The Biden Presidency

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angrysoba said:
Let's face it, Biden should be very easy to make fun of. When Reagan was president, he was constantly mocked for his apparent senility. I think it won't be hard to do the same for Biden. That said, I expect that such jokes will be met with a disapproving, "That's ageist!" by the majority of the media.
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Eventually they'll get around to it. They always do. Obama was boring as hell to pick on. Biden has a stutter that I'm sure will help them. But no President wrote their monologues for them like Trump. The man said and tweeted lie after lie after lie as well as batcrap lunacy almost every hour. He was comedy and media gold. Biden is not likely to do that.
 
angrysoba said:
Okay, one thing that Trump and his followers believe about much of the media and celebrity world is that they were all against him during his presidency...
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They were. And?

angrysoba said:
...Let's face it, they pretty much were suck-ups to Obama for about eight years, and I think that that behaviour is largely what led to the Trump backlash...
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Really? The late comedy shows had so much influence on the populace that they caused Trump?

angrysoba said:
Let's face it, Biden should be very easy to make fun of. When Reagan was president, he was constantly mocked for his apparent senility. I think it won't be hard to do the same for Biden. That said, I expect that such jokes will be met with a disapproving, "That's ageist!" by the majority of the media.
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Uh-huh. And I'm looking forward to a more balanced, thoughtful view from Rush Limbaugh et al. on AM radio.
 
acbytesla said:
Eventually they'll get around to it. They always do. Obama was boring as hell to pick on. Biden has a stutter that I'm sure will help them. But no President wrote their monologues for them like Trump. The man said and tweeted lie after lie after lie as well as batcrap lunacy almost every hour. He was comedy and media gold. Biden is not likely to do that.
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Colbert even said that Trump is constantly entertaining.
 
angrysoba said:
Let's face it, Biden should be very easy to make fun of. When Reagan was president, he was constantly mocked for his apparent senility. I think it won't be hard to do the same for Biden. That said, I expect that such jokes will be met with a disapproving, "That's ageist!" by the majority of the media.
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I think you're wrong about this. SNL will make fun of Biden, but people won't so butthurt when it happens to Biden as they do Trump.
 
angrysoba said:
Okay, one thing that Trump and his followers believe about much of the media and celebrity world is that they were all against him during his presidency.

They were, and with good reason. The guy was an *******. However, now that Trump has gone, I hope all the late night talking heads and CNN and MSNBC etc... are not going to be cheerleaders for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. It is really cringeworthy to see suck-ups.

Let's face it, they pretty much were suck-ups to Obama for about eight years, and I think that that behaviour is largely what led to the Trump backlash.

The news and the late night "comedians" need to be more savage to all politicians, not display obvious biases.
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Most of them aren't that funny anyway. And I agree their soft approach to politicians they like is cringeworthy. Stephen Colbert in particular has really fallen off since he took over in The Late Show.

Few amateurs like j-l cauvin, who is truly funny and tries a bit harder to do an impression rather than just wacky caricatures like SNL has for the last decade at least

 
The Opening Arguments Podcast has identified a way for Biden to nominate his Cabinet even if McConnell refuses to confirm or even debate them.

https://openargs.com/category/podcast/

It's based on the Vacancy Act that Trump used to much, but badly. Done right, it should allow Joe to get his people into the Government Agencies until 2022 when there should be a Democrat Senate.
 
Venom said:
Most of them aren't that funny anyway. And I agree their soft approach to politicians they like is cringeworthy. Stephen Colbert in particular has really fallen off since he took over in The Late Show.

Few amateurs like j-l cauvin, who is truly funny and tries a bit harder to do an impression rather than just wacky caricatures like SNL has for the last decade at least

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The problem is, too many places like SNL simply don't do parody very well. J-L (who I wouldn't call an amateur really, but that's a side issue) more or less gets Dolt 45 right, as far as both voice, as well as word picks, arrogance, and the like. Jordan Peele did a pretty spot-on Barack Obama (with Key as Luther adding most of the comedy), while most shows just doing awful parodies here as well.

I can see SNL either soft-pedaling Biden, or going right to his stutter, and then soft-pedaling after the blowback - mostly likely the former, just because that's who they are now.
 
They better get somebody good for Biden. I don't know about SNL, but at least he should make it to the White House Correspondent's Dinner. I generally hate super caricatured impressions. They're juvenile and make it less funny, not more.

I find myself holding back laughter when I hear Biden speak. The "sleepy" thing gets into my head and he invariable makes a minor slip up and says something by accident. I kind of feel bad but there's some material there to work with.
 
Hannity tonight.

BIDEN’S FAR-LEFT AGENDA: Rejoining the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization? Find out what’s on the table in a Biden-Harris administration on “Hannity” TONIGHT at 9 PM ET.

So in Hannity land 'far-left' Is talking to the world?
 
Venom said:
They better get somebody good for Biden. I don't know about SNL, but at least he should make it to the White House Correspondent's Dinner. I generally hate super caricatured impressions. They're juvenile and make it less funny, not more.

I find myself holding back laughter when I hear Biden speak. The "sleepy" thing gets into my head and he invariable makes a minor slip up and says something by accident. I kind of feel bad but there's some material there to work with.
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I heard him today and he was great. But he did stutter a couple of times and pause searching for the words. Nothing unreasonable...but eventually it will be fodder.
 
acbytesla said:
I heard him today and he was great. But he did stutter a couple of times and pause searching for the words. Nothing unreasonable...but eventually it will be fodder.
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Biden's not a great speaker like Obama, there's no denying that. But we don't need a great speaker. I like that he's steadily calm and civil and not resorting to the nastiness and divisiveness that we've had from Trump the last 5 years. I'm so sick of it and so is the majority of the country. If you* want rude, stupid, and loud, watch Rush Limbaugh.

ETA: *general "you"
 
Venom said:
I hope somebody puts pressure on Biden to get some big things out of the way immediately, if only to jumpstart the PR. The COVID-19 advisory board was a good start.

How about:

1. End U.S. support for the war in Yemen
2. Biden public option
3. Education reform
4. Criminal justice

He needs a strong start to get the ball rolling.
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He has published what he plans to do immediately upon inauguration so far.

•Honoring the Paris climate agreement
•Reversing what's left of the Muslim travel ban (it got stopped for some countries but others are still left on it somehow)
•Following & enforcing DACA
•Following & enforcing about a hundred health & environmental rules

And although it's not in this list, he's also talked about honoring the Iran deal.

Not a bad start; needs more; no word on whether any more will be added
 
dirtywick said:
I think you're wrong about this. SNL will make fun of Biden, but people won't so butthurt when it happens to Biden as they do Trump.
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I'm pretty sure that Biden is well grounded enough to understand that having comedians make fun of you comes with the territory when your the president. I do think, however, that some of the more SJW/snowflake/woke types in the media and on social media will be clutching pearls every time it happens.
 
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