I haven't seen anyone really comment on President Biden's

[MineralMan]

almost daily talks to the public. He is making himself more available and more often than any President I can remember.

I was just upstairs, for example, and there he was, talking about jobs and other topics.

President Biden Is Present! He's talking to us regularly. That's very refreshing.

[Walleye]

1. He was better prepared to do the job than any president I can think of in my lifetime

And he had the experience and wisdom to give him the very temperament needed this moment. He knows this job inside and out.

[MineralMan]

2. Yes. He has a huge amount of experience.

I think he's doing the 21st Century version of fireside talks. I think we should be sure to listen to what he's saying.

[empedocles]

6. Do the job, and win the WH in 2020, despite the frequent Dem difficulties elsewhere.

[DownriverDem]

64. 2024

is when we need to win the WH. The Midterms is all about stopping the trumper repubs from taking over.

[empedocles]

65. If Dems can win the Congress in 2022, given all the investigations and

prosecutions, so much great work can be accomplished by 2024

[Botany]

3. Best President of my lifetime!

He worked on saving this!

[GoodRaisin]

7. +1

[MineralMan]

15. He is a good one, for sure.

I've been around a long time. He's right up there!

[Botany]

18. Look at the people he has brought on to work with him and the American People. They are the best.

Mayor Pete, Fauci, Psaki, V.P. Harris, John Kerry, .....

A few weeks early on a Saturday or Sunday morning ... I couldn't sleep so I turned on CNN and I
saw Sec. Blinken with the President of Moldovia and I was so proud to be an American.

[MineralMan]

19. Yes.

[Botany]

20. Joe has brought on the best of the best. I think Professor Arnold is a step up from Ivanka & Jared

Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold* tapped by President Biden to be co-chair of the President's Council of
Advisers on Science and Technology


* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Arnold

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Agree

He is taking questions daily, he is speaking directly to the American people daily.

Remember when they were trying to make a deal out of him not having an official press conference for a few months although he was still answering questions daily?

[MineralMan]

9. I think that many people are not even aware that he is doing this.

We're all glued to Twitter or something else online. Biden's on TV frequently. You do have to be tuned in to hear his remarks live, but the news media runs snippets of them frequently.

We don't have just three TV networks any more. There's nothing that we all do at the same time. It's more complicated than for FDR, who could make a radio address and have everyone listening to it. There's no media that is that universal any more.

[calimary]

43. Especially since there are Fake News channels grimly determined to

outshout and paper over the truth, and an a massive idiot chorus to push the talking points all over the internet.

[uponit7771]

5. K&R, like Obama the more America sees him the better his pole numbers because he gets ...

... his narrative out of the consummately caveating M$M

[MineralMan]

16. Yes. The Right Can Cavil about Him All They Want.

We're hearing from him about what he's doing to help things get better.

[FalloutShelter]

8. Right? Shocker!

The Presidency is not just a gold plated press avail. It's an actual job... with responsibilities and stuff.
I have always wondered who was doing the ACTUAL job while Rump was off playing golf or fucking off, or raging around the West Wing.

That has always been the scariest thought, for me anyway.

[Boomerproud]

10. His soulless, corrupt cronies were roaming free with no restraint.

Facts bear that out.

[FalloutShelter]

11. IMHO we still have not counted the silverware.

Unbelievable.

For example, the right is in a meltdown over Hunter Biden's bank account. Jared and Vonkers made $640million dollars while Daddy was *resident. I mean... WOW!

[Boomerproud]

12. Your opinion will be proven correct.

[MineralMan]

13. Yes. Trump did everything secretly.

Biden is telling us what he's doing, and how it's working out. Unemployment is under 4%. Shockingly good.

Gas prices too high? Biden is releasing oil from the strategic reserve to help fill the supply gap. He is just doing it. And, he's letting us know that he's doing it. That can't be a bad thing.

[Caliman73]

14. The media cannot bring itself to point out positives in President Biden's performance

At least, without bringing in a bunch of negative information to make it "balanced". They fear being called out as bootlickers by right wing media who spend the better part of almost 7 year licking Donald Trump's boots.

[MineralMan]

17. Trump Is History. Biden Is News.

We're finding that out. The media needs to catch up.

[Beausoleil]

24. Don't forget!

Inflation will crush us all like bugs!

Now back to your programming.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

21. Unlike TDFG who daily made things about HIM.

Joe makes it sbout US, the people. Joe needs to humbly boast that what is being done, is being done for the country on a regular basis.

Keeping informed us part of the job.

[Wild blueberry]

22. Calmly doing his job

Thank you.

[spanone]

23. ...and he doesn't insult anybody!

[CBHagman]

59. He's got warmth!

It was always there, but now the world is experiencing it.

[Hekate]

25. Kick!

[MineralMan]

29. Thanks! Not a lot of discussion on the thread,

but lots of recs. It's important, I think, to recognize the things Biden is doing that are so incredibly different from the former guy. He is returning us to normalcy, slowly but surely. I am encouraged!

[bucolic_frolic]

26. I'm beginning to think

Pres Biden and Press Secretary Jen Psaki spent a lot of time discussing responses to issues because Joe's verbage and banter sound a lot like her press conferences. The magic came from somewhere, or was learned, and it'll probably be years before the full tale is revealed.

[Probatim]

27. He's not playing golf 5 times a week - he's got time to be Presidential.

[calimary]

44. No kidding!

[lastlib]

28. SO GOOD to have a President on the JOB!....

As opposed to one on the friggin' GOLF COURSE! (I'm not gonna name any names--I'll just refer to it as the "LOSING Former Guy".)

[MineralMan]

30. Yes. Yes, it is!

[Mad_Machine76]

31. How much longer

do you suppose Republicans can keep up with their asinine "Biden hidden in the basement to avoid embarrassment" smear attacks?

[MineralMan]

32. Oh, they'll keep on doing that, but more and more people will

recognize that they are simply lying through their teeth. They are losing. They know they're losing, but they have nothing to offer.

[wnylib]

33. I think that he is well aware of the need to communicate

to the people, not only as president, but for Dem party messaging.

I read that Michelle Obama told Barack that he needed to speak directly to the people more often in order to counteract negative messaging and disinformation from the right.

So maybe Biden learned from that experience.

[Traildogbob]

34. And

With no chopper running in the background to drown out his lies.

[lees1975]

35. That's why the right hates him

he gets things done and people like him and vote for him. Biggest vote-getter in the history of Democratic politics.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

36. When's he going to talk about important stuff?

He hasn't talked about the size of his electoral victory, the size of his inauguration audience. How will we ever know how great he is?

[MineralMan]

37. LOL!

True.

[stage left]

38. K&R

I loved his interchange with Douchey. "Why would I tell you?" You go, Mr. President.

[OverBurn]

39. In all fairness, TFG was on most everyday embarrassing the nation when Covid 1st hit.

[mcar]

40. It is refreshing

[Fawkes News]

41. Joe Biden has demonstrated purpose, vision, compassion, diplomacy and integrity.

And with our support, this very year, will exceed what he and his administration have done, and will do significant good for the country and world. His communication style is the refreshing opposite to the world of clickbait and "louder makes righter" world of an internet that was directed down the wrong path by sociopaths. In short, quality matters. Experience matters, and so does having a set of values and acting in accord with them rather than using them as cover for graft and abuse of constituents.

[calimary]

45. Welcome to DU, Fawkes News!

LOVE your screen name!

Quality matters, absolutely. But so does aggressive P.R. For far too many in this country, nothing exists unless you promote it. And PROMOTE THE HELL OUT OF IT!!!!

And do it NONSTOP.

There was a character in one of the Cheech & Chong movies that every so often would say "it doesn't mean dick unless you promote it."

And as my dad used to say, in what he called the "Formula for Success":
"Late to bed,
Early to rise,
Work like hell,
And ADVERTISE!"

He had that little rhyme plaqued and hung it on the wall in his office.

[Fawkes News]

50. I have been banging the drum for a "message" to take to the public.

It's up to DNC and WH to follow through!

Naturally, things change. I did so before the latest Russian atrocity.

And things (namely the Republican "party" (how appropriate a word) are devolving rapidly.

What Joe told the DNC get-together for a "message" was basically that "we're working to make things better", i.e. creating jobs, and jobs count, which reflects his accomplishments to date. I hope that the message adapts, grows, and capitalizes best on the developing (ahem) Republican situation:



That said, I wanted to post some fun articles in the style a l'Oignon. (Onion style for any Francophobes out there)

Took me most of the day to hit the 10 post minimum today. Thoughtful posts, not just filler. Whew!

THANKS!! And Thanks to MineralMan

[c-rational]

56. +1 to both your posts and welcome to DU.

[Fawkes News]

57. Appreciated nt

[MineralMan]

48. Yes!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

42. He's upstairs? In your house? Wow that is available!

This is big news!

[MineralMan]

47. Yes, and you're inside my cell phone, writing on the screen...

Very weak snark...

[betsuni]

46. So much complaining about what Biden should do or else they won't vote, and Biden has done

and is doing what people say they want. The thing about messaging and being more vocal, well, he's doing that too.

But for some people there's a rule that if they don't know about something it isn't happening.

[MineralMan]

49. Exactly.

[MineralMan]

52. Yes. It's frustrating, and makes me wonder where

Some are actually coming from. When we need solidarity, we sometimes get snarky nonsense.

[Mira]

51. He has steel in his spine

experience under his belt
and compassion in his heart.

[MineralMan]

53. I agree completely.

[BobTheSubgenius]

54. ESPECIALLY because he's a President who has sensible things to say!!!

[MineralMan]

55. completely.!

[L. Coyote]

58. And he can eat hot peppers!

[Demovictory9]

60. thanks for the reminder

[samplegirl]

61. Yes it is wonderful

to have a president who actually speaks about what’s happening. Instead of a blob who gave the press two seconds dodging important questions.

[2naSalit]

62. I don't think it's the messaging...

I think it's that too many take the good stuff for granted and don't give recognition to how it got that way. People are too conditioned to entertainment and expect their survival interests to be "handled" by someone else.

[Samrob]

63. Just had a friend (or maybe former friend) tell me Biden is a weak President.

Blames hm for inflation and not holding Putin in check. She hates Trump but at least he was a strong leader even if he lied so much.

I just completely lost it. This was a person I thought to be highly intelligent and sober minded. I asked where did she get those notions from. "Well, just look at what is going on and how he can't control his own Senators like Manchin and that woman from AZ."

I can't even begin to print here what I said to her but suffice it to say, I believe our 30-year friendship is shaky, if not over.

I simply have no explanation for her opinions. She is by no means poor. In fact, she is somewhat of a spinster. No children made a six figure income while working. No children so none of the expenses associated with raising a family and sending kids to school. Probably has well over one million stashed in the bank. Home paid for three years ago. But here is the kicker: She is ultra religious. Jehovah Witness but never has discussed religion with me. But a lot of what she is saying about the end-times and false prophets sounds like something being taught recently.

Sigh... A lot of people confuse kindness and sincerity for weakness. But that conversation really took its toll on me. I can usually just be quiet in the face of absolute craziness...but not this time. At first I felt ashamed of myself for what I said...but soon got over that. Just now in anger thought of a few other things I should have said.