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Joe Biden’s Corn Pop Story Is

ocean-kat — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 22:21:41 +0000

Joe Biden’s Corn Pop Story Is a Parable About How White People See Us

Fox News Sept. 17: Biden

artappraiser — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 21:48:42 +0000

Fox News Sept. 17: Biden gaffes, stumbles and fitness for office under fire in new Trump campaign video

A new video from President Trump’s re-election campaign takes a big swipe at former Vice President Joe Biden's fitness to lead, spotlighting clips of his recent gaffes and…

I just came home after a long

artappraiser — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:55:28 +0000

In reply to Biden vs. Corn Pop

The real story about Joe Biden and #CornPop: https://t.co/G1sv45eoWt
— Robert Samuels (@newsbysamuels) September 16, 2019

I just came home after a long

artappraiser — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:25:02 +0000

In reply to Biden vs. Corn Pop

I just came home after a long Sunday and noticed that there is some speculation over Joe Biden and Corn Pop. I’ve been to Wilmington and talked to folks who knew Joe at the pool and know some things, beyond the speculation. But first, please read story: https://t.co/5GpfZk0MXn
— Robert Samuels (@newsbysamuels) September 16, 2019

To save us from Trump and

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 05:34:27 +0000

In reply to You have a great point on the

To save us from Trump and give time for the Dems to find someone compelling, yes, 1 term is enough.

I think the brain can work

ocean-kat — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 04:50:51 +0000

In reply to You have a great point on the

I think the brain can work pretty well into late years. But even if Biden isn't seeing any mental decline, and I think he is, the physical decline is inevitable. I used to lay down to read a book before bed and if it was really interesting I'd be finishing it when the sun rose the next morning. I can't pull all nighters any more. I thought maybe it was mostly from the health crisis I went through a couple of years ago so I asked a friend in his late 50's. He's leads a very active life style, does through hikes on the sw and pacific trails. He said he used to work all day in the Arizona sun but he can't do it anymore. The heat just sucks the energy out of him.

I just don't see a 76 year old being able to get by without sleep if there's some real crisis and keep his mind clear. I couldn't do it at 62. I need my sleep.

You have a great point on the

artappraiser — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 02:59:24 +0000

In reply to I don't think this is

You have a great point on the age thing as far as past and present Congressional pols in this age cohort. Here's why: because they are the ones who have ruled when people should be able to retire and get Social Security! According to them, by the age of 67, people in general cannot work as hard or as well as they once did and need supplemental income. So why are they so special? Is it that they know being president isn't as grueling a job as it's cracked up to be? Or what? There's just a non-sequiter here that bothers me: an eighty something president arguing that 70 somethings are elderly disabled, can't work as much as they once did and need more help.Huh?

This is totally apart from my own personal feelings on the matter about aging and feeling some prejudice from it. It's just a matter of logic. And guess what, even though a sixty-something, I still can do logic, hah.

I am beginning to see one argument from the anti-elderly prez side that doesn't make sense either, though: that they will be waay too old, shockingly old, to serve a second term. Who made the new rule that a good prez had to serve a second term? Why can't the person just quit after one term? In this day and age, rotation is probably a good thing.

I don't think this is

ocean-kat — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:41:07 +0000

In reply to Biden vs. Corn Pop

I don't think this is directly due to his age or mental deterioration. Perhaps due to his age in that he grew up in a different time with different value system that he hasn't fully grown beyond.

But the age issue is coming up more often, and the push back, calling it ageism. I think calling it ageism is ridiculous. Biden is old, so is Sanders. It's one thing when workers in their late 40's or 50's are pushed out of jobs they are quite capable of doing. But there is a significant difference between a 56 year old and a 76 year old.

They really should tell us if

ocean-kat — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:31:12 +0000

In reply to I'm confused now. Seems like

They really should tell us if a video is two years old but in any case it's bizarre. What's his message? That he's so tough?

I'm confused now. Seems like

artappraiser — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:09:26 +0000

In reply to Former Vice President Joe

I'm confused now. Seems like he did the Corn Pop speech two years ago as in the two year old Delaware article there is a still photo with the same people and background as in the video. But the story doesn't talk about Corn Pop, it talks about how he took a job as a lifeguard there as a youngin in order to get to know black people after seeing MLK on TV, etc. and he was the only white guy....and how they learned about each other, the example quoted there is one of the black lifeguards asked him if he had a 5-gallon gas can he coul borrow as he was going to visit NC and black people couldn't refuel in most gas stations...

so I think somebody posted this older video and it went viral?

If so, it struck me: this is the way it's going to work these days in politics...if it goes viral, it's news! Doesn't matter how old the story it, the pol has to deal with it if it goes viral. Doesn't even have to be "oppo", if someone runs across something from your past, if it resounds, it's news that you ignore at your peril. Is what it is. Makes me think campaign teams really have to be on their toes and know whether something is recent or long ago and hit back with context right away!