Joe Sure Is an Ornery SOB
Sweet Ol' Biden
Remember when hearing the president of the United States use rude language in front of reporters was bad?
In a way, I feel vindicated by President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.’s sulky little huff yesterday, when he called Peter Doocy of Fox News a “stupid son of a bitch” for asking whether rising inflation will be a liability during the midterms:
If only Biden ever got this angry at the Taliban.
This is important for two reasons, neither of which have anything to do with Peter Doocy or Fox News or anybody else libs hate: 1) It’s yet more proof that Biden is too old to be president and is losing his mind, and 2) He just admitted in front of the whole world that this skyrocketing inflation is his fault and it’s going to hurt his party. He’s screwing everything up, he can’t fix it, he can’t deflect the blame for it, and he’s taking out his frustrations on anybody who notices.
Good luck to the next Biden underling who tries to convince us inflation is no big deal, huh?
It’s also a reminder, if you needed one, that Biden is full of caca del toro when it comes to matters of decorum:
Well, he didn’t step down on the spot, so that was just another lie. He made such a big deal about how he’d be nicer than Trump, and now he’s going around cursing at reporters.
Doocy took Biden’s petulant snit in stride, which is nice to see:
I mean, what else should he do? It’s so ridiculous. He doesn’t want to be like the libs who hyperventilate every time Trump insults one of them. Biden spewing bile at a reporter isn’t a threat to the republic. It’s not an affront to the First Amendment. It’s not a war on the free press in America. It’s none of the things journos whine about when the Democrats are out of power. It’s merely a sad, confused old man who hates being reminded of his astonishing list of failures after a single year in office. Doocy just laughed at Biden’s embarrassing tantrum, and good for him.
I’m glad he’s not acting like this stupid SOB:
This time it’s different, of course, because Brian’s job is to protect his fellow Democrats:
The downside of abandoning all principles, as Brian Stelter did long ago, is that everyone can see what a hypocrite you are. The upside is that you don’t care.
I’m trying to think of pre-Trump examples of presidents cursing into a live microphone. There was the time George W. Bush called a New York Times reporter a “major-league asshole”:
Obama called Kanye West a “jackass” in an interview, but I don’t think there’s any audio. Although he was standing there when Biden called the signing of the disastrous Obamacare bill a “big f***ing deal”:
Fortunately for Joe, it’s only bad when a Republican does it.
I would never want to live in Los Angeles. I mean the one in Los Angeles. No, not the one in South Patagonia. They got one in South California:
The less dangerous this virus gets, the better things become, the more the libs panic. What the hell is wrong with them? Why would anyone allow them to do this to their children?
And why aren’t the libs condemning this as the anti-vax lunacy it is? The underlying assumption here is that the vaccines don’t work. They’re forcing these children to agree or be suspended. It’s completely insane.
Another virus we must constantly fight: censorship.
The only vaccine against misinformation is debate. You can’t censor people into changing their beliefs. All you can do is try to enlighten them. If you can’t, get better at it and try again. Shutting them up will only make them resent you and dig in their heels.
I hope Neil Young will remember: Spotify don’t need him around anyhow.
It seems like Young has one of these outbursts every few years, and then he goes away again. It’s been a while since a Republican has used his music at a rally and given him an excuse to throw a fit, so now he’s going after Rogan. Well, it’s good to see he’s keeping busy.
Come to think of it, Rogan should invite Young on the show. It wouldn’t be the most obscure guest he’s ever had.
Speaking of Spotify, apparently the streaming service paid Prince Harry and Meghan Markle $30 million to do a podcast a year ago and they’ve only done one episode. This raises a number of questions, all of which exhaust me.
And finally, a long-distance dedication to Peter Doocy:
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Good on Doocey for handling this the best way possible: treating it with the weight it deserves. It's good for a laugh and then moving on, rather than be a two year old. I am SO TIRED of two year olds in grown up bodies. The spoiled, petulant narcissism that passes for adult conversation in the news, the constant hot takes, mugging and pot stirring is off putting in the extreme. To borrow from the Swan of Avon: a poor player that struts and frets his hour on the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Love the Frank Black reference