I do reserve the right to use it if appropriate.

in the name of a campaign tour wouldn't work.

are that THEIR preferred candidate will prevail over Biden

It is actually laughable that some resort to this as a way to disparage Biden.

It really indicates desperation in my view, and also no sense of humor

It is really quite sad, and pathetic that the media wants to propagate this as an issue

is on who can win. Biden is the best candidate that can win enough states to beat trump. If he picks a strong progressive Dem woman as VP, they will be a formidable ticket.

At some point, candidates x, y, and z will lose to candidate w. It doesn't matter who is who.

Along the way, and especially towards the convention, the bots will start making the case that candidates x/y/z were robbed because of something. Each camp will receive its own targeted content by users right here who seem real.

Some will tear off and form their own suddenly available website to have their own discussions. They will further distance themselves from candidate w and the dnc and eventually vote either for a third party or trump himself. They will work to take other demographics with them.

The candidate will play along, not wanting to alienate their core supporters and wanting revenge for the perceived stolen nomination.

See, they will say, only our candidate could have won. We will show you next cycle....

It is painfully obvious and it will work all over again.

And it will be sad. Unless we are better than that as a group and as individuals.

sorry.. it just does.

And, they have no clue how Joe Biden used it successfully all the way back in 2012 when he busted Paul Ryan with "Malarkey!"..

Here's the link to the debate in 2012..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287363939#post9

As far as "media".. think "tan suit" and you have their ******* mind set.

Is the Trump-publican style of government.

Down with Malarchy!

I never heard a definition of them, but it was clear what they meant.

The fiasco that is the tRump administration is upheld with a load of malarkey.

It's neither vulgar nor aggressive, and can be a well-mannered way of responding to BS from others.

Here in the deep south, where people know who's probably going to hell by the language they use (with one current exception), most people up and down the socioeconomic spectrum and across the races express themselves with this relative refinement. Those who don't, well, bless their hearts.

to quote Rosanne's short lived come back, people might take "no BS" the wrong way

...and kids can say it!

Ireland. You'd be more likely to hear Bollix

ever used. Talk is a little tougher there. But malarkey, though young folks might not recognize it, is an Americanism at this point. Vintage, yeah. But you do not have to have been born into an Irish-American home to have heard it.

It’s Biden-style. Let Biden be Biden, I say. It’s his bus. I am pretty sure “Merry Pranksters” was not
a completely original or contemporary label for psychedelic nomads, but it was their bus and you were either on the bus or off of it.

He used it in one of the debates, 2008 or 2012, and people were googling it ... it was a Joe-ism.

I remember because I didn’t realize I was so old. I knew what it was and younger people didn’t. It’s also a very Irish American expression ... it’s a non-vulgar way of calling BS.

... nonsense. I guess it's changed to BS over time. I think it's an old term and wouldn't have used it, if I were Joe. I suppose he can turn it around and make it seem more modern and maybe even trendy with a successful tour. A word like "cool" stays cool with use by new generations. That's groovy!

.... that is for any voter who still has a working brain and isn't suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

We have to get the youth of America excited for Joe Biden... by appealing to the social sensibilities of senior citizens.

Paul Ryan in the way back machine to 2012.. Winning is never out of date.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287363939#post9

Paul Ryan in the way back machine of 2012..

Winning is never out of date..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287363939#post9

.... I heard a lot of "malarkey" to describe what she clearly didn't like.

of trying to paint Biden as out of touch and senile, even though Trump himself is completely bonkers.



I wouldn't be surprised if the slimeball RW lurkers here start a thread asking what "bonkers" means as well.

Go Joe Go!

Honestly, haven't heard it since, and I'm an Xer.

I would go for something with the word truth in it.

50's and 60's campaign. I think Millennials will laugh at this slogan with "WTF does that mean."

I think the backhanded slaps at millennials, like you have done here, are hilarious. You must have a very low opinion of them.

in the late 40's ...he was the youngest...and she used the word quite often...my Irish American Dad did too...and as kids we were not allowed to call each other 'liars'...so we used the word Malarkey and also story teller instead...it was better than eating dish soap. I think that those who go on and on about this really seem petty.

Or you could just call it the FU tour. Either way.

I like malarkey as a word. Trump won't understand it. He certainly won't be able to spell it. And it annoys the trendies.

And yes there are some really inventive euphemisms for 'cuss words' in the South. I grew up with them.
If you used them with the right level of vehemence, everybody knew what you really meant! I know I would duck and cover if my dad came out with "dadt-blame-it" !

I always liked my Old Testament professor's invectives: balderdash, claptrap, gutter rubbish, hog wash and poppycock. He could string those out in class when discussing biblical literalism and other things he thought were ridiculous.

That!