I'd have probably tripped over that sandbag too and I'm younger than Joe. Come on Secret Service there is a thing called gaff tape for crying out loud!!! AND he kept his sense of humor about the whole thing!!!
“Ensuring that it will never happen again involves regaining control of Congress in 2024 and retaining the presidency. We can do that—and the GOP’s use of the debt ceiling to engage in financial terrorism should boost Democratic chances of achieving those goals.”
Three words of advice to the Democrats: Messaging, messaging, messaging.
Please hire someone really good to do this. Maybe those in charge of the messaging that came out of the House Jan. 6th Committee?
I want to see clear, concise, honest, understandable, and consistent messaging. And I want to see it on every network, in every newspaper, and on every news site online. Over and over and over for the next 17.25 months.
Poor Gerald Ford. His party could never overcome the Saturday Night Live skits. Trump is not far behind Joe in age, and if he tripped, he would roll. DeSantis is mean, mean, mean. Thank heavens for Joe Biden!
You are a brilliant tenderhearted man who can inform
in a way that speaks tenderly while giving the news in a way that never offends when tough truth is called for.thank you for the many hours of reading you have graced me with.
Who isn't likely to trip over an object? Human beings have bodies subject to gravity and objects get in the way of bodies. The better question is why didn't one of the people in charge of protecting the POTUS make sure there was no object in his way? He's lucky he didn't break his hip. Anyone over 45 would be at risk of tripping over a sandbag. What the heck was one doing in our President's way?
Of course, by all rights, the press should be focusing on Biden's ability to stand in the sun for two hours. My father, bless his heart, is 85 years old, in pretty good health, and he could never do that! For that matter, neither could I!!
Jun 2, 2023·edited Jun 2, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
I am going to treat President Biden's fall like we did Let's Go Brandon" and "Ok Boomer." ; with humor. Then what I always do I shift is to President Biden's accomplishments. In addition, I always say "President Biden". It elevates him immediately and reinforces the concept of him as Presidential.
Also.
Here is my quick go to list of President Biden's accomplishments courtesy of Simon Rosenberg. I tweak it with updates from time to time:
Dems = growth, lower deficits, progress for workers and families
Rs = recession, higher deficits, American decline
Joe Biden has a been a good President. The country is better off today.
Biden's 12.6m jobs is 6 times as many jobs as were created in the 16 years of the last 3 Republican Presidencies, combined.
• 33.8m jobs - 16 years of Clinton, Obama
• 12.6m jobs - 26 months of Biden
• 1.9m jobs - 16 years of Bush, Bush and Trump
The Biden economic track record, on the other hand, has been very strong:
• GDP growth over 3%, 3 times what it was under Trump
• 6 times as many Biden jobs as last 3 GOP Presidents combined
• best COVID recovery in G7
• lowest unemployment rate in peacetime economy since WWII
• lowest poverty/uninsured rates ever
• very elevated wage gains/new business starts
• 2 job openings per unemployed person, a record
• real earnings up in 2022
• the deficit went up every year under Trump and has come down every year under Biden
• domestic oil production on track to set records in 2023
• historic investments in our future prosperity (infrastructure, CHIPs, climate, health care)
There were many protests yesterday. Scott Maxwell at the Orlando Sentinel analyzed the bill. The GOP never really wanted to crack down, especially on employers. What a mess…
Of course being in Florida, I worry the Governor DiSaster will be the Republican nominee, with then a good chance of becoming President. He is so good at dismantling democracy here in Florida, his messaging is excellent, and I really think that progressives and moderates underestimate his abilities in the same way that we did with Trump.
So rather that MAGA tide cresting, I fear it is taking on a new and more effective form.
I agree that media portrayals of Biden are unfair at best, and at most, destructive.
I always wonder what the best ways are to counter those messages and hold media accountable for those negative portrayals. Usually it is to change the characterization of the message, rather than argue with it.
I know that many in the media blame themselves for failing to portray Trump accurately and helping him get elected. They hammered Hillary for her "emails", and barely mentioned Trump's ongoing business corruption. We should be pushing them to learn their lesson now.
I view Today's Edition Newsletters as a wonderful call to action to figure that out.
"Adults in the room"--by all means. Yet, many do not even grasp that. Per Simon Rosenberg, D leaders and grassroots must become "information warriors". J Vance today rings a 5 - alarm bell: people are not "seeing" the fascism.
gQp: looks like fascism, tastes like fascism, smells like fascism, goosesteps like fascism, votes for fascism, governs like fascism, delivers judgements like fascism...
"Florida destroys itself." I'm good with that. Let all the gator-bait white trash and the senile ex-New Yokka's in The Villages all reap what they sow.
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." into
"Give me your rich, your rested, your privileged masses yearning for a tee. The wretched refuse whom you never see, are at your beck and call across our shores, and we will make them suffer even more."
Awesome news letter today. Eloquent. Powerful. Moving. Thank you. I post your newsletters everywhere I can with the hopes of educating others and steering them in your direction.
In April, Kevin McCarthy persuaded moderate Republicans to vote for the MAGA spending cut package ("Limit, Save, Grow Act") even though they did not support many of its provisions, particularly repeal of tax incentives and subsidies that are popular in their home districts. Mr. McCarthy's plea was that the party needed to project unity.
But when the real debt-limit bill ("Fiscal Responsibility Act") came to the floor, unity was no longer a priority. With 79 (!) "No" votes from MAGA, the moderates were again being asked to vote for something they didn't fully support, this time a bill with fewer cuts than they wanted. Worse, it's a bill with more Democratic votes than from their own party.
The question is, with moderate Republicans having been manipulated by Kevin McCarthy twice on the same issue, and MAGA being furious at Mr. McCarthy for betraying them on that issue as well, isn't he vulnerable to being removed as Speaker? More specifically, couldn't the same bipartisan majority that passed the debt limit bill also pass a motion to vacate the chair and elect a moderate Republican Speaker?
( I represent a network of ordinary citizens who have been opposed to Kevin McCarthy becoming Speaker since early last December, and have been working to see him replaced ever since. We are urging both moderate Republicans and Democratic leaders to take this step. You can learn more here: https://www.FeathersOfHope.net or here: JerryWeiss.substack.com )
I'd have probably tripped over that sandbag too and I'm younger than Joe. Come on Secret Service there is a thing called gaff tape for crying out loud!!! AND he kept his sense of humor about the whole thing!!!
“Ensuring that it will never happen again involves regaining control of Congress in 2024 and retaining the presidency. We can do that—and the GOP’s use of the debt ceiling to engage in financial terrorism should boost Democratic chances of achieving those goals.”
Three words of advice to the Democrats: Messaging, messaging, messaging.
Please hire someone really good to do this. Maybe those in charge of the messaging that came out of the House Jan. 6th Committee?
I want to see clear, concise, honest, understandable, and consistent messaging. And I want to see it on every network, in every newspaper, and on every news site online. Over and over and over for the next 17.25 months.
Poor Gerald Ford. His party could never overcome the Saturday Night Live skits. Trump is not far behind Joe in age, and if he tripped, he would roll. DeSantis is mean, mean, mean. Thank heavens for Joe Biden!
Jill green
You are a brilliant tenderhearted man who can inform
in a way that speaks tenderly while giving the news in a way that never offends when tough truth is called for.thank you for the many hours of reading you have graced me with.
Who isn't likely to trip over an object? Human beings have bodies subject to gravity and objects get in the way of bodies. The better question is why didn't one of the people in charge of protecting the POTUS make sure there was no object in his way? He's lucky he didn't break his hip. Anyone over 45 would be at risk of tripping over a sandbag. What the heck was one doing in our President's way?
Of course, by all rights, the press should be focusing on Biden's ability to stand in the sun for two hours. My father, bless his heart, is 85 years old, in pretty good health, and he could never do that! For that matter, neither could I!!
I am going to treat President Biden's fall like we did Let's Go Brandon" and "Ok Boomer." ; with humor. Then what I always do I shift is to President Biden's accomplishments. In addition, I always say "President Biden". It elevates him immediately and reinforces the concept of him as Presidential.
Also.
Here is my quick go to list of President Biden's accomplishments courtesy of Simon Rosenberg. I tweak it with updates from time to time:
Dems = growth, lower deficits, progress for workers and families
Rs = recession, higher deficits, American decline
Joe Biden has a been a good President. The country is better off today.
Biden's 12.6m jobs is 6 times as many jobs as were created in the 16 years of the last 3 Republican Presidencies, combined.
• 33.8m jobs - 16 years of Clinton, Obama
• 12.6m jobs - 26 months of Biden
• 1.9m jobs - 16 years of Bush, Bush and Trump
The Biden economic track record, on the other hand, has been very strong:
• GDP growth over 3%, 3 times what it was under Trump
• 6 times as many Biden jobs as last 3 GOP Presidents combined
• best COVID recovery in G7
• lowest unemployment rate in peacetime economy since WWII
• lowest poverty/uninsured rates ever
• very elevated wage gains/new business starts
• 2 job openings per unemployed person, a record
• real earnings up in 2022
• the deficit went up every year under Trump and has come down every year under Biden
• domestic oil production on track to set records in 2023
• historic investments in our future prosperity (infrastructure, CHIPs, climate, health care)
There were many protests yesterday. Scott Maxwell at the Orlando Sentinel analyzed the bill. The GOP never really wanted to crack down, especially on employers. What a mess…
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/05/30/florida-immigration-crackdown-will-it-target-employers-or-just-employees-commentary/?share=oawcooialiegaeag2sme
Of course being in Florida, I worry the Governor DiSaster will be the Republican nominee, with then a good chance of becoming President. He is so good at dismantling democracy here in Florida, his messaging is excellent, and I really think that progressives and moderates underestimate his abilities in the same way that we did with Trump.
So rather that MAGA tide cresting, I fear it is taking on a new and more effective form.
I agree that media portrayals of Biden are unfair at best, and at most, destructive.
I always wonder what the best ways are to counter those messages and hold media accountable for those negative portrayals. Usually it is to change the characterization of the message, rather than argue with it.
I know that many in the media blame themselves for failing to portray Trump accurately and helping him get elected. They hammered Hillary for her "emails", and barely mentioned Trump's ongoing business corruption. We should be pushing them to learn their lesson now.
I view Today's Edition Newsletters as a wonderful call to action to figure that out.
"Adults in the room"--by all means. Yet, many do not even grasp that. Per Simon Rosenberg, D leaders and grassroots must become "information warriors". J Vance today rings a 5 - alarm bell: people are not "seeing" the fascism.
Dark Brandon Also Rises
gQp: looks like fascism, tastes like fascism, smells like fascism, goosesteps like fascism, votes for fascism, governs like fascism, delivers judgements like fascism...
"Florida destroys itself." I'm good with that. Let all the gator-bait white trash and the senile ex-New Yokka's in The Villages all reap what they sow.
Ron Desantis has turned
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." into
"Give me your rich, your rested, your privileged masses yearning for a tee. The wretched refuse whom you never see, are at your beck and call across our shores, and we will make them suffer even more."
Disgusting.
Awesome news letter today. Eloquent. Powerful. Moving. Thank you. I post your newsletters everywhere I can with the hopes of educating others and steering them in your direction.
Robert, I have a question for you.
In April, Kevin McCarthy persuaded moderate Republicans to vote for the MAGA spending cut package ("Limit, Save, Grow Act") even though they did not support many of its provisions, particularly repeal of tax incentives and subsidies that are popular in their home districts. Mr. McCarthy's plea was that the party needed to project unity.
But when the real debt-limit bill ("Fiscal Responsibility Act") came to the floor, unity was no longer a priority. With 79 (!) "No" votes from MAGA, the moderates were again being asked to vote for something they didn't fully support, this time a bill with fewer cuts than they wanted. Worse, it's a bill with more Democratic votes than from their own party.
The question is, with moderate Republicans having been manipulated by Kevin McCarthy twice on the same issue, and MAGA being furious at Mr. McCarthy for betraying them on that issue as well, isn't he vulnerable to being removed as Speaker? More specifically, couldn't the same bipartisan majority that passed the debt limit bill also pass a motion to vacate the chair and elect a moderate Republican Speaker?
( I represent a network of ordinary citizens who have been opposed to Kevin McCarthy becoming Speaker since early last December, and have been working to see him replaced ever since. We are urging both moderate Republicans and Democratic leaders to take this step. You can learn more here: https://www.FeathersOfHope.net or here: JerryWeiss.substack.com )