Peter Doocy mishandled Biden's phone call
American Thinker,
by
Andrea Widburg
Original Article
Posted By: Magnante,
1/26/2022 9:19:41 AM
The big news on Monday night was that Joe Biden, in response to a perfectly appropriate question from Fox News White House correspondent Steve Doocy, not only refused to answer, but openly and into the mic called Doocy a "stupid son of a b‑‑‑‑." Biden then called Doocy, ostensibly to apologize. In fact, he didn't apologize at all, but Doocy seemed happy to be the nice guy who accepted a private non-apology in exchange for a public insult. (snip) What he should have said was, "Mr. Biden, you very publicly and crudely insulted me. I expect an equally public, explicit apology."
Reply 1 - Posted by:
jody4gwb 1/26/2022 9:27:47 AM (No. 1051252)
Get over it, Karen, I mean Andrea.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
red1066 1/26/2022 9:29:14 AM (No. 1051254)
I think Doocy handled it the right way. He didn't take it seriously and played it off as it comes with the job. He didn't make it personal or all about him which so many of the socialist so-called journalists have done when Trump made a comment concerning their questions. As a result, it made the focus of the comment all about Biteme.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rama41 1/26/2022 9:33:45 AM (No. 1051259)
Nonsense, Andrea.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 1/26/2022 9:38:27 AM (No. 1051264)
She's absolutely correct.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
spacer 1/26/2022 9:43:26 AM (No. 1051272)
I've had personal insults in private and very public places. Never made much ado about them. My thinking is this twerp of a man biden insulted Peters mother. I would not stand by and let that pass. I agree with Miss Widburg
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The apology culture is a creation of the left who use it for emotional blackmail. We don't need nor want it.
However, Doocy could have responded 'If it isn't personal then why are you cursing me individually?' to hear Biden's remaining wires melt down.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
felixcat 1/26/2022 9:52:02 AM (No. 1051289)
I can appreciate that Peter didn't want to make too much of it so as not to lose access to the White House press briefings but on the other hand. The, well one of the problems with Joe Biden, is that for DECADES he has gotten away with lies (the truck driver did NOT kill his wife and daughter, etc), insults, cheap shots, etc., because no one ever called him out on it. It was and still is - that ol Joe - another gaffe. Give me a break.
Not to sound like a broken record, but we all know how Trump was slammed for every imagined slight by the super sensitive press 24/7. Turnabout is fair play.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
SweetSweetback 1/26/2022 9:55:47 AM (No. 1051296)
Doocy didn't cry like the effeminate Jim Acosta, who publicly used caterwauling to a regular response.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Speedy2 1/26/2022 9:56:12 AM (No. 1051298)
Lou Dobbs podcast: The Great America Show
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/26/2022 9:56:50 AM (No. 1051299)
Our side is always too nice to snakes. I'm with Andrea on this one. We're dealing with folks who hate US and hate our country and her Constitution.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LesUNo 1/26/2022 9:59:56 AM (No. 1051302)
Doocy came off looking like the ADULT in this childish exchange.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
msjena 1/26/2022 10:03:48 AM (No. 1051308)
An apology on demand is not a real apology. Biden is the one who showed lack of remorse for his rude and crude behavior.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
TexaTucky 1/26/2022 10:08:04 AM (No. 1051311)
Doocy is mature enough to know you don't have to be a putz to own a putz.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Laotzu 1/26/2022 10:08:20 AM (No. 1051313)
It wasn't an apology, it was a PR move. And normal Americans need to learn to fight the left when they get tastelessly abused by demented Democrats. Turning the other cheek is for religion, not street fights. And the Democrats have turned turned politics in the longest street fight in history. Proper responses would have been to simply terminate the call with a hang up or respond factually: "It's okay, my grandpa acts like that too when he's tired." "It's okay, I understand how frustrating it must be when asked a question." "It's okay, I understand your first instincts are to crush dissent and silence Americans."
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 1/26/2022 10:13:10 AM (No. 1051323)
At first, I thought Peter Doocy was too nice. On reflection, he was smart to take the high road, as he looks gracious compared to the short tempered narcissist Biden, whose agenda is in feeble free fall. Harpy Kelly O’Donnell sided with Biden, said Doocy’s question was off topic. She must have consulted with Psaki on that irrational, bold face lie.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/26/2022 10:15:47 AM (No. 1051328)
Well the White House politburo obviously had a pretty good idea how Doocy, as a wimpy Republican media minion, would publicly comment on the phone call, well before that politburo instructed Biden how to give his non-apology to Doocy by telephone. With that said, how long will it be before Biden publicly insults another member of the wimpy Republican aligned media?
You have to ask if Biden’s brain even realized that he was sitting before electronic devices that had to capability to pick up every word or whisper that he uttered? Maybe he could care less, as there is certainly one thing that Biden learned during his long corrupt liberal Democrat DC political career that it is a lot more likely then not that wimpy Republican politicians, operatives, and minions will simply wimp out.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Italiano 1/26/2022 10:17:27 AM (No. 1051330)
I would have called Biden a corrupt, demented POS, with a worthless slug for a son, which he is, but I don't have Doocy's job.
"We're better than that" is tiresome and has gotten us nowhere but stepped on, but sometimes it's probably appropriate. Like here.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/26/2022 10:27:10 AM (No. 1051343)
I am disappointed in Andrea Widburg. Peter Doocy is out in the front lines every day while she sits at home or in her office, pecking on her laptop. Widburg just dropped quite a few notches in my estimation. I am amazed that Tom Lifson published this absurd rant.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/26/2022 10:30:14 AM (No. 1051349)
Peter Doocy is not a “wimpy Republican media minion”.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/26/2022 10:36:40 AM (No. 1051356)
Monica Crowley more than nailed Biden here:
https://nypost.com/2022/01/25/joe-bidens-kindly-uncle-routine-has-always-been-a-facade-hes-dangerous/
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Kate318 1/26/2022 10:39:44 AM (No. 1051360)
As far as I’m concerned, those who advise us to “be the bigger person,” and “just walk away,” not only missed the larger point the article was trying to make about the right, but are the very ones who need to “get over it.” The left has gone to war with us, whether we like it or not. You better learn to fight that war better than they do.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 1/26/2022 10:39:57 AM (No. 1051361)
Look, how many waves do you expect Doocy to make -- he's got to live there.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Daisymay 1/26/2022 10:49:39 AM (No. 1051375)
If I were Peter's mother, I would be very proud of him. He took the High Road and left Biden looking like the Snarkey Nasty Puffed up wannabe Tough guy! Peter kind of smiled when it happened because he knew the mike was on and the world would see for themselves what Biden really is. Meanwhile, Peter is a Class Act. He accepted the call and KNEW it was not an apology, but he let it slide. If he had gone after a "real apology" then HE would been played as the Young Upstart who was not willing to accept the Poor Old Man's attempt to say sorry. No, I back Peter all the way on this one! He handled it perfectly!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Grateful 1/26/2022 10:52:43 AM (No. 1051378)
I have been called worse things by better people. Let's Go Brandon!
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
mc squared 1/26/2022 11:07:49 AM (No. 1051389)
Lay off Andrea - she's one of us. She just has a different opinion than some. She would have responded as I would have but I'm not a national WH reporter. Doocy did look like the adult here.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
upstater 1/26/2022 12:09:08 PM (No. 1051465)
Doocy should have let the answering machine pick it up. “Your call is important to us, please leave your name and number.”
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 1/26/2022 12:59:19 PM (No. 1051538)
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. I laugh at any who calls me a racist, white supremacist, or other intended insults.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/26/2022 1:20:34 PM (No. 1051561)
Doocy should have said to TaliBiden what Cheney said to Leahy.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Pammie 1/26/2022 2:56:38 PM (No. 1051657)
We, the American people, are tired of being nice! Why don't we just knock their block off and punch them in the chops? GEEZE!
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
rochow 1/26/2022 8:36:14 PM (No. 1051953)
You can take Brandon from the gutter, but you cannot take the gutter out of Brandon! Andrea, Doocy is way ahead of you and handled it well!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
EQKimball 1/26/2022 10:28:41 PM (No. 1052012)
True story. After Biden and Kennedy viciously destroyed Robert Bork in his Senate confirmation hearing, a smiling Joe Biden said to Bork, “Nothing personal, pal.” A Mafia don would have smiled and said the same.
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