Biden: "What's not to love about Vermont... ?"

[bluewater]

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A reporter from NBC News and another from the Washington Post were taken aback, somewhat, by this. Why?

It's just Joe being Joe, right? He's always been like this. Nothing new.
No one can tell us precisely if this is getting more frequent, right?

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Say it isn't so...

[IronLionZion]

2. Biden's gaffes are much better than Trump's

I'll give him that

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Lean into it, everybody! We've got months to go!

[cwydro]

4. Oh boy.

Not sure whether to laugh or cry.

[WA-03 Democrat]

5. Keep up the great work Joe!

Let’s take this country back from Putin.

As a dyslexic these don’t bother me. Perfect does not exist. We are all flawed.

I am inspired and eager to vote for Joe! If he doesn’t win I be sad but will vote for the our nominee.
Rather then rip apart the likely winner, maybe you could offer something positive about your favorite?

[DarthDem]

6. Who. Cares.

I bet Booker, Haaris, Buttigieg, Sanders and even Warren have made verbal slipups on the trail. I really do believe that, amazingly enough. I also have a wager on the fact that for every gaffe Biden has made, he's made about 100, 500, who knows how many non-gaffes.

But the media has already decided that this is the attack meme. I wish we would stop feeding said media trolls during the primary. Let's get behind all of the nominees instead. Just my $0.02.

[thesquanderer]

13. re: "for every gaffe Biden has made, he's made...who knows how many non-gaffes."

"But look at all the people I didn't eat." ---Jeffrey Dahmer

[Kingofalldems]

7. Pretty lame attacks in this thread.

[BannonsLiver]

18. Is lame a synonym for transparent and desperate?

If not, they definitely apply to the responses and the the op.

[Baclava]

8. I'm sure his overflow crowd of 30 knew what he REALLY meant, lol

Cue the apologists to come running to deflect, deny, obfuscate and swallow a little bit more of good ol luvable Joe

[Funtatlaguy]

9. This will continue with Joe. I don't think it disqualifies him.

But, I am aware that it does for some people.

[oasis]

15. Jan. 2021, we'll be calling him "Good ol' luvable President Joe".

[Tipperary]

11. The "Geritol Brigade?"

Seriously?

[LonePirate]

12. Is there a number or a level where these "mistakes" become indicative of something far worse?

We should demand better of our candidates.

[loyalsister]

14. I wouldn't make any assumtions

But this having to defend, apologize for, or explain frequent verbal errors matters to me. It's a distraction that invites speculation that we shouldn't have to waste time with. Joe's ardent supporters need to toughen up and live with it because campaigns rely on surface evaluations that he is not going to have an easy time navigating as long as he makes these kinds of errors.

[andym]

16. Biden has always been a little careless in his speech-- it helps give him the common man touch

A good politician showing him or herself to be human is actually a good thing. Certainly, Reagan parlayed that trait into huge victories for the GOP, and I think these "gaffes" actually help Joe. I really think Biden will win the nomination and then defeat Trump. I hope he picks a progressive running mate like Elizabeth Warren if she's not the nominee herself of course

[BannonsLiver]

17. Eh I can think of one thing that's not to love.