May 14, 2023

Prime Minister of what?

I'm reading "Remarks by President Biden at the Howard University Class of 2023 Commencement Address." 

This is near the beginning, where he's acknowledging various people on the stage:
And it’s truly special — special to join fellow honorees. Prime Minister Rowley of — (laughs) — Prime Minister — Prime Minister, I didn’t know you were so talented. (Laughter.) I just thought you were foreign policies — you know, Latin American guy. I — you know, I — we got to talk. (Laughter.)

You know, Latin American guy. 

I had to look it up. Keith Rowley is the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

To be fair, I don't think the laughing President is calling the T&T pm "Latin American guy." I think he's saying he had a chance to talk to him earlier and whatever it is they talked about dispelled his conception that he was a specialist in Latin American foreign policy and nothing more. Apparently, he has some talents, though Biden doesn't say what would be interesting and easy to say: He's a volcanologist.

The next words out of Biden's mouth are "All kidding aside," but what was the kidding? I see Biden was laughing — he amused himself or pretended to amuse himself — but wasn't it a cover for forgetting the country Rowley was prime minister of? You don't kid by forgetting the foreign dignitary's country. And here Biden is performing in the theater of respecting black people: He's giving the commencement speech at Howard, and Rowley, a black man, is on the stage receiving an honorary degree.

46 comments:

rhhardin said...

Black people expect to be pandered to. They take it as having dignity.

Whereas dignity comes only from doing something for somebody else, something nobody suggests.

richlb said...

Is "Latin American guy" like saying "Chinaman"?

Jim said...

Every time Biden opens his mouth I pat myself on the back for taking my Mom’s keys away from her before she got that bad. Happy Mother’s Day in Heaven Mom.

Mary Beth said...

How nice, he read Bob's advice.

Milo Minderbinder said...

The Weekend-at-Bernie's show that is this White House is appalling. Biden is awful, and everyone knows it.

ga6 said...

At least he didn't use the S or G word...yet...in public.

Breezy said...

Biden’s nervous laughter is an indication of his discomfort in doing what he’s doing. He knows his pandering schtick is past the use-by date. Sad to witness, but it’s his own doing. All kidding aside.

May he rot in hell for allowing the invasion on our border. That invasion though is beginning to turn many Black Americans against him and Dems in general. Let’s hope us everyday Americans can fully unite against the invasion and vote accordingly.

n.n said...

The last one mentioned in passing was the mayor of London.

typingtalker said...

This is the man whose finger is on the button that launches the ICBMs ... or he would be if he could remember where he left it.

Sebastian said...

"You don't kid by forgetting the foreign dignitary's country."

Except when you are the joke. In the Alzheimer's home, he'd be a hoot.

Question: can anyone think of a more ridiculous, incompetent leader anywhere in the world?

rwnutjob said...

Amen Jim. Same here.

It would be embarrassing to anyone who was sentient

rcocean said...

That's our Joe. What a card!

Boring point that can be made endlessly: If Trump had done this.....

JAORE said...

Thank God for Biden. We now are respected around the world.

Right?

[One data point. Sitting in the ATL airport yesterday. Guy on cell phone talking loudly. He said that he'd just returned from Ireland and - in horrified tones - they are laughing at Biden.]

Welcome to the party, pal.

Political Junkie said...

Biden is an SOB. He just happens to be a Democrat SOB, so he is given a pass by the cultural/social/media leading voices.

Temujin said...

They crucified Dan Quayle for misspelling 'potato'. We have a much more understanding media these days.

For those on one side.

Drago said...

Temujin: "They crucified Dan Quayle for misspelling 'potato'. We have a much more understanding media these days.

For those on one side."

To show you how far the setups by the dems/media go back, Dan Quayle was handed the cards to use for checking the kids spelling answers and the card had the incorrect spelling on it...and when Dan Quayle used it the trap was sprung.

The media flooded the zone and Murphy Brown's next episode, within days of the event, cemented it.

Quayle should have said: the card I was handed shows a different spelling.

And before the usual lefty suspects chime in with their revised history, here's the Wash Post recap...years after the damage was done:

"Dan Quayle's 'Potatoe' Incident – 1992
Feeding Frenzy A minor slip-up by Vice President Dan Quayle hatched a frenzy and a long-running joke. Quayle led a spelling bee for sixth-grade students while visiting an elementary school in New Jersey in 1992. Working from an inaccurate flash card prepared by a teacher, he corrected William Figueroa, 12, when the child spelled "potato" on the blackboard – making the boy add an unnecessary "e" at the word's end.

Quayle would never hear the end of it. The media assault for this goof was truly relentless. The young Figueroa crystallized the effects of this incident on Quayle's public image when he said that it "showed that the rumors about the vice president are true – that he's an idiot."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/quayle3.htm

To quote Harry Reid: "Well, it worked, didn't it?"

Yancey Ward said...

Biden's short-term memory is gone. He would fail the standard neurological memory test where you are asked to remember a few words, and are then asked what the words were few minutes later. My father passed this test for a couple of years as the Alzheimers advanced, but he failed it the last time he took it. And my father could read out loud right up until he died. That is how Biden's team is fooling people, or at least fooling the idiots- they put him in front of tele-promptor, and he can read it out loud, but in any other situation, he can't remember what to do, or what has transpired just minutes earlier.

Biden needs to be removed from office by his cabinet and Congress. That this process hasn't already been done is a condemnation of these people. As bad and awful as she is, Harris' is a magnitude or two more capable than Biden is at this point.

Andrew said...

"Latin American guy" = "guy from a shithole country."

Original Mike said...

I assume there was no reporting of this in the "press".

Andrew said...

@Yancey Ward,

"Biden's short-term memory is gone. He would fail the standard neurological memory test where you are asked to remember a few words, and are then asked what the words were few minutes later."

That reminds me of that wonderful interview with Trump where he kept naming the words from his cognitive test. "Person, woman, man, camera, TV." Comedy gold (and I say this as a supporter). Biden for certain couldn't repeat the same five words in a row.

"Biden needs to be removed from office by his cabinet and Congress. That this process hasn't already been done is a condemnation of these people. As bad and awful as she is, Harris' is a magnitude or two more capable than Biden is at this point."

I've come to that conclusion as well. This presidency is a humiliation for the entire country. At this time in history, it's especially dangerous to signal to our adversaries that our government is incapacitated. Biden needs to be removed. Harris is terrible, but she's not demented. I just don't look forward to her cosmic speeches about time and space.

Dude1394 said...

This is exactly what my father in law with alzheimers did to hide his dementia.

Dude1394 said...

Democrats could care less if POTSU is a dementia patient, in fact the like it that way. They can do any damn thing they want and the dementia patient will take the heat. He will never be elected and will probably be dead in 5 years or so. But they could care less, they have carte blanche to destroy the energy sector, and create open borders. Things they have wanted for decades.

Dude1394 said...

"Blogger Breezy said...
Biden’s nervous laughter is an indication of his discomfort in doing what he’s doing. He knows his pandering schtick is past the use-by date. Sad to witness, but it’s his own doing. All kidding aside."

I am not sure if you have ever cared for a dementia patient, but imo you are dead wrong about this nervous laughter. It is a way of covering up his inability to remember what he is trying to say, it's like the "ah's", "ahems" of public speaking. Except an order of magnitude worse.

Rabel said...

Transcripts are misleading. Watch it on C-Span and you'll see that it was a perfectly lucid moment. Well, nearly lucid. He's reading from dual teleprompters (which most likely had the country named) and ad-libbing with typical and overworn Bidenisms.

To beat this bastard we need to fully understand him and his weaknesses and exaggerating his senility and mild dementia may feel good, but dealing with him as he actually is would be a better approach with a greater chance of success.

And like it or not, given it's purpose, it was a fairly effective speech. His act sells to some demographics.

n.n said...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/quayle3.htm

To quote Harry Reid: "Well, it worked, didn't it?"


All's fair in lust and abortion... and handmade tales.

Fred Drinkwater said...

Prime Minister of Latin America. Duh. You know, that place below Mexico? Where they speak Latin? Or is it Brazilian Latin, I heard that somewhere...

Readering said...

Bog improvement on what commenters here say about her.

Drago said...

Readering: "Bog improvement on what commenters here say about her."

I think you meant to write "Blig" instead of "Bog".

Michael K said...


Blogger Readering said...

Bog improvement on what commenters here say about her.


I agree, a "BOG" improvement.

Owen said...

Did Biden pat the Prime Minister on his nappy head?

Michael said...

I like it that he scares the easily scared black people living while black right in front of him.

John henry said...

If speaking of Britain, it is not prime minister of what.

Rishi Sunak is not Prime Minister of Great Britain.

He is King Chuck's Prime Minister. His oath of office is to Chuck, not to the country or even to the king.

He is not elected but appointed by king chuck. Traditionally on the advice of the party with the most sears but the hire/fire decision us Chuck's alone.

See Liz Truss, for example

John Henry

Free Manure While You Wait! said...

"Biden needs to be removed from office by his cabinet and Congress. That this process hasn't already been done is a condemnation of these people."

Not possible. If you were to actually read the 25th Amendment you'd know it explicitly excludes Democrat presidents.

Narayanan said...

Dan Quayle was handed the cards to use for checking the kids spelling answers and the card had the incorrect spelling on it
=======
all said and done if Dan Quayle was a bright boy : why would he need the cards to use for checking the school kids' spelling answers?

Q: would Trump ever use any such ? === > or would be beneath any adult dignity

Andrew said...

"His act sells to some demographics."

Stupid people.

MadisonMan said...

These kind of things make me wonder who is really leading the country. Who is making the decisions?

mikee said...

I, for one, find Joe Biden, our illustrious United States President, to be not only articulate but well dressed. For a guy with advancing dementia, of course.

John henry said...

Trinidad Tobago is not Latin American.

Population, according to Wikipedia is

35.43% Indian
34.22% African
22.82% Mixed
7.66% Dougla
0.65% European
0.06% Portuguese
0.30% Chinese0.11% 
Indigenous0.08% 
Arab0.17% 
Other6.22% Undeclared

Follow the link for mixed and it is defined as

many citizens have a mixed ethnic heritage due to influences from French, West African, Indian or Han Chinese ancestry. Common ethnic mixtures include people of African and European descent (mulatto-creoles) and African and Indian descent (often colloquially known as dougla). This mixed population is estimated at around 22.8%

Rowley is black. And just to one up Dr Biden, he has a real doctorate in volcanology. Seems like a bright and articulate man.

John Henry

gilbar said...

Serious Questions (the answer to one of which, is painfully obvious)
1) was there EVER, a More corrupt and disgusting President, than resident Biden?
2) was there EVER, a Stupider, seniler, brain damaged and brain dead President, than resident Biden?

Bunkypotatohead said...

I'm trying to imagine who would have given the worse speech at that event. Biden, or his cackling VP?

Josephbleau said...

I remember political thrillers from the 60's written by experienced former operators where the fate of the world hinged on the distinction of one word out of a head of state's mouth. Now we have so many words coming out of the head of state's mouth that there is nothing but white noise.

To paraphrase John Prine "All the static in Beiden's attic getting ready to blow."

So Beiden is like the TNG Pakled "You think we are not smart. We are smart, you will see." Beiden says he has a higher IQ than you and his Son is the smartest person he knows, and he knows nothing about his son's business.

Beiden is a Pakled.

Any sensible nation will assume that US policy comes from a random number generator and do what they wish.

I need to match cause with effect, so I claim that Beiden has unsupervised policylords all over the place that think they are autonomous. Further research is needed.

Josephbleau said...

Beiden is also a Jack Wad.

To paraphrase him, Don't fuck around England, you piss me off from the old old days of my genetic memory, so don't fuck with me, you potato stealing bastards, don't fuck with ME!

I had to come over to Ireland personally, and waste my time, to make sure that those English Bastards were going to stop fucking over my genetic Irish family.

As President of the United States, I have gone on a personal mission to make sure that those Northern Irish Bastards are not slipping one up under the skirt of my genetic Irish pals, right Hunter!

Josephbleau said...

I will add a third one before the FBI gets the warrant signed.

Joe Beiden is a Dick For. Known as a dick foreskin.

Beiden has been a sexual Pirate. Jill the baby sitter, Tara Reid, Showers with dad, all ok.

I salute all who admire Joe Beiden!!

Josephbleau said...

To FBI, I am not a threat, if I was I would not be posting anywhere.

Doug said...

How do democrat voters live with themselves? Not a joke.

Josephbleau said...

Did Joe Beiden save 10 % of his income in an ira or 401 k. If he did, good for him. But we will never know, congress has special hiding rules.

his family got 10 mill from funny sources,