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NBC Analysis: Biden flexed his dexterity at the State of the Union
NBC News / Disney ^ | February 8, 2023 | By Jonathan Allen (D-NBC)

Posted on 02/08/2023 7:35:43 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Republicans are quick to suggest that President Joe Biden has lost a step — but he proved nimble enough Tuesday night to box them in on Social Security and Medicare. And he did it, in part, by going off script.

Nearly halfway through his State of the Union address, Biden said that "some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset every five years" and that others would like to use the possibility of defaulting on federal debt as leverage to cut those programs.

Republicans jeered. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a newly empowered voice in her party, yelled, "Liar!"

At first, Biden offered to provide documentation. Then, he simply accepted the response as on-the-spot agreement from the GOP to keep the programs intact.

"As we all apparently agree," he said, departing from his prepared remarks and grinning like a cat with a canary feather stuck in his teeth, "Social Security and Medicare is off the books now."

There's a duality to what sounded like a snap policy victory for Biden: To whatever extent he protected the entitlement programs, he also made it harder to campaign on the idea that Republicans are bent on destroying them. But perhaps more important, as he gears up to run for re-election, Biden demonstrated the mental dexterity that critics — and, in private moments, even some allies — say he lacks.

For Democrats, there was a certain pleasure in seeing Biden dance around the ring.

"Did @potus just bait-and-switch the GOP into agreeing to protect Medicare and Social Security on live national TV?!" former Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Va., wrote on Twitter.

That's exactly what he did.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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No fan whatsoever of the corporate media. They are all corrupt.


21 posted on 02/08/2023 7:47:54 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: packagingguy

That rates a double facepalm!


22 posted on 02/08/2023 7:48:11 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

ridiculous spin


23 posted on 02/08/2023 7:50:08 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

[[he said, departing from his prepared remarks and grinning like a cat]]

The left have obviously hired a script writer and given copies of the script to all the feckless msm who are now emphasizing bidens confused grin by claiming it as a “shrewd grin”- and it is very likely so eone whispered in his ear through his earpiece what to say.

But the ignorant msm narrative is going to be that biden “trapped” and “outwhitted” and “outfoxed” - they are essentially tryingmto salvage his embarrassing moment by attempting to put lipstick on a pig as the saying g goes.

The cartoon in post number 8 perfectly sums up,what is going on. It’s amazing that the left have been able to prop him up for as long as they have while the rest of the world laughs at us.


24 posted on 02/08/2023 7:50:40 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He flexed his ability to lie.


25 posted on 02/08/2023 7:54:01 AM PST by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This was all planned. It was absolutely stated that Medicare and SS were off the table. So what does Brandon do? Bring it up in the speech and then the left says, look how Brandon made the right take Medicare and SS off the table.

The leftist base is eating it up on twitter.


26 posted on 02/08/2023 7:54:35 AM PST by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“proved nimble enough”
“grinning like a cat with a canary feather stuck in his teeth”
“demonstrated the mental dexterity”
“dance around the ring”

Oh, brother.


27 posted on 02/08/2023 7:57:19 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

While only Rs are mature enough to admit entitlement spending will soon be bankrupt and eventually something must be done before everyone suffers, no one has proposed concrete proposals to cut SS & Medicare/aid. Maybe Joe can send me a copy.

Now, Ds have lost their biggest campaign arrow; Rs want you to die.

SS / Medicare finances improve dramatically after boomers pass to higher ground. Which brings to mind COVID deaths— too radical for my taste— but not for the party of fewer earthly inhabitants; the Party of Death—from conception to burial.


28 posted on 02/08/2023 8:01:59 AM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

LOL


29 posted on 02/08/2023 8:04:40 AM PST by MAGA2017
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To: chiller

SS is called “The Third Rail” of politics for a reason.


30 posted on 02/08/2023 8:06:02 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden’s a lowlife liar... only the stupid and insane believe him.


31 posted on 02/08/2023 8:15:44 AM PST by GOPJ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dexerity....yeah, that’s the ticket.


32 posted on 02/08/2023 8:15:56 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Forget "Global Warming", new grants are for "Galaxy Dimming")
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To: GOPJ
"Biden’s a lowlife liar... only the stupid, paid agents of propaganda, and insane believe him."

There. Fixed that.

33 posted on 02/08/2023 8:17:43 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Forget "Global Warming", new grants are for "Galaxy Dimming")
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To: blackdog

Thanks... Better - works for me.


34 posted on 02/08/2023 8:21:01 AM PST by GOPJ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
…Flexed His Dexterity…

at 80, he could be in traction for weeks

35 posted on 02/08/2023 8:22:50 AM PST by goo goo g'joob
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
For Democrats, there was a certain pleasure in seeing Biden dance around the ring.

That's not dancing. That's a juicy turd that escaped his Depends and is rolling down his pants leg as he tries to shake it out.

36 posted on 02/08/2023 8:24:03 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Only thing he flexed were the tabs on his depends.


37 posted on 02/08/2023 8:32:36 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: House Atreides

Did he mention any of the other myriads of products made from petroleum?


38 posted on 02/08/2023 8:33:49 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh the Former Dem Water Gun buddy of Xiden during the Kenyan term with his a DNC smear merchant wife .
Irrelevant sociopath DC leftist.


39 posted on 02/08/2023 8:38:26 AM PST by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: dforest

Well played sir!


40 posted on 02/08/2023 8:46:26 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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