Because I'm not a subscriber, I could only read the first few sentences. The many times I've heard Pres. Biden' "verbal tic" - "not a joke" - it's been preceded by some hard hitting polemic. Of course, a polemic is not a lie, it's an opinion. I guess the writer thinks it's been disproven that Biden went to Mass in HS. If so, I couldn't r…
Because I'm not a subscriber, I could only read the first few sentences. The many times I've heard Pres. Biden' "verbal tic" - "not a joke" - it's been preceded by some hard hitting polemic. Of course, a polemic is not a lie, it's an opinion. I guess the writer thinks it's been disproven that Biden went to Mass in HS. If so, I couldn't read that part.
I consume far more conservative and right-wing news media than I do liberal or left-wing news media. And yes, I've heard countless pundits mouth that Biden is a serial liar, etc. on countless occasions. Just because something with a few kernels of truth is repeated ad nauseum doesn't make it more true. Yes, he sometimes he is amoral in giving details, and this sometimes results in lies.
We all know that Pres. Biden's mouth frequently works much faster than his brain. He's given to verbal diarrhea.
While I don't condone this and I wish he'd learn when to STFU, this flaw doesn't overwhelm his basic decency, the efforts of an array of right-wingers notwithstanding.
BTW, do you consider Sen. Mitt Romney to be a good, honest, decent American? How about John McCain?
>>Just because something with a few kernels of truth is repeated ad nauseum doesn't make it more true.
More than a few kernels, Bob. This has been going on for years, going back even before his vice-presidency (so it shocks me that I'm breaking news to you). Heck, when Trump was just coming on the political scene, and confidently spewing lies left and right, I used to compare him to Joe Biden in my writing (Trump's far worse of course).
Maybe you didn't read all my posts above. Again, it's well known that Pres. Biden is given to verbal diarrhea. When he is in that mode, he's amoral: he says what is convenient at the moment and forgets about it - in this way he's similar to Trump as you suggest.
But, Biden's lies are largely inconsequential. Who gives a Fck if he went to law school on a full scholarship or a partial one or if he drove an 8-wheeeler or if he went to Mass in HS or about his grandfather's death ?
I get it: if someone distorts the truth regarding trivia, what else does he distort? But I haven't known him to distort the truth about important matters much. Yes, his position on fracking was an imp. matter, if that is what happened. But if you tar him because of that, what do you do with John McCain or Sen Mitt Romney?
Perhaps if I had left out the word "honest" and said that Pres. Biden is good, decent American it might have been more apt.
Because I'm not a subscriber, I could only read the first few sentences. The many times I've heard Pres. Biden' "verbal tic" - "not a joke" - it's been preceded by some hard hitting polemic. Of course, a polemic is not a lie, it's an opinion. I guess the writer thinks it's been disproven that Biden went to Mass in HS. If so, I couldn't read that part.
I consume far more conservative and right-wing news media than I do liberal or left-wing news media. And yes, I've heard countless pundits mouth that Biden is a serial liar, etc. on countless occasions. Just because something with a few kernels of truth is repeated ad nauseum doesn't make it more true. Yes, he sometimes he is amoral in giving details, and this sometimes results in lies.
We all know that Pres. Biden's mouth frequently works much faster than his brain. He's given to verbal diarrhea.
While I don't condone this and I wish he'd learn when to STFU, this flaw doesn't overwhelm his basic decency, the efforts of an array of right-wingers notwithstanding.
BTW, do you consider Sen. Mitt Romney to be a good, honest, decent American? How about John McCain?
>>Just because something with a few kernels of truth is repeated ad nauseum doesn't make it more true.
More than a few kernels, Bob. This has been going on for years, going back even before his vice-presidency (so it shocks me that I'm breaking news to you). Heck, when Trump was just coming on the political scene, and confidently spewing lies left and right, I used to compare him to Joe Biden in my writing (Trump's far worse of course).
All it takes is a Google search:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p7NQKgPApI
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/499065-lies-damned-lies-and-the-truth-about-joe-biden/
Maybe you didn't read all my posts above. Again, it's well known that Pres. Biden is given to verbal diarrhea. When he is in that mode, he's amoral: he says what is convenient at the moment and forgets about it - in this way he's similar to Trump as you suggest.
But, Biden's lies are largely inconsequential. Who gives a Fck if he went to law school on a full scholarship or a partial one or if he drove an 8-wheeeler or if he went to Mass in HS or about his grandfather's death ?
I get it: if someone distorts the truth regarding trivia, what else does he distort? But I haven't known him to distort the truth about important matters much. Yes, his position on fracking was an imp. matter, if that is what happened. But if you tar him because of that, what do you do with John McCain or Sen Mitt Romney?
Perhaps if I had left out the word "honest" and said that Pres. Biden is good, decent American it might have been more apt.