"[I]t’s the Democratic Party as a whole that’s ailing.... This is about something deeper than Joe Biden’s age. More and more people are telling pollsters that the Republicans, not the Democrats, care about people like me.... It is not news that the Democrats have been losing white working-class voters ever since the emergence of the Reagan Democrats. But today, the party is bleeding working-class voters of all varieties.... As things stand, [Biden] is the Democrats’ best shot at curing what ails the party. There is no other potential nominee who is so credibly steeped in knowing what life is like for working- and middle-class people, just as there was no other potential nominee in 2020. After watching him for a quarter-century, I think he is genuinely most comfortable when he is hanging around the kinds of people he grew up with. He doesn’t send out any off-putting faculty lounge vibes. On cultural matters he is most defined by what he doesn’t do — needlessly offend people with overly academic verbiage and virtue signaling...."
October 6, 2023
"The Republicans who portray [Biden] as a doddering old man based on highly selective YouTube clips are wrong."
"In my interviews with him, he’s like a pitcher who used to throw 94 miles an hour who now throws 87. He is clearly still an effective pitcher.
People who work with him allow that he does tire more easily, but they say that he is very much the dynamic force driving this administration. In fact, I’ve noticed some improvements in his communication style as he’s aged. He used to try to cram every fact in the known universe into every answer; now he’s more disciplined. When he’s describing some national problem, he is more crisp and focused than he used to be, clearer on what is the essential point here — more confidence-inspiring, not less...."
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That's malarkey, man. Not a joke.
That's right. Believe Brooks and not our own, lying eyes.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
David Brooks. Did he mention the crease in Joe's pants?
"Crisp and focused". David Brooks provides the novelistic detail that less observant writers would overlook.....Records are made to be broken. You thought he was over the top when talking about Obama. Get a load of this steaming pile of words.
So now Brooks is writing satire? Who knew?
Joe Biden is not the late Dick Butkus. Butkus just wanted to damage you on the football field. Biden and his ilk are will to sacrifice millions of people (Ukrainians and Americans) for their own enrichment. He and the rest of the geriatrics want to stay in power to cover the crimes that made them rich. And they are willing to destroy America to do it.
He's not and aged football player with bad knees. Dick Butkus was never a senile avatar controlled by other grifters covering their crimes. God, these liberal journalists are disgusting.
Notice how this sentence is constructed:
"People who work with him allow that he does tire more easily, but they say that he is very much the dynamic force driving this administration."
So, David Brooks is admitting that he doesn't work with Joe Biden. And that he has to rely on other people's WORD that he is a "dynamic force" "driving" this Administration.
If you have to quote others saying that someone is a driving force, then the reader may assume that bullsh|it is happening. Driving forces demonstrate themselves. They don't need PR people.
This entire story just confirms that David Brooks is a toad-sucking butthole-licker and also that the President of the United States is a doddering old fool and if you are ANY organization that wants to take over the United States ... now's your chance.
I'm looking at you, Mexican Cartels.
This is how David Brooks admits that he crapped his own pants, without revealing where he crapped his own pants.
What Brooks is saying is correct. Biden is at ease with all types, and he has no problem in
projecting a "Good ol'Joe from Scanton PA" persona. Its just totally fake.
So, if you want someone who can FOOL working class people into voting for them, while actually doing everything he can to ignore their needs and concerns, well Joe Biden is your man.
This a man who is worth $millions, and has spent his entire adult life in DC as a powerful Senator and VP. He now jets off to SF/LA/NYC and hobnobs with BIllionaires. His stupidity, and constant gaffes, and harmless exaggerations and lies about his past, actually disarm people. "Haha, thats just Good ol' Joe telling a whopper" people say.
Of course, the REAL Joe Biden has nothing but contempt for the average American, assuming he even thinks about them. He's completely in favor of massive illegal and legal immigration that compete for native American jobs, a Automobile industry killing "Green agenda", open borders, free trade, globalization, and foreign wars.
He supported the bailout of the banks in 2008, and didn't give a damn about the Disaster at East Palastine OH, or the Maui fire, and if he showed up it was only due to political pressure. As for the UAW strike, he didn't give a damn, and only walked the picket lines for ONE Hour on his way to Tahoe CA and his lunch with a billionaire donor.
Nor is "Good ol' Joe" a nice guy. His record is full of sexual harrassment, and contempt for the secret service agents and Press who ask him a tough question.
BUT..he SEEMS Like a sincere nice guy. And if you can fake that, you can fake anything.
Writes David Brooks, in "Can We Talk About Joe Biden?" (NYT).
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more beleivbe if Writes "Can We Talk with Joe Biden while he walk.
"He is clearly still an effective pitcher."
Based on the amount of bribe money he's collected, perhaps a better position to use as an analogy would be 'catcher', don't you think?
BTW, Biden has a massive advantage over Trump. The DC democrats are a well oiled machine. They all believe the same thing, they're all on the same page, and the same is true of Biden's Cabinet and the top federal workers.
And even if they weren't the MSM would protect Biden and never report any problems UNLESS Biden strayed from the "Party Line" - which Biden never has.
So Biden can be a doddering ol' fool. And no one cares. Because he's just doing what the DNC/chuck Schumer/NYT/Wap/Etc. want.
Trump was trying to fight the establishment - single handed. Biden IS The establishment.
Highly selective videos?
Ya’ mean like........all of then?
Brooks must like the crease of his pants.
Brooks is right, rhetorically speaking. No bullshitter like an old bullshitter. Joe's shameless. At this point he doesn't know or care about the truth value of any statement, he just says whatever he senses is the answer that will fly with his base and leaning independents.
Whether that's enough to get him reelected in the face of all this chaos at the borders and in the cities and people's recalling how much better they were doing 4 years ago is the question all the Trump hatred and indictments is aimed at evading.
I met Nolan Ryan. Nolan Ryan was a favorite of mine. You, Mr Biden, are no Nolan Ryan.
Now, IRENE Ryan? That works.
Had to have someone counter program the Sage Steele story of yesterday.
It will be quite a while before I give David Brooks' writing the presumption that it is a good faith attempt to speak truthfully.
"[H]e is most defined by what he doesn’t do -- needlessly offend people with overly academic verbiage and virtue signaling...." No, he offends people by telling fantastic lies, shouting gibberish insults at those who contradict him, and sniffing middle-school girls' hair.
But, David, you're leaving out the sharp creases in his pants and his clean shirts. All signs of a robust and engaged mind.
No faculty lounge vibes? No academic verbiage or virtue signaling?
Trump was better at those, and didn't surround himself with overcredentialed twits and twats.
No commentary on pant creases?
This after a few double bourbons …?
you know the thing!
Lol. It’s funny that people like Books would think Biden a “man of the people”. Only loyalist union members who would sell their grandmothers for another $2 raise think Biden is like them. And they are right, he is a vampire on the body politic, just like unionists.
Wasn't Brooks the idiot who was complaining about paying $65 or $75 for a burger and fries at LaGuardia, and it came out that the meal was around $18 and the rest was for his bourbon? Or am I confusing my idiots?
Wanted: Doddering, demented, corrupt lifetime politician who can con the rubes into thinking Democrats actually give a damn about them. Must be willing to lie about every aspect of your life while selling out the country to the highest bidder. Bonus points for exhibiting poor parental judgement concerning your daughter’s shower habits.
Only Scranton Joe need apply
brooks is embarrassing himself.
Yah, that fast ball was something back in the day, that’s why his own party rejected him, what- six or seven times)
Oh David, you're adorable.
I don't think anyone used David Brooks as a baseball scout either.
To be fair Brooks is nearsighted and was interviewing a turnip.
Hmmm.
He Can't Walk..
He Can't Talk..
He Can't Read a Teleprompter..
Steps are REALLY Dangerous for him (as are sandbags, and flat floors)
The Saddest thing is; he can't finish his sentences
Oh, and He Kicks His Dog
But HEY! Dave Brooks LOVES rubbing his dick on Biden's Pant Crease.. Oh wait! i mean
NYT columnist busted after complaining about $78 hamburger at airport
hmm, that's STILL not right; i got it! David Brooks says: "THIS TIME, i'm not making it up!"
Did he video the 87 mph interviews? It's strange how the only videos that seem to get out are the ones where Biden is mumbling and fumbling for words.
I'm going to ignore complaints about "highly selective" videos. We learned what the standard was during the last administration. "Highly selective" is better than deceptively edited. All you have to do is counter them with the videos of a sharp-witted Biden.
Does Brooks even know any working class people? I have a hard time believing he does if he thinks that they see Biden as relatable. The president brings out his upbringing for story time, but he left that world behind (or below) him.
He’s right. Biden is not a doddering old man. He is an evil old man intentionally destroying the American middle class for cash payments. That makes him a criminal boss ruining our civilization and that’s not a doddering activity. It’s a cover.
Have you Noticed?
That the Older (and more senile) a person gets; the more they think that Biden Seems "Lucid"??
Does Brooks kiss his mother with those lips?
Brooks dancing right past Biden's corruption.
Didn’t explain Biden’s avoidance of press conference and general accountability. Something stinks here.
Brooks: "On cultural matters he is most defined by what he doesn’t do — needlessly offend people with overly academic verbiage and virtue signaling."
Sure, as in down home six-pack Joe talk: "If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black."
Who does David Brooks think he's kidding?
Joe is just like you and me. If we rack in millions from Chinese interests routed through our kid’s shell companies.
Well, he's not Trump, a necessary but not sufficient condition.
Imagine Brooks throwing a baseball.
What a shill. How many bourbons did he drink before he wrote that.
And it’s not his age. It’s his insane policies.
Typical Democrat shill!
Prepare to have these kinds of takes, like a Daily Dose. One day Joe is pronounced incompetent, the next he is the epidemy of virility.
YouTube: Just when you think it can't get any more Orwellian, it does.
You may have to be a subscriber to watch this. I'll put up the relevant transcript as soon as they release it on Substack.
How's the crease in his pants?
Hmm. Could've fooled me.
Maybe seeing him in a live long form interview would've convinced me sooner, but now that I have the straight scoop from Brooks, I guess that's it for the rest of his time in office.
David Brooks is such a tool. He is on par with the NYT in trustworthiness.
Never be surprised when a member of the party of lies is a liar
There is no other potential [Democrat] nominee who is so credibly steeped in knowing what life is like for working- and middle-class people ...
If you delete the word "credibly," this is the one mostly-true thing that Brooks is pushing, and it marks the completion of the Democrats' efforts to push working class voters out of their coalition.
Because, let's face it, there is nothing that says "knows what life is like for working- and middle-class people" than living in a beachfront mansion like Joe Biden (and Barack Obama, for that matter).
I suppose but Smokin' Joe Biden never had much of a fastball. He was all about spit and Vaseline. Still is.
Brooks trying to put lipstick on a pig he fears the Democrats are stuck with.
"There is no other potential nominee who is so credibly steeped in knowing what life is like for working- and middle-class people,"
Well sure, compared to Kamala Harris, the President seems more human. Sure, the Dem possibilities give off that special "I hate you voters" vibe, that "I would have chosen Dylan Mulvaney to represent Budweiser" vibe. Certainly, Biden is better than that, Biden is "Hey, I'm in it for the money, just like you, and my boy, Hunter, just wants to have fun just like you" wink, senile chuckle. But the USA is facing real problems requiring new solutions. Biden massively projects inability to deal with new issues. The consequences of open borders (see NYC), the consequences of allowing shoplifting (see San Francisco), the consequences of lack of soldiers for the Army - does anyone at all see Biden taking on the Dem zealots and zanys and wrestling them or anyhow the Dem party, back to sanity on these issues or on any issue?
But is it a real issue? I'm pretty sure Biden will be carried off stage before the election. His incapacity will become obvious through some really terrible incident since the media will cover up every warning sign till it's too late. And then? I just wonder.
Strong "Who are you gonna believe? Me, or your lying eyes?" vibe.
Joe the bobo beau.
The authentic voice of the working class amplified by millions from China and Ukraine. The poor stutterer once pitching BS at 97 mph now mixing in curve balls off the plate. The public stumbling and daily lies just a ruse by the masterful MC at the WH.
But Brooks is right in two ways, explicit and implicit: Joe is still Dems' best option, so they're rational to stick with him, and he is driving hard-left prog policy to predictable disaster (at the border, on the budget, in inflation, in greening), so there's little for progs to dislike,
But how are the creases in his trousers?
(The only true test of any leader)
More lucidity from Joe, via John Hinderaker at Powerline:
" Biden’s howlers related mainly to the federal budget:
“Those 50 corporations that made $40 billion and weren’t paying a penny in taxes? Well, guess what, we made them pay 30% — 15% in taxes, 15%, nowhere near what they should pay."
This makes no sense. If a corporation shows a profit of hundreds of millions or billions of dollars, it owes income taxes to the federal government. Payment is not optional. The idea that corporations weren’t going to pay their income taxes, but the Biden administration “made them pay,” is absurd. And for what it is worth, the federal corporate income tax rate is 21%, so I have no idea where Biden got either 30% or 15%.
But Biden was just getting warmed up:
"And guess what? We’re able to pay for everything. And we end up with an actual surplus,” Biden said.
“I was able to cut the federal debt by $1.7 trillion over that first two and a half — two years,” Biden said at one point, confusing the terms “debt” and “deficit.”
The national debt has increased by nearly $6 trillion since Biden took office, from $27.75 trillion to about $33.48 trillion."
Except when working-class people have a son who mooches off the father he's not dropping 40k on blow and hookers. Hunter ruins that Scranton Joe schtick. I would guess Brooks was not uncouth enough to mention that.
C’mon man. What about his pants crease?
I suspect Obama is a shadow president. He's still living in D.C., which is a first among ex-presidents. Most of Biden's staffers used to be his staffers. I think he's telling Biden what to do. And in some cases he might be cutting Biden out entirely and advising his aides.
For instance, it seems like the Biden administration is intentionally allowing mass illegal immigration into the USA to occur. I suspect that's actually an Obama move. They're his "dreamers." He wants a lot more non-white people in the USA, because Obama thinks racially, all the time.
Biden is a racist too, but he's a white racist who says dumb, white racist things. Obama is manipulating him.
Look at this White House reception and tell me who you think is the most powerful man in the country.
Brooks foolishly imagines that Biden's supposed knowledge of what life is like for the middle class matters more than what his policies are actually doing, not just to the middle class, but to American society in general. Shorter Brooks: Stick with Biden because he's best equipped to gaslight the rubes.
But how was his pants crease?
Gee Brooksie, why doesn't the sharp as a tack president have any press conferences?
I’m surprised Brooks could type this considering both hands are down his pants.
And you're an ignorant ass kissing idiot. Good grief, wipe your chin.
Brooks is not wrong about Biden being the front man for the woke leftists in charge of the Democrat Party. They could sell that in 2020. In 2024, after 4 years of actual observation? I don't think so.
How was the crease in his trousers?
Time for cognitive testing for Brooks. It isn't just for 80 year olds.
Brooks might have caught President Malarkey on a good day. Because it does seem quite variable -- sometimes he seems to know exactly what he's saying and responds to questions normally. And sometimes it's honestly just painful to watch.
I do think the RNC has overreached with a lot of their clips of Biden looking senile, though, because Biden's aides seem to be fully aware that the President is in his dotage and have accordingly got better at managing his appearances to avoid that sort of thing happening on video. The recent stories about having him use the short stairs are only a piece of it. My impression is there were a lot more embarassing unscripted moments at the start of Biden's presidency than there are now.
So if Biden is not suffering age-related dementia, what then explains the policies and administrative actions? Rhetorical, I know.
This is the David Brooks who thinks poor people don't know how to eat sandwiches. And calls working and middle-class communities 'places where people line up for meatloaf.'
Whew! America is lucky to have David Brooks on the scene to give us his honest opinion of lovable, sharp as a razor Scranton Joe Biden, the man of the people doing the peoples’ work notwithstanding recently losing his dog(s) and Dr Jill’s long hours saving lives at Walter Reade Medical Center. With Hunter taking care of the family’s businesses and Ashley entertaining the troops, the Biden are a model of a family that only knows how to give.
Four more years! Right, Brooksie?
You'll notice none of the usual suspects is here to befend Brooks. It's because they know our national turnip is a corrupt, senile idiot.
"Though President Biden's pants were fiercely creased, the ever growing shit-stain that is his personality, dulls their impact."
"The Republicans who portray [Biden] as a doddering old man based on highly selective YouTube clips are wrong."
And a hamburger doesn't cost 80 bucks - NEXT.
If David Brooks did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
“If David Brooks did not exist it would be necessary to invent him.
Perhaps David Brooks really is a construct. How many people move right to left based on their lived experience? How many ethical moralists dump their wives (after insisting on a religious conversion) and children for their much younger research assistant and still preach from their self-conceived moral pulpit. Brooksie’s view of the world is very…convenient. Is he a real person?
"credibly steeped in knowing what life is like for working- and middle-class people..."
He has been in national politics for 50 years. He know nothing about what life is like for us peasants.
David Brooks is the classic Grand Central Station Glory Hole enthusiast. Might as well place a “will blow for double bourbon”
Sign around his thin neck. It’ll slide down his sunken chest and spaghetti arms, but what the hell.
"the dynamic force driving this administration".......right off a cliff
the fix is in...
Trump v Biden = 4 more years of decline, BS, one-party neo-Maoist rule, and husk-Puppet deluxe.
Amadeus 8:53 - indeed. Plus - NYT readers do not need a real person. They need a narrative and they desire to be told what & how to think.
"...he is very much the dynamic force driving this administration."
And Ruth Bader Ginsberg was so healthy no mortal could keep up with her exercise routine.
"One day Joe is pronounced incompetent, the next he is the epidemy of virility."
Perhaps they viewed Joe's diminishing abilities and pronounced hm incompetent.
Then they took a hard look at the bench....
So:
Danged ol' Joe still has it.
"Can We Talk About Joe Biden?"
Let's not and say we did.
So, David Brooks, you mean he has done all this destruction on purpose?! I am not sure he isn't better off with people thinking he has dementia.
"Does Brooks even know any working class people?"
Of course he does. Do you really think he cleans his home's HVAC ducts every year himself? And no doubt he uses Uber Eats.
I've got an acquaintance--a friend of a friend. He's got a PHD, has taught at several universities, worked with Cal Tech and Jet Propulsion labs. He's almost 90 and believes that Biden is lucid and sharp based upon watching one of Biden's State of the Union addresses.
Well people's cognitive abilities disappear in different ways and in a sort of random fashion. Even senile people (and Joe is closer to senility than to being "sharp") have their lucid moments.
I loved my late father who died a couple of weeks short of his 96th birthday. His business judgement disappeared somewhere around 87 or 88. He lived in Southern California. When he was 92 or 93 he entered into a rather complicated franchising arrangement with a company in North Carolina. When Dad died I was charged with cleaning up his estate. The franchising arrangement contained a promise to purchase a prefab house to be put up on land Dad owned.
I called the company to unwind the transaction. The franchisor expressed surprise when I told him that this "franchisee' in Southern California was a 95 year old man. He said he'd thought he was dealing with a businessman in his 50s. As I say, geezers lose their ability in different ways and at different speeds. Sometimes Slow Joe can fool people into thinking that his mind still works.
One of the NYT's mushroom farmers is gaslighting their readers. And their readers are eating it up. They'll believe anything to make themselves believe in their superiority. Even if the evidence says something else.
Wherein David Brooks proves he's indeed a raging alcoholic.
The NYT and Brooks are lying sacks of shit.
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