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PREACH, JOE! PREACH!! (Original Post) nolabear Jun 2020 OP
Yes! The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #1
So needed! Nt Ninga Jun 2020 #2
Watching LIVE now (NPR) NurseJackie Jun 2020 #3
He's rolling now! Bantamfancier Jun 2020 #4
He's been nailing it the past few days Amishman Jun 2020 #5
K&R, we need him right now uponit7771 Jun 2020 #6
That's how you address the nation. Bantamfancier Jun 2020 #7
perfect reaction to trump's shameless display mnmoderatedem Jun 2020 #8
Amen! gademocrat7 Jun 2020 #9
mmhmm K&R Shiv Jun 2020 #10
I'm having the cry I've held back for years. nolabear Jun 2020 #11
Me, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #14
THIS.... is a President. Zoonart Jun 2020 #12
a facebook link to the livestream, for those who need one: fishwax Jun 2020 #13
Even fox is showing it lamp_shade Jun 2020 #15
Whoa. That's something! Mike 03 Jun 2020 #17
Yeah but immediately went to Cornyn saying he was using crisis for political gain. nolabear Jun 2020 #21
+1, Cornyn looked scared to me, it look like he knew the gig was up. uponit7771 Jun 2020 #24
+1, showed all of it and then turned to Cornyn who whined about Biden being back on campaign uponit7771 Jun 2020 #22
Staggering. Mike 03 Jun 2020 #16
he's doing a great job -- such a contrast to the current lack of leadership (political and moral) fishwax Jun 2020 #18
And then as he's walking off the stage, Bantamfancier Jun 2020 #19
that was as beautiful as it was amazing Shiv Jun 2020 #20
Fantastic job Joe... orwell Jun 2020 #23
He lost me on the open and read the Bible line JonLP24 Jun 2020 #25
I'm sad for you. lamp_shade Jun 2020 #26
Why because I'm not a Christian? JonLP24 Jun 2020 #28
I'm an atheist too. But I'm a realist. nolabear Jun 2020 #29
I'm not wishing or raging away anything JonLP24 Jun 2020 #31
I can't wait for him to be sworn in!!! FM123 Jun 2020 #27
Talk about inauguration crowds! nolabear Jun 2020 #30
Joe should go to Minneapolis. nsd Jun 2020 #32
Yep, great speech and stage. Easy to imagine him as Prez. Can't wait. Hoyt Jun 2020 #33

Bantamfancier

(366 posts)
7. That's how you address the nation.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:22 AM
Jun 2020

Take all the notes you can Rump.
You’re not fit to stand in Joe’s shadow.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
21. Yeah but immediately went to Cornyn saying he was using crisis for political gain.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:35 AM
Jun 2020

They smell defeat and we have to keep pushing as hard as we can.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
25. He lost me on the open and read the Bible line
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:39 AM
Jun 2020

My grandparents & uncle/aunt were conservative evangelical Christians and I'm so glad I'm not in the world anymore. I don't believe you need to read the Bible to be a moral person.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
28. Why because I'm not a Christian?
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 10:46 AM
Jun 2020

The hypocrisy from Christian Conservative evangelicals is a big part of why I'm an atheist.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
29. I'm an atheist too. But I'm a realist.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:15 AM
Jun 2020

You can’t wish or rage away something that speaks to people. Just because I doN’t believe doesn’t mean I don’t understand the need of many, many people to understand things through metaphors (yes, literal to them but the concepts are vast) and to feel hope and wonder through the writings of people who talked about important things.

That’s why it’s so easy to pervert for those who use it for personal power. But it’s a fact, and using it for good is inclusive in the way we ask for inclusion for so many other beliefs.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
31. I'm not wishing or raging away anything
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:21 AM
Jun 2020

I don't have a problem with Christians, Muslims, any religion except for the far right sects. I still don't think telling Trump to read a bible is going to help anything. Trump identifies as a Christian and that is exactly why Im not a Christian. Plus it is like Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy to me.

nsd

(2,406 posts)
32. Joe should go to Minneapolis.
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:24 AM
Jun 2020

(Caveat: as long as it's safe for him to do so.)

Meet with George Floyd's family, talk to the mayor and civic leaders, talk to protesters. Right now we don't have a president, and so he should simply assume the role.

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