Althouse: Waiting for Biden to speak.

November 7, 2024

Waiting for Biden to speak.

It’s not a concession speech. It’s… perhaps something graceful and inspiring.

95 comments:

Aggie said...: Perhaps.; 11/7/24, 10:00 AM
RideSpaceMountain said...: "Listen fats, it wasn't my fault. It was trunalimunumaprzure's fault!"; 11/7/24, 10:03 AM
Wince said...: The word gibberish immediately comes to mind.; 11/7/24, 10:03 AM
Big Mike said...: It’s… perhaps something graceful and inspiring.

Are we talking about the same Joe Biden? Because if we are that’s not the way to bet.; 11/7/24, 10:03 AM
Captain BillieBob said...: "something graceful and inspiring"
Not holding my breath.; 11/7/24, 10:08 AM
Dave Begley said...: Dream on, Ann Althouse.; 11/7/24, 10:10 AM
Howard (not that Howard) said...: I predict more "resistance."; 11/7/24, 10:11 AM
Original Mike said...: He wants to do his "veins bulging", fine-people schtick one last time. He so fond of it.

Seriously, I have no patience for insincere conciliatory statements from Joe Biden. Mega-MAGA, his Reichstag speech, Charlottesville, attempting to jail his opponent… is, in part, why his VP lost this election. Just shut up and shuffle into the sunset you nasty old bastard.; 11/7/24, 10:12 AM
Christopher B said...: Now that's funny, I don't care who ya are!; 11/7/24, 10:14 AM
jaydub said...: Not likely; 11/7/24, 10:18 AM
gspencer said...: "perhaps something graceful and inspiring"

From Biden?; 11/7/24, 10:22 AM
Achilles said...: Joe Biden already gave his concession speech.

It was epic.; 11/7/24, 10:24 AM
dreams said...: I have my tv on mute, I'll rely on Althouse's take.; 11/7/24, 10:27 AM
RideSpaceMountain said...: There once was a POTUS named Biden
Whose dementia they failed in hidin'
Secretly Obama's 3rd term
Made possible by a germ
"Worse than Carter" historians shall be writin'; 11/7/24, 10:31 AM
Howard (not that Howard) said...: What a load.; 11/7/24, 10:35 AM
Wilbur said...: I think it was a well-written, well-delivered short speech.

I was annoyed, however, that immediately afterwards the winsome female White House correspondent was in my face telling me what Biden just said and meant.; 11/7/24, 10:35 AM
Lazarus said...: The first of many Biden Farewell Addresses ...; 11/7/24, 10:35 AM
Rocco said...: “ It’s… perhaps something graceful and inspiring.”

How far into one’s cheek can one’s tongue go?; 11/7/24, 10:37 AM
Koot Katmandu said...: Hah. Nice joke Ann Althouse.; 11/7/24, 10:37 AM
Drago said...: "It’s… perhaps something graceful and inspiring."

The guy that helped launch Crossfire Hurricane and set the weaponized government against the lawfully elected President-Elect of the US in 2016 to set him up as a russian asset and destroy him and followed that up with the Charlottesville "fine people" hoax, will, perhaps, say something graceful and inspiring".; 11/7/24, 10:37 AM
Gravel said...: It'd be nice, but it will probably be like Kamala's bullshit 'resist we much' speech yesterday. "We will continue this fight in the voting booth [cool, that's the place for it], in the courts [bullshit lawfare continues, folks], and the public square [hey, Antifa? make sure all your black clothes are ready].

Note also what was missing: any pledge to try to work together. Just divisive rhetoric. Toned down from "you're a nazi", but divisive nonetheless.; 11/7/24, 10:37 AM
Kate said...: Hahahaha!

But I hope you're right. Also, hahahaha.; 11/7/24, 10:38 AM
Original Mike said...: His comments about losing and picking yourself back up, etc. seem more appropriate for a private speech to his staff, not an address to the nation.; 11/7/24, 10:41 AM
Iman said...: So the lefty late night comedians - true to form - are still showing they have no idea why their team is 28 points behind at the half.

And last night was the most amusing they’ve been in years. 😆; 11/7/24, 10:43 AM
victoria said...: Absolutely, both. He's a grownup.; 11/7/24, 10:44 AM
Lilly, a dog said...: Considering that he was yanked out of the race,I thnk Biden is happy that Kamala lost.; 11/7/24, 10:47 AM
FullMoon said...: It's gonna be great, thousands of memes contrasting Biden's nice speech today with Nazi fine people putting you back in chains.
If Joey wears a MAGA hat, or even a red tie, I promise to buy his next book when it hits the Dollar Store(now a buck twenty five).; 11/7/24, 10:47 AM
MadisonMan said...: Odd that he exits the White House in sun glasses, and then takes them off outside. How bright are the inside lights?; 11/7/24, 10:53 AM
Limited blogger said...: Biden seems almost cheerful.; 11/7/24, 10:54 AM
Yancey Ward said...: Biden might have lost on Tuesday, too, but he has far superior political instincts than does Kamalamadingbat. The Democrats didn't make a mistake in changing candidates in July- the mistake was making Harris the replacement.; 11/7/24, 10:54 AM
planetgeo said...: In fact the tone was gracious and statesmanlike. Moreover, that was the most relaxed and lucid Biden has looked and sounded in years, likely because the pressures of campaigning were gone and especially because he now feels a good measure of schadenfreude himself since Kamala lost. The extreme rhetoric was gone. He said the right things to support a peaceful transition, whether sincere or not. He was brief. He smiled. A catbird seat smile. He feels vindicated and content.; 11/7/24, 10:54 AM
PM said...: No doubt.; 11/7/24, 10:56 AM
Limited blogger said...: He should ride off in his Corvette, tires squealing; 11/7/24, 10:56 AM
Yancey Ward said...: Biden gets to spend the rest of his life saying, "I told you so," to Obama, Pelosi, Schumer, and all the other people who stabbed him in the back. Biden literally couldn't lose on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning- it was win/win for Biden no matter the outcome.; 11/7/24, 10:56 AM
Temujin said...: Joe Biden: Yesterday I spoke with President-elect Trump. I told him I'd talk nice today if he doesn't say too much when I pardon my son.

I also spoke with Vice President Harris. I told her she did exactly as was expected.

Thank you.; 11/7/24, 10:57 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Actually he had a big shit-eating grin. But I had the sound off, so I'm not sure why he was so happy, except that he can still brag that only he among all Democrats beat Trump.; 11/7/24, 10:58 AM
narciso said...: Thats the way i read it; 11/7/24, 10:58 AM
Yancey Ward said...: The other plus is that he can now pardon his son without any political ramifications. If Biden is smart enough, he will couple it with full pardons for the January 6th political prisoners his DoJ has put into their gulags.; 11/7/24, 10:58 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Bingo!; 11/7/24, 10:59 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: Its OK. Suprisingly calm and well done for "Slow Joe" who 5 months ago was calling Trump a nazi. Sadly, he had lie about the election showing "there is no voter fraud". No, the fraud is going in Az and Calf right now, as the D's try to steal house seats and one Senate seat.

The only thing this election proved is the Republican candidate can overcome the election fraud is he wins by a big enough margin. Sometimes the vote count is so big, you cant steal it. And after 2020, the R's were on the look-out. And lots of the power elite were OK with Trump getting elected or not that scared of his return to power. Notice, that Zuckerberg didn't put in a zilllion dollars for "get out the vote". Nor was there the coordination between labor unions and others like there was in 2020.; 11/7/24, 11:01 AM
Lazarus said...: Biden's going to need a few more face-lifts before he can convince us that we haven't been governed by reptilian lizard people for the last four years.; 11/7/24, 11:02 AM
RideSpaceMountain said...: No one will ever forget Biden's "Red Wedding" Soul Of The Nation speech delivered complete with USMC Praetorians. For me and millions of other veterans that was a major inflection point. I remember boiling with homicidal rage. That a C-In-C was willing to vilify half the country like that was inexcusable. RideSpaceMountain was ready to choke a geezer. At that moment I felt a hatred for country and countrymen that must've been similar in intensity to what my ancestors felt during the 'War Between The States'.

I will never forgive Biden or his enablers for that or his presidency. 100% blame rests on him and his supporters' and voters' shoulders for ever making that possible.; 11/7/24, 11:03 AM
planetgeo said...: Coupling a pardon of Hunter with all the J6 political prisoners would be a genius level move for multiple reasons and would protect his perceived legacy.; 11/7/24, 11:03 AM
Iman said...: Biden preemptively taking credit for the good things Trump will deliver; 11/7/24, 11:04 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: Why do people keep thinking Biden might do the right thing? Its amazing how the Left regards you as an enemy for life if you cross them on one issue, while the Right still thinks you're a "good Guy deep down" who might do the right thing, even though they've been completely evil and kicked the Center-Right in the balls a 1000 times for 4 years.

Already Trumpers are talking about "extending an olive branch" and "reaching accross the aisle". Amazing!; 11/7/24, 11:05 AM
Quaestor said...: Nice, work RideSpaceMountain. But as a limerick it doesn't scan. Here's Google's AI defintion: "The meter pattern for a limerick is anapestic, which means that two unstressed syllables are followed by a stressed syllable. The first, second, and fifth lines of a limerick each have three anapests, while the third and fourth lines have two anapests"

Your 3rd and 4th are too long

Try this variation:

There once was a POTUS called Biden
Whose dementia they failed in the hidin'.
It was BamBam's third term,
And caused by a germ.
"Worse than Carter" the wise will be writin'.; 11/7/24, 11:08 AM
Iman said...: You are correct, sir!; 11/7/24, 11:10 AM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: When do we get Obama's concession speech? He's the one calling the shots.; 11/7/24, 11:11 AM
Skeptical Voter said...: Give Joey a break. Yes he's senile, mean and nasty by nature and he did a crummy job. But if his speech writers give him something nice to say, and if he can read his teleprompter and stick to the script, he can do a Potemkin show of grace. And I heard (perhaps wrongly) that he did call Trump promptly after the election result was certain. Now that may have been just one more gig in Kamala's side---but it was gracious.; 11/7/24, 11:12 AM
Quaestor said...: Oops two many feet in my third line. Lemme fix it:

There once was a POTUS called Biden
Whose dementia they failed in the hidin'.
T'was BamBam's third term,
And caused by a germ.
"Worse than Carter" the wise will be writin'.; 11/7/24, 11:14 AM
Gravel said...: Well, I take it back. He was okay. Solid contrast to Kamala.; 11/7/24, 11:16 AM
Captain BillieBob said...: It was a nice speech. I don't believe one word of it.; 11/7/24, 11:16 AM
Quaestor said...: "Waiting for Biden to Speak"

It seems to me we've been waiting for Biden to speak for well over four years. I do not count the monkey grunts and chirps that usually issue forth from his mouth as speech, not HUMAN speech at any rate.; 11/7/24, 11:17 AM
FullMoon said...: Achilles link at 10:27 was much better.; 11/7/24, 11:36 AM
Quaestor said...: Waiting for Biden to Speak is a great title for a comedic three-act.

Act I, Scene i -- At rise Barry and Billy are seen standing amid the ruins of a once great metropolis.
BERRY: He will speak soon.
BILLY: He'd better; I need me a babe... Look at that one! Hoo-wee!
BERRY: Calm yourself, Epstein guarantees delivery.
BILLY: Need nookie now!
BERRY: Hush! Our servitor is about to speak!
BILLY: Don't hear nothin'.
BERRY: Any moment now...

Act II, Scene ii -- At rise, Billy and Berry are still standing listlessly amid the burned concrete and rubble. Enter a tough-looking but ragged lesbian called Crankles. She is leading a slave called Clucky by a noose around its neck.
CRANKLES: Did I miss Biden's speech?
BARRY: No, he's still shuffling his notes.
BILLY: How much for the babe?; 11/7/24, 11:40 AM
mikee said...: That whisper, "don't forget..." And then he gloats about his legislation that will impact the US for the next decade. Infrastructure spending? haahaa. More like institutional graft for select groups.; 11/7/24, 11:41 AM
mikee said...: I also note, like the Soviet Watchers in the CIA decades ago, that Joe has a facial asymmetry indicative of either too much Botox or a small stroke.; 11/7/24, 11:42 AM
Bob Boyd said...: "Nancy fucked me. Barry fucked me. Schumer fucked me. They all fucked me.
But who's fucked now, ya fuckin' fuckers? Fuck you!"; 11/7/24, 11:53 AM
Dixcus said...: Biden is the only President to be ousted in a coup since Richard Nixon was taken out in a conspiracy between the FBI and two reporters at the Washington Post.

He didn't fight. He's a coward.; 11/7/24, 11:55 AM
Dixcus said...: Wonder if Leni Reifenstahl is going to do his staging again?; 11/7/24, 11:57 AM
Bob Boyd said...: Awesome; 11/7/24, 12:02 PM
rehajm said...: ...this one looks like when there's a toothbrushing action with the hand coordinated with the tongue, as in a visual simulation of fellatio...; 11/7/24, 12:03 PM
Drago said...: He's a grownup...who likes showering with his adolescent daughter and sexualizing her. According to her. Believe All Women!

Sounds like he might just be your speed.....; 11/7/24, 12:07 PM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...: So he made his peace with Hitler?; 11/7/24, 12:09 PM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...: LOL!; 11/7/24, 12:12 PM
Rocketeer said...: I’m 100% convinced he voted for Trump.; 11/7/24, 12:12 PM
Robert Cook said...: Why would Biden make a concession statement? Biden wasn't running. Of course, Harris made her concession statement this morning.; 11/7/24, 12:35 PM
Narayanan said...: dilated eyes?; 11/7/24, 12:47 PM
Mr. T. said...: Biden doesn't know where or who he is.; 11/7/24, 12:52 PM
tommyesq said...: I thought he was clearly setting himself/the Dems up to take credit for anything good that happens during Trump's term - he spoke of many projects that he set up that take time to come to fruition - new infrastructure, for example (although I thought we were still waiting for Obama's "shovel-ready" stuff to get finished!) and the like. He also tried to say that the fact that they let DJT win this one fairly means that all elections (ahem) are necessarily fair, 15 million vanished votes notwithstanding.; 11/7/24, 12:53 PM
Peachy said...: hahahahaha.; 11/7/24, 1:10 PM
Peachy said...: Indeed. Biden even wears grownup pull up pants.; 11/7/24, 1:12 PM
Peachy said...: When progs say "Shovel ready" - I think pile of manure that needs tending to.; 11/7/24, 1:15 PM
PM said...: I give a big Hey-Yo to both Bill and Barack whose unhinged we-know-best vanity led them to anoint Kamala.; 11/7/24, 1:27 PM
Peachy said...: My desire/tolernace/ability to listen to Democratic frauds spout empty platitudes and bromides is exactly zero.; 11/7/24, 1:31 PM
Christopher B said...: Harris spoke yesterday afternoon, continuing the Democrat practice of not conceding until they've figured out if sufficient fraud can be committed to win.; 11/7/24, 1:32 PM
Christopher B said...: Biden is also the chief Federal election official, as Trump was in 2020, so it was important he make known his opinion on the conduct of the election.; 11/7/24, 1:34 PM
Rabel said...: That's probably petty close to what he's actually saying in private.; 11/7/24, 1:50 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Trump is going to inherit a great economy.

And the day after he's inaugurated, Trump is going to say, “there it is — we’ve solved everything — the economy is great.” And for a year, he's going to skate on Biden's soft landing. Trump's going to take total credit for that. He's then going to screw the pooch. He's going to do that thing with tariffs.

Remember, when he had to bail out the farmers. He had to do relief for small businesses that he screwed over by messing with China because he didn't understand how supply chains work and doesn't understand how tariffs work.

And then he's going to say, I had a great economy, Democrats messed it up. I don't know what happened. I take no responsibility at all.; 11/7/24, 1:58 PM
Peachy said...: Biden /Myorkas opened the southern border and let in millions of illegals without our permission. And then gave tax-payers the bill - in the form of massive collective debt.; 11/7/24, 2:00 PM
Dogma and Pony Show said...: Dr. Jill's MAGA-red dress on Election Day removed any doubt about that.; 11/7/24, 2:01 PM
Dogma and Pony Show said...: I strongly disagree. This notion that Biden can pardon Hunter and that's okay or understandable because it's his son is extremely corrupt. Biden may not CARE about the consequences for his party or his own supposedly good name, but it would in fact be rightly looked upon as an extreme abuse of power.; 11/7/24, 2:08 PM
Kakistocracy said...: The art of the deal will be figuring out how to continue to blame Biden as Trump’s policies migrate to his new administration.

Deregulation, increased energy production, and efficiency gains from AI (if those ever come) might offset; but tariffs, near-shoring, and tax cuts with continued high spending are gonna to swamp those offsets. Bond market reactions might be the only way to get enough attention on spending to make the cuts necessary.; 11/7/24, 2:46 PM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Just saw side-by-side photos of him with his smirk and Harris with her concession scowl it struck me. Trump didn't age at all as president, not like they usually do. But Harris's face has aged ten years just running for president.

Or maybe she was just hung over. But she looked awful.; 11/7/24, 3:02 PM
RideSpaceMountain said...: There's only one way to settle this. Dueling banjos. The gauntlet has been thrown.; 11/7/24, 3:19 PM
Leland said...: Do you think the ability to phrase a fact into a question makes you look smart? Not understanding a simple statement and having to asks questions makes it seem like you can't grasp even simple concepts.; 11/7/24, 3:42 PM
Rusty said...: He looked relieved.; 11/7/24, 4:14 PM
tcrosse said...: I wish you'd settle on one name so I'd know what to scroll past.; 11/7/24, 4:30 PM
Former Illinois resident said...: Chicago already had its 1st post-election protest march last night.; 11/7/24, 4:45 PM
Former Illinois resident said...: Biden and the Missus had a great Tues night, and even better Wed night. He was more articulate in today's speech than Kamala in her concession speech yesterday. And he looked quite cheerful and content.

Kamala's looking for her Jamaican passport; Doug going back to LA to file for divorce. That dog don't hunt. Biden knew it too.; 11/7/24, 4:49 PM
walter said...: Team Juice firing him up to talk to the garbage.; 11/7/24, 5:13 PM
walter said...: Good economy for guvmint workers, DEI hires and migrant shuttling NGOs. But I predict Richweed Inc will have increased revenue as his clientele comes to terms with Trump's return.; 11/7/24, 5:16 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: "Stripping the "Inflation Reduction Act" bare should save a buck or two. And a host of other Donk grift.; 11/7/24, 5:24 PM
Greg The Class Traitor said...: It's a gloating speech, where he can gloat about the fact that Trump is 2/1, and Biden's the only one who ever "beat" him.

It's his chance to get revenge against the Dems who forced him out.

This one is better:
https://x.com/LuckyMcGee/status/1854067204465344826; 11/7/24, 5:39 PM
J Scott said...: At least I have something I can send to some disconsolate relatives that need to be talked down off the roof.

Biden has established a "permission structure" for them to accept Orange Bad Man and move on.; 11/7/24, 8:21 PM