Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States
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It's just that character is an ephemeral and non-quantifiable thing, so some of us are left to wonder. Actually we all have jobs; character is not the description, unless in a footnote.
Education is extremely important.
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My point is that you lack the credentials to judge the man's character, especially in light of the overwhelming number and quality of those who actually do have the credentials to judge his character.
@Larry said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
My point is that you lack the credentials to judge the man's character, especially in light of the overwhelming number and quality of those who actually do have the credentials to judge his character.
Well, your algorithm to decide whether somebody has the credentials to judge Trump's character seems to be "Credible if and only if (s)he support Trump", so your statement is rather tautological.
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It's just that character is an ephemeral and non-quantifiable thing, so some of us are left to wonder. Actually we all have jobs; character is not the description, unless in a footnote.
@Horace said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
It's just that character is an ephemeral and non-quantifiable thing
Unlike country of birth, a much more reliable measure of somebody's worth.
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I was referring to Larry's post, not something you said, H.
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It's just that character is an ephemeral and non-quantifiable thing, so some of us are left to wonder. Actually we all have jobs; character is not the description, unless in a footnote.
@Horace said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
It's just that character is an ephemeral and non-quantifiable thing, so some of us are left to wonder. Actually we all have jobs; character is not the description, unless in a footnote.
Character left the arena in 1992.
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@Larry said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
My point is that you lack the credentials to judge the man's character, especially in light of the overwhelming number and quality of those who actually do have the credentials to judge his character.
Well, your algorithm to decide whether somebody has the credentials to judge Trump's character seems to be "Credible if and only if (s)he support Trump", so your statement is rather tautological.
@Klaus said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
@Larry said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
My point is that you lack the credentials to judge the man's character, especially in light of the overwhelming number and quality of those who actually do have the credentials to judge his character.
Well, your algorithm to decide whether somebody has the credentials to judge Trump's character seems to be "Credible if and only if (s)he support Trump", so your statement is rather tautological.
I'm sorry, was what I said over your head?
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@George-K said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
@Axtremus said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
fairness requires me to note for the record that those comments written in 2014 also noted that Mr. Biden was a man of genuine integrity and character. It is also worth noting that I wrote in these very pages that Donald Trump “is stubbornly uninformed about the world and how to lead our country and government, and temperamentally unsuited
tl;dr version: Trump is an incompetent asshole, Biden is an incompetent nice man.
Presumably he saw them as incompetent because they both disagreed with him. I do hope we're not going back to thinking that the neo-cons had it right all along. One of the few things I liked about DJT was his reluctance to bomb the shit out of brown people.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
@George-K said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
@Axtremus said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
fairness requires me to note for the record that those comments written in 2014 also noted that Mr. Biden was a man of genuine integrity and character. It is also worth noting that I wrote in these very pages that Donald Trump “is stubbornly uninformed about the world and how to lead our country and government, and temperamentally unsuited
tl;dr version: Trump is an incompetent asshole, Biden is an incompetent nice man.
Presumably he saw them as incompetent because they both disagreed with him. I do hope we're not going back to thinking that the neo-cons had it right all along. One of the few things I liked about DJT was his reluctance to bomb the shit out of brown people.
Then get over it, because we're going back to it.
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@George-K said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
Former SecDef Gates said that when it came to foreign policy, Biden was wrong almost 100% of the time?
By Robert Gates himself:
While it is certainly fair to quote my criticisms of Joe Biden’s record on national security, fairness requires me to note for the record that those comments written in 2014 also noted that Mr. Biden was a man of genuine integrity and character. It is also worth noting that I wrote in these very pages that Donald Trump “is stubbornly uninformed about the world and how to lead our country and government, and temperamentally unsuited to lead our men and women in uniform. He is unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief” (“Sizing Up the Next Commander-in-Chief,” op-ed, Sept. 17, 2016).
@Axtremus said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
@George-K said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
Former SecDef Gates said that when it came to foreign policy, Biden was wrong almost 100% of the time?
By Robert Gates himself:
While it is certainly fair to quote my criticisms of Joe Biden’s record on national security, fairness requires me to note for the record that those comments written in 2014 also noted that Mr. Biden was a man of genuine integrity and character. It is also worth noting that I wrote in these very pages that Donald Trump “is stubbornly uninformed about the world and how to lead our country and government, and temperamentally unsuited to lead our men and women in uniform. He is unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief” (“Sizing Up the Next Commander-in-Chief,” op-ed, Sept. 17, 2016).
Heh. Gates speculates as to whether Biden is too old...
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Why not put a big red box around the bit where he says he's a man of integrity, and one of those rare people you know you could turn to?
That's actually a really positive thing to say about anybody.
I know, it's less positive after that, but having Robert Gates think he's wrong on foreign policy is also a pretty good recommendation in my book.
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Why not put a big red box around the bit where he says he's a man of integrity, and one of those rare people you know you could turn to?
That's actually a really positive thing to say about anybody.
I know, it's less positive after that, but having Robert Gates think he's wrong on foreign policy is also a pretty good recommendation in my book.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
Why not put a big red box around the bit where he says he's a man of integrity, and one of those rare people you know you could turn to?
A man of integrity, but a bit age-addled is EXACTLY what this country needs. Is that your point?
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
Why not put a big red box around the bit where he says he's a man of integrity, and one of those rare people you know you could turn to?
A man of integrity, but a bit age-addled is EXACTLY what this country needs. Is that your point?
@George-K said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
Why not put a big red box around the bit where he says he's a man of integrity, and one of those rare people you know you could turn to?
A man of integrity, but a bit age-addled is EXACTLY what this country needs. Is that your point?
No, I think you need to start electing people who are in their 50's. However, it might be better than a man with no integrity who's a bit age addled.
I was only joking
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@George-K said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
Why not put a big red box around the bit where he says he's a man of integrity, and one of those rare people you know you could turn to?
A man of integrity, but a bit age-addled is EXACTLY what this country needs. Is that your point?
No, I think you need to start electing people who are in their 50's. However, it might be better than a man with no integrity who's a bit age addled.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
@George-K said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
Why not put a big red box around the bit where he says he's a man of integrity, and one of those rare people you know you could turn to?
A man of integrity, but a bit age-addled is EXACTLY what this country needs. Is that your point?
No, I think you need to start electing people who are in their 50's. However, it might be better than a man with no integrity who's a bit age addled.
I know Joe is probably guilty of raking in money from China, but I don't think I'd say he has no integrity.
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He’s a man of values...
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@George-K said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
Why not put a big red box around the bit where he says he's a man of integrity, and one of those rare people you know you could turn to?
A man of integrity, but a bit age-addled is EXACTLY what this country needs. Is that your point?
No, I think you need to start electing people who are in their 50's. However, it might be better than a man with no integrity who's a bit age addled.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Recognizing Joseph R. Biden, Jr, the 46th President of the United States:
No, I think you need to start electing people who are in their 50's.
I’m in my 50s!
Oh, wait, you want a man of integrity...
