Category: Ridin' With Biden

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Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer

Tyler Pager, The New York Times:

Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was diagnosed Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday.

The diagnosis came after Mr. Biden reported urinary symptoms, which led doctors to find a "small nodule" on his prostate. Mr. Biden's cancer is "characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone," the statement said.

"While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management," according to the statement from Mr. Biden's office, which was unsigned. "The president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians."

Terrible news.

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I'd Like To Report A Murder: Biden Took A Sledgehammer To Trump At Rally

From Crooks & Liars:

You know Trump was hate-watching Biden's rally.

Conover Kennard

President Joe Biden stood before enthusiastic supporters in Detroit on Friday night and took a sledgehammer to Donald Trump. For sure, the felon must have been hate-watching the President, who, no matter which side of the aisle you're on, was on fire, delivering rapid-fire burns to his thin-skinned predecessor. Biden mocked Trump's fear of sharks and his insane rants about electrocutions. "Poor Donald," Biden said, "he can't even watch TV this week because it's shark week."

The President said, "I love telling Trump this, even though I don't own any stock. The stock market is at a historic high."

Biden brought up his gaffe from the previous night when he mixed up names, saying that Trump praises Putin. He added, "But people would rather talk about how I mix up names. I guess they don't remember that Trump called Nikki Haley Nancy Pelosi."

It was burn after burn after burn, and he didn't stop. Biden moved on to the case Trump lost to E. Jean Carroll, in which he owes his victim an obscene amount of money for sexual abuse.

"We're going to say who he is, what he intends to do," Biden said. "Folks, Donald Trump is a convicted criminal."

"He was convicted by a jury of his peers of 34 felonies for paying hush money to a porn star and hiding it from voters in 2016," the President continued. "Donald Trump was found liable for sexual assault by a judge who told us not to be fooled by Trump brushing it off."

"Here's what the judge wrote, quote," Biden said. The judge in that case wrote that Mr. Trump attempted to minimize sexual abuse, finding it frivolous. Mr. Trump raped her."

Fact-check: True.

Biden explained that those were the judge's words, adding that the ex-president "Raped her, as many people understand the word rape."

Then Biden hit Trump for being a "business fraud."

"Folks, Donald Trump is a business fraud," he said. "He lost his license to do business in New York State, been fined over $400 million to read false information to banks, and he's still facing a charge for mishandling classified information, which is a criminal offense."

He wasn't done.

"He's still facing charges for his role in January 6th trying to overthrow the outcome of the 2020 election," Biden continued. "He's still facing charges in Georgia for election interference. Remember his phone call? I just need 11,780 votes. Name me another president who's done any of that."

"Look, if you want to know how bad a businessman Trump really is, just think about this," Biden said. "He inherited millions of dollars only to squander it. He's filed for bankruptcy six times. He even went bankrupt running a casino. I didn't think that was possible. Doesn't the House always win at a casino?"

"Most importantly, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart: Trump is a threat to this nation,' he said. "He led a violent mob on January 6th to overturn the 2020 election. To hold on to power, the election I won by 7 million votes."

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VOTE!

I know Uncle Joe is not everyone's cup of tea. Personally I think he's done an excellent job considering the disaster he came in to clean up. Is he too old? Probably. But so is the Orange Menace. I would like nothing more than to see a deep blue, liberal someone under retirement age take the reigns of the presidency, but considering there is no one out there at the moment willing or able to take on the mantle, we've got to make due with what we've got.  So unless you want to see the end of democracy in the United States altogether, come November GET OFF YOUR ASSES and get out there and—holding your noses if necessary—reelect Joe Biden. PLEASE.

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According to a New Book…

According to a new book by Franklin Foer, Joe Biden isn't just the president of the United States, he is the West's father figure, whom foreign leaders call for advice and look to for assurance.

Foer writes: "It was his calming presence and his strategic clarity that helped lead the alliance to such an aggressive stance, which stymied authoritarianism on its front lines. He was a man for his age."

Yes, folks, President Biden is old. But he is also WISE and DECENT. Our allies see that and they value it.

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Yeah, Uncle Joe Biden Is Old

From Greg Fallis:

I had to check with Wikipedia to see how old he is. He's 80. He'll turn 81 in November. That's pretty fucking old. Does it matter? Well, yeah, it kinda does. Does it matter enough to change how I'll vote? Nofuckingway.

Is he in good health? According to his doctors (and at least Uncle Joe has real doctors, not some fluffer in a white lab coat like Comrade Trump), he's "in good physical and mental shape relative to his years." That's…well, not entirely encouraging, but still somewhat comforting. I mean, the guy still rides a bike. That requires lower body strength, balance, hand-eye coordination, responsive reflexes, bilateral coordination, and postural strength. Sure, he's not going to make the Olympic cycling squad, but he can get on a bike and crank out a few miles. That's pretty damned good for an 80-year-old guy.

Okay, he's also fallen on his bike. But let's be honest about that. He fell when he was dismounting; caught his leg on the crossbar. Almost every person who's ever ridden a bicycle with a crossbar has done that. I'm younger than Uncle Joe and I ride a step-through bike because I've done that too often. I'm not as flexible as I used to be.

But the ability to ride (and successfully dismount) a bike doesn't directly translate to running the entire government of the United States. That take a certain amount of mental acuity and political savvy. Uncle Joe probably isn't as sharp as he was when he was Vice President, but he's still as politically savvy. He's accomplished a hell of a lot since he was elected, and he's done it without much drama (and without much public recognition). He's still got great political instincts. He still travels the world and gets stuff done.

But yeah, he's old. And he'll be even older when/if he's re-elected. But so what? It's stupid to compare Uncle Joe against some ideal Democratic candidate. We have to compare him to his opponent. Which is almost certainly going to be Comrade Donald Trump. The guy who thinks he 'aced' a mental acuity examination because he was able to repeat man, woman, person, camera, TV. The guy who needed two hands to drink from a bottle of water. The guy who saluted a North Korean general, wanted to buy Greenland, and thought it might be a good idea to nuke a hurricane.

Since we acknowledge that Uncle Joe is old, let's go ahead and say the 'unthinkable' thing we're all thinking about. What if he gets elected but then goes toes up before the end of his term? That would be bad. But hey, Kamala Harris is perfectly competent to take over. I mean, that's the whole reason to have a Vice-President, isn't it. I'd be happy and feel secure with President Harris running the government.

So yeah, once again, Joe Biden is old, but he's moderately fit and he's very politically astute, plus he's got Kamala insurance in case something unfortunate happens. Donald Trump, on the other hand, is a dumbfuck who…oh hell, dumbfuck ought to be enough. Seriously, the Democrats should run adverts saying Vote for the Old Guy; Don't Vote for the Dumbfuck.

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I Would've Loved To Have Been a Fly on the Wall…

…when this was shown to her!

This is one of the sharpest and most savvy political moves we've seen in the social media era. Marjorie Taylor Greene basically just wrote the narrative for why Joe Biden needs to be reelected in 2024.

We've been telling the Dems to use the Republicans' own words against them for years. Looks like someone is finally listening.

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I Can't UnSee It

I voted for the guy and I think he's doing a good job considering the mess he was left to clean up, not to mention the constant obstruction he faces from members of his own party in the Senate while trying to get any of his signature programs passed, but every time I see Joe, I see Walter. I can't help it.