Joe's melting down in fear of the investigation. Probably have a stroke any day... Did Joe Biden call an Iowa voter ‘fat’ during heated exchange? Twitter sure thinks so By Brian Flood | Fox News Joe Biden's heated exchange with Iowa voter Joe Biden didn't like an Iowa voter questioning him about getting Hunter Biden a job in Ukraine, so he challenged him to pushups. Ford O'Connell weighs in. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden lashed out at a man on Thursday during an Iowa town hall, challenging him to an IQ test and calling him a liar. But many observers think the former vice president may have also mocked the man’s weight. At one point during the heated confrontation that occurred when a voter asked about Hunter Biden's payments from a Ukrainian gas company, Joe Biden appeared to begin calling the man “fat” before catching himself. When Biden said the word in question, a group of schoolchildren off-camera gasped, thinking the former VP did, indeed, call the man “fat”. “Look, fat, look, here’s the deal,” Biden appears to have said near the end of the exchange, prompting the voter to tell Biden he lacks a backbone. His campaign claims he said he didn't say “fat,” just “facts.” And, later in the day, when asked if he used the word “fat,” Biden responded, “No, I didn’t.” BIDEN LASHES OUT AT TOWN HALL QUESTIONER IN HEATED EXCHANGE: ‘YOU’RE A DAMN LIAR, MAN’ During the fiery altercation, Biden unequivocally referred to the voter as “Jack” and a “damn liar” and challenged him to a pushup contest. The encounter began when the audience member described the former vice president’s age and his son Hunter as his chief concerns with the presidential candidate. “I’m not a Republican,” the man said. “I’ve got two problems with you. One is you’re damn near as old as I am. You’re too old. I’m 83 and I know damn well I don’t have the mental faculties I did [inaudible]." Biden is 77. The man in the audience went on to the topic of Ukraine -- specifically, the lucrative job Biden's son Hunter held with natural gas firm Burisma Holdings during the Obama administration. Impeachment proceedings in Washington are focusing on Trump's effort to pressure Kiev to look into the elder Biden's role removing a prosecutor who had been looking into the firm. “But on the other hand, you sent your son over there to get a job and work for a gas company where he had no experience. ... In order to get access for the president … You’re selling access to the president just like he was,” the man said. Biden fired back: “You’re a damn liar, man. That’s not true and no one has ever said that.” Someone appeared to attempt to take the microphone away from the man in the audience, but Biden stopped them, saying, “Let him go.” Biden then challenged the man to a pushup contest and the exchange escalated until the controversial comment that critics on Twitter felt was a jab at the man’s weight.
Did you also remove the post where I essentially said the same thing and actually asked @TorturedBlazerFan to remove whatever posts he deemed necessary?
No, I believe that one is still up. You guys kept going after that, hence my post. Oh, and...everyone likes a little ass, no one likes a smart ass
The only difference is cuss words in the thread titles. The Blazers have asked us to not have cuss words in threads titles in the main forum.
I stand by my post and know what I was told. You can believe or deny, but it won't change what I was told.
You are free to believe what you want but your beliefs will not change how the moderators respond to personal insults.
It wasn't a belief. It was a fact. Like I have always said, mods just need to be consistent. I'm done.
To be fair, you posted that AFTER I had already agreed to stop posting, which I did. I did not keep going. This was my last post, before you requested we stop. I was already done.
Right. Awful. I guess it just comes down to a whim or intuition for most of the Dem centrists then? I just don’t see where her policies would draw the vitriol she gets. I just haven’t heard any logical, policy-related arguments against her. Most the time it’s more of a scathing insult-oriented thing. Or the end-all-be-all Russia theories which....yeah. I think those types of attacks are starting to lose their credibility due to overuse.
Biden has more bounce in his step and obviously has more energy. However, Biden is not my first choice, nor my second, third or fourth choice. I would only support him if he looked the most likely to beat Trump. I'd also vote for Bernie if he were the most likely to beat Trump. Right now, Biden looks like the most likely to beat Trump.
If the Dems really want to replace Trump, they need to come up with someone more dynamic than their current options. I will say that thus far, on the Dem side "Mayor Pete" and Amy Klobuchar are my first picks...Pete is probably not realistically ..."electable" because of his standing as a homosexual..........Klobuchar ? I dunno. On the Rep side, unless they can produce someone other than Trump, I won't go there.
I think you are correct to label those three "current Democrats". Bernie will go back to being an Independent, Tulsi will get a full-time gig on Fox News, and Yang will star in a Broadway musical version of South Park. None of them have a future in the Democratic party, much less as President. Of course, maybe I'm wrong, we'll see. barfo
