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Biden call into Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade turns into cringe TV moment
New York Post ^ | November 24, 2022 | Caitlin Doornbos and Social Links for Caitlin Doornbos VIEW AUTHOR ARCHIVE GET AUTHOR RSS FEED Isab

Posted on 11/24/2022 10:37:24 PM PST by nickcarraway

President Biden thanked first responders with an awkward phone call into the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday that provided some cringeworthy TV for viewers of the annual parade.

From the Massachusetts island home of private-equity billionaire David Rubenstein, the president and first lady Jill Biden engaged in a call that started with a lengthy and uncomfortable silence as NBC’s Dylan Dryer, on scene at the parade, seemed unable to hear the pair for about 30 seconds.

“I’m not one to take a phone call during TV, but I think I should answer this one,” Dreyer said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenvoters; billionaires; caitlindoornbos; cnbc; davidrubenstein; dylandryer; jillbiden; macys; massachusetts; msnbc; nbc; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; nobrainscollectively; thanksgiving
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1 posted on 11/24/2022 10:37:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

They muted his initial response: “Operator? Operator?”


2 posted on 11/25/2022 12:38:58 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: Rennes Templar

The entire production was cringe worthy. As someone else noted on another thread it was just a three hour info commercial for NBC and “diversity” with small breaks for snip-its of the parade.


3 posted on 11/25/2022 2:57:23 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: nickcarraway

Did he wish everyone a happy 4th of july?


4 posted on 11/25/2022 3:02:03 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: ronnie raygun

Kwanzza........or how ever the hell you spell it


5 posted on 11/25/2022 3:27:03 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: nickcarraway

“From the Massachusetts island home of private-equity billionaire David Rubenstein”

I guess that would be a whole nother thread right there


6 posted on 11/25/2022 3:30:29 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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I'm surprised he didn't start reciting that well known ditty “There was a young girl from Nantucket...”
7 posted on 11/25/2022 3:38:51 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (I Miss Jimmy Carter)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

NBC is merely a propaganda operation against the American people.


8 posted on 11/25/2022 5:28:20 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Remember August 8!)
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To: nickcarraway

It’s just another sign of the times. Everything in this country is broken….even the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade

The cultural rot is complete.


9 posted on 11/25/2022 5:28:52 AM PST by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel & a deplorable. )
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To: surroundedbyblue
The cultural rot is complete.

I believe it can and will get worse.

10 posted on 11/25/2022 5:43:47 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: nickcarraway

The Establishmediots are doing everything they can to hold Humpty Dumpty up.


11 posted on 11/25/2022 5:52:02 AM PST by bray (The Republic of Texas is available on Barnes and Noble )
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Biden spied an ice cream truck and walked away from Jill, who was handing out pies to the firemen...


12 posted on 11/25/2022 6:01:09 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Gun laws empower criminals. Guns empower the people.)
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To: nickcarraway

Are people still watching goofy parades on Thanksgiving morning. They had those on when I was a kid and I couldn’t think of a more boring way to spend Thanksgiving morning.


13 posted on 11/25/2022 6:04:37 AM PST by SamAdams76 (4,639,246 | Truth Social | 87,707,812 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
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To: surroundedbyblue

How much time did they devote to the Queer Marching Band?

They reminded me of the question about playing in a band, “Are you a beater or a blower?”


14 posted on 11/25/2022 6:14:04 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

If you want to watch the parade WITHOUT the talking heads...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHTK_5vqvB8&list=PLkimMEM61dM1lHWPF8wiOyoQy_P8tyth4

This is a streaming video that just stays on the parade with all the ambient noise you would expect. Quality is not great but you get the parade without commentary.


15 posted on 11/25/2022 6:37:40 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: SamAdams76

I’ve never understood the appeal of parades in general. I hated watching them as a kid. The TV announcers would try to liven it up for the viewers but usually you could tell they were faking their enthusiasm. I can deal with the military ones but the Thanksgiving and Tournament Of Roses parades are just too damn boring. The only occasional exciting thing that happens is when a stupid cartoon character float drifts out of control and starts a panic with spectators watching the parade.


16 posted on 11/25/2022 6:41:29 AM PST by princeofdarkness (HONEST officials should never oppose an election audit. If they do, then they are NOT HONEST.)
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When I was stationed on Camp Pendleton in the early 1980s, there was a southern California rock station that did a parody of the parade. They simulcasted with the TV presentation and had a couple of DJ announcers doing a riff on the whole thing, very much like what the Mystery Science Theatre people would do with bad movies a few years later.

The part of the broadcast I caught was pretty darn funny.

17 posted on 11/25/2022 6:50:25 AM PST by SamAdams76 (4,639,246 | Truth Social | 87,707,812 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
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To: nickcarraway

What are these idiots in the WH thinking? They know Joe is clearly unfit for office. He needs to disappear.


18 posted on 11/25/2022 8:51:04 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: SamAdams76

I watched Macys Parade. It getting more idiotic every year. The singers are out of sync with the music, dancers are overweight, and the hosts are as stupid as can be.


19 posted on 11/25/2022 8:53:42 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: nickcarraway

What about Hunter’s stripper kid? He doesn’t get to go to the firehouse. At least he’s not getting diddled by the brain dead pedo grandad.


20 posted on 11/25/2022 9:39:25 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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