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| Biden Uses Child As Prop To Poke Fun At Handsiness Complaints |
| 2019-04-06 |
| [Hot Air] Even on the Creepy Uncle Joe-o-meter, this pegs hard into the red zone. Just days after claiming that "I get it" about a number of emerging complaints from women about his, er, "tactile style of politics," Joe Biden poked fun at the complaints while hugging a young boy on stage. I’m not sure where ridicule lands on the Kubler-Ross progression of grief, but here we are: Dude. Not only is this too soon, it’s also too weird. It might have been a funny joke several weeks down the line after having done an appropriate amount of public penance, but only with a willing adult capable of giving informed consent. The way to ensure that people think you "get it" is not to us a child as a prop to make fun of inappropriate-contact complaints. The boy doesn’t look like he’s all that keen to be getting the Uncle Joe side-hug in the first place, and it goes without saying that he’ll get an earful on the playground if any of his chums take a look at this clip. The Michael Jackson soundtrack choice was awkward as well |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Not Babylon Bee. -puts dollar in jar- |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-04-06 14:59 |
| #6 OK, the guy's a creep. But don't count him out so soon. His audience was yukking it up while he was handling that kid. Personally, I hope he gets the nom and brings 'Boxcar' Stacey along for the ride. Old white guy, he'll never get the you-know-who vote even with the Boxcar. Orange man will tear him to shreds. Of course, I was wrong in 2008 and again in 2012. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-04-06 12:02 |
| #5 He's 1023/1024 touchy |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-04-06 11:44 |
| #4 OK, the guy's a creep. But don't count him out so soon. His audience was yukking it up while he was handling that kid. This is gonna be a non-issue. Gotta get him on the border, the economy and trade policy. He's not ready for that fork. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-04-06 11:26 |
| #3 Maybe we should modify the saying for Slow Joe - 'when you're in a hole, go get a backhoe'. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-04-06 10:13 |
| #2 You can stick a fork in Joe, he's DONE ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-04-06 10:02 |
| #1 He asked the child if he could touch him, but he certainly did not ask the child's parents. |
| Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2019-04-06 09:59 |