Give me a frickin' break

[Ohioboy]

I finally watched the video where Biden called on God and said of Putin "For God's sake this man can not remain in power".

What the hell is the big deal? And why is everyone leaving out the whole quote? Off handily hoping to God that someone doesn't remain in power doesn't mean you want them dead, just that they shouldn't remain in power.

Do republicans want Putin to remain in power?

I know Lindsey Graham recently called for what sounded like an assassination.

[Chainfire]

1. The pushback is just Republicans acting out in their never ending temper tantrum.

There is nothing new.

[soldierant]

37. Those in the administration who are concerned

undoubtedly agre, but do not wat the quote to be mistaken for a cal to assiassinate (or even depose) - because Putin might take that as an excuse to nuke us.

And it's far from impossible.

Republicans, of courseprobably want us to get nuked andthing they are invulnerable. Sigh.

[2naSalit]

39. +1

It's perpetual temper tantrum this is just the trigger du jour.

[LiberalLovinLug]

46. They do it because they can. Their sheep just nod in agreement no matter how contradictory

Trump will get the vaccines sooner than Biden. He even creates a "warp speed" group of vaccine producers to get it to the market pronto. Beautiful vaccines. Biden will take 5 years.

Biden wins and a vaccine is finally approved (the same vaccine that would have been approved if Trump were in power) gets vaccine rollout going and breaks his own goals of how many get their first vaccination in 3 months. Now vaccines are bad, a Democratic plot. No matter if Trump gets the vaccine himself and tells followers to. No matter if Fox News staff all must be vaccinated to work there.

They know they can milk the negative aspect of conflicting opinions. Even if they cancel each other out. That's how frighteningly the MAGAts have been brainwashed.

....


Trump gets pillared by McConnell for Jan 6th right after.

Trump gets McConnells nod as his next vote for President months later.

.....

Cancel culture is a liberal assault on our freedoms

Other than Dixie Chicks, Last Temptation of Christ, Rap music, teaching the history of slavery in their country, Gay marriage, LGBTQ access to washrooms, mail in voting, CNN, MSNBC, etc etc etc

.......

Now its a scramble to distance themselves from their leaders admiration of Putin after enough days of bombing in Ukraine, by trying to top Democrats in how vicious they, and Trump too, would be if they were in the WH.

But if Biden dares to even suggest Putin should not be allowed to be the representative of Russia in future, it is a bridge too far.


The GOP knows they have stupidity on their side. They love the poorly educated. They milk it for all its worth by taking leaps of logic to be able to be on the wrong side of issues, and then also paint Democrats as actually being the ones who......were wrong before they were wrong......aren't right enough....and if that doesn't work go back to the good old "but but but...Obama, Clinton, Biden....did something else wrong x years ago...so that excuses us today" And what sucks is that you can't argue and win with a stupid, and/or brainwashed person like their supporters, and they know it.

[XanaDUer2]

2. Because it's always different when it's a democrat nt

[peppertree]

29. +1

Plus - in those little Republican heads, the enemy of my enemy is always my friend.

[Ferrets are Cool]

44. Bingo!!

[Walleye]

3. I can just hear Chuck Todd squealing with delight when Biden said that line

I think they were worried they would have to say what a great historic speech it was.

[Ocelot II]

4. He spoke the truth.

It was not a "gaffe," as various talking heads have claimed. He didn't call for his assassination like Lindsey Graham did, or suggest that the US or NATO was going to engage in regime change. After having called Putin a butcher, how could he say anything else? Of course a butcher shouldn't remain in power, FFS! In the context of the speech, seems like he was talking to the Russians. In any event, it's what everyone is thinking.

[Ohioboy]

7. I think he was talking to the Russian people too

I think it's good for Biden to show he supports opposition to Putin, and anyone that acts like Putin for that matter.

[vlyons]

5. Biden could have said he hopes Jesus returns tonight

and the Republicans would turn it into something vile and throw a hissy fit.

[rebe303]

30. Exactly.

😠

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. Reminding me (dont know why LOL) of a Carlin/Cavett interview I just saw from 1992

where George pointed out to Dick the phrase "politically correct" was created by rightwingers.

And today we know "cancelled" is one of theirs as well.

Not sure what it has to do with what you said, but there you go.

[abqtommy]

8. "Do republicans want Putin to remain in power?" Yes, yes they do. They'd be pleased

to have TFG and Putin back in charge. It's up to the rest of us to make sure they all
wind up in jail or prison where they belong.

[ymetca]

9. It also shows

that he still has hope. Russia's not North Korea. Putin's horrific "folly" appears to be much like Bush's at this point.

Now can they get him out of there?

That's what we're down to. Good for you Mr. President! Just telling it like it is, IMHO.

[gab13by13]

10. I keep saying this and never get my point across,

the MSM is owned and managed by the right, funded by American oligarchs.

President Biden was absolutely right in what he said but the MSM has made it into a faux pas, it is the lead story on cable.

The American oligarchs can get nonsensical bullshit covered on cable 24/7, such as the bio-labs in Ukraine.

The importance of controlling the narrative is totally overlooked, propaganda works.

I am down to watching 2 people, Chris Hayes and Nicolle, and I am pissed for Rachel axing Keith Olbermann. No one on cable news is worth watching, they are all pump handles.

[Escurumbele]

21. "the MSM is owned and managed by the right" you are 100% correct, but, to me, the worst part is

the fact that there are so many men and women ready to give their principles to obey the orders of their employers when they have to know they are being asked to lie, they are being asked to preach nonsense that goes against everything the USA has stood for in history, that they are willing to help a regime which will eventually be the cause of misery for their families, their kids and future generations, and the lack of courage from so many people.

People with courage would never put up with a buffoon like trump, or any of the other republicans, people with courage are usually intelligent people who can see the fake of all those republican politicians.

To me, that is the worst, the very sad reality.

[DENVERPOPS]

45. Just look at the money involved.......

A truer statement was never made that was more perfect than......FOLLOW THE MONEY

[druidity33]

47. Rachel axing Keith Olbermann?

I don't know what this is about...

[Hoyt]

11. Biden can take credit when Putin is deposed.

[Cha]

12. Fucking Magats & pundit heads get

Outraged by a Tan Suit or Arugula.. they're simpleminded POS.

💙💛

[keithbvadu2]

26. That horrible tan suit?

[Cha]

40. Yes, the Fascist media was

fucking Horrified out of what should be their collective mind.:strom:

Full Disclosure.. I don't have a TV but I saw the Stupid clips on DU

💙💛

[dalton99a]

13. Kick

[Ohioboy]

14. Let's see if Lindsey doesn't get invited to Mar a Lago for this

[Farmer-Rick]

15. And where's the media outrage over this?

But no this fool is a GOPer so no outrage.

The slip of the tongue that was purposely ignored by our corporate media in the most mind-blowing way was when the president of the United States said he and his daughter had sex in common. Yeah, TFG said that and the media barely batted an eye.

The corporate media got more upset about Biden not wanting Putin to remain in power then when the US president said he was incestuous with his daughter. Go figure.

[Cha]

41. Did the stupid media got

ape shit over this.. or does Lindsey's tweet count?

💙💛

[Septua]

16. Biden can't win

If he minces words, he's 'weak'. if he shows some teeth, he's reckless.

[Cha]

42. "Can't win" with the fascist

media.. Dems are targets .

💙💛

[Skittles]

17. yes, I think repukes do want Putin to remain

they want their slush fund to continue

[Escurumbele]

18. "Do republicans want Putin to remain in power?"...The answer is "YES"

[kairos12]

19. Outrage now. Really.

The media yawned their way through Chump's 10,000 lieapalooza.

The media is disgrace.

[Evolve Dammit]

20. I thought is was an excellent speech. And Joe speaks his truth. WH staff don't like it, F' em.

"I didn't give them hell. I told them the truth and they thought it was hell."

[AverageOldGuy]

22. I'm sick of the . . . .

. . . pearl-clutching on CNN and MSNBC. I check in with CNN and MSNBC a couple of times a day. Today has been filled with no-name commentators clutching their pearls and clucking their tongues over Biden's statement.

This is war and war has its own calculus. I'd put a bullet in Putin's head in a heartbeat and not lose one minute of sleep over it.

Where do they get these fools? I guess if you must have something on the screen 24/7 it doesn't take long to run out of people who know what they are talking about, then, you fill the time with dumbasses.

[Joinfortmill]

23. I'm with you. WTF, people.

[Ford_Prefect]

24. IMO he was speaking to those in Russia who see the threat to their nation's future and

possibly their own futures if Putin continues to lead.

I'm not speaking of individual Russian citizens, although they may be meant to hear it as well. I mean there are, among the remaining members of Russia's government, military, and ruling class, those who have the possibility of removing him or blunting his control. These are people who fear that Putin has put Russia into a financial and political nose-dive and exposed the lie of Russian conventional military power. These are people who are worried about how their privileged life will be under Putin and his cronies after the Ukrainian Misadventure ends, assuming it does end at all.

[BobTheSubgenius]

25. There's a big, big difference.

Biden is a popular Democrat.

[JonAndKatePlusABird]

27. Reminds me of when Joe let slip Obama's view of gay marriage

Recall some handwringing back then, but that’s part and parcel of being a public figure….

[sop]

28. Corporate media is trying to resurrect the old "Biden is a gaffe machine" meme.

It's just more of their never-ending false equivalence bullshit. They're afraid Joe's deft leadership in this international crisis will increase his poll numbers.

[H2O Man]

31. Recommended.

As if Biden's saying this is the greatest crisis facing humanity now. Probably in history!

I could fucking puke. I do not like war or killing. But since Putin invaded Ukraine, I've hoped someone around him would invade a bullet into his head. And there are a lot of people thinking and/or saying that these days. What President Biden said was mild, yet 100% accurate.

[Tickle]

32. I haven't read any posts here

I agree with your feelings 100% but I read the reason for people being upset is because it came off as a regime change that other countries thought we were going to do

[paleotn]

34. Short of invading Russia, WE ain't doing regime change.

And I'd bet a whole hell of a lot of money we ain't invading Russia. It's all stupid. Just stupid.

[Tickle]

35. I hear you nt

[paleotn]

33. Didn't sound like an assassination. Graham called for exactly that.

It's all a tempest in a tea pot. The speech itself was amazing. One of Biden's best ever in my mind. That's what we're not talking about. Instead it's some ridiculous semantics game. Drives me nuts.

[Tickle]

36. It was a great heart

Warming speech. It came from within him and I could feel his passion

[calimary]

38. Yeah, I don't get it either.

He said what not only needed to be said, but exactly what MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of Americans and others have said, and are still saying.

[Nictuku]

43. Flashback

Anyone old enough to remember this?

[Brainfodder]

48. Repubs frame Biden as dementia patient to their base about covers it?

Repubs are beyond the point of return IMHO, played with stupidity a hundred times too many?

Owning the sources of blasting disinfo, their advantage in a nutshell and why it never ends.

The bankruptcy of Fools News and hate radio stations, via whatever methods, is the what will be required?

[Aussie105]

49. DU is your safe haven . . .

If your mind is in turmoil, and your day filled with fears and doubts . . .

Turn off your TV, get off internet social media, tune your radio to some 24/7 music only station, and breathe deeply.

Disconnect from the trivia, disconnect from the fear mongering, disconnect from the propaganda.

Life can be worth living again. It's up to you.

If anything important happens out there, don't worry, DU will keep you up to date.

Now, I'm off to prune the roses, so I get a decent crop of flowers in the upcoming autumn and winter.

[Justice matters.]

50. Bush & Cheney called for Saddam to be removed...

And they sent thousands of cannon-fodder (in their draft-dodger's view) to do it for Big Oil.

Because they knew he didn't have any nukes, and invented false narratives like yellow cake.

Funny to see today's r-w pundits seem to remember any of their lies.

[Justice matters.]

51. Edit: " to not remember any of their lies. "

Tried to edit my post but got the infamous 503 Forbidden bug over and over again DU.