Posted on 08/12/2019 9:03:44 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Former Vice President Joe Biden is not a "master debater," especially when faced with talents such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), according to Washington Post congressional reporter Karoun Demirjian.
Demirjian noted during a panel on CNN's Inside Politics that Warren's rise in the polls over the past few months have likely been a reflection of her performances at the two Democratic primary debates. That success, Demirjian said, is shifting public opinion away from Biden and toward Warren.
"She's gotten a rise out of that whereas Biden is not the master debater people were hoping him to be," Demirjian said. "I think people were picturing him on a stage against Trump."
Although still the Democratic front runner, Biden's campaign has not inspired confidence in many Democrats after a lackluster performance at the first debate, following an attack from Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) on his civil rights record.
"Certainly after the first debate where he looked shaky under that assault from Kamala Harris," MSNBC senior politics editor Beth Fouhy said after the second debate. "But even after this next one where he did look better prepared than the first debate, but he was halting, he seemed to forget words in the middle of his sentences."
Biden has also faced increased scrutiny after committing a series of gaffes this weekend at the Iowa State Fair. In the one instance, Biden referred to former British prime minister Teresa May as Margaret Thatcher, who has not filled the office since 1990. In another, Biden told a room full of Hispanics and Asians that "poor kids are just as bright, just as talented, as white kids."
Biden also claimed that he was vice president during the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida. The shooting occurred in 2018. Biden may have been referring to a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newton, Connecticut, which occurred in 2012.
Hes nothing but a masterdebator.
But is he a Master—bater?
I know where this is going.
I can't get enough of this gif...so many layers...
That guy knows how to shoot.
Even without a gun.
Not a master debater among the verbal masturbators.
At my high school, a gazillion years ago, the debate club put together an intramural sports team named, yes, The Master Debaters. The name lasted a game or two until the school administration noticed and made ‘em change it.
This is getting too complicated for me.
Indeed...because when I shoot my shotgun, it moves up and down, not backwards.
Slow Joe beat Cryin’ Ryan in the veep debate.
Ryan was instructed to act like a human punching bag
while Biden acted like a loud drunk in a bar.
“Master” what?
He’s a “master” something LOL!, fits right in with the media.
(Can’t find a good Idiocracy image for this.)
Hopefully they received approval for the new team name, The Cunning Linguists.
Ryan was Romney’s first big decision. It was all over at that point.
Our class had The Nads. Nothing more inspirational than a crowd chanting “ Go Nads!! Go Nads!!” One half-time, a guy ran onto the court wearing only a pink pillow case, with black yarns attached.
Ok, he’s not a master debater. He’s still a jagof# though.
Wait! They say he got his clock cleaned by Fauxcahontas?!
if only he had practiced more with Baracks Big Stick, he might have been a master debater.
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