१३ सप्टेंबर, २०२२

Is he saying now, because of me, you don't need to commit suicide?

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Robert Marshall म्हणाले...

Your headline and content are out of whack; repeated content from previous post.

Bob Boyd म्हणाले...

I don't know what happened, but "What the fuck" and "weird shit" are likely applicable to any discussion of Biden rhetoric.

Lyssa म्हणाले...

I realize this is just an error, but I have to admit, I find it rather delightful.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Oh, damn. Sorry it took me so long to see the screw up.

I find that I often, when copying the code from Twitter, believe I've clicked the copy button but haven't actually copied the code. I don't know why this happens, how it could be that the Twitter code copy button is harder for me to use successfully.

Obviously, I should look at the post immediately and ensure I've got the right image.

Again sorry it took so long. And on such a heavy topic — cancer, suicide, and a possibly demented President.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I'm deleting most of the comments on the original screw up.

MayBee म्हणाले...

I find that I often, when copying the code from Twitter, believe I've clicked the copy button but haven't actually copied the code

I can relate. For some reason, my bank's online bill pay has one more step than I think it needs to, and I sometimes forget to click that button one more time (are you super sure you want to send these payments?) so I think I've paid my bills but really I haven't.

Kevin म्हणाले...

Does Joe, and Joe's handlers, not remember he already did this in 2016?

Days after President Obama announced the “moonshot” to find a cancer cure during his State of the Union, Vice President Biden visited Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center to kick off the national effort he said aims to “accelerate the progress already underway” – much of which is happening right here.

"You're on the cusp of some breakthroughs," Biden said. "In my terms -- not your medical terms -- we are at an inflection point in the fight against cancer."

Kevin म्हणाले...

Oh, damn. Sorry it took me so long to see the screw up.

Please don't beat yourself up.

It's not like you're the NYT with layers of fact-checkers.

Jake म्हणाले...

It was a dumb joke.

Bob Boyd म्हणाले...

Maybe Biden thinks the patients, survivors and caregivers will jump over the rail in their eagerness to get to him, hug him and fall at his feet in love and gratitude.

Christopher B म्हणाले...

Was he stuttering again?

Buckwheathikes म्हणाले...

Yes. We're supposed to pretend.

We're supposed to pretend he's the legitimate President.

This is not normal.

Temujin म्हणाले...

Sometimes in my idle moments, I wish Joe Biden would visit New York and use the subway. Just hanging around the subway platform, awaiting the oncoming R Train, some faceless person behind him...

Just an idle thought. No need to send the FBI to my home.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I thought it might be a John Wilkes Booth reference — you know jumping from the balcony/box seats onto the stage... but that would be... terrible.

gilbar म्हणाले...

so, serious question.. How many More times; will jo biden Cure cancer?

My 90 year mom, tells the same stories every family gathering.
she's done that for years, but Now she thinks she's telling us something New.
The worst part is; we ALL know her stories FAR better than her.. Which is kinda sad.

The thing Is; my mom is 90 years old, and been retired for 25 years. What's Jo's excuse?
How long, til they come out with the movie version of: The Madness of King Jo ??

Lurker21 म्हणाले...

It's an old, old joke for him. Most of Biden's jokes are.

Joe often signals his intention by subtle signs, like saying, "That's a joke!" or "Not a joke!" or "That's not hyperbole." Experienced Bidenologists have learned how to decipher such oblique indications.

Cancer is still around and it's deadly, but "The War on Cancer" goes back to the Nixon years. Like "The War on Drugs"? It's been more successful, but the rhetoric does have a musty, old-timey smell.

Other antediluvian tropes -- "If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we ..." or "This is the United States of America, dammit! We can do anything we put our minds to." -- aren't inspiring. They just emphasize just how much has changed in 50 years and how far we've fallen.

Earnest Prole म्हणाले...

Joe Biden has been saying the stupidest shit for most of my lifetime.

Joe Smith म्हणाले...

If they all jumped at the same time and landed on Joe, I'd be OK with it...

Joe Smith म्हणाले...

'I thought it might be a John Wilkes Booth reference — you know jumping from the balcony/box seats onto the stage... but that would be... terrible.'

Joe is not cogent enough to make that connection.

Sic semper tyrannis...

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

Many votes did this old crook get?

Sebastian म्हणाले...

"Is he saying now, because of me, you don't need to commit suicide?"

Does Joe have reasons for saying things, as in, he thinks of what to say, and why to say it, and considers the alternative ways of saying it, and then picks the best line? Or does he just blurt out what comes to mouth? It's a mystery.

"I thought it might be a John Wilkes Booth reference"

You know, that's funny.

Charlie म्हणाले...

Sleepy Joe has a number of things he says in his stock speeches and he's been doing it for so long (since 1973) that he doesn't even realize he's doing it. Looking up at a bunch of people on a balcony and saying "don't jump" is his idea of comedy. Same with his repeated references to "Deer wearing Kevlar vests" and the BS about black people having to go to McDonalds to get access to the internet.

So.....IMO he started his stupid lame joke yesterday but then his brain (such as it is) realized this would be an inappropriate venue for this knee-slapper so he only got halfway through it.

2024 can't come soon enough.

CWJ म्हणाले...

I remember him promising, if elected, to cure cancer. To anyone actually struggling with inoperable cancer, that was not just fatuous, but downright cruel. He should just shut up about the subject, but of course he won't. Every time he brings it up now makes my blood boil.

Dave Begley म्हणाले...

I follow biotech and, in particular, TCRT. TCRT has a new immunotherapy drug in trials right now. Very promising. Full results on the first two patients to be released 9-30.

TCRT has an agreement with MD Anderson on the trials and some kind of deal with NCI.

TCRT is attacking solid tumor cancers, brain, lung etc.

If it works, it really could be the cure for many cancer.

And you can bet Biden - of all people - will take full credit when TCRT becomes the cure. I doubt TCRT got any government money of note. I do know that it is planning an ATM secondary to raise more money. That's from the private sector; not the government. And that's the way it should be.

Full disclosure. TCRT is my biggest position and I'm not done buying.

Josephbleau म्हणाले...

Joe reminds me of the later Red Skelton's Freddie the Tramp without the humor, and humanity.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

I wouldn't call that normal, no. This is someone failing at humor, and failing because people in the past have never told him how tone-deaf he is. It's always been "That's just how Biden is". Newsflash: that doesn't help.

Wilbur म्हणाले...

At least he didn't call them lying dog-faced pony soldiers. Because that joke went over so well, too.

Mike म्हणाले...

The dude is a cosmic buffoon. But he's going to see that cancer gets cured. Hubris ain't in it when talking about Joe's conception of himself.

Narr म्हणाले...

Don't jump from up there--set fire to yourself, it's much more dramatic.

Pikers.

Maynard म्हणाले...

I thought it might be a John Wilkes Booth reference — you know jumping from the balcony/box seats onto the stage... but that would be... terrible.

Wilkes jumped after he shot Lincoln who was sitting in the balcony not on the stage.

Except for those minor flaws it was a clever statement.

Kate म्हणाले...

We're living in a parallel universe where everything is a Monty Python skit.

Rabel म्हणाले...

That's the second time recently that he's used a hand-held microphone when speaking at a lectern with built in mikes. The person who introduced him spoke into those built in microphones then Biden walked up and picked up the hand-held that was laying on the lectern. This created an echo in the room as the twin mikes on the lectern were left on.

Is this to give him something to do with his hands?

stutefish म्हणाले...

Temujin had me at:

"Sometimes in my idle moments, I wish Joe Biden would visit New York and use the subway."

In fact, I think he should visit a lot of places in America, in mufti, and see how regular people live and work and get around. In fact I think all presidents should. The State of the Union Address (if it must be an address at all, and not a letter sent to Congress by registered mail), should be about what the president has personally experienced around the Union.

Rusty म्हणाले...

Hunter Biden's tax payer funded Hooker said...
" (How)Many votes did this old crook get?"
81 million. Have you ever been to Chicago and seen those cantilevered bridges over the Chicago river? Pretty cool, aren't they? Well I own several of them and they are all for sale.

Jupiter म्हणाले...

I don't think he's allowed to say anything that isn't on the teleprompter. Maybe they let him ad-lib a little on days when they give him the strong drug.

Andrew म्हणाले...

"Again sorry it took so long. And on such a heavy topic — cancer, suicide, and a possibly demented President."

We are far past the point of "possibly."

Drago म्हणाले...

CWJ: "I remember him promising, if elected, to cure cancer."

This is about the 5th or 6th time Biden's Earpiece has promised to cure cancer.

Almost as many times as obambi/biden proclaimed the Summer of Recovery!..(that was every year from 2009 thru 2016)

Kai Akker म्हणाले...

--- jumping from the balcony/box seats onto the stage... but that would be... terrible. [AA]

Those ellipses are... telling.

Narayanan म्हणाले...

Does Joe, and Joe's handlers, not remember he already did this in 2016?
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y'll iz morons >>> FJB is real smartypants >>> knows cancer can return so need second cure!

Narayanan म्हणाले...

Does Joe, and Joe's handlers, not remember he already did this in 2016?
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y'll iz morons >>> FJB is real smartypants >>> knows cancer can return so need second cure!

Mutaman म्हणाले...

Ann Althouse said...
"And on such a heavy topic — cancer, suicide, and a possibly demented President."

"I find that I often, when copying the code from Twitter, believe I've clicked the copy button but haven't actually copied the code. I don't know why this happens, how it could be that the Twitter code copy button is harder for me to use successfully." (sic)

Not a day goes by w/o some Althouse gibberish. And she's calling other's "demented"?



Dave Begley म्हणाले...

I should add that if TCRT works, it could cure pancreatic cancer. Right now, pancreatic cancer is a nearly always a death sentence.

Dave Begley म्हणाले...

Althouse community.

I've commented here about TCRT to give future cancer patients hope. Mr. Market should know in early 2023 if it works.

I'm also thinking there will be tremendous pressure on the FDA to speed approval.

And did I mention brain cancer too?

I know of at least two brain cancer victims, one lung cancer victim and two pancreatic cancer victims. Creighton's Fr. Schlegel died of pancreatic cancer. A top exec at UPRR died of pancreatic cancer. The wife of the NBC CEO died of pancreatic cancer. Long list.

Achilles म्हणाले...

Mutaman said...


Not a day goes by w/o some Althouse gibberish. And she's calling other's "demented"?

The only people dumber than Joe Biden are his supporters like Mutaman.

Narayanan म्हणाले...

my take : FJB is being inspiringly aspirational : he wants them to climb higher before jumping.

change my mind.

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

Pancreas, liver and brain cancers are some tough customers Dave. I pray your expectations work out. There are many medical miracles on the verge of being possible.

D.D. Driver म्हणाले...

One trend that I hate is the habit of giving our adversaries an uncharitable reading of every single confusing statement. It's just a death spiral of taking comments out of context to "prove" how stupid or evil "the other guys" are. Here, have we even seen what Biden was looking at? Might there be someone leaning over a railing who he was speaking to? Or, is the most reasonable assumption that he was telling cancer patients not to commit suicide? I fucking hate partisans.

Mutaman म्हणाले...

Achilles said...
"The only people dumber than Joe Biden are his supporters like Mutaman."

I'm sorry-it isn't my fault. I couldn't afford to pay all that money and go to Trump University to get educated like you.