President Biden surprises a class at a Washington, D.C. public school. pic.twitter.com/ddOlOHILvZ
— The Recount (@therecount) August 28, 2023
“Oh, my God, it’s really you!” shouted a student at Eliot-Hine Middle School in Washington, where President Biden stopped by to mark the new school year. There was so much squealing and excitement that one staffer marveled, “This is like the Beatles.” https://t.co/CFWDVXq7P5
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 29, 2023
Somewhere, Peter Baker is shaking his head sadly. These kids aren’t savvy enough to understand that Biden is ‘too old’ and ‘too Democrat’ to be worth covering!… [unpaywalled gift link]
… Biden, accompanied by first lady Jill Biden, first visited the lunchroom — where a big banner touted the school’s valued traits of “excellence, responsibility, integrity and communications.” Then they dropped by an eighth-grade math class at the 300-student campus.
In the classroom, decorated with colorful posters that displayed math symbols and the order of operations, one student proclaimed loudly, “Joe Biden!” The president hugged one excited child and talked about whether she could someday become president.
“The hardest thing is to come back after three months of not doing any work, not doing any homework,” Biden told the students. Their teacher, Heather Thomas, explained that the class would spend the day reviewing concepts from last school year to see what everyone remembered…
Eliot-Hine was chosen for the visit, in part, because it broke trends last year when its students scored higher on a standardized test known as the PARCC exam than they did before the pandemic. Elsewhere in the city, most students saw incremental gains from 2022 — when scores plunged after virtual learning — but have not yet fully recovered to match the scores from 2019.
Children there also outperformed their peers across the city on the reading exam, officials said. City leaders pointed to the school’s participation in high-impact tutoring programs — consistent and small-group instruction — and training for math teachers…
Despite recent successes, the president’s query about the most challenging subject in school was met with a unanimous “math.” English — the subject that Jill Biden teaches at Northern Virginia Community College — received much more enthusiasm.
The first lady will resume teaching Sept. 5, she told the classroom of eighth-graders. “I’ve been working on my lesson plans and what I’m going to do the first day, so I’m excited,” said Jill Biden, who is the first woman in her role to maintain a full-time job outside the White House. “What you probably don’t know about teachers is that no matter how long you’ve been teaching, the night before you can barely sleep because you’re so excited.”…
Tell me the part again about President Biden being too old to excite young people 😏 https://t.co/HAlhcbYzxg
— Qondi (@QondiNtini) August 29, 2023
"OMG y'all, shake hands with the President, I'ma be famous!" pic.twitter.com/K2ParMuLjo
— @MsArielKnox (on Threads) (@MsArielKnox) August 28, 2023
?? WOW! Listen to how excited these students were when President Biden and The First Lady walked into their classroom this morning!
Wouldn't it be nice if the media covered something positive like this for a change?
— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) August 28, 2023
gene108
Very uplifting to watch.
Baud
Rock star.
columbusqueen
When it comes to good vs. bad guys, kids KNOW.
Omnes Omnibus
Some other fun news: FAFO
Scout211
Squealing students screaming, “Joe Biden!” just made my day.
Raoul Paste
To be fair, President Biden is about the same age as a Beatle
Alison Rose
but but but I was told young people aren’t excited about him because he’s sooooo ooooold!! You mean to tell me the media spin is WRONG???
Just because they can dig up a few whiny 20somethings who don’t understand or care to learn how government works and think a Democratic president should be able to give them everything they want with a wave of his hand doesn’t mean the majority of young folks agree. Most of them are smart enough to see the truth and to realize there is a massive chasm between Biden and TIFG or any Republican.
Alison Rose
@Omnes Omnibus: To fuck around is human, to find out is divine.
Baud
People need to cheer me like that.
zhena gogolia
@Scout211: I love it. Kids know.
eclare
@columbusqueen:
They love Obama, love Joe. And they visibly recoil from TFG and Cruz (his own daughters). Absolutely they know.
zhena gogolia
@Baud: We do, here on BJ.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
@eclare:
You say that, but I don’t see any of these kids volunteering to cut Joe Biden’s lawn.
Alison Rose
@Raoul Paste: He is in fact younger than Paul! By a few months, but still!
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
But I can’t hear you over the Internet!
eclare
@Omnes Omnibus:
Wow. He must have really insulted that judge.
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: Don’t the restraining orders put a damper on all that?
Scout211
People will definitely scream when they see you. But if you want them to cheer, you gotta put the pants back on.
Alison Rose
@Baud: You can pay them to do so at your campaign stops. I hear the Soros cash is still flowing freely.
Steeplejack
@Raoul Paste:
😹 Good one!
eclare
@Scout211:
Hahaha…always a downside. Pants.
bbleh
Young Students Excited By Biden
Will This Be A Problem For Older Voters?
A discussion with a panel of political reporters
WaterGirl
@eclare: Okay, maybe I’m losing it, but I think I have seen this post before. And I swear this was one of the comments on the post about Biden in the classroom.
Maybe not the exact words, but definitely about loving Joe and Obama and recoiling from Trump and Cruz.
Someone please tell me that there was at least another post about Joe and Jill showing up in the classroom, and kids screaming.
Otherwise, I am going to have to conclude that I am working too hard. Sigh.
WaterGirl
@Baud: I do, when I see your comments.
Omnes Omnibus
More FAFO from DC. This time it’s anti-abortion assholes.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
The WaPo article is from yesterday, so it’s not recycled news.
You must be working too hard. You should try my strategy of hardly working instead.
eclare
@WaterGirl:
Yes, I repeated my comment from some earlier thread, you are not losing it.
Scout211
@WaterGirl: it was in the comments, maybe yesterday.
HumboldtBlue
@WaterGirl:
Yes, you saw this clip yesterday, I posted it, and eclare wrote that same comment.
@Omnes Omnibus:
Just finished reading that article. Well deserved convictions.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Somebody posted a link to it in a thread earlier today
ETA: Or yesterday, apparently.
Old Dan and Little Ann
Big deal. Smokey Bear visited my classroom last spring. My question to the nice Park Rangers was, “When did it change from Smokey The Bear?” No good answer.
Go Joe! I’d freak if it was my classroom.
eclare
@Omnes Omnibus:
They sound nice. Well deserved felonies.
arrieve
@WaterGirl: You’re not crazy. I know I read that before too. Maybe a comment in another thread?
(Not that I mind reading it twice. It’s a sentiment that makes me smile.
ETA: Or what eclare said.
bbleh
@Omnes Omnibus: and y’know, I don’t think they intend to act like assholes (unlike, say, the J6 rioters). I think they feel righteous, and having been punished for their actions, they feel somewhere between confused and martyred.
Much is made of MAGA being a cult. But I think the same is true, even more so and for longer, for a big chunk of the antiabortion crowd.
eclare
@Old Dan and Little Ann:
Seriously? The park service removed the “the”?
Baud
@eclare:
It’s not Yogi The Bear.
Mike in NC
Try to imagine Fat Bastard visiting a classroom. He was reputed to be a shitty student wherever he went, which should surprise approximately nobody. His grades, his health, his taxes, his finances: all a deep dark secret. But he’s still running to be the American Putin.
eclare
@Baud:
True…
bbleh
@Mike in NC: lol I was just thinking about that. Silence, confusion, some students visibly shifting uncomfortably and recoiling if he approaches, and the teacher talking loudly and issuing orders to try to cover for it.
“This is the President, class, let’s clap for him!” [scattered golf claps]
Cameron
@bbleh: And that’s before he starts throwing the paper towels at them.
Old Dan and Little Ann
@eclare: Late 70s and into the 80s I could’ve sworn it was Smokey The Bear. Maybe it’s one of those weird brain tricks
Jackie
@Omnes Omnibus: Bahahahahaaaa!!!
Trump judge is the icing on the 🍰!
Cameron
@Old Dan and Little Ann: I dunno. Given the number of forest fires seems to be increasing, there are probably a whole lot of smokey bears out there.
Omnes Omnibus
@bbleh:
I don’t think their intentions matter a tinker’s dam. Their actions showed them to be assholes.
bbleh
@Old Dan and Little Ann: it was definitely Smokey the bear. “Smokey the bear says, only you can prevent forest fires.”
WaterGirl
@eclare: Oh, so glad to hear that!
Jackie
@Raoul Paste: Drying off my phone…. 🍷
Eunicecycle
Remember when Obama wanted to make a welcome back to school appearance on the first day of classes and conservatives lost their shit? I know that’s a little different than what President Biden did, but it just reminds me once again how terrible Republicans have been for decades.
TaMara
Excellent, uplifting post! My day needed that.
bbleh
@Omnes Omnibus: oh I’m not saying the punishment isn’t just. Don’t do the crime etc. But I would bet that at least some of them are bewildered and hurt that it’s happening. “But it was for the babies! It’s what Jesus would have wanted!”
Cults is weird.
Alison Rose
@Baud: But it is Winnie the Pooh.
CHUBBY LITTLE CUBBY ALL STUFFED WITH FLUFF.
Jay
@Cameron:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66621356
Apparently they didn’t get the word on evacuating.
Steve in the ATL
@eclare: budget cuts
Al Rennick
@Anne Laurie
Even though you’re totally in the tank for Biden, you should have the honesty to admit that Biden’s age is a legitimate concern for most Democrats:
eclare
@Eunicecycle:
I remember, a video of Obama would “indoctrinate” kids.
Steve in the ATL
@Baud:
then we need moar bread and circuses from you. And possible a Rubicon crossing, just to show that you’re serious.
Jackie
@WaterGirl: Not a specific post per se, but, yes, you did see similar a day or so ago.😊
Jay
@Alison Rose:
I thought it was honey, not fluff.
Omnes Omnibus
@bbleh: People seldom think they are the bad guy. Except Baud. And he is often right.
Sure Lurkalot
Yes, eight graders, having Joe and Jill Biden come visit your class is a BFD because Joe’s excellent presidenting is a BFD. He cares about your future and actually wants you to have one.
Steve in the ATL
Caught a couple of minutes of fox “news” in the hotel lobby (and yes, I complained about it, as I always do). Sleepy Joe is now Corrupt Joe! Biden used fake email accounts when he was VP! And so on. I left before they showed any pics of Hunter’s [redacted because this is a family blog but you all know what I’m referring to].
God help us–the right wing noise machine is going to destroy us.
Omnes Omnibus
@Jay: It’s been updated since the little fucker discovered marshmallow exists.
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: Deleted for restatement of the obvious before reading the thread.
Elizabelle
@Al Rennick: Low information respondents say what?
Alison Rose
@Al Rennick: Thank you so much for this necessary and wise comment.
THAT WAS SARCASM IN CASE YOU COULDN’T TELL.
gwangung
@Al Rennick:
Honesty? From you?
BWAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
I needed that after today.
Alison Rose
@Jay: Well both, but the song says fluff.
eclare
@Omnes Omnibus:
Hahaha…
Eunicecycle
@eclare: yes that’s the one! I just hated it that Obama couldn’t do anything without the Right trying to twist it into something negative. Death Panels! etc. I wish he could run again but he’s served his time!
Steeplejack
@Old Dan and Little Ann:
It was Smokey the Bear back in the old days. I had this book as a kid in the ’50s.
Kind of odd that the creators deliberately (according to Wikipedia) made his name different from the Great Smoky Mountains.
Elizabelle
I love that video. One little guy is bouncing in his seat, he is so excited.
Also love that Biden is so comfortable with kids and teens. Family man.
Omnes Omnibus
@gwangung: Hey, he pops up every once in a while and explains what we are doing wrong in a tone of moral superiority. Then he leaves. Don’t kink shame.
Scamp Dog
@Old Dan and Little Ann: I do remember the joke going “What’s Smokey the Bear’s middle name?”
“I don’t know, what is it?”
”The!”
I probably heard this over 50 years ago, come to think of it.
Major Major Major Major
@eclare: @Old Dan and Little Ann:
hmmm
eta: HMMM
Alison Rose
@Major Major Major Major: Is this a Mandela Effect thing? I would’ve sworn it was Smokey the Bear, too.
eclare
@Major Major Major Major:
Thanks!
Scout211
Speaking of hearing those comments before, we had this discussion in a long-ago thread. Here’s the scoop: Link
Read the whole thing. A rescued bear cub in a fire became famous and was named Smokey Bear
ETA: MMMM beat me to it!
Jeffro
@Omnes Omnibus: hahahahahahahahaha!
“and YOU get a bonus 5 months in jail…AND YOU get a bonus 5 months in jail…ALLLLLLLLLL insurrectionists get a bonus 5 months in jail!”
(would that it were so, but we’ll take just this one instance for now)
Steeplejack
@Al Rennick:
That betrays their ignorance right there. Most recent poll respondents also think unemployment is a big problem, even though it’s at a 50-year low.
I will take fit Biden over fat-ass Trump, or any other current prospective candidate, any day. And if by chance Biden dies—which can happen to anybody—we’ve got the capable Kamala Harris to step in. (“Oh noes a Negress!” 🙀)
Jeffro
ooo ooo I do!
They lost their minds and went overboard and swore this was THE BEGINNING OF THE END SOSHULIST TAKEOVER INDOKTRINASHUN!!!1!…
…and then suddenly a day after our President implored students to do their best and wishes them well, poof, nothing happened.
No follow-up by the reporters with the crazies. No effort by the Dems to roundly mock the nuts for at least a news cycle.
Ah well…it’s not like anyone would have learned the lesson…
Steeplejack
@Steve in the ATL:
Hunter’s laptop? His laptop, right?
Doc Sardonic
@Al Rennick: Reagan did most of two terms with Alzheimer’s, don’t give a shit about Biden’s age.
C Stars
I know he’s old, he looks old and all, but it just makes me smile when I see him. I don’t know why, he’s just one of those people with good vibes. I think it’d be awesome to work for him and he seems to have surrounded himself with whipsmart young people. I have zero reservations about voting for him to be POTUS for another four years.
Jeffro
OT but I just wanna point out that it’s not only Republicans (who) Love The Least Experienced Candidate
...but yes, they are indeed the worst about this.
(increasing the standards for POTUS would have so, sooo many benefits)
The Lodger
@Scamp Dog: But is he related to Jack the Ripper, or is that middle name from a separate branch of the family?
Odie Hugh Manatee
@bbleh:
It was Smokey the Bear. One of my roomies from the late 70’s was in an actors group and was hired to wear a Smokey costume to some elementary school event. He brought the costume home with him and we laughed our asses off when he wore it while ripping bong hits…lol!
There are a few pictures out there but it wasn’t my camera.
wjca
@Al Rennick:
Of course, there was a lot of that “too old to be effective” buzz in 2020. Doesn’t seem to have played out quite that way.
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
You’re not imagining things. Can’t be arsed to look for it now, but someone shared the video link (yesterday, I think) and there was definitely the discussion in the comments about how kids love Obama and Biden but recoil and cringe from TFG, Cruz, etc.
Some topics are just so good they bear repeating.
Jackie
@Major Major Major Major: He will ALWAYS be Smokey THE Bear to this ‘60s kid.
eclare
@SiubhanDuinne:
Thank you!
stinger
@Baud:
It’s also not Papa the Bear, Mama the Bear, Baby the Bear, or Goldi the Locks.
Steeplejack
@SiubhanDuinne:
Did you ever circle back to the Josephine Tey thread the next day and have any final thoughts?
stinger
@bbleh:
And he had a song! “Smoky the Bear, Smoky the Bear, Prowlin’ and a-growlin’ and a-sniffin’ the air, He can spot a fire before it starts to flame, That’s why they call him Smoky, that was how he got his name.”
rekoob
@Scout211: Here’s another account of Smokey Bear’s treatment in New Mexico:
Edwin Smith & Smokey Bear
(Full disclosure — I was a friend of his granddaughter, and two of my dogs were patients at Smith Veterinary Hospital in Santa Fe.)
In Latin, the definite article is there:
Winnie ille Pu
Jackie
@C Stars: Biden has the same ear to ear grin my dad had so he makes me think of my dad every time he grins and smiles. Plus “That’s a bunch of malarkey” was Dad’s way of saying BS in mixed company and children. In other words, Biden reminds me of my dad constantly – and his health didn’t start failing until his mid 90s.
mrmoshpotato
If only Obama had stepped out from behind Biden to make Peter Slapdick really, really angry…
Slapdick.
kalakal
@stinger:
I’m glad it wasn’t Top the Cat.
Omnes Omnibus
I think people are getting too wrapped around the axle about the difference between Mr. Bear’s legal name (Smokey Bear) and his stage name (Smokey the Bear).
lowtechcyclist
@eclare:
So much for the old joke about what Alexander the Great and Smokey the Bear have in common.
mrmoshpotato
@Omnes Omnibus: Awwwwww. Enjoy your five-month prison term, Trump trash traitor. Time for some ice cream.
Scout211
I love that story. The veterinarian that treated Smokey Bear. Sweet story!
Spanky
Apparently, the bird is still the word.
C Stars
@Jackie: Yeah, he just seems like a genuinely nice and optimistic person, who is no-nonsense underneath it all. Your dad sounds like a great guy!
Scout211
I’ve been hanging around this place for far too long, it seems. Doesn’t anyone else remember when the great Smokey (the) Bear controversy erupted on a long ago thread on balloon-juice? It was a few years ago and it was the first time that I had heard of the Bear’s original name and history and how the “the” was added later for the song.
SiubhanDuinne
@Steeplejack:
I did early yesterday morning, but upon checking back just now I see there were several additional comments even since then. The discussion overall was one of the best I’ve seen — lively, thoughtful, informed — and I’m truly glad that WaterGirl suggested devoting an entire Medium Cool to that one book. Many thanks to all who commented, wherever you land on the question of Richard’s culpability.
And for those whose comments were on the order of “Never read it, but now I think I’ll give it a try,” I can only envy you. I think you’re in for a reading treat!
Spanky
@Scout211:
I am a bear of very little brain, and long-ago threads bother me.
Betty
@Old Dan and Little Ann: There was some controversy about this a few years ago. I definitely know I sang about Smokey the Bear. My uncle used to be Smokey at the annual parade celebrating the fall foliage.
rikyrah
@Jeffro:
They aren’t serious, while Democratic Party voters don’t fall for the shiny object.
CarolPW
@stinger: Thank you!! I remembered it all but the last 7 words.
Old Dan and Little Ann
@Steeplejack: Nice. Nothing like Little Golden Book.
Edited for spelling.
Alison Rose
This was a really lovely interview of Jon Batiste by Ari Melber for his Mavericks series. He’s such a lovely person, and it was especially sweet seeing him react to some video from his childhood performances with his family.
Cameron
@Jay: Honey? Huh. I must have misheard it back in 2012 when I thought Willard the Pooh’s little song went “Isn’t it funny/how a Bain likes money.”
eclare
Wow. Thirty thousand utility workers positioned to go into FL after Idalia goes through. That is a lot!
Elizabelle
Thinking of our Florida jackals, and everyone else in Idalia’s path. Be safe. Be cool.
Am glad to hear that a lot of folks evacuated.
Old Dan and Little Ann
I wish I could share my class pic! lol….. Thanks to all for all the fun information.
Old Dan and Little Ann
@kalakal: There’s a poplular children’s seried about Pete the Cat. He loves his blue shoes.
mrmoshpotato
@Spanky: Well, yes… Of course. :)
Brachiator
Coming late to the thread again.
My first thought on seeing Biden with the students was a reminder that he is fundamentally a decent guy. And the kids know it.
Maybe I am biased, but I can’t think of any occasions where Trump appeared with young students. Or with people with pets.
noncarborundum
@Old Dan and Little Ann: It was Smokey the Bear when Allan Sherman sang about him in the early 60’s.
HumboldtBlue
This photoshop of Kari Lake is hilarious.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@The Lodger: Related to Kermit The Frog I think.
Or maybe it’s an English title, like Alfred Lord Tennyson
TS
@bbleh:
I see this as 100% controlling either women by men – or women by other women who have little joy in their lives & are looking for some meaning to their sad pointless existence. Probably fully controlled by the men in their lives.
Mr. Bemused Senior
@Steeplejack: @SiubhanDuinne:
SD, thank you for the Medium Cool discussion of Tey.
After re-reading the Daughter of Time I remembered that I enjoyed the Franchise Affair, so I went back and re-read that. Two quotes struck me so let me share them with you…
Remind you of anyone? Thanks again.
Villago Delenda Est
Peter Baker needs a meteor on the noggin’.
Alison Rose
@HumboldtBlue: bahahahahahaha
eclare
@HumboldtBlue:
Brilliant.
Brachiator
@Steeplejack:
At this point, I think it’s formally, Hunter the Laptop.
HumboldtBlue
@Alison Rose: @eclare:
Right?
eclare
@HumboldtBlue:
Absofuckinglutely.
Raoul Paste
@Omnes Omnibus: Will someone please assign this judge to Steve Bannon?
Jackie
@HumboldtBlue: “Who did this?”
Her favorite president, of course!
zhena gogolia
@HumboldtBlue: That’s great.
eclare
Ugh. Idalia now predicted to be Cat 4.
Elizabelle
@eclare: I was out enjoying the beautiful moonrise tonight. Spectacular in central VA.
And then remembered Idalia is in the mix. And this is just the beginning of the season.
Mike in NC
@Brachiator: Trump’s favorite audience was law enforcement types, where he’d tell them to not be afraid to rough up suspects. Just a sociopath in every sense.
Villago Delenda Est
@Elizabelle: Amen. Keep your heads low and your socks dry.
Elizabelle
Tomorrow night is the Blue Moon. I will tell you, it looked full tonight. Beautiful moonrise.
gene108
@rikyrah:
Republican voters are serious. They’re just not willing to admit they’re wrong for supporting 40+ years of failed Republican economic policy and stubbornly dig in to supporting the party. They know Republican Party orthodoxy can’t deliver.
This is why they support candidates that promise to shake things up, no matter how inexperienced the candidate is. Throw enough folks, who want break government and maybe something they like might fall out of the rubble. They know the Republican status quo won’t do anything for them.
Villago Delenda Est
@gene108: It’s only “failed” policy if you’re not a billionaire parasite.
kalakal
Update on Idalia just came in. Still heading north and nudged slightly to the west. Intensifying, expected to hit land as 130mph cat 4.
About 125 miles west of Tampa. Fairly quiet at the moment in the Bay area. Lots of rain squalls
repeated from below
kalakal
@Old Dan and Little Ann: My grandkids love Pete the Cat 😄😄😄
Elizabelle
@kalakal: Keep us posted. Hoping that your power stays on.
At least you have lots of good book recommendations, to read by candlelight, if it comes to that.
Frankensteinbeck
@Alison Rose:
No, Milne said specifically it is Winnie ther Pooh.
stinger
@CarolPW:
From memory, but I think I got it right. (Except for misspelling his name!)
Jim, Foolish Literalist
and they, in turn, seem to be one of his most fervent constituencies, which is terrifying
the whole police escort parade to his arrest seems to have faded from the news already
eclare
@kalakal:
Thanks for your updates!
wjca
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
It will be interesting to see if their deeply ingrained view of convicts (whether correctly convicted or not) will kick in. Cult beliefs can be strong. But longstanding habits can be strong, too.
prostratedragon
@HumboldtBlue: I’ve often wondered whether she looks gauzy in person.😈
SiubhanDuinne
@Mr. Bemused Senior:
It’s a favourite theme of Tey’s. From The Singing Sands, here is her Inspector Grant musing about a disagreeable acquaintance:
And this, from much later in the same book:
Substitute our more clinical term “Narcissism” for Grant’s “Vanity,” and you have here a perfect description of TFG.
HumboldtBlue
Convicted Felons Give Trump Advice For Going To Prison:
Martha Stewart: “Make your cell block feel more like home by adding throw pillows.”
eclare
@SiubhanDuinne:
That is so spot-on.
catclub
Open Thread:
Can you say tone deaf lawyers?
Alison Rose
@kalakal:
You threw me off for a moment with this :P
Jackie
@HumboldtBlue:
😂🤣😂
eta: Thank you for always bringing humor when it’s sorely needed and much appreciated!
Jackie
@Alison Rose: Yes, at times we need to remember there is more than one Bay 😂
kalakal
@Alison Rose: ooops!
Tom Levenson
@rekoob: Kuma no Pooh-san!!!
Villago Delenda Est
@catclub: Also incredibly incompetent to be that tone deaf.
frosty
@HumboldtBlue:
“I’m not trying to scare you but you may find yourself in very close proximity to a library.”
Elizabelle
@frosty: Yes. That one made me laugh out loud.
The horror.
Geminid
@Villago Delenda Est: I don’t know about the lawyers, but Trump and people around him really think that Black people are going to sympathize with him because he’s been charged with a crime and had his mugshot taken. They started talking about this right after his Atlanta court appearance, and now they’re continuing with this Scottsboro Boys reference. It’s weird, and stupid. I think it also must seem very insulting to Black people.
kalakal
@Geminid: Definitely seems insulting to me. Also totally delusional
wjca
@frosty:
Not to worry. “Willful blindness” will save you this time for sure.
TriassicSands
OMG, now he’s done it. Joe Biden held the hand of a young girl. The Republicans will have him up on charges of child abuse, sexual assault, and possibly even rape (or using their best legal minds, conspiracy to commit rape). Add those charges to the as yet unknown, but, no doubt, laughable impeachment charges and Joe’s toast.
It’s good to see him dropping in on school age kids. More visits like that might even encourage some youngsters, at an early age, to pay more attention to socio-political issues. No, I don’t expect them to become adolescent politicos, but this visit seemed to get the attention of a lot of them and maybe that will stick in the back of their minds as the years pass. Interest in government is dangerously low in this country. Every little bit helps. I’d rather see him visiting classrooms than entertaining murderous Saudi leaders. He can do both. Good for you, Grandpa Biden.
phdesmond
@eclare:
truly. Tey on Vanity!
TriassicSands
@Geminid:
I certainly hope the response of most African Americans will have more to do with relief for seeing that a rich white guy has finally been indicted rather than thinking “gee, he’s just like me, a victim of a flawed justice system.” Part of what makes it flawed is that they get charged (even when it is unfair) while rich white guys skate by even when what they’ve done hurts far more people and is much more serious.
@catclub:
Of course, all the Scotsboro boys were running for president at the time, so we can see why Trump would bring them up. One thing we can always count on with Trump: He will come up with the most preposterous analogies, examples, and comparisons. Poor widdle Donnie, he’s just like a powerless black kid in racist Alabama. I mean, it’s so obvious.
prostratedragon
@Geminid: It is!
Irishweaver
@Raoul Paste: 😎
satby
@Omnes Omnibus: ya think?
different-church-lady
@Geminid: I’m confused: did the cops beat the shit out of Trump before they brought him in for the mug shot?
feloniousferb
Loved this post. Thanks for putting it up.