On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>
>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups have gotten
>>> more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was no different.
>>>
>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip was when he
>>> encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
>>>
>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a banquet at
>>> Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still received applause and a
>>> standing ovation from the crowd of Irish leaders though, despite the
>>> licking remark.
>>>
>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles "with"
>>> Chinese President Xi Jinping.
>>>
>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the last 10
>>> years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one conversations, 68 in
>>> person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him through Asia, primarily, through
>>> China."
>>>
>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said a version
>>> of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried to explain that Biden
>>> meant "the total travel back and forth" in China and the U.S. for meetings
>>> the two presidents held together. However, even The Washington Post came up
>>> empty after racking its brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent 1920s-era British
>>> police force. The president mistook New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for
>>> the Black and Tans, a brutal police force deployed against the Irish during
>>> the Irish War of Independence.
>>>
>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the Black and
>>> Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob Kearney, Biden's
>>> distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk, Ireland.
>>
>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage to speak to a
>>> cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in the background, and he
>>> was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
>>>
>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of Biden
>>> gaffes.
>>>
>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up China
>>> and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic] vehicles."
>>>
>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh, um,
>>> ya know, uh."
>>
>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant Canada during
>>> remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move surely caused facepalms among
>>> White House staffers.
>>>
>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the Nashville
>>> school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came down because he heard
>>> there was chocolate chip ice cream".
>>>
>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One stairs too.
>>>
>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation sometime last
>>> month. Well, who could blame them?
>>
>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>>
> And it wasn’t even him that did it.

It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...

In article <c6D%L.2186483$9sn9.1025365@fx17.iad>, moviePig
<pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:

> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> >> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
> >> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups
> >>> have gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was
> >>> no different.
> >>>
> >>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip
> >>> was when he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
> >>>
> >>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a
> >>> banquet at Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still
> >>> received applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of Irish
> >>> leaders though, despite the licking remark.
> >>>
> >>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles
> >>> "with" Chinese President Xi Jinping.
> >>>
> >>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the
> >>> last 10 years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one
> >>> conversations, 68 in person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him
> >>> through Asia, primarily, through China."
> >>>
> >>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said
> >>> a version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried
> >>> to explain that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in
> >>> China and the U.S. for meetings the two presidents held together.
> >>> However, even The Washington Post came up empty after racking its
> >>> brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
> >>>
> >>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent
> >>> 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New
> >>> Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal
> >>> police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of
> >>> Independence.
> >>>
> >>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
> >>> Black and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob
> >>> Kearney, Biden's distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk,
> >>> Ireland.
> >>
> >>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage
> >>> to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in
> >>> the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
> >>>
> >>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of
> >>> Biden gaffes.
> >>>
> >>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up
> >>> China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic]
> >>> vehicles."
> >>>
> >>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh,
> >>> um, ya know, uh."
> >>
> >>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant
> >>> Canada during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move
> >>> surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.
> >>>
> >>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
> >>> Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came
> >>> down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream".
> >>>
> >>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One
> >>> stairs too.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation
> >>> sometime last month. Well, who could blame them?
> >>
> >> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
> >> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
> >>
> > And it wasn¹t even him that did it.
>
> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...

Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."

No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.

On 4/18/23 3:31 PM, moviePig wrote:
> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>   Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups
>>>> have gotten
>>>> more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was no different.
>>>>
>>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip was
>>>> when he
>>>> encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
>>>>
>>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a banquet at
>>>> Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still received applause and a
>>>> standing ovation from the crowd of Irish leaders though, despite the
>>>> licking remark.
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles "with"
>>>> Chinese President Xi Jinping.
>>>>
>>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the last 10
>>>> years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one conversations,
>>>> 68 in
>>>> person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him through Asia, primarily,
>>>> through
>>>> China."
>>>>
>>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said a
>>>> version
>>>> of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried to explain
>>>> that Biden
>>>> meant "the total travel back and forth" in China and the U.S. for
>>>> meetings
>>>> the two presidents held together. However, even The Washington Post
>>>> came up
>>>> empty after racking its brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent 1920s-era
>>>> British
>>>> police force. The president mistook New Zealand's All Blacks rugby
>>>> team for
>>>> the Black and Tans, a brutal police force deployed against the Irish
>>>> during
>>>> the Irish War of Independence.
>>>>
>>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
>>>> Black and
>>>> Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob Kearney, Biden's
>>>> distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk, Ireland.
>>>
>>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage to
>>>> speak to a
>>>> cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in the background,
>>>> and he
>>>> was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
>>>>
>>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of Biden
>>>> gaffes.
>>>>
>>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up China
>>>> and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic] vehicles."
>>>>
>>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh, um,
>>>> ya know, uh."
>>>
>>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant Canada
>>>> during
>>>> remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move surely caused
>>>> facepalms among
>>>> White House staffers.
>>>>
>>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
>>>> Nashville
>>>> school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came down because he
>>>> heard
>>>> there was chocolate chip ice cream".
>>>>
>>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One
>>>> stairs too.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation
>>>> sometime last
>>>> month. Well, who could blame them?
>>>
>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>>>
>> And it wasn’t even him that did it.
>
> It wasn't???  But I *saw* him...

Who the hell knows what gay boy is talking about. And we all know that
Obama wearing the tan suit was the end of the world, please tell that
fatuous fuck that.

On 4/18/23 4:41 PM, A Friend wrote:
> In article <c6D%L.2186483$9sn9.1025365@fx17.iad>, moviePig
> <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups
>>>>> have gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was
>>>>> no different.
>>>>>
>>>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip
>>>>> was when he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
>>>>>
>>>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a
>>>>> banquet at Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still
>>>>> received applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of Irish
>>>>> leaders though, despite the licking remark.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles
>>>>> "with" Chinese President Xi Jinping.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the
>>>>> last 10 years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one
>>>>> conversations, 68 in person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him
>>>>> through Asia, primarily, through China."
>>>>>
>>>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said
>>>>> a version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried
>>>>> to explain that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in
>>>>> China and the U.S. for meetings the two presidents held together.
>>>>> However, even The Washington Post came up empty after racking its
>>>>> brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent
>>>>> 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New
>>>>> Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal
>>>>> police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of
>>>>> Independence.
>>>>>
>>>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
>>>>> Black and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob
>>>>> Kearney, Biden's distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk,
>>>>> Ireland.
>>>>
>>>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage
>>>>> to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in
>>>>> the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
>>>>>
>>>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of
>>>>> Biden gaffes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up
>>>>> China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic]
>>>>> vehicles."
>>>>>
>>>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh,
>>>>> um, ya know, uh."
>>>>
>>>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant
>>>>> Canada during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move
>>>>> surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
>>>>> Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came
>>>>> down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream".
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One
>>>>> stairs too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation
>>>>> sometime last month. Well, who could blame them?
>>>>
>>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>>>>
>>> And it wasn¹t even him that did it.
>>
>> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
>
>
> Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
> misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
> anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>
> No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.

No, but it was the beginning of right wing guy looking dumber than a
pile of dog shit.

In article <jbF%L.2430152$vBI8.1120686@fx15.iad>, trotsky
<gmsingh@email.com> wrote:

> On 4/18/23 4:41 PM, A Friend wrote:
> > In article <c6D%L.2186483$9sn9.1025365@fx17.iad>, moviePig
> > <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> >>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> >>>> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
> >>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups
> >>>>> have gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was
> >>>>> no different.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip
> >>>>> was when he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a
> >>>>> banquet at Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still
> >>>>> received applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of Irish
> >>>>> leaders though, despite the licking remark.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles
> >>>>> "with" Chinese President Xi Jinping.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the
> >>>>> last 10 years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one
> >>>>> conversations, 68 in person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him
> >>>>> through Asia, primarily, through China."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said
> >>>>> a version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried
> >>>>> to explain that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in
> >>>>> China and the U.S. for meetings the two presidents held together.
> >>>>> However, even The Washington Post came up empty after racking its
> >>>>> brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent
> >>>>> 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New
> >>>>> Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal
> >>>>> police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of
> >>>>> Independence.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
> >>>>> Black and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob
> >>>>> Kearney, Biden's distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk,
> >>>>> Ireland.
> >>>>
> >>>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage
> >>>>> to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in
> >>>>> the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of
> >>>>> Biden gaffes.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up
> >>>>> China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic]
> >>>>> vehicles."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh,
> >>>>> um, ya know, uh."
> >>>>
> >>>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant
> >>>>> Canada during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move
> >>>>> surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
> >>>>> Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came
> >>>>> down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One
> >>>>> stairs too.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation
> >>>>> sometime last month. Well, who could blame them?
> >>>>
> >>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
> >>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
> >>>>
> >>> And it wasn1t even him that did it.
> >>
> >> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
> >
> >
> > Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
> > misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
> > anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
> >
> > No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
>
>
> No, but it was the beginning of right wing guy looking dumber than a
> pile of dog shit.

I think his nonsense about the water-filled Martian canals predated
Potatogate.

A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
> In article <c6D%L.2186483$9sn9.1025365@fx17.iad>, moviePig
> <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups
>>>>> have gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was
>>>>> no different.
>>>>>
>>>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip
>>>>> was when he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
>>>>>
>>>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a
>>>>> banquet at Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still
>>>>> received applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of Irish
>>>>> leaders though, despite the licking remark.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles
>>>>> "with" Chinese President Xi Jinping.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the
>>>>> last 10 years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one
>>>>> conversations, 68 in person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him
>>>>> through Asia, primarily, through China."
>>>>>
>>>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said
>>>>> a version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried
>>>>> to explain that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in
>>>>> China and the U.S. for meetings the two presidents held together.
>>>>> However, even The Washington Post came up empty after racking its
>>>>> brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent
>>>>> 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New
>>>>> Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal
>>>>> police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of
>>>>> Independence.
>>>>>
>>>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
>>>>> Black and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob
>>>>> Kearney, Biden's distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk,
>>>>> Ireland.
>>>>
>>>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage
>>>>> to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in
>>>>> the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
>>>>>
>>>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of
>>>>> Biden gaffes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up
>>>>> China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic]
>>>>> vehicles."
>>>>>
>>>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh,
>>>>> um, ya know, uh."
>>>>
>>>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant
>>>>> Canada during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move
>>>>> surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
>>>>> Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came
>>>>> down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream".
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One
>>>>> stairs too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation
>>>>> sometime last month. Well, who could blame them?
>>>>
>>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>>>>
>>> And it wasn¹t even him that did it.
>>
>> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
>
>
> Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
> misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
> anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>
> No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
>

My understanding is that Quayle was just a celebrity spokes mouth. He
didn’t make the call about it being misspelled, one of the actual judges
did. Quayle just repeated the ruling.

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

On 4/18/23 8:59 PM, A Friend wrote:
> In article <jbF%L.2430152$vBI8.1120686@fx15.iad>, trotsky
> <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/18/23 4:41 PM, A Friend wrote:
>>> In article <c6D%L.2186483$9sn9.1025365@fx17.iad>, moviePig
>>> <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups
>>>>>>> have gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was
>>>>>>> no different.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip
>>>>>>> was when he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a
>>>>>>> banquet at Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still
>>>>>>> received applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of Irish
>>>>>>> leaders though, despite the licking remark.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles
>>>>>>> "with" Chinese President Xi Jinping.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the
>>>>>>> last 10 years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one
>>>>>>> conversations, 68 in person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him
>>>>>>> through Asia, primarily, through China."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said
>>>>>>> a version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried
>>>>>>> to explain that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in
>>>>>>> China and the U.S. for meetings the two presidents held together.
>>>>>>> However, even The Washington Post came up empty after racking its
>>>>>>> brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent
>>>>>>> 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New
>>>>>>> Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal
>>>>>>> police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of
>>>>>>> Independence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
>>>>>>> Black and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob
>>>>>>> Kearney, Biden's distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk,
>>>>>>> Ireland.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage
>>>>>>> to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in
>>>>>>> the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of
>>>>>>> Biden gaffes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up
>>>>>>> China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic]
>>>>>>> vehicles."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh,
>>>>>>> um, ya know, uh."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant
>>>>>>> Canada during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move
>>>>>>> surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
>>>>>>> Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came
>>>>>>> down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One
>>>>>>> stairs too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation
>>>>>>> sometime last month. Well, who could blame them?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>>>>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>>>>>>
>>>>> And it wasn1t even him that did it.
>>>>
>>>> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
>>>
>>>
>>> Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
>>> misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
>>> anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>>>
>>> No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
>>
>>
>> No, but it was the beginning of right wing guy looking dumber than a
>> pile of dog shit.
>
>
> I think his nonsense about the water-filled Martian canals predated
> Potatogate.

I don't remember that but I don't remember much about Quayle other than
he had the brains of a quail.

On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:41:14 -0400, A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:

>In article <c6D%L.2186483$9sn9.1025365@fx17.iad>, moviePig
><pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
>> >>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent
>> >>> 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New
>> >>> Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal
>> >>> police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of
>> >>> Independence.
>> >>>
>> >>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
>> >>> Black and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob
>> >>> Kearney, Biden's distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk,
>> >>> Ireland.

He's lucky he made it out of Ireland alive after THAT particular
blooper! (And shouldn't plan on visiting New Zealand any time soon
since down there the All Blacks are AT LEAST as popular as the Dallas
Cowboys in America)

>> >>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage
>> >>> to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in
>> >>> the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.

Sounds like the sort of reception Reagan got in Ireland back in the
day. The Irish are prone to lionize any US president with a drop of
Irish blood....Canada's Brian Mulroney got the same treatment back in
the day.

>> >>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of
>> >>> Biden gaffes.
>> >>>
>> >>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up
>> >>> China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic]
>> >>> vehicles."
>> >>>
>> >>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh,
>> >>> um, ya know, uh."
>> >>
>> >>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant
>> >>> Canada during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move
>> >>> surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.

That as well is a horrible blunder - he can't even excuse himself with
jet lag between Washington and Ottawa - they're both Eastern Standard
Time!

>> >>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
>> >>> Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came
>> >>> down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream".

I can't imagine being related to one of the victims and hearing the
president say that.

>Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
>misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
>anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>
>No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.

Actually that incident probably prevented a Quayle presidential bid -
having a meme that you're stupid is electoral poison.

Politically as long as you're not convicted (like Agnew - or was that
a plea bargain?) suspicion of crooked behaviour is a LOT more
forgiveable than being dumb - Nixon overcame the allegation that he
had profitted from being vice-president - and he overcame it with a
speech about his wife's "Republican cloth coat" and their children's
puppy Checkers (which was a gift from a supporter)

On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:59:13 -0400, A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:

>> > Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
>> > misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
>> > anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>> >
>> > No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
>>
>> No, but it was the beginning of right wing guy looking dumber than a
>> pile of dog shit.
>
>I think his nonsense about the water-filled Martian canals predated
>Potatogate.

Hey in Canada Pierre Trudeau survived dropping the F-bomb in the House
of Commons (he only mouthed it not said it into the microphone. The
Toronto Globe + Mail reported it as "the prime minister told the
honorable member to go forth and multiply") while his successor John
Turner got away with groping a prominent female member of his party on
national TV and when challenged said that he was 'a tactile
politician'!

In article <180420232159135174%nope@noway.com>,
A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:

> In article <jbF%L.2430152$vBI8.1120686@fx15.iad>, trotsky
> <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:
>
> > On 4/18/23 4:41 PM, A Friend wrote:
> > > In article <c6D%L.2186483$9sn9.1025365@fx17.iad>, moviePig
> > > <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > >>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> > >>>> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
> > >>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups
> > >>>>> have gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was
> > >>>>> no different.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip
> > >>>>> was when he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a
> > >>>>> banquet at Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still
> > >>>>> received applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of Irish
> > >>>>> leaders though, despite the licking remark.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles
> > >>>>> "with" Chinese President Xi Jinping.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the
> > >>>>> last 10 years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one
> > >>>>> conversations, 68 in person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him
> > >>>>> through Asia, primarily, through China."
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said
> > >>>>> a version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried
> > >>>>> to explain that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in
> > >>>>> China and the U.S. for meetings the two presidents held together.
> > >>>>> However, even The Washington Post came up empty after racking its
> > >>>>> brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent
> > >>>>> 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New
> > >>>>> Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal
> > >>>>> police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of
> > >>>>> Independence.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
> > >>>>> Black and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob
> > >>>>> Kearney, Biden's distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk,
> > >>>>> Ireland.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage
> > >>>>> to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in
> > >>>>> the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of
> > >>>>> Biden gaffes.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up
> > >>>>> China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic]
> > >>>>> vehicles."
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh,
> > >>>>> um, ya know, uh."
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant
> > >>>>> Canada during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move
> > >>>>> surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
> > >>>>> Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came
> > >>>>> down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream".
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One
> > >>>>> stairs too.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation
> > >>>>> sometime last month. Well, who could blame them?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
> > >>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
> > >>>>
> > >>> And it wasn1t even him that did it.
> > >>
> > >> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
> > >
> > > Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
> > > misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
> > > anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
> > >
> > > No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
> >
> > No, but it was the beginning of right wing guy looking dumber than a
> > pile of dog shit.
>
> I think his nonsense about the water-filled Martian canals predated
> Potatogate.

You do realize that all of this is in the context of the current
Democrat presidenbt saying 10 times the number of stupid things Quayle
ever did just this month, right?

And let's not forget his vice president who was slack-jawed and reduced
to giggles over the idea of a battery-powered school bus.

On 4/19/23 12:39 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <180420232159135174%nope@noway.com>,
> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <jbF%L.2430152$vBI8.1120686@fx15.iad>, trotsky
>> <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/18/23 4:41 PM, A Friend wrote:
>>>> In article <c6D%L.2186483$9sn9.1025365@fx17.iad>, moviePig
>>>> <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups
>>>>>>>> have gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was
>>>>>>>> no different.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip
>>>>>>>> was when he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a
>>>>>>>> banquet at Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still
>>>>>>>> received applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of Irish
>>>>>>>> leaders though, despite the licking remark.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles
>>>>>>>> "with" Chinese President Xi Jinping.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the
>>>>>>>> last 10 years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one
>>>>>>>> conversations, 68 in person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him
>>>>>>>> through Asia, primarily, through China."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said
>>>>>>>> a version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried
>>>>>>>> to explain that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in
>>>>>>>> China and the U.S. for meetings the two presidents held together.
>>>>>>>> However, even The Washington Post came up empty after racking its
>>>>>>>> brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent
>>>>>>>> 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New
>>>>>>>> Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal
>>>>>>>> police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of
>>>>>>>> Independence.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
>>>>>>>> Black and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob
>>>>>>>> Kearney, Biden's distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk,
>>>>>>>> Ireland.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage
>>>>>>>> to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in
>>>>>>>> the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of
>>>>>>>> Biden gaffes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up
>>>>>>>> China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic]
>>>>>>>> vehicles."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh,
>>>>>>>> um, ya know, uh."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant
>>>>>>>> Canada during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move
>>>>>>>> surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
>>>>>>>> Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came
>>>>>>>> down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One
>>>>>>>> stairs too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation
>>>>>>>> sometime last month. Well, who could blame them?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>>>>>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> And it wasn1t even him that did it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
>>>>
>>>> Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
>>>> misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
>>>> anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>>>>
>>>> No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
>>>
>>> No, but it was the beginning of right wing guy looking dumber than a
>>> pile of dog shit.
>>
>> I think his nonsense about the water-filled Martian canals predated
>> Potatogate.
>
> You do realize that all of this is in the context of the current
> Democrat presidenbt saying 10 times the number of stupid things Quayle
> ever did just this month, right?

Oh, yes, the GOP are also the party of fake statistics. Fox News would
say hi but they're trying to scrape together the .7875 billion.

> And let's not forget his vice president who was slack-jawed and reduced
> to giggles over the idea of a battery-powered school bus.

anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups have
>>> gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was no different.
>>>
>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip was when
>>> he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
>>>
>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a banquet at
>>> Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still received applause and a
>>> standing ovation from the crowd of Irish leaders though, despite the
>>> licking remark.
>>>
>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles "with"
>>> Chinese President Xi Jinping.
>>>
>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the last 10
>>> years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one conversations, 68 in
>>> person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him through Asia, primarily,
>>> through China."
>>>
>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said a
>>> version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried to explain
>>> that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in China and the U.S.
>>> for meetings the two presidents held together. However, even The
>>> Washington Post came up empty after racking its brains trying to figure
>>> out what Biden meant.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent 1920s-era British
>>> police force. The president mistook New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team
>>> for the Black and Tans, a brutal police force deployed against the Irish
>>> during the Irish War of Independence.
>>>
>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the Black
>>> and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob Kearney, Biden's
>>> distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk, Ireland.
>>
>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage to speak
>>> to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in the background,
>>> and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
>>>
>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of Biden
>>> gaffes.
>>>
>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up China
>>> and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic] vehicles."
>>>
>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh, um,
>>> ya know, uh."
>>
>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant Canada
>>> during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move surely caused
>>> facepalms among White House staffers.
>>>
>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the Nashville
>>> school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came down because he heard
>>> there was chocolate chip ice cream".
>>>
>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One stairs
>>> too.
>>>
>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation sometime
>>> last month. Well, who could blame them?
>>
>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>
>And it wasn't even him that did it.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64689/never-forget-time-dan-quayle-misspelled-potato

Was it even a misspelling? I thought "potatoe" was listed as an alternative
spelling.

--
Let's go Brandon!

In article <180420231741145758%nope@noway.com>, nope@noway.com wrote:
> moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>>>>
>>> And it wasn�t even him that did it.
>>
>> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
>
>Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
>misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
>anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."

The school had a cue card with "potatoe" written on it.

>No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.

Actually, it was treated that way.

Meanwhile, leftists and the liberal media bend over backwards to make excuses
for obvious senility.

--
Let's go Brandon!

anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

>> Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sent me an email the other day titled
>> “A handwritten note for you.”
>>
>> Of course, as I just said, it was an email. But instead of just text, the
>> email included a JPEG of a note AOC had apparently written — more like
>> scrawled.
>>
>> The first paragraph of the email said: “J., Alexandria wrote a quick note
>> to share what our movement has been able to accomplish because of
>> grassroots support from people like you. Read the note below and then
>> click here to contribute.”
>>
>> Ah, click here to contribute. A money grab. But the “J.” part meant the
>> note’s for me — maybe only to me.
>>
>> The first line of the handwritten note, which includes grammatical errors
>> and some nearly indecipherable words, took me a while to figure out, but
>> then I realized the weird — and kinda’ juvenile cursive writing — said
>> “To our supporters and friends —”
>>
>> The note continued:
>>
>> I wanted to take a moment to thank you for being part of this
>> movement — a people’s movement. The collective power of your
>> support and continued commitment to action has transformed countless
>> lives on both a personal and systematic level.
>>
>> Just this year alone, your support has allowed us to:
>>
>> • Raise thousands in for trans + LGBT+ advocacy, emergency relief
>> efforts in East Palestine, Ohio, support for migrants and more.
>>
>> • Bring hundreds of hours and counting of free virtual tutoring to
>> under-resourced families with an [sic] Homework Helpers program.
>>
>> • Build progressive power across the country through an [sic] Courage
>> to Change effort.
>>
>> • Fight the spread of Spanish-language misinformation campaigns
>> through an [sic] Whats App organizing.
>>
>> • All while providing a living wage to our team of organizers on the
>> ground!
>>
>> … All this when it’s not even an election year, and it’s still
>> early in the year! There’s even more to come. As we push to hold
>> special interest to account, fight for real action to combat the
>> climate emergency, and organize for change that actually centers
>> working people, you [sic] continued support means absolutely
>> everything.
>>
>> If possible, could you help us in that fight with a contribution?
>>
>> I am so proud of all this movement has and continues to accomplish
>> thanks to you. On behalf of my team, community and our movement:
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Of course, it was just a craven plea for money. Click the tab and you get to
>> a spot where you can contribute $5, $10, $15, and, for some reason, $27. You
>> can throw in more — $250 or a custom amount — and even make the donations
>> recur monthly.
>>
>> There's nothing odd in sending out fundraising letters. I get them endlessly.
>> But why make it seem like you're sending me a personal "handwritten" note?
>> And why even call it handwritten when it’s an email? AOC is the queen of
>> Instagram, so what’s with the cursive note?
>>
>> And if you're going to write a note, shouldn't you get the grammar right?
>> And if part of it's illegible, shouldn't you write it again?
>>
>> Finally, the signature is the weirdest.
>>
>> https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/04/aoc2-300x104.jpg
>>
>> I mean, what is that?
>>
>
> It's a signature from BEYOND THE GRAVE!!

SignatureS from beyond the grave!

--
Let's go Brandon!

In article <u1rh1c$k1vv$6@dont-email.me>, Ubiquitous
<weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

> In article <180420231741145758%nope@noway.com>, nope@noway.com wrote:
> > moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
> >> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> >>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
> >>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
> >>>>
> >>> And it wasn¼t even him that did it.
> >>
> >> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
> >
> >Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
> >misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
> >anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>
> The school had a cue card with "potatoe" written on it.

So what? It's still wrong -- and if you need a cue card to be able to
spell "potato," you're already in trouble.

> >No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
>
> Actually, it was treated that way.

No, it wasn't. It was a Quayle Is a Dumbass story, and it was a
three-day wonder because there were so damn many of them. Note that it
was brought up here -- needlessly -- by a Quayle partisan.

> Meanwhile, leftists and the liberal media bend over backwards to make excuses
> for obvious senility.

I don't remember them making excuses for Ronald Reagan. That was you
guys.

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups have
>>>> gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was no different.
>>>>
>>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip was when
>>>> he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
>>>>
>>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a banquet at
>>>> Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still received applause and a
>>>> standing ovation from the crowd of Irish leaders though, despite the
>>>> licking remark.
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles "with"
>>>> Chinese President Xi Jinping.
>>>>
>>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the last 10
>>>> years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one conversations, 68 in
>>>> person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him through Asia, primarily,
>>>> through China."
>>>>
>>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said a
>>>> version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried to explain
>>>> that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in China and the U.S.
>>>> for meetings the two presidents held together. However, even The
>>>> Washington Post came up empty after racking its brains trying to figure
>>>> out what Biden meant.
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent 1920s-era British
>>>> police force. The president mistook New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team
>>>> for the Black and Tans, a brutal police force deployed against the Irish
>>>> during the Irish War of Independence.
>>>>
>>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the Black
>>>> and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob Kearney, Biden's
>>>> distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk, Ireland.
>>>
>>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage to speak
>>>> to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in the background,
>>>> and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
>>>>
>>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of Biden
>>>> gaffes.
>>>>
>>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up China
>>>> and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic] vehicles."
>>>>
>>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh, um,
>>>> ya know, uh."
>>>
>>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant Canada
>>>> during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move surely caused
>>>> facepalms among White House staffers.
>>>>
>>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the Nashville
>>>> school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came down because he heard
>>>> there was chocolate chip ice cream".
>>>>
>>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One stairs
>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation sometime
>>>> last month. Well, who could blame them?
>>>
>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>>
>> And it wasn't even him that did it.
>
> https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64689/never-forget-time-dan-quayle-misspelled-potato

There you go. Flashcards. Our ancient enemy.

>
> Was it even a misspelling? I thought "potatoe" was listed as an alternative
> spelling.

I’ve seen it claim that it was a legitimate alternate spelling right up to
the instant that Dan Quayle made the headlines using it. But I have no idea
how you prove it unless you’ve got a hard copy of an old dictionary around.

>
> --
> Let's go Brandon!
>
>
>

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

In article <u1rh1c$k1vv$6@dont-email.me>,
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

> In article <180420231741145758%nope@noway.com>, nope@noway.com wrote:
> > moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
> >> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> >>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
> >>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
> >>>>
> >>> And it wasn�t even him that did it.
> >>
> >> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
> >
> >Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
> >misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
> >anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>
> The school had a cue card with "potatoe" written on it.
>
> >No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
>
> Actually, it was treated that way.
>
> Meanwhile, leftists and the liberal media bend over backwards to make
> excuses for obvious senility.

Remember all the constant speculation about Reagan's mental state and
all the SNL and late night jokes we got about it?

Compare that to what we get with Biden, who is obviously much more far
gone than Reagan was when he was still in office.

In article <200420231027239784%nope@noway.com>,
A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:

> In article <u1rh1c$k1vv$6@dont-email.me>, Ubiquitous
> <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <180420231741145758%nope@noway.com>, nope@noway.com wrote:
> > > moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
> > >> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > >>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
> > >>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
> > >>>>
> > >>> And it wasn�t even him that did it.
> > >>
> > >> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
> > >
> > >Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
> > >misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
> > >anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
> >
> > The school had a cue card with "potatoe" written on it.
>
> So what? It's still wrong -- and if you need a cue card to be able to
> spell "potato," you're already in trouble.

But Biden is just fine...
>
> > > No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it
> > > that way.
> >
> > Actually, it was treated that way.
>
> No, it wasn't. It was a Quayle Is a Dumbass story, and it was a
> three-day wonder because there were so damn many of them. Note that it
> was brought up here -- needlessly -- by a Quayle partisan.

LOL! I've been called a lot of things in my life, but "Quayle partisan"
has to be a first. (And who knew that all it takes to make one a "Quayle
partisan" is merely bringing Quayle up in comparison to the media's
kid-glove treatment of Biden?)

> I don't remember them making excuses for Ronald Reagan.

No, you don't. You're absolutely right. Which is kinda the whole point.

On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:34:33 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>In article <u1rh1c$k1vv$6@dont-email.me>,
> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> In article <180420231741145758%nope@noway.com>, nope@noway.com wrote:
>> > moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>> >> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> >>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> >>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>> >>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>> >>>>
>> >>> And it wasn? even him that did it.
>> >>
>> >> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
>> >
>> >Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
>> >misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
>> >anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>>
>> The school had a cue card with "potatoe" written on it.
>>
>> >No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
>>
>> Actually, it was treated that way.
>>
>> Meanwhile, leftists and the liberal media bend over backwards to make
>> excuses for obvious senility.
>
>Remember all the constant speculation about Reagan's mental state and
>all the SNL and late night jokes we got about it?

The difference being people that didn't watch those shows didn't get
those jokes. It's one huge difference today when even one small
mistake can get blown up on social media.
>Compare that to what we get with Biden, who is obviously much more far
>gone than Reagan was when he was still in office.

Or not. While I don't see Biden as being as sharp as he was 30-40
years ago I don't see him as heading into senility which Reagan
clearly was. Though it's one of the possible consequences we get from
electing people who are closer to the end of their life than the
beginning.

In article <rvm24itk0qgftep72fkes7c9hcsam2g8gn@4ax.com>,
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:34:33 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <u1rh1c$k1vv$6@dont-email.me>,
> > Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <180420231741145758%nope@noway.com>, nope@noway.com wrote:
> >> > moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
> >> >> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> >> >>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
> >> >>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>> And it wasn? even him that did it.
> >> >>
> >> >> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
> >> >
> >> >Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard Quayle said he'd
> >> >misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
> >> >anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
> >>
> >> The school had a cue card with "potatoe" written on it.
> >>
> >> >No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
> >>
> >> Actually, it was treated that way.
> >>
> >> Meanwhile, leftists and the liberal media bend over backwards to make
> >> excuses for obvious senility.
> >
> >Remember all the constant speculation about Reagan's mental state and
> >all the SNL and late night jokes we got about it?
>
> The difference being people that didn't watch those shows didn't get
> those jokes. It's one huge difference today when even one small
> mistake can get blown up on social media.

Whether people got the jokes isn't the point. It was the media's and
Hollywood's willingness to *make* the jokes about Reagan while
tip-toeing around Biden that's the point.

One guy had (R) after his name, the other has (D). That's all the info
you need to determine why they're treated so differently.

> >Compare that to what we get with Biden, who is obviously much more far
> >gone than Reagan was when he was still in office.
>
> Or not. While I don't see Biden as being as sharp as he was 30-40
> years ago I don't see him as heading into senility which Reagan
> clearly was.

You've got to be kidding me. He sees dead people in the audience. He
turns around to shake hands with people who aren't there. Hell, just
read the article that started this thread to see the senility on full
display.

On 4/19/2023 1:39 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <180420232159135174%nope@noway.com>,
> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <jbF%L.2430152$vBI8.1120686@fx15.iad>, trotsky
>> <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/18/23 4:41 PM, A Friend wrote:
>>>> In article <c6D%L.2186483$9sn9.1025365@fx17.iad>, moviePig
>>>> <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups
>>>>>>>> have gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was
>>>>>>>> no different.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip
>>>>>>>> was when he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a
>>>>>>>> banquet at Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still
>>>>>>>> received applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of Irish
>>>>>>>> leaders though, despite the licking remark.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles
>>>>>>>> "with" Chinese President Xi Jinping.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the
>>>>>>>> last 10 years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one
>>>>>>>> conversations, 68 in person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him
>>>>>>>> through Asia, primarily, through China."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said
>>>>>>>> a version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried
>>>>>>>> to explain that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in
>>>>>>>> China and the U.S. for meetings the two presidents held together.
>>>>>>>> However, even The Washington Post came up empty after racking its
>>>>>>>> brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent
>>>>>>>> 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New
>>>>>>>> Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal
>>>>>>>> police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of
>>>>>>>> Independence.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
>>>>>>>> Black and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob
>>>>>>>> Kearney, Biden's distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk,
>>>>>>>> Ireland.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage
>>>>>>>> to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in
>>>>>>>> the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of
>>>>>>>> Biden gaffes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up
>>>>>>>> China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic]
>>>>>>>> vehicles."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh,
>>>>>>>> um, ya know, uh."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant
>>>>>>>> Canada during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move
>>>>>>>> surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
>>>>>>>> Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came
>>>>>>>> down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One
>>>>>>>> stairs too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation
>>>>>>>> sometime last month. Well, who could blame them?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>>>>>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> And it wasn1t even him that did it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
>>>>
>>>> Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
>>>> misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
>>>> anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>>>>
>>>> No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
>>>
>>> No, but it was the beginning of right wing guy looking dumber than a
>>> pile of dog shit.
>>
>> I think his nonsense about the water-filled Martian canals predated
>> Potatogate.
>
> You do realize that all of this is in the context of the current
> Democrat presidenbt saying 10 times the number of stupid things Quayle
> ever did just this month, right?
>
> And let's not forget his vice president who was slack-jawed and reduced
> to giggles over the idea of a battery-powered school bus.

Such 'whataboutism' seems to suggest that the stark magnitude and
circumstance of Quayle's gaffe is routinely equaled. I disagree.

Leftist Democrat Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Wednesday that the U.S. needs
amnesty for millions of illegal aliens because they do things such as clean
our homes and pick our food. Without them, America would be doomed, she
argued.

Her comments were made during a Congressional House hearing on border
security, and she seemed rather concerned that if the U.S. ever did seal its
southern border and stop the never-ending flow of illegal aliens, then every
manual labor job in the country would suffer big-time.

�So let�s all take a minute to recognize the hypocrisy of every anti-
immigrant debate,� Jayapal said while arguing for amnesty, according to Fox
News. �This country needs immigrants to survive. Immigrants pick the food we
eat, rebuild our communities after climate disasters, help construct our
infrastructure, power our small business economy, clean our homes, and look
after the most precious in our families � our children and our elders.�

As the conservative advocacy group FreedomWorks put it, �Jayapal using the
tired old, �Who will clean our homes?� defense on illegal immigration.
Limousine liberalism at its finest!�

?? Jayapal using the tired old, "Who will clean our homes?" defense
on illegal immigration. Limousine liberalism at its finest! #ampFW
pic.twitter.com/LBMe4jrmxO

� FreedomWorks (@FreedomWorks) April 19, 2023

Indeed, Americans have heard that argument before. Former Speaker of the
House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) made a similar statement last year after Florida
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis sent a few dozen illegal immigrants to
lily-white liberal vacation spot Martha�s Vineyard.

�We have a shortage of workers in our country, and you see even in Florida,
some of the farmers and the growers saying: �Why are you shipping these
immigrants up north? We need them to pick the crops down here,�� Pelosi said.

So in other words, both Pelosi and Jayapal � supposed defenders of America�s
working class � want millions of foreign nationals imported so that their
donors can have cheap labor. It�s the exact same reason that Republican
Establishment-aligned organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce want
massive amnesty as well.

Unfortunately, certain believers of Washington Republicanism want a
bipartisan version of �pathway to citizenship� � which is the used-car
salesman�s term for amnesty � just as Pelosi and Jayapal want as well.

All that will do is drive down wages for Americans, particularly minorities,
who would fill those jobs instead.

On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:04:24 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>In article <rvm24itk0qgftep72fkes7c9hcsam2g8gn@4ax.com>,
> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:34:33 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> >In article <u1rh1c$k1vv$6@dont-email.me>,
>> > Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <180420231741145758%nope@noway.com>, nope@noway.com wrote:
>> >> > moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>> >> >> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> >> >>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
>> >> >>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>> And it wasn? even him that did it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
>> >> >
>> >> >Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard Quayle said he'd
>> >> >misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
>> >> >anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
>> >>
>> >> The school had a cue card with "potatoe" written on it.
>> >>
>> >> >No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
>> >>
>> >> Actually, it was treated that way.
>> >>
>> >> Meanwhile, leftists and the liberal media bend over backwards to make
>> >> excuses for obvious senility.
>> >
>> >Remember all the constant speculation about Reagan's mental state and
>> >all the SNL and late night jokes we got about it?
>>
>> The difference being people that didn't watch those shows didn't get
>> those jokes. It's one huge difference today when even one small
>> mistake can get blown up on social media.
>
>Whether people got the jokes isn't the point. It was the media's and
>Hollywood's willingness to *make* the jokes about Reagan while
>tip-toeing around Biden that's the point.
>
>One guy had (R) after his name, the other has (D). That's all the info
>you need to determine why they're treated so differently.
>
>> >Compare that to what we get with Biden, who is obviously much more far
>> >gone than Reagan was when he was still in office.
>>
>> Or not. While I don't see Biden as being as sharp as he was 30-40
>> years ago I don't see him as heading into senility which Reagan
>> clearly was.
>
>You've got to be kidding me. He sees dead people in the audience. He
>turns around to shake hands with people who aren't there. Hell, just
>read the article that started this thread to see the senility on full
>display.

Those things were already debunked. Like the turning around being a
question of which way did they want him to leave the stage. I get that
you hate Biden's policies but at least attack the man on legitimate
gripes and not things that were made up for social media. Hate to
imagine what it would have been like if we had Twitter/Facebook back
in the Carter/Reagan days.

In article <e4v24i98tun0csitrhj5pm332khdriqc3i@4ax.com>,
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:04:24 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <rvm24itk0qgftep72fkes7c9hcsam2g8gn@4ax.com>,
> > shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:34:33 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article <u1rh1c$k1vv$6@dont-email.me>,
> >> > Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> In article <180420231741145758%nope@noway.com>, nope@noway.com wrote:
> >> >> > moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> >> >> >>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
> >> >> >>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>> And it wasn? even him that did it.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard Quayle said he'd
> >> >> >misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
> >> >> >anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
> >> >>
> >> >> The school had a cue card with "potatoe" written on it.
> >> >>
> >> >> >No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that
> >> >> >way.
> >> >>
> >> >> Actually, it was treated that way.
> >> >>
> >> >> Meanwhile, leftists and the liberal media bend over backwards to make
> >> >> excuses for obvious senility.
> >> >
> >> >Remember all the constant speculation about Reagan's mental state and
> >> >all the SNL and late night jokes we got about it?
> >>
> >> The difference being people that didn't watch those shows didn't get
> >> those jokes. It's one huge difference today when even one small
> >> mistake can get blown up on social media.
> >
> >Whether people got the jokes isn't the point. It was the media's and
> >Hollywood's willingness to *make* the jokes about Reagan while
> >tip-toeing around Biden that's the point.
> >
> >One guy had (R) after his name, the other has (D). That's all the info
> >you need to determine why they're treated so differently.
> >
> >> >Compare that to what we get with Biden, who is obviously much more far
> >> >gone than Reagan was when he was still in office.
> >>
> >> Or not. While I don't see Biden as being as sharp as he was 30-40
> >> years ago I don't see him as heading into senility which Reagan
> >> clearly was.
> >
> >You've got to be kidding me. He sees dead people in the audience. He
> >turns around to shake hands with people who aren't there. Hell, just
> >read the article that started this thread to see the senility on full
> >display.
>
> Those things were already debunked.

More like spun as best they could. And not very credibly.

> Like the turning around being a question of which way did they want
> him to leave the stage.

He held out his hand to shake hands.

> I get that you hate Biden's policies but at least attack the man on
> legitimate gripes and not things that were made up for social media.

I saw the footage with my own eyes. It wasn't made up.

"My butt's been wiped!"

In article <Vmd0M.1319057$t5W7.770176@fx13.iad>,
moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:

> On 4/19/2023 1:39 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> > In article <180420232159135174%nope@noway.com>,
> > A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <jbF%L.2430152$vBI8.1120686@fx15.iad>, trotsky
> >> <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 4/18/23 4:41 PM, A Friend wrote:
> >>>> In article <c6D%L.2186483$9sn9.1025365@fx17.iad>, moviePig
> >>>> <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 4/18/2023 3:59 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> >>>>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>> In article <u1mlsj$3kmhc$1@dont-email.me>,
> >>>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> President Biden has always been a gaffe machine, but his slip-ups
> >>>>>>>> have gotten more frequent, and his trip to Ireland last week was
> >>>>>>>> no different.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> One of the most head-scratching moments of Biden's Ireland trip
> >>>>>>>> was when he encouraged his audience to "lick the world".
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> "Let's go lick the world," Biden told Irish leaders during a
> >>>>>>>> banquet at Dublin Castle on Thursday evening. Biden still
> >>>>>>>> received applause and a standing ovation from the crowd of Irish
> >>>>>>>> leaders though, despite the licking remark.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Thursday, Biden claimed (again) he has traveled 17,000 miles
> >>>>>>>> "with" Chinese President Xi Jinping.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> "I met more with Xi Jinping than any world leader has over the
> >>>>>>>> last 10 years," Biden said. "Over 91 hours of just one-on-one
> >>>>>>>> conversations, 68 in person. I've traveled 17,000 miles with him
> >>>>>>>> through Asia, primarily, through China."
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Biden has been making this claim since at least 2020, and he said
> >>>>>>>> a version of it in 2016 as well. In 2021, the White House tried
> >>>>>>>> to explain that Biden meant "the total travel back and forth" in
> >>>>>>>> China and the U.S. for meetings the two presidents held together.
> >>>>>>>> However, even The Washington Post came up empty after racking its
> >>>>>>>> brains trying to figure out what Biden meant.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Wednesday, Biden confused a rugby team with a violent
> >>>>>>>> 1920s-era British police force. The president mistook New
> >>>>>>>> Zealand's All Blacks rugby team for the Black and Tans, a brutal
> >>>>>>>> police force deployed against the Irish during the Irish War of
> >>>>>>>> Independence.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> "He was a hell of a rugby player, and he beat the hell out of the
> >>>>>>>> Black and Tans," Biden said about former Irish rugby player Rob
> >>>>>>>> Kearney, Biden's distant relative, during remarks in Dundalk,
> >>>>>>>> Ireland.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The president seems to be popular in Ireland. He jogged onstage
> >>>>>>>> to speak to a cheering crowd with the Dropkick Murphys playing in
> >>>>>>>> the background, and he was mobbed by supporters outside a pub.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Beyond Ireland, the last few months have given us no shortage of
> >>>>>>>> Biden gaffes.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Biden was even more incoherent than usual this week, mixing up
> >>>>>>>> China and Canada and promoting "tax credits for elected [sic]
> >>>>>>>> vehicles."
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> In Ottawa, the president declared: "Uh, I have, uh. We have, uh,
> >>>>>>>> um, ya know, uh."
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> A few weeks ago, Biden said he "applauds China" when he meant
> >>>>>>>> Canada during remarks to the Canadian Parliament. That move
> >>>>>>>> surely caused facepalms among White House staffers.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Last month when he was supposed to address the nation about the
> >>>>>>>> Nashville school shooting that killed six, Biden said he "came
> >>>>>>>> down because he heard there was chocolate chip ice cream".
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Let's not forget Biden's habit of falling down the Air Force One
> >>>>>>>> stairs too.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Maybe the White House gaffe prevention squad went on vacation
> >>>>>>>> sometime last month. Well, who could blame them?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> All that and they're just from the last few weeks. But Dan Quayle
> >>>>>>> misspelled "potato" and it was the end of the world.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> And it wasn1t even him that did it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It wasn't??? But I *saw* him...
> >>>>
> >>>> Me too. The kid wrote POTATO on a blackboard. Quayle said he'd
> >>>> misspelled it and should add an "e." The kid knew better but did it
> >>>> anyway. When Quayle left, the kid quickly erased the "e."
> >>>>
> >>>> No, it wasn't the end of the world, and no one ever treated it that way.
> >>>
> >>> No, but it was the beginning of right wing guy looking dumber than a
> >>> pile of dog shit.
> >>
> >> I think his nonsense about the water-filled Martian canals predated
> >> Potatogate.
> >
> > You do realize that all of this is in the context of the current
> > Democrat presidenbt saying 10 times the number of stupid things Quayle
> > ever did just this month, right?
> >
> > And let's not forget his vice president who was slack-jawed and reduced
> > to giggles over the idea of a battery-powered school bus.
>
> Such 'whataboutism' seems to suggest that the stark magnitude and
> circumstance of Quayle's gaffe is routinely equaled. I disagree.

As do I. Quayle's gaffe was peanuts compared to the daily display of
Biden's senility and what can only be described as the "stoned sorority
girl" demeanor of Harris.