# Can I be the only person stunned at just how badly President Joe Biden is doing? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 31, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851 "2021-08-31T19:33:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 49
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/975 "2022-08-29T19:02:09Z")
Now _there’s_ an argument against using marijuana if I ever saw one. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/976 "2022-09-02T00:10:53Z")
I see ya Biden, out here trying to divide the Republicans before midterms. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/977 "2022-09-02T00:23:19Z")
Any commentary on Biden’s speech tonight? (Sept 1) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/978 "2022-09-02T00:26:55Z")
No way this was not intentional: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52328256929_a86df2a3c5_z.jpg "20220901\_192552") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52328256929/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52328208928_37a637c713_b.jpg "20220901\_192736") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52328208928/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52328385380_def680b26e_b.jpg "20220901\_192548") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52328385380/) He’s wearing the same colored tie for God’s sake! 😂😂😂 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/979 "2022-09-02T00:46:56Z")
He’s totally leaning into the Dark Brandon message. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/980 "2022-09-02T00:48:07Z")
Watched this on CNN and I was irritated that he kept looking at his left and right teleprompters, but seldom looked at his biggest audience (America watching on TV) in the center. Biden needs a teleprompter right in front of him. This really caught my attention - don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/981 "2022-09-02T00:52:15Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > He’s totally leaning into the Dark Brandon message. Explain? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/982 "2022-09-02T00:56:47Z")
Never mind ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/983 "2022-09-02T01:00:52Z")
Here’s a story with some info on it: > **[The 'Dark Brandon' Meme Has Died From a Terminal Case of Cringe](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/dark-brandon-meme-white-house-staff-cringe-1394273/)** > > The White House's use of the "Dark Brandon" meme is taking attention away from President Biden's biggest legislative accomplishment. > He’s “Dark Brandon,” President Joe Biden’s alpha-male bizarro, and the latest star of the White House’s ham-fisted effort to convince people that the septuagenarian commander-in-chief is actually a Super Cool Badass Dude™. [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/404/210/312.png) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/404/210/312.png) @JohnT also posted a meme pic to compare in the post above mine. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/984 "2022-09-02T01:09:44Z")
I’m not sure who thought portraying Biden as an evil dictator was a good idea. ‘Dark Brandon’ was indeed cringe-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/985 "2022-09-02T01:11:21Z")
If you’re going to call him an evil dictator at every turn, don’t be surprised when he tells you to fuck the fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/986 "2022-09-02T01:14:51Z")
He’s an evil dictator that also happens to be a old demented coot that can no longer tie his own shoes. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/987 "2022-09-02T01:15:42Z")
Dark Brandon is a joke, and it’s a joke on his critics. No one takes it seriously, and that’s the point. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/988 "2022-09-02T01:16:30Z")
Marco Rubio has entered the chat. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/989 "2022-09-02T01:20:02Z")
No more cringe-worthy than dumbshits chanting “Let’s go Brandon”. Actually, far less cringe-worthy. I see plenty of those flags around these parts but haven’t yet seen a “dark Brandon” flag. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/990 "2022-09-02T01:22:38Z")
The ultimate point of the dark Brandon meme is that it originally began with the CCCP (the cartoon above was one of the first CCCP memes). However, the problem was that it made Biden look cool. So it was appropriated by the American democrats, as a response to the idiotic Brandon stuff. And yours truly, had this made and it is hanging in my window facing the street because why the fuck not? It pisses off MAGA losers. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52314097554_54f60d9411_b.jpg "20220827\_001709") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52314097554/) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/991 "2022-09-02T01:30:27Z")
The current yamming point of the MAGA right, those who live in the shadow of lies, is the use of marines in a ‘political’ speech. However, remember when Trump had the RNC at the White House? This is what we were shown as he walked out to give his acceptance speech: > ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/992 "2022-09-02T01:37:45Z")
Jeeze, the right is fighting back with a “dark Trump”. How can the left ever win? [![](https://i.imgur.com/NwapAO2.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/NwapAO2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/993 "2022-09-02T02:22:53Z")
Words of wisdom from Popehat; [https://mobile.twitter.com/Popehat/status/1565498919420801024](https://mobile.twitter.com/Popehat/status/1565498919420801024) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851/994 "2022-09-02T02:27:06Z")
‘Dark Trump’ is even dumber. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-the-only-person-stunned-at-just-how-badly-president-joe-biden-is-doing/949851.md?page=50)