Here is the link you can go to, to read Biden’s list of accomplishments, in bigger print, so you can read it:
whatbidenhasdone.wordpress.com/…
I am posting some of the powerful words, mostly from Biden himself, insisting that he is charging ahead, getting more votes every day.
Insisting that he will win!
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Right after the debate, Morning Joe said that he loves Joe Biden, but he was worried.
His wife, sitting right there, had a painful look on her face, as if she did not want to add to the Biden skeptics, but did not want to argue with her husband.
The wife of Morning Joe is part of a powerful family:
en.wikipedia.org/…
Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski Scarborough (/ˈmiːkə brəˈzɪnski/;[2] Polish: Brzezińska; born May 2, 1967)[3] is an American talk show host, political commentator, and author who currently co-hosts MSNBC's weekday morning broadcast show Morning Joe.
Brzezinski?
Where have we heard that name before?
Mika’s father:
en.wikipedia.org/…
Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński (/ˈzbɪɡnjɛf brəˈzɪnski/ ZBIG-nyef brə-ZIN-skee,[1] Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf kaˈʑimjɛʐ bʐɛˈʑij̃skʲi] ⓘ;[a] March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017), known as Zbig, was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981
Mika’s brother, Mark:
en.wikipedia.org/…
Mark Francis Brzezinski (born April 7, 1965) is an American lawyer serving as the United States Ambassador to Poland since 2022. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Sweden from 2011 to 2015 under President Barack Obama.
Okay, I have been watching Morning Joe Highlights every day that they post it on YouTube.
Between the debate and today, they have not posted it.
I was afraid Joe Scarborough had been fired.
Finally, just ten hours ago, they posted it at YouTube:
A big part of this long video is Joe Biden speaking.
He was on the phone with Joe and Mika at the first part of it.
During that part, Biden mentions Mika’s brother.
And they show a great deal of a speech he made at a church in Philadelphia.
Here is the interview with George Stephanopoulos:
I am not quoting word for word, but from my recollection:
Biden said that he has a cognitive test every day.
He has more than one doctor nearby at all times.
Okay.
If doctors, more than one doctor, if they are watching him, every day, and they see how he is doing his job, every day, they would truly notice, if he was showing signs of failing.
So, he does have a cognitive test, every day, with doctors observing his performance.
Ha!
later in the interview, Biden said, in effect: “The polls are wrong, very wrong.”
“I will win.”
(Not his exact words.)
Back to MSNBC:
Some Daily Kos commentators have posted the claim that all the news outlets are bought and paid for by Trump donors.
en.wikipedia.org/…
A 2019 Pew Research Center survey showed that among Americans who named MSNBC as their main source for political news, 74% are ages 50 or older, with 44% ages 65 or older. 95% of those who named MSNBC as their main political news source identify as Democrats; among the eight most commonly named main sources for political and election news by US adults, MSNBC and Fox News have the most partisan audiences.[93]
So, Democrats (at least this Democrat) watch MSNBC.
Republicans watch Fox.
Over and over again, I have seen Democrats running for office in the House or the Senate, appearing on MSNBC, where they basically gave a nice Democratic campaign speech.
I looked at one diary here at Daily Kos that seemed very helpful:
www.dailykos.com/…
Yesterday, I spotted no less than four classic troll diaries and two concern trolling ones about, you guessed it, one Joseph Robinette Biden. This diary is about what they are, how to distinguish the two and both from actual diaries from community members who share our goals of winning but with whom we may strongly disagree.
After reading that, I decided to try that method, of clicking on the profile of a commentator who is insisting that Joe should step aside.
Sure enough, I found a commentator who had registered in 2018, but never posted anything until a few days ago.
A total of five comments.
Three of the comments were about something involving California, not about Joe.
Two of the comments were insisting that Joe step aside.
Because of those three comments about California, I suppose that may not have been a troll.
But still not anyone contributing years of thoughtful comments, either.
Well, I am running out of time.
Summarizing:
Who is on my side?
Biden.
Most Democrats.
MSNBC.
Beau of the Fifth Column.
Most thoughtful Daily Kos commentators, but not the trolls.
Hugs!