I’ve never been to one anything like Joe Biden’s economic address in the Philadelphia suburbs today.
There was no soundtrack of carefully selected, inoffensive pop music blasting in the background. No reporters fighting over power outlets and positioning. No rope line for the candidate to walk, shaking hands and snapping selfies.
Oh, and hardly any voters.
About 20 handpicked local officials, small-business owners and reporters sat in folding chairs, each placed within a large white circle taped on the floor of a recreation center to maintain — or at least encourage — social distancing. A few attendees whispered to each other as photographers quietly chatted. You could hear the clack of typing echoing across the room. The silence was striking.
Nearly everyone wore masks. Before entering, a Biden campaign worker took our temperatures and asked if we had shown any symptoms of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
“We are going to get started in just a minute,” a staff member announced. “Today’s event has been set up to adhere to social distancing guidelines.”
Then, Mr. Biden appeared. He arrived with such little fanfare that I didn’t even notice him enter the room. There was no introduction by an organizer to pump up a crowd that wasn’t there, as is typical with campaign events. He just stood behind a lectern, pasted with the placard “Reopen Right: Safer and Stronger,” and began reading a speech off the teleprompters, assailing President Trump.
Maybe he should run against Lori Lightfoot. He’s just as fk’d up as she but at least people can see him.
StargazerJune 19, 2020, 3:40 PM
That’s funny. Maybe Lori Lightfoot can be his VP candidate. Both idiots.
Mitch StrandJune 19, 2020, 5:03 PM
That confused old man sitting in an alley behind a restaurant literally thinks he’s going to be the next President of the United States. He’s having a small, socially-distanced “rally” because if he gets covid-19, he doesn’t have a great shot.
And this is the guy who’s going to project America’s health and vitality around the world. Doesn’t anyone at the Times have the balls to say how pathetic this looks?
madtntaxpayerJune 19, 2020, 7:44 PM
Biden should show up in Tulsa tomorrow night and experience a real rally.
Snakepit KansasJune 20, 2020, 5:52 AM
Sock puppet.
SkorpionJune 20, 2020, 3:10 PM
What Snakepit said. A Biden administration would be run Bush-Jr. style via the VP and key Cabinet members.
Whatever Trump’s deficiencies, the man call still draw huge crowds and generate excitement, which is what elects a President.
CCJune 22, 2020, 11:22 AM
Like it or not, everyone knows who’s going to win, so why waste your time?
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
APT 379
Chico, Ca 95926
Green Pants Interior by Klahn
Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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Maybe he should run against Lori Lightfoot. He’s just as fk’d up as she but at least people can see him.
That’s funny. Maybe Lori Lightfoot can be his VP candidate. Both idiots.
That confused old man sitting in an alley behind a restaurant literally thinks he’s going to be the next President of the United States. He’s having a small, socially-distanced “rally” because if he gets covid-19, he doesn’t have a great shot.
And this is the guy who’s going to project America’s health and vitality around the world. Doesn’t anyone at the Times have the balls to say how pathetic this looks?
Biden should show up in Tulsa tomorrow night and experience a real rally.
Sock puppet.
What Snakepit said. A Biden administration would be run Bush-Jr. style via the VP and key Cabinet members.
Whatever Trump’s deficiencies, the man call still draw huge crowds and generate excitement, which is what elects a President.
Like it or not, everyone knows who’s going to win, so why waste your time?