Joe Biden 2023: The Dark Brandon Rises

[CoTex 1177]

This may not be the proper forum for this but, i would like to objectively evaluate the strategy of Hunter Biden's press conference this morning.

I think it's genius.

1.  He's under indictment for 2 separate charges.  Any lawyer with a pulse will tell him to take the 5th on anything even tangentially related to those cases.  That means he's not going to testify.  Even if you get him under oath, "on the advice of counsel I am exercising my rights under the 5th..."

2.  If he's not going to testify, then the leak from the private deposition would be "he took the 5th."  That would be the headline.

3.  By doing this, he can say "i was available and willing to testify."  So now he controls the headline a little.

If you're Hunter's lawyer, or strategist, what would have been a better move?  Testify?  Skip altogether?

I think this was well planned and executed.

[StassneyHorn 6775]

Republican 401k voters are in shambles as Dow Jones closes at all time high. S&P 500 is 1.9% away. Easy, guaranteed 5.35% returns are widely available still. Two years of discounted prices and now we are all swimming in Scrooge McDucks golden coins.
 

I’m telling my nonexistent kids this is Bidenomics:

And that Trump’s tax plan is this:

(They will always have a better song)

[Texas Jeff 1999]

A short history of recent impeachments:

Everyone during Nixon:  "OMG, WTF Nixon, you are an idiot.  You were WINNING!  You WON! You shouldn't commit crimes and stuff.  Here comes the impeachment."
Nixon "Later..."

R's during Clinton:  "Dude you were getting blowjobs from an intern in the Oval?"
Clinton: "No .... hang on ... actually yes"
R's: "Here comes the impeachment"

D's during Bush 2: "Hey, uh, we noticed you invaded TWO countries after 9/11, and one of them we're not so sure about"
Bush: "Gonna impeach?"
D's: "No, we're just pointing that out"

D's during Trump: "Hey, everyone's saying you pressured a foreign country to investigate Hunter Biden, to make Joe Biden look bad."
Trump: "So?"
Congress later on: "Hey, you can't just storm the capitol if you lose an election.  This is our spot and people died."
Trump: "And?"

R's during Biden: "Hey, we're thinking about thinking about impeaching you."
Biden: "Why?"
R's: "Mostly to investigate Hunter, to make you look bad."

[Js1 87187]

Stock market high

Gas prices down

Inflation coming down

Feds halting rate hikes

Consumer confidence is super high

 

TIME TO IMPEACH!!! That’s what a scared party losing their #1 narrative does 

[Fudge Nuggets 19456]

Congratulations to Uncle Joe for steering us through the troublesome times and achieving the greatest economy in history.  Not bad for someone that's supposedly senile.

[Biff Tannen 46169]

Shouldn’t he be going on tv and Twitter and screaming about the greatest economy EVAR?!?!  I’m not kidding. He should. Because people are fucking morons and it might actually help him. 

[atomheartbevo 90653]

3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

It also means they are at rock bottom and have nothing left to run on and/or that they don't think Trump will get them over the finish line.

29 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Stock market high

Gas prices down

Inflation coming down

Feds halting rate hikes

Consumer confidence is super high

TIME TO IMPEACH!!! That’s what a scared party losing their #1 narrative does 

[Poe It Up 126]

I remember my pawpaw going out to get a carton of milk and then getting a call from a security guard at a neighborhood 25 miles away. He got lost and was scared. I don’t think Joe would pass the milk test if I’m being honest. 

[Biff Tannen 46169]

1 minute ago, Poe It Up said:

I remember my pawpaw going out to get a carton of milk and then getting a call from a security guard at a neighborhood 25 miles away. He got lost and was scared. I don’t think Joe would pass the milk test if I’m being honest. 

Yeah. Getting milk is much harder than going to war zones on the other side of the world in the middle of the night. You’re very smart.  And a great troll too. 

[Poe It Up 126]

Just now, Biff Tannen said:

Yeah. Getting milk is much harder than going to war zones on the other side of the world in the middle of the night. You’re very smart.  And a great troll too. 

Would you give Joe the keys to your car? I sure wouldn’t. 

[Biff Tannen 46169]

Just now, Poe It Up said:

Would you give Joe the keys to your car? I sure wouldn’t. 

I’m not even sure you can drive. 

[Poe It Up 126]

1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

I’m not even sure you can drive. 

So no. I don’t blame you. 

[Brisketexan 106917]

I remember my pawpaw going out to get a carton of milk and then getting a call from a security guard at a neighborhood 25 miles away. He got lost and was scared. I don’t think Joe would pass the milk test if I’m being honest. 

It seems a more likely explanation for your pawpaw’s idiocy is genetic.

[David Dennison 19551]

10 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

I remember my pawpaw going out to get a carton of milk and then getting a call from a security guard at a neighborhood 25 miles away. He got lost and was scared. I don’t think Joe would pass the milk test if I’m being honest. 

Are you better off than you were three years ago?

[Poe It Up 126]

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

It seems a more likely explanation for your pawpaw’s idiocy is genetic.

He had dementia, but I like you so it’s ok. 

[Poe It Up 126]

2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Are you better off than you were three years ago?

Fuuuuuck no. Have you been grocery shopping lately for a family of 5? I’m not sure what’s worse, seeing the bill or that finger I got at my last checkup. 

[David Dennison 19551]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

Shouldn’t he be going on tv and Twitter and screaming about the greatest economy EVAR?!?!  I’m not kidding. He should. Because people are fucking morons and it might actually help him. 

Patience. The campaign will start soon enough. Most voters aren't paying a lick of attention to politics.

[David Dennison 19551]

Just now, Poe It Up said:

Fuuuuuck no. Have you been grocery shopping lately for a family of 5? I’m not sure what’s worse, seeing the bill or that finger I got at my last checkup. 

Are you making more money?

[Js1 87187]

4 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Patience. The campaign will start soon enough. Most voters aren't paying a lick of attention to politics.

This. FFS, people still think it will be someone besides Biden or Trump. They ain’t paying attention 

[Poe It Up 126]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Are you making more money?

I dream of 3 years ago. The good ol days. 

[Dbeasy 15598]

5 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

Fuuuuuck no. Have you been grocery shopping lately for a family of 5? I’m not sure what’s worse, seeing the bill or that finger I got at my last checkup. 

You stupid mouth breather. Who the hell do you think dumped trillions of dollars into the economy with free money giveaways? That stupid act is why we’ve been fighting inflation  you dumb ass.  

[David Dennison 19551]

Just now, Poe It Up said:

I dream of 3 years ago. The good ol days. 

Cool.

Ima vote for the octogenarian because he's a good president and I remember the late '70s/early '80s. The pandemic induced inflationary hiccup we just went through was nothing compared to that.

 

[Poe It Up 126]

2 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

You stupid mouth breather. Who the hell do you think dumped trillions of dollars into the economy with free money giveaways? That stupid act is why we’ve been fighting inflation  you dumb ass.  

Wait, the president from 3 years ago? Damn, the talking points are getting very watered down these days. 

[StassneyHorn 6775]

Poe is here to change the subject. Ignore him and keep talking about the economic success. Please do not bring up his fat family that couldn’t stop eating during the Trump lockdowns 3 years ago, when they had plenty of time to watch videos of Biden with classic cars and Trump not having a drivers license acting like a child in an 18 wheeler

[Biff Tannen 46169]

1 minute ago, StassneyHorn said:

Poe is here to change the subject. Ignore him and keep talking about the economic success. Please do not bring up his fat family that couldn’t stop eating during the Trump lockdowns 3 years ago, when they had plenty of time to watch videos of Biden with classic cars and Trump not having a drivers license acting like a child in an 18 wheeler

 

[Poe It Up 126]

9 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

Poe is here to change the subject. Ignore him and keep talking about the economic success. Please do not bring up his fat family that couldn’t stop eating during the Trump lockdowns 3 years ago, when they had plenty of time to watch videos of Biden with classic cars and Trump not having a drivers license acting like a child in an 18 wheeler

You said you don’t have children. So I’m not sure why you’re even pretending you understand. 

[David Dennison 19551]

1 minute ago, Poe It Up said:

You said you don’t have children. So I’m not sure why you’re even pretending you understand. 

Are you saying people without children don't have the intellectual capacity to understand what parents go through?

Really?

[Poe It Up 126]

12 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Are you saying people without children don't have the intellectual capacity to understand what parents go through?

Really?

Of course I am. You have no idea. 

[StassneyHorn 6775]

21 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

You said you don’t have children. So I’m not sure why you’re even pretending you understand. 

News to me that I don’t eat twice a day. Do kids have two stomachs? 
 

“I take care of my Kids” /chrisrock

Edited December 14, 2023 by StassneyHorn

[David Dennison 19551]

4 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

Of course I am. You have no idea. 

That's silly. Of course I do. 

[elfenix 34753]

43 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

 

and you've got 3 men who way over 200 lbs a piece, a woman, who's a little plump, scotch girl, and a daughter, who's 13, and you're gonna take a 12 ounce roll of sausage and a couple dozen eggs and feed that? it ain't gonna work.

 

jimmie dean sausage for southern people to eat with their breakfast, with their fried eggs and their t-bone steaks

 

goddamn how much do they eat?

 

"fuck i'm gonna eat goddamnit" is the subtitle of the steel shank thread

Edited December 14, 2023 by elfenix

[Poe It Up 126]

18 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

That's silly. Of course I do. 

No way man. I’m sorry. 

[Poe It Up 126]

23 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

News to me that I don’t eat twice a day. Do kids have two stomachs? 
 

“I take care of my Kids” /chrisrock

Food is one thing. What about childcare and evenings out? Soccer? Gas from after school activities? You have no earthly idea what it means to provide for a family my man. 

[jimmyjazz 47221]

1 hour ago, Poe It Up said:

Fuuuuuck no. Have you been grocery shopping lately for a family of 5? I’m not sure what’s worse, seeing the bill or that finger I got at my last checkup. 

Have your wages gone up?  They should have.  Wage growth is outpacing inflation.

[aggie08 21820]

Sorry you're poor. Maybe some of your Republican brethren will pass reforms to make childcare easier on those in hardship. What with their love of children and all.

[David Dennison 19551]

4 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

Food is one thing. What about childcare and evenings out? Soccer? Gas from after school activities? You have no earthly idea what it means to provide for a family my man. 

Of course we do. Parents talk about it non-stop.

[jimmyjazz 47221]

I paid $2.44/gal for gas today.  Man, Poe must really be struggling.

[Poe It Up 126]

10 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Of course we do. Parents talk about it non-stop.

I’m sorry you can’t understand man. Truly. 

 

4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I paid $2.44/gal for gas today.  Man, Poe must really be struggling.

Not struggling, but do I miss my bills from the Trump years?  Hell yes I do, what a great time it was. 

[Tonesky 1059]

7 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I paid $2.44/gal for gas today.  Man, Poe must really be struggling.

But, eggs, what about the price of eggs…?

[David Dennison 19551]

1 minute ago, Tonesky said:

But, eggs, what about the price of eggs…?

I paid $1.98 for a dozen yesterday.

 

[David Dennison 19551]

4 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

I’m sorry you can’t understand man. Truly. 

Does that mean you can't understand any of the various groups Republicans routinely disparage?

[Tonesky 1059]

2 minutes ago, Tonesky said:

But, eggs, what about the price of eggs…?

 

Just now, David Dennison said:

I paid $1.98 for a dozen yesterday.

 

Right, because blaming Biden for the temporary, bird flu related, price spike, was also bullshit. 

[aggie08 21820]

 

9 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

I’m sorry you can’t understand man. Truly. 

 

Not struggling, but do I miss my bills from the Trump years?  Hell yes I do, what a great time it was. 

...back when gay people knew not to out themselves in my town. And the President had my back when I wanted to take a stroll down Main Street with my tiki torch. Such simpler times.

Edited December 14, 2023 by aggie08

[StassneyHorn 6775]

31 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

Food is one thing. What about childcare and evenings out? Soccer? Gas from after school activities? You have no earthly idea what it means to provide for a family my man. 

What about childcare and evenings out? You chose to be outnumbered. You have dual income with your wife unless she chose to be a housewife, which would then get rid of your childcare issue. 

Soccer? Play an American sport.

I refuse to care about the 45 dollars you spend every 7-10 days on gas.

Edited December 14, 2023 by StassneyHorn

[David Dennison 19551]

1 minute ago, StassneyHorn said:

What about childcare and evenings out? You chose to be outnumbered. You have dual income with your wife unless she chose to be a housewife, which would then get rid of your childcare issue. 
 

I refuse to care about the 45 dollars you spend every 7-10 days on gas.

Now, now. Children are a gift from a loving God who just wants the middle class to understand what it means to be poor.

 

[StassneyHorn 6775]

Wait I lied, look at these gas prices ya’ll. Diesel gonna make my egg prices go down

 

[Poe It Up 126]

8 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Does that mean you can't understand any of the various groups Republicans routinely disparage?

I wouldn’t presume I do. But people with zero children pretending they understand just makes me chuckle. No offense. 

[David Dennison 19551]

Just now, Poe It Up said:

I wouldn’t presume I do. But people with zero children pretending they understand just makes me chuckle. No offense. 

We understand. It's funny that you think we don't.

[Foosters 18285]

Anyone else feel bad for Poe's sick grandfather who tried to runaway from him on foot, only to be caught 25 miles out and returned?

Almost made it. 

[atomheartbevo 90653]

1 hour ago, Poe It Up said:

Would you give Joe the keys to your car? I sure wouldn’t. 

Would?  Did.  And you know what?  He cleaned it himself before he dropped it off.