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RIP, Beau Biden

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Songbird, May 30, 2015.

  1. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

  2. britwrit

    britwrit Well-Known Member

    No matter how good your boiler-plate stump speech is, sometimes you just gotta call an audible.
     
  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    It's a mean-spirited and juvenille joke to begin with, and the kind of thing that turns a lot of people off of politics and politicians.

    What a moron.
     
  4. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Biden didn't release a statement on the matter. You know, because he is too busy greiving the loss of his son.

    Ted Cruz is a tonedeaf asshat.
     
  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Yeah. Ted Cruz sure is dumb.
     
  6. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    He's not dumb.

    He's a moron.
     
  7. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    He's neither, he's purposefully cruel and myopic
     
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  8. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    While I can't disagree with anyone's assessment of Cruz, this is really not that big of a deal. Taking a shot at a rival party politician in a stump speech in front of fervent party supporters is par for the course. Should he have thought twice about this particular joke? Sure. But I doubt the grieving Biden is worrying too much about the GOP's comments.
     
  9. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    It's worse tha Biebers remarks about Anne Frank
     
  10. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Not familiar with that one. I could see the outrage if he said something referencing the family, but I can't get worked up over a canned political joke.
     
  11. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    I wouldn't if we were talking about just a regular person.

    But Cruz is running for president. The highest office in the land. And this shows either extreme callousness or a total lack of self awareness. Not sure which is worse, but neither is befitting a POTUS.
     
  12. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Definitely a fair point, but it was for a specific audience. Typical pandering.
     
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