to Twitter video
Biden's hurricane posturing is completely unnecessary for Democrat political purposes. The MSM is well-prepared to - and absolutely certainly will - blame all Hurricane Ian damage and grief on DeSantis.
Jupiter said...
How do we feel about Biden ordering the navy to destroy Russia's natural gas pipeline? Does this mean they get to nuke DC?
forget DC, what does Europe do next week; when 'something happens' to Norways new pipeline (that is replacing the need for the distroyed pipes)
Extra vaccine doses shipped to Florida to prepare for the hurricane.
And If I was the President
The minute the Congress called my name
I’d say “now who do
Who do you think you’re fooling?
I’ve got the presidential seal
I’m up on the presidential podium
My mama loves me, she loves me
She get down on her knees and hug me
Boy she loves me like a rock."
We love you too, Mom, even if all you'll let us have is a crummy lectern
This is too funny. You people are all about states rights up until the point that you need the liberal elites from the blue States who fund most of the federal government to bail your butt out of a pickle.
Don't worry Biden doesn't have to do anything the deep state will come down and help you people unfuck yourself
blame all Hurricane Ian damage and grief on DeSantis
And the average observer already knows this and expects it. When FEMA failed in 2005 they blamed Bush. When FEMA fails this week they will blame Desantis, not Biden. The buck don't stop at the big guy in DemocRAT admins.
I find it interesting that all the opportunity is given to Biden while all the danger is shoveled into the pockets of DeSantis. Things may not be what they appear. DeSantis has to deal with a hurricane while dealing with (and anticipating) efforts to use tragedy to make him look bad.
How he doing with that sort of thing so far? Has this man been able to leverage the behavior of his opposition to his benefit? Join me and await the media's castle of lies built on the Florida sand and see how it crumbles upon inspection.
Best wishes to any downstate readers in the I-4 corridor and on the gulf - we know the drill by now. This one looks like a dodger. I hate these - everybody has to get ready because you just don't know where it'll go next. We're supplied and all tied down up here in Duval. The guys on the river in my 'hood are setting up sandbags this morning.
Blogger Jupiter said...
How do we feel about Biden ordering the navy to destroy Russia's natural gas pipeline? Does this mean they get to nuke DC?
Blogger Mike (MJB Wolf) said...
None of the assembled press brought up the issue Jupiter raises. Was sabotage of an international pipeline not news?
Well for one (to stay on topic) if the Russians nuked DC it would be disastrous for the Earth's climate since all the Democrat gods who can save us from Hurricanes would be dead. Global warming would then be completely out of control and there would be hurricanes in Wisconsin by the following year.
Although a bit off topic, the fact that the Democrat and deep state controlled media are basically silent on the Nord Stream sabotage lets you know the US did it. Of course the US was quick to blame Russia. Why would Russia sabotage their own pipeline when they can just turn it off at the start of it?
But I'm sure the same Democrat voters that believe cow farts cause hurricanes, and that Amy Klobuchar can stop them...will also believe Putin blew up Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2.
News is hyping that it's just short of a category five hurricane. Everybody is rooting for the hurricane at this point.
but not so much that he becomes a heavier anchor
"Heavier", so at least subconsciously, Democrats are seeing Biden as weighing them down. Worse, with the arriving swell, they're anchored in the surf line and at risk if the light doesn't come early enough for them to see that for sure.
That Biden refuses to reach out to a sitting governor- based solely on partisan politics - tells us all we need to know about our joke of a president.
Biden is not only a crook and a liar- Biden is an unprofessional pile of shit.
My guess is that Gov. DeSantis will have his team reconnoitering all the FEMA offices. Any FEMA office not open by 8 am or closed after 5 pm will be the site of a DeSantis press conference 30 minutes later.
He's been on vaycay for half of his presidency...
Yesterday I called the Democrats subhuman for hoping that Hurricane Ian causes all sorts of death and destruction in Florida, the better to damage the chances for DeSantis in the 2024 election. Nothing in the past 24 hours changes my opinion.
For those allegedly moderate Democrats who protest that I am tarring them as being no different from the Progressives (retrogressives, one one examines their policies), I do not care about your discomfort. Those are your people, not mine. If you can’t square them around then ask yourself what you’re doing in that party. Your silence is support for their policies.
Definition of podium (from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/podium)
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as
a : one around the arena of an ancient amphitheater serving as a base for the tiers of seats
b : the masonry under the stylobate of a temple
2a : a dais especially for an orchestral conductor
b : lectern
(emphasis added)
Hunter Biden flirted with and dated Chinese spy JiaQi Bao
Re dictionaries accepting "podium" for "lectern" — it's still ignorant, like saying "vagina" for "vulva" — but the dictionary acknowledges the usage.
OED only recognizes it as a "North American" aberration: "A raised platform or dais at the front of a stage, room, hall, or auditorium; (now esp.) a small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience whilst making a speech, conducting an orchestra, etc. Also in extended use (North American): a lectern; (also) a lectern-like desk at an airport departure gate."
Careful writers take note.
The image of Biden "behind a podium" is silly: You picture him hiding behind the platform.
Or do I need to go to a podiatrist and get my head examined?
"But then Lemon got spanked by his guest hurricane expert."
Not only did he get shot down, he got shot down by a US government employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This office is the US government's official weather and climate experts.
In other words, our official US government position is that climate change has nothing to do with this hurricane, and also that CNN cannot be considered a trusted source for climate information as, according to this official, Lemon was spreading disinformation.
WHERE IS CHRIS LICHT?
Why is he not firing this employee who is attempting to distribute climate change disinformation on CNN airwaves?
CNN was once considered by the nation to be the Most Trusted Name In News ... but it isn't any longer and it's because of THIS EMPLOYEE. This employee is DESTROYING the CNN brand for his own personal benefit.
Licht should fire him quickly before he does more damage to CNN's brand.
"But then Lemon got spanked by his guest hurricane expert."
Not only did he get shot down, he got shot down by a US government employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This office is the US government's official weather and climate experts.
In other words, our official US government position is that climate change has nothing to do with this hurricane, and also that CNN cannot be considered a trusted source for climate information as, according to this official, Lemon was spreading disinformation.
WHERE IS CHRIS LICHT?
Why is he not firing this employee who is attempting to distribute climate change disinformation on CNN airwaves?
CNN was once considered by the nation to be the Most Trusted Name In News ... but it isn't any longer and it's because of THIS EMPLOYEE. This employee is DESTROYING the CNN brand for his own personal benefit.
Licht should fire him quickly before he does more damage to CNN's brand.
Right now, there are war rooms of people preparing mechanisms to destroy DeSantis using this opportunity. No matter the outcome.
The reality is that DeSantis is the current republican frontrunner for 2024. And this is a potential gift to his enemies, politically.
I hope he protects his state and his citizens as best as he can. I hope he helps them rebuild, where ppropriate. And I hope this is an opportunity for him to elevate, because God knows there's going to be a huge machine ready to denounce him starting about this time tomorrow.
Blogger Gusty Winds said...
My Dad and his wife retired in Venice. They are supposed to take the direct 155mph hit.
They're in good shape with a newly constructed house built to withstand these storms. Ten miles inland.
I hope they are well. I would not trust any wooden house to take 155 mile winds.
My house sits up on a hill, fully exposed. When Maria hit in 2017, we got directly hit with 155-160mph winds. I've been through 3 other cat 2 and higher hurricanes (Hugo, Georges, Irma) in this house but was not prepared for Maria.
My house is reinforced concrete construction, including a reinforced concrete roof.
At one point during the height of the storm, the harmonics got just right and the entire house started vibrating. It was vibrating to the point where I worried about the structural integrity and told my wife to be ready to go outside if it got worse. Yeah, it was that bad I thought we might be safer outside than inside. And outside was dangerous as Hell.
Luckily it only lasted for a minute or so. But that was long enough to dislodge some plaster.
My storm windows held up (1/2" plywood and #12 corrugated aluminum and we suffered no other damage. A lot of others were not so fortunate.
My daughter's house, about 1/4 mile away and in a more protected location, had much of the paint blown off.
I worry about the folks in Florida. This is really, really, bad.
John Stop fascism, vote democrat Henry
Althouse said:
Or do I need to go to a podiatrist and get my head examined?
Obviously no...but there are plenty of Americans that probably need a proctologist for psychological issues.
Howard said...
This is too funny. You people are all about states rights up until the point that you need the liberal elites from the blue States who fund most of the federal government to bail your butt out of a pickle.
Howard, as usual you are a one man (boy?) comedy show. Remember how New Orleans was so fucked up by its leftist mayor and governor? Remember how the TV made it out to be worse disaster than it was ? Then they blamed it all on Bush, who was no PR genius.
Well, the funny thing is that Mississippi, with a GOP governor, was right next door to New Orleans and was hit just as hard by Katrina. Ocean Springs, where I had friends, was wiped out. There was no publicity, no TV, no exaggeration of the damage. In fact, I saw almost nothing about the damage in MS on TV. It was ignored by the media. Wonder why ? There was no hysteria. Things were repaired quickly with minimal crime and looting. In short, there was no political story. And lots of the repairs were done by volunteers.
Biden speaks out from behind a podium all the time, Ann.
Biden speaks from behind a podium all the time, Ann.
The writers claim to have inside knowledge about Biden's thinking on several issues that could only come directly from Biden.
It didn't. The article is trash.
I'm sure we'll soon hear the typical bullshit claims of "Climate Change causes hurricanes"
I've already seen "storm surge increased by rising sea levels." Yeah, 3 mm a year will do that. The news is so stupid that it makes me sick. Meanwhile, I have friends in Naples FL that I am worried about.
podium (n.)
1743, in architecture, "raised platform around an ancient arena" (upon which sat persons of distinction), also "projecting base of a pedestal," from Latin podium "raised platform," from Greek podion "foot of a vase," diminutive of pous (genitive podos) "foot," from PIE root *ped- "foot." Meaning "raised platform at the front of a hall or stage" is by 1947.
lectern (n.)
early 14c., lettorne, lettron, "reading-desk in a church," from Old French letron, from Medieval Latin lectrinum, from Late Latin lectrum "lectern," from root of Latin legere "to read," literally "to gather, choose," from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather," with derivatives meaning "to speak (to 'pick out words')." Half-re-Latinized in English in 15c. For form, OED compares mulctrum "milking-pail" from mulgere "to milk."
- etymonline.com
The misunderstanding could be attributed to semantic drift (e.g. urban effect, social conflation, political science).
DeSantis has it in his ability to advise people of projections, risk management procedures, ameliorative medical care, and follow-up rehabilitation. That said, for awhile, people were worried about the potential of climate change, but Her Choice has aborted their conceptions with a return to normally scheduled weather.
The image of Biden "behind a podium" is silly: You picture him hiding behind the platform.
Or do I need to go to a podiatrist and get my head examined?
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in this correct usage >> under the podium may be appropriate [as in basement?]
And If I was the President
The minute the Congress called my name
I’d say “now who do
Who do you think you’re fooling?
I’ve got the presidential seal
I’m up on the presidential podium
My mama loves me, she loves me
She get down on her knees and hug me
Boy she loves me like a rock."
We love you too, mom, even if all you'll let us have is a crummy lectern.
That's funny Doc Mike. Was just on a walk with my wife and told her that you people always blame Katrina on POC. Of course it was a mistaken transfer of the boring logs to the cross sections that caused the sheet piles to be terminated in the middle of a flowing sand instead of gumbo clay.
It's not a rostrum neither
Watched a FEMA news conference that never mentioned DeSantis, as if he were irrelevant to any response. But all that goes wrong will be blamed on him.
I'm sure we'll soon hear the typical bullshit claims of "Climate Change causes hurricanes"
The new claim is it causes a quick rise in intensity.
ou people are all about states rights up until the point that you need the liberal elites from the blue States who fund most of the federal government to bail your butt out of a pickle.
Trust me. I don't need collectivist fuckheads like you.
Never have. Never will.
We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well, they're no friends of mine
Say, we can act if we want to
If we don't, nobody will
And you can act real rude and totally removed
And I can act like an imbecile
And say, we can dance, we can dance
Everything's out of control
We can dance, we can dance
They're doing it from pole to pole
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody look at your hands
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody's taking the chance
Blogger Temujin said...
"Biden refused to call Governor DeSantis while this hurricane was building."
"Biden said on Wednesday he had spoken with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis the prior day about Hurricane Ian, adding that the federal government had met every request for help from the coastal state."
"“When people’s lives and their property are at risk like this, we all need to work together regardless of party lines,” DeSantis said. “It’s my sense that the administration wants to help.”
Sigh!
" Was just on a walk with my wife and told her that you people always blame Katrina on POC.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Just here to note that the only person attributing the disparity in response to Katrina of Louisiana v Mississippi to “people of color” is Howard (Mississippi has a larger African-American population, and that state fared much better than Louisiana, so there goes your racist theory Howard). Which checks out, because my 20+ years in New England drove home to me that they’re the most racist people in the United States.
Of course Mutaman fails to acknowledge Biden called DeSantis after an entire day of ridicule for calling the mayors of three cities and not the governor.
Dear Professor:
Whenever I'm at an airport, and am asked to "approach the podium", I wonder if I'm to employ the Marine crawl . . .
Dear Professor:
Whenever I'm at an airport, and am asked to "approach the podium", I wonder if I'm to employ the Marine crawl . . .
Merriam-Webster's definitions are sometimes woke and full of shite.
MarcusB THEOLDMAN
You can always find some dictionary or grammar site that tells you that you can use whatever definition or word use you choose. That doesn't make it right and people who can't define what a "woman" is can stand on their lectern atop a podium and screw off.
Howard said...
That's funny Doc Mike. Was just on a walk with my wife and told her that you people always blame Katrina on POC.
Really? I blame Kathleen Blanco who appears to be as white as her last name.
Also, "you people"? I don't think I ever hear/read that term used in a non-derogatory way.
Re dictionaries accepting "podium" for "lectern" — it's still ignorant
I've been fighting the podium/lectern wars for years, just like I always insist hockey players wear sweaters, not "jerseys" (and certainly not "uniforms").
“OED only recognizes it as a "North American" aberration.”
There are 280 million people who speak English as a first language in the USA and Canada, as compared to 60 million in the UK and 420 million worldwide. A super majority is not an aberration.
Blogger Jim at said...
" Of course Mutaman fails to acknowledge Biden called DeSantis after an entire day of ridicule for calling the mayors of three cities and not the governor."
Move those goals posts, Sparky.
This article has quite an impressive list of Gov. DeSantis' preparations!
Governor DeSantis is prepared
"POTUS says he's spoken with DeSantis 4 or 5 times re Ian:
"This is not about anything having to do with our disagreements politically. This is about saving peoples' lives, homes and businesses."
Move those goals posts, Sparky.
Only because you set them up on the wrong field.
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