Quote:After spending the first several years of his presidency trashing Bibi Netanyahu, Joe Biden finally decided to meet with the Israeli Prime Minister on Wednesday, and it didn't take long for things to get weird.

The two men sat down for a joint "presser" in which no questions were taken, though Biden did reportedly make time to trash the very media outlets who consistently shine his shoes.

During his prepared remarks, the U.S. president pledged to raise "hard issues" with Netanyahu, which is just code for fluffing Palestinian terrorism. Biden has also expressed opposition to Israel's push for judicial reform, which has caused left-wing consternation inside the country.

To be clear, there is no comparison between the U.S. Supreme Court and the high court in Israel, the latter of which is undergirded by essentially nothing because the nation has no written constitution. In other words, judges in Israel can simply decree as they wish. Netanyahu has sought to change that so that basic principles can be protected and upheld. Naturally, Biden hates that idea.

Regardless, that wasn't what was weird about the presser. That began at the very beginning when Biden performed the sign of the cross just as Netanyahu started to give his remarks.

What in the...?

There are multiple ways to look at this. The most obvious is the fact that Biden decided to give the sign of the cross while a Jewish prime minister was speaking. Look, I'm a Christian, but I also understand the historical issues at play here as far as genocide and oppression go. It's one thing to speak to a Jewish person about their faith and your own faith in a personal setting. It's another to mock them by randomly doing the sign of the cross as they make their public remarks.

It goes without saying that if any Republican did that, it would be blasted on the front pages as an anti-Semitic act. Further, you can bet your bottom dollar that the ADL would be going nuts. Jonathan Greenblatt wouldn't be able to get his Twitter app open fast enough to formulate an angry denunciation.

Past that, Biden doesn't even perform it properly. He did it backward, which is a good analogy for his entire mental state these days. It's just embarrassing. We have a president who can't be trusted to do his most basic duties, in this case, simply reading some prepared remarks without causing an international incident.

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The sign of the cross is a very grave insult to them.

The holocaust, the holocaust!

https://www.timesofisrael.com/old-city-s...an-clergy/

(09-20-2023 02:22 PM)Todor Wrote:  The sign of the cross is a very grave insult to them.

The holocaust, the holocaust!

https://www.timesofisrael.com/old-city-s...an-clergy/

OMG that's so anti semitic (even though Jesus was a semitic jew lol).

With each passing day, the pretense that Biden is okay becomes more and more difficult to sustain. I just can’t believe, when it’s all said and done, that the Dems are really going to go ahead with this guy for the ’24 campaign. But of course, I couldn’t believe it in 2020, either, and yet here we are…

(09-20-2023 02:57 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  With each passing day, the pretense that Biden is okay becomes more and more difficult to sustain. I just can’t believe, when it’s all said and done, that the Dems are really going to go ahead with this guy for the ’24 campaign. But of course, I couldn’t believe it in 2020, either, and yet here we are…

They don't have anybody other than Biden that they can pass off as some kind of moderate. And they ony get Biden to moderate status by considering some of the racist stuff he has said and done in the past.

They don't think Americans are ready to go for a true socialist/commie "progressive" (and I hope they are right there).

(09-20-2023 02:57 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  With each passing day, the pretense that Biden is okay becomes more and more difficult to sustain. I just can’t believe, when it’s all said and done, that the Dems are really going to go ahead with this guy for the ’24 campaign. But of course, I couldn’t believe it in 2020, either, and yet here we are…

I can think of a reason why they're running Sleepy Joe for reelection: Gavin Newsom as his running mate. If Sleepy Joe is reelected (God help us if he is) and the Dems retain the Senate and retake the House of Representatives, they can invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment soon after Inagauration Day 2025, which would give us Gavin Newsom as President.

(09-20-2023 04:21 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(09-20-2023 02:57 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  With each passing day, the pretense that Biden is okay becomes more and more difficult to sustain. I just can’t believe, when it’s all said and done, that the Dems are really going to go ahead with this guy for the ’24 campaign. But of course, I couldn’t believe it in 2020, either, and yet here we are…

I can think of a reason why they're running Sleepy Joe for reelection: Gavin Newsom as his running mate. If Sleepy Joe is reelected (God help us if he is) and the Dems retain the Senate and retake the House of Representatives, they can invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment soon after Inagauration Day 2025, which would give us Gavin Newsom as President.

At which time just bend over and kiss your ass goodbye.

(09-20-2023 04:21 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  I can think of a reason why they're running Sleepy Joe for reelection: Gavin Newsom as his running mate. If Sleepy Joe is reelected (God help us if he is) and the Dems retain the Senate and retake the House of Representatives, they can invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment soon after Inagauration Day 2025, which would give us Gavin Newsom as President.

Which is why it is absolutely critical for republicans to take control of the senate and retain control of the HOR in 2024. Fortunately, both are very doable,

(09-20-2023 04:30 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(09-20-2023 04:21 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(09-20-2023 02:57 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  With each passing day, the pretense that Biden is okay becomes more and more difficult to sustain. I just can’t believe, when it’s all said and done, that the Dems are really going to go ahead with this guy for the ’24 campaign. But of course, I couldn’t believe it in 2020, either, and yet here we are…

I can think of a reason why they're running Sleepy Joe for reelection: Gavin Newsom as his running mate. If Sleepy Joe is reelected (God help us if he is) and the Dems retain the Senate and retake the House of Representatives, they can invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment soon after Inagauration Day 2025, which would give us Gavin Newsom as President.

At which time just bend over and kiss your ass goodbye.

Unless we do what Owl#'s laid out, that's exactly what'll happen. Also, I feel I should point out that I don't think the Dems want to have Cackling Kamala run again as Sleepy Joe's running mate. It's possible I could be wrong, but the point is it's California leftist policies in our future either way if Sleepy Joe wins reelection.

I thought they were going to 25A Joe before this to get a black woman as president. Now they are going to do it to get Donnie Jr’s lover’s ex-husband as president?

It’s hard to keep up.

(09-20-2023 04:56 PM)AssKickingChicken Wrote:  I thought they were going to 25A Joe before this to get a black woman as president. Now they are going to do it to get Donnie Jr’s lover’s ex-husband as president?

It’s hard to keep up.

It's only a theory of mine, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it actually happened.

(09-20-2023 04:21 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(09-20-2023 02:57 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  With each passing day, the pretense that Biden is okay becomes more and more difficult to sustain. I just can’t believe, when it’s all said and done, that the Dems are really going to go ahead with this guy for the ’24 campaign. But of course, I couldn’t believe it in 2020, either, and yet here we are…

I can think of a reason why they're running Sleepy Joe for reelection: Gavin Newsom as his running mate. If Sleepy Joe is reelected (God help us if he is) and the Dems retain the Senate and retake the House of Representatives, they can invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment soon after Inauguration Day 2025, which would give us Gavin Newsom as President.

I’m not quite following you. 25A works the same way regardless of which party controls Congress.

(09-21-2023 10:20 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(09-20-2023 04:21 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(09-20-2023 02:57 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  With each passing day, the pretense that Biden is okay becomes more and more difficult to sustain. I just can’t believe, when it’s all said and done, that the Dems are really going to go ahead with this guy for the ’24 campaign. But of course, I couldn’t believe it in 2020, either, and yet here we are…

I can think of a reason why they're running Sleepy Joe for reelection: Gavin Newsom as his running mate. If Sleepy Joe is reelected (God help us if he is) and the Dems retain the Senate and retake the House of Representatives, they can invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment soon after Inauguration Day 2025, which would give us Gavin Newsom as President.

I’m not quite following you. 25A works the same way regardless of which party controls Congress.

Yes, but Republicans know if they invoke it while they control the house, they could be blamed for Cackling Kamala, who’s supposed to be worse than Sleepy Joe. They’d rather the Democrats fall on that sword.

(09-21-2023 12:12 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(09-21-2023 10:20 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  25A works the same way regardless of which party controls Congress.

Yes, but Republicans know if they invoke it while they control the House, they could be blamed for Cackling Kamala, who’s supposed to be worse than Sleepy Joe. They’d rather the Democrats fall on that sword.

As a nation, we haven’t yet witnessed the 25A put into action, so I’m not exactly sure how it would work. But I don’t believe the House or the Senate has the power to “invoke” it or initiate it in any way. I believe that power rests exclusively, 100%, with the incumbent VP and “a majority” of the Cabinet.

As long as the P and the VP are of the same party, I don’t believe you would see the VP pull that trigger unless the Cabinet was unanimous (or nearly so) and unless many of the P’s own supporters in Congress had signaled they were okay with it. But who knows.

(09-21-2023 12:59 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(09-21-2023 12:12 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(09-21-2023 10:20 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  25A works the same way regardless of which party controls Congress.

Yes, but Republicans know if they invoke it while they control the House, they could be blamed for Cackling Kamala, who’s supposed to be worse than Sleepy Joe. They’d rather the Democrats fall on that sword.

As a nation, we haven’t yet witnessed the 25A put into action, so I’m not exactly sure how it would work. But I don’t believe the House or the Senate has the power to “invoke” it or initiate it in any way. I believe that power rests exclusively, 100%, with the incumbent VP and “a majority” of the Cabinet.

As long as the P and the VP are of the same party, I don’t believe you would see the VP pull that trigger unless the Cabinet was unanimous (or nearly so) and unless many of the P’s own supporters in Congress had signaled they were okay with it. But who knows.

Yeah, I think you're right. I thought Congress would have some say in it, too, from a Constitutional perspective. My bad.

So that means that the Cabinet is okay with Sleepy Joe for now. If they weren't, they would've installed Cackling Kamala by now. That leads me to my original point of potentially putting Gavin Newsome on the ticket instead of retaining Cackling Kamala for 25A reasons. Though again, if Sleep Joe gets reelected, whoever he has as his running mate in '24 out of those two will have been cultivated in the absurdly leftist political climate that is California because I truly believe the Dems will want to put Gavin Newsome on the ticket as a replacement for Cackling Kamala. That's why we as Republicans need to get this nomination process right on the money if we're going to have any hope of retaking the White House.