The guy is a drooling idiot

Media Turns Reality on Its Head to Spin Biden's Satchel Paige Gaffe

Quote:We reported earlier on Joe Biden’s remarks at Arlington National Cemetery. During the remarks, he referred to the famous baseball player Satchel Paige as “the great negro.”

“I know that you’re a little younger than I am,” Biden joked. “But I’ve adopted the attitude of the great negro, at the time, preacher in the Negro Leagues, went on to become a great pitcher in the pros and Major League Baseball after Jackie Robinson, his name was Satchel Paige.”

So either Biden was so incoherent he couldn’t get the words out right or he was having a racist moment, you can take your pick. Neither one is a good choice and neither is acceptable when we so desperately need a competent person in that office. He also said “preacher” instead of “pitcher.”

As I pointed out there are a ton of racially questionable remarks in Biden’s past, so this isn’t the first one. In my humble opinion, he does have some kind of a problem.

But when you’re Joe Biden and a Democrat that means that you get a lot of media help in your defense.

Biden got some incredible spin from Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher who claimed no, Biden never called Paige “negro” and conservatives were all just lying.

Conservative critics falsely claimed that President Joe Biden referred to legendary pitcher Satchel Paige as a “negro” during a Veterans Day speech — barely more than a week after pulling the same bit on Biden and Pope Francis.

Variations on the same claim spread like wildfire among verified conservative Twitter users Thursday: that the president had referred to the late Hall of Famer as “the great negro at the time,” some even including a clip that plainly reveals the falsehood of the attack:

Um, no, the video and even Christopher’s transcript of what was said that he had in his story includes that Biden said it.

I’ve adopted the attitude of the great Negro, at the time, pitcher in the Negro Leagues, went on to become a great pitcher in the pros and Major League Baseball after Jackie Robinson.

Now, Christopher can argue what Biden meant by it and argue he just jumbled his words or some such thing. But he can’t change the reality of what he said. In trying to do that, Christopher is basically saying don’t believe the evidence of your own eyes and ears, believe the spin I put out there to help Biden. Biden literally says it on video and there’s no way around that.

So not only is this dishonest in the extreme to their readers but then it’s spun as though it’s the conservatives who are somehow distorting this out of all reality to hurt poor old Joe and twist his words. Now, you know for darn sure that no Republican would ever get this kind of fawning service. If it had been President Donald Trump, the media would have had him drawn and quartered; it would be on 24/7 coverage.

But this is where we are at, at this point, with folks on the left denying all reality if it’s harmful to their cause.

Unfortunately, when it comes to Biden, they’re going to have to continue to deny a lot, including the record inflation and the failure to resolve any of the continuing issues.

Come on man, Biden forgets that this is the year 2021 and not 1965 so cut him some slack.

Can you imagine if Trump had called someone a negro

The media would be playing the clip 24/7 and the low IQ dumbfks would be marching in the streets again.

(11-12-2021 09:04 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  Can you imagine if Trump had called someone a negro

The media would be playing the clip 24/7 and the low IQ dumbfks would be marching in the streets again.

Absolutely

Liberal hypocrisy is everywhere, 24/7

(11-11-2021 05:38 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Read the fact check article….
Biden said it but didn’t mean it how everyone took it

Some one in the comments called Tommy Christopher, who penned that tripe, “The Dementia Whisperer.”

his teleprompter may have used the term "great negro league pitcher", that's the most likely scenario. But that's not what Mr. Biden said. the fact checker is asserting this as if he knows it for a fact.. he does not. Mr. Biden could have meant to say " the great negro pitcher".

regardless.. he said it. i wonder if the wackos will demand an apology?

(11-11-2021 06:26 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Did they say if Biden knew today was Veteran's Day?

Why talk about Satchel Paige on Veteran's Day?

People can't do other things on Vets Day?

Somebody should check his diapers.

To be appropriate. He would have said, "The great pitcher that could ONLY play in the Negro League". That is a fact. Satchel Paige was a Phenom.

I think it's pretty clear President Biden was trying to say "the great negro league pitcher", and fumbled over his words like he often does because he's in no condition to be president.

It should be absolutely terrifying how the media at large treats Biden and Trump so differently.

Charlottesville comes to mind, how they cut out the part where he denounces white supremacy and just replayed his "both sides" quote out of context. Compare that to how they say Biden didn't mean what he said here. Even if they're correct, the lack of objectivity is disgusting.

Joe Biden’s 'Negro' Quote Earns Hilarious Label From Twitter as 'Fact Checkers' Spin Like Tops

Quote:We previously reported on how some in the media rushed into damage control mode Thursday in the latest round of “Protect Joe” after President Biden called the late Major League Baseball legend/icon Satchel Paige a “negro.”

For those who missed it, Biden was giving a speech on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetary when he made the comments, which I’m providing below just so I don’t get accused of taking the current White House occupant out of context:

I want to welcome all the Cabinet members and honored guests joining us today, including the father of our Secretary of State, who served in the Army Air Corps during World War Two, Ambassador Donald Blinken, whose birthday is today. Happy Birthday. (Applause.) Thank you for your service to our country.

And I just want to tell you, I know you’re a little younger than I am, but, you know, I’ve adopted the attitude of the great Negro — at the time, pitcher in the Negro Leagues — went on to become a great pitcher in the pros — in the Major League Baseball after Jackie Robinson. His name was Satchel Paige.

Naturally, when members of the media hit the Code Red button to alert each other that it’s once again time to Protect the Precious, their colleagues on the “fact-checking” side often also jump in to “confirm” the media’s spin, which Snopes, Politifact, and Reuters have already done in a matter of 24 hours by laughably suggesting discussion/reporting on the comments “lacked context,” while Politifact also brought up the fact that Biden sometimes has a stuttering problem to try and explain what happened.

Compounding the hilarity of the collective Defend Biden effort, Twitter also jumped into the debate in their “events” section to amplify the claims from “fact-checkers” as though a single person in this country should trust anything fact-checkers say at a time when their liberal bias could not be more obvious.

“Edited clips of Joe Biden’s remarks about Black baseball player Satchel Paige lack some context, fact-checkers say,” the promo on the right-side Twitter column read.

But although Twitter trying to echo the chorus of (discredited) so-called fact-checkers was entirely predictable, what was absolutely hilarious in an unintentional way was that when you clicked on that Twitter “events” link, you got the below messages, the first one being what the fact-checkers proclaimed, and the next being a … “sensitive content” label on the discussion:

LOL. Is it really that “sensitive”? I mean I know “negro” really isn’t used anymore (it became socially unacceptable to do so starting in the late 60s) – which is why Biden’s use of it was so shocking to some, but is a discussion of the term in modern times really so triggering that it needs a “sensitive” label attached to it? If so, the people “offended” by the discussion of it really need to grow a pair and get over it.

This sort of reminds me of the CNN-driven “outrage” from yesterday over Rittenhouse trial judge Bruce Schroeder making a comment before lunchtime regarding a timeline for the arrival of the Asian food that had presumably been ordered for him and members of the court. “I hope the Asian food isn’t coming.. isn’t on one of those boats from Long Beach Harbor,” he stated.

CNN “reporters” erupted on Twitter over his use of the word “Asian” to describe Asian food, so much so that a full report was written about the nontroversy just hours later with “experts” weighing in as to why it was “insensitive” of Schroeder to say what he did (which, in reality was a quip about the supply chain crisis, not Asian food).

It was a perfect example of fake news being pushed in real-time by a national news outlet, but then again this is CNN we’re talking about here, so no one should be surprised that such tactics are utilized there considering the fact that CNN is not a real news organization.

Speaking of CNN, their fact-checker Daniel Dale has not yet weighed in yet with his official ruling on Joe Biden’s use of the word “negro” as of this writing, but we’ll assume he’s still Zaprudering the video at this hour and will give us his important thoughts as soon as he can.

(11-12-2021 09:21 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(11-11-2021 06:26 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Did they say if Biden knew today was Veteran's Day?

Why talk about Satchel Paige on Veteran's Day?

People can't do other things on Vets Day?

Do you have any idea where his was?

(11-12-2021 08:06 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(11-12-2021 09:21 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(11-11-2021 06:26 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Did they say if Biden knew today was Veteran's Day?

Why talk about Satchel Paige on Veteran's Day?

People can't do other things on Vets Day?

Do you have any idea where his was?

It was part of his Veterans Day Speech.

(11-12-2021 08:13 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

(11-12-2021 08:06 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(11-12-2021 09:21 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(11-11-2021 06:26 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Did they say if Biden knew today was Veteran's Day?

Why talk about Satchel Paige on Veteran's Day?

People can't do other things on Vets Day?

Do you have any idea where his was?

It was part of his Veterans Day Speech.

Right.

(11-12-2021 09:14 AM)Oman Wrote:  

(11-11-2021 05:38 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Read the fact check article….
Biden said it but didn’t mean it how everyone took it

Some one in the comments called Tommy Christopher, who penned that tripe, “The Dementia Whisperer.”

his teleprompter may have used the term "great negro league pitcher", that's the most likely scenario. But that's not what Mr. Biden said. the fact checker is asserting this as if he knows it for a fact.. he does not. Mr. Biden could have meant to say " the great negro pitcher".

regardless.. he said it. i wonder if the wackos will demand an apology?

I'm inclined to let it slide myself. The explanation given was my own take on it. However, had Trump misspoke like that he would have been crucified.

Also, unless and until the NAACP changes its name accordingly IMO there's nothing inaccurate or racist about referring to a black person as a negro or a colored person.

(11-12-2021 09:21 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(11-11-2021 06:26 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Did they say if Biden knew today was Veteran's Day?

Why talk about Satchel Paige on Veteran's Day?

People can't do other things on Vets Day?

Of course. Obviously they can remind everyone that a great ball player was a negro. That what you mean?

(11-12-2021 09:47 AM)Chappy Wrote:  I think it's pretty clear President Biden was trying to say "the great negro league pitcher", and fumbled over his words like he often does because he's in no condition to be president.

It should be absolutely terrifying how the media at large treats Biden and Trump so differently.

Charlottesville comes to mind, how they cut out the part where he denounces white supremacy and just replayed his "both sides" quote out of context. Compare that to how they say Biden didn't mean what he said here. Even if they're correct, the lack of objectivity is disgusting.

No, it's not clear. Biden has a record of being on the wrong side of the civil rights issue back when it was being worked out in the 60s. He also supported the stiff sentencing requirements for felons that disproportionately affected minorities.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/joe-...r-n1021626

Quote:In a 1975 Senate hearing, the legendary civil rights lawyer Jack Greenberg had something to say to freshman Sen. Joe Biden.

Greenberg, longtime director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, took Biden to task for sponsoring a bill that would limit the power of courts to order school desegregation with busing. It was a move that followed the wishes of many of Biden’s white constituents in Delaware.

The bill “heaves a brick through the window of school integration,” said Greenberg, one of the lawyers who had won the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended legal school segregation 21 years earlier. And according to Greenberg, Biden was the man with his hand on the brick.

This article still tries to paint Biden as overall "good" for civil rights, he was a staunch segregationist. So really, was he that great on civil rights???

Dude has made way too many references that point out skin color. Remember how he described Obama as the first clean cut main stream African American to run for president? [/quote]

Imagine if Trump did that.