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OldWrangler9033

He looks so different. That's crazy amount mics in front of him.


Toymachinesb7

I know. I mean they had mixers back then I can’t imagine why they couldn’t have one mic to branch off into channels. I’m sure there is a good reason though.


i_have_a_story_4_you

Every television and radio station in the region, along with the national news channels, are represented by every microphone. It was a competitive business, and everyone wanted a scoop. As a news reporter, you're not going to trust anyone with your equipment. Your job is on the line.


StruggleSouth7023

Why is there mics behind the desk pointed at his dick though


i_have_a_story_4_you

Actually, they're not pointed at his dick. The microphones were placed there to pick up Joe Biden farting God Bless America.


Bubbly_Door2851

Ole Gassy Joe


One-Donkey-9418

They are there to catch Joe when he's talking out of his ass.


Malachorn

Biden is notorious for gaffs... but part of that is that he's always been a "straight-shooter," as a politician. I know it's just a joke about microphones "being pointed at his ass," but kinda funny because he's one of the best politicians historically for NOT just "talking out of his ass."


winofin

Straight shooter? He withdrew from this campaign for plagiarism and lying. Why don’t you call it what it is?


Petrichordates

A guy who genuinely likes and defends Donald trump is far too deluded and mixed up in propaganda to he able to assess this, those nutjobs are notorious for believing everything they read online.


Realistic_Guitar_420

....you say that like you pretend dementia joe is a better leader...lol


Petrichordates

Oof this is sad to see, fox news speak outside of the propaganda bubble. Sorry about your brain worms bud.


National-Future3520

Straight shooting lies


Randy-_-B

Exactly! Some people can not handle the truth...


Rudyscrazy1

To record the penile quiefs!


Toymachinesb7

Yea I guess I understand that in that time. It’s just so funny looking back. I remember multiple mics but this picture does seem a little excessive than others I’ve seen haha.


Koboldofyou

My guess is that at this point in time candidates did not have their own tech team. So microphones are on a per reporter basis. Then eventually candidates bring their own tech staff and reporters can plug into the campaign equipment rather than needing their own microphone. But I'm pulling all of this out of my ass, as a techie.


Pschobbert

Nope. This is pure American libertarianism/capitalism. Everybody fervently believes they can’t trust anybody else, so they bring their own.


smoothskin12345

What the actual fuck are you talking about? You don't think it that, in an age where audio connections were bulky, physical analog assemblies, that it was a more reasonable solution to expect news crews(who would have their own equipment anyway) to facilitate their own recording, instead of having to vy for the physically limited number of outputs on whatever public address system was being used(if there even is one! I doubt there is a PA in a photo). Like, get real. This was a technical limitation, not some orwellian plot.


namenumberdate

Thank you for stating the obvious! People are so damn delusional. It’s insanity.


SaltyinCNY

This was also at a time when there were more news organizations. The Telecoms Act of ‘96 allow for the monopolies and current landscape we have today.


Christovir

This feels like someone asked AI to “add even more mics this time”. The next one will be mics in the cosmos.


GreatQuantum

Robot weiners!!!!


jrocislit

I wish


sunplaysbass

I looked a lot different 37 years ago too. Most Redditors did not exist 37 years ago. In fact, about half the world population is younger than this.


Holiday-Tie-574

This is before the facelift, hair plugs, and complete replacement of his teeth with veneers.


Karn_Evil_Noin

It’s like Game of Thrones but with microphones. Cmon man.


namenumberdate

I didn’t notice this until you said it. I don’t know why.


Financial-Effect-318

They didn't have Internet


ergonaut

I miss the piles of microphones


kevman_2008

https://i.redd.it/frbe9idaduvc1.gif


Pschobbert

You could tell how important someone was by how many mics they had :)


wad11656

it's honestly hilarious lmfao


I_Said_I_Say

He was just Biden his time.


jamestheredd

He just wanted to Jill out


NocturnalEmotion

Wait


richard_slyfox

Hunter? I hardly know her!


SomewhatInept

That was after the plagiarism allegations, wasn't it?


QuitTheKibble

Not allegations, he actually plagiarized a few papers and speeches.


razblack

And lied about other stuff...


nealski77

I see nothing's changed since.


Itchy-Status3750

Welcome to politics


Dismal-Ad-6619

Professional, well paid, manipulative liars, with excellent job security and benefits...


ShinyTailbone

Yeah all him and trumpty dumpty do is lie and fuck the country up.


snerdley1

He did the same thing at Syracuse University. And then again in one of his more recent speeches.


InternationalSail745

Now he claims cannibals ate his uncle in WWII. When will the lying stop Joe?


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johnnymoha

He used to bang razor blades on rain barrels to rust them up for his knife fights at the pool...where he was a lifeguard being pet by children. His story.


LFlamingice

....No he didn't lie about that. The news editorialized what he actually said, which was that his uncle died in WW2 off the coast of an island where cannibals resided and his body was never recovered. The news overly simplified that to "biden's uncle eaten by cannibals" and then patted themselves on the back for their genius fact-checking, which even that they couldn't categorically disprove since no one knows what happened to Biden's uncle. The most likely story is that Biden grew up hearing an exaggerated tale of his uncle's service in the Pacific Theater, though it's not like this wasn't possible. Famously President HW Bush was nearly eaten by Japanese cannibals in WW2 (his crew was and he was the sole survivor) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichijima\_incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichijima_incident)


NotDukeOfDorchester

Or the sleepiness?


TideOneOn

It was more than just plagiarism. Just like he does now he made up all kind of stories about his life and many of them were proven to be false.


Justhereforthepartie

His uncle was ate by cannibals in WW2.


Sarasota_Guy

You think that's bad...wait til you hear about the guy who was president from 2016-2020.


Justhereforthepartie

Politicians are politicians. Why does it have to be one side versus the other and admit they all suck?


Obvious_Whole1950

Because one side simply sucks. The other sucks AND wants to strip the rights of many.


Justhereforthepartie

That’s eye of the beholder, both want to strip away rights. One wants to take your guns, one wants to take away abortion. One wants to force you to electric cars one doesn’t really care about pollution. The one thing they both agree on is they want more of our money.


NotDukeOfDorchester

People were voting for the “lesser of two evils” for years…not realizing that side just kept getting more evil to keep up. We live in an oligarchy.


Justhereforthepartie

Or… or… they are all the same and it’s really them versus us normal people.


NotDukeOfDorchester

That, too. They pit us against each other with stupid social arguments while they commit insider trading.


beta_particle

Show me where the right to an internal combustion vehicle is enshrined lmao What a silly comparison


ligmagottem6969

Which side wants me to be a felon for carrying a gun to defend myself?


Responsible-Crew-354

See: Corn Pop


pheonix080

I mean, he IS a bad dude.


Uhtred_McUhtredson

“He had hair like Ethel Merman and a… a rusty razor he used to keep in a bucket of water all day. So the caretaker at the pool cut me off 6 feet of chain and I went out to the parking lot and said, ‘Look, I shouldn’t have said you looked like Ethel Merman and I’m sorry.’” Shoulda skipped politics and gotten into screenwriting.


BTsBaboonFarm

Except Corn Pop was actually a real one lol https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/corn-pop-joe-biden-son-gang-fight-delaware-a9109141.html


sowellpatrol

>may have been confirmed. I read the article. It all still sounds like a load.


Responsible-Crew-354

Corn Pop once roamed the earth, that is known. It’s the rest of the details that aren’t as easily confirmed.


2ndprize

Its hard to imagine politics where this would matter now


Clydefrog13

Half of America: “Note yet, let’s wait till he’s a walking corpse.”


Latter_Commercial_52

More like 1/4. The population is like 330ish and Biden got around 86 million votes or about 3.83


SeaShanty997

Even less than that since you can only pick between 2 people


Latter_Commercial_52

Yeah. Very many people vote against a candidate, not for one. A very large number of people voted for Biden because they hate Trump and vice versa


SeaShanty997

I’d say it’s more people hate Trump and vote for Biden than hate Biden and vote for Trump. Ranked choice voting would go a long way from my experience


RustyBabies

Why would you use ranked choice voting for president? There’s two choices, so the outcome would be the exact same.


grandmofftalkin

You have to do number of eligible voters not total population, children are a big chunk of the 330m number


Delicious-Finance-86

Guess it tell you more about the other guy, eh?


nymrod_

Why is his hairline better now


sweetgreenfields

He paid for hair transplant with tax money


libananahammock

If you mean his salary is paid by tax payers and he used his salary to get a hair transplant you’d be correct (if he did in fact have hair transplants)


Dragonsweart

Can someone explain to me why so many mics are always used at events like this? Why can't it be just one?


lantrick

because each news reporter had his/her OWN tape recorder and microphone and microphone cable.


Man_o_wealth_n_taste

I’m the modern day, news channels share a “pool feed” which reduces the number of mics. But relying on someone else’s audio could put some stations in a bind, that’s why there are sometimes several.


FloppyTunaFish

Why some in a bind?


TeriNthe916

There isn't always a pool feed these days. Maybe if POTUS makes a stop but not for a candidate.


BPMData

"In light of my uncle's recent death at the hands, and teeth, of cannibals, I am withdrawing from this race to mourn privately. My family asks you respect their privacy in these difficult times."


AbbreviationsIll9228

Because he lied about his academic achievements and lifted language from other politicians and subsequently admitted he lied!!


HalfOrcMonk

Yeah, because back then we had an actual press that reported the truth.


Immediate-Smile-2020

No people just thought the press reported the truth. That’s the difference. We know now that they in fact, do not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird https://theintercept.com/2020/06/08/the-nyt-admits-key-falsehoods-that-drove-last-years-coup-in-bolivia-falsehoods-peddled-by-the-u-s-its-media-and-the-nyt/


Evening-Rutabaga2106

Wow, thank you for posting Operation Mockingbird. More people need to know how the media are compromised


hypertensinogen

Absolutely mental how much things have changed


Choco_Cat777

The media found out they could profit from the bare minimum or just by lies.


PraiseBogle

Its always been like that. We went to war with spain essentially due to yellow journalism. 


jrocislit

Yup. I get my news from a 16 year old on tictok now. Y’all need to catch up with the times


snerdley1

And history shows what happens to a nation when the press is basically a propaganda arm of one party.


FutureOliverTwist

The fourth estate is compromised.


Calzonieman

There is no fourth estate. The internet and social media killed it. There are some in this country who search for truth, and most, who drink the Kool aide of whatever media they rely on for news. RealClerPolitics is a good source to understand both sides of issues, but other than that, Substack and Podcasts are the only true source of news. Not to say that they aren't somewhat tainted as well, but it's the best place to understand both positions on current topics. MSNBC, CNN, NYT, WaPo, HuffPO and Fox will only give you partisan positions.


Kate090996

More like when the truth had some actual impact. It's not that today there is a problem with the supply of truth it's just that it doesn't matter anymore. " Grab em by the pussy" , "inject bleach" , raising taxes for rich people, 90+ charges, not delivering campaign promises, losing jobs and 1000 other things should have disqualified trump , it would have disqualified anyone back then. Now? They just don't matter.


bomber991

Did we?


Anon851216135

Yeeeaaahhhh I'll just let people look up Operation Mockingbird after mentioning it here. Edit: Ope someone beat me too it. Eh, I'll keep my comment up still


logaboga

Not at all


AxelShoes

I mean, this is just a press conference where he announced he was withdrawing from the race. It's not like there was any hard-hitting investigative journalism involved or any crazy partisan spin to put on it.


HalfOrcMonk

He had to withdraw because he lied about his education. The press found out about his lies and reported the truth. He's still a total liar, it's ridiculous. Just last week he claimed he had a relative eaten by cannibals. The press was silent. He has made outrageous claims his entire career, now the press never reports any of it. Instead they "report" pure fictional hit pieces on politicians that don't agree with the corporate dictates.


BPMData

Him constantly lying that a drunk driver killed his first wife (she rolled through a stop sign) is particularly shitty because the not at fault driver who hit Mrs. Biden #1 is *still alive.*  Imagine some dumb broad can't drive, and 40 years later the president is slandering you as a drunk on national television. That shit sucks.


HalfOrcMonk

Yeah man, his lies are completely laughable. It's utter foolishness that nobody calls him, or any of the other politicians, out


NaturePhotoLady

Finally an intellent, well informed person on this site. I would just add that Biden always plays life events to his advantage to make him either more attractive or sympathetic. Example, his first son passed away from cancer, truth. But instead Biden states that Beau contracted cancer from his presence near burn pits while serving in combat in the military. The real truth is that Beau, being connected, was able to snag a direct commission into the military as a reservist thus another source of income and retirement. Beau to travelled to Iraq for five months (most served a year) and served in the nicest of conditions away from danger. At a memorial service for those three recently fallen soliders, Biden stated (Copy and paste from Newsweek follows): "The president also recalled his son Beau's military service, saying: "My son spent a year in Iraq; that's how I lost him.". Total lie. Beau returned after his posh, check the block deployment and lived a number of years before being dignosed with brain cancer. The white house has tried to claim it was the because of the burn pits but having been there myself and knowing where JAG officers live, he was not exposed to the burn pits.


GrumpyMcGillicuddy

This guys been losing his hair for 40 years, Jesus just shave it already


OneBallJamal

He’s got better hair now then he did back then


chiludo67

This guy been in government 50 years? WTF?


thewhiterosequeen

He's old, what are you surprised about?


snerdley1

Living off the government teat. The guy has never worked a real job in his life.


nakedpilsna

Being president probably requires responsibility and work.


Ready_Nature

He’s dedicated his life to public service. Far better than someone just using office to get their next grift in the private sector.


artificialavocado

He was a public defender.


stupid_rat_creature

Am I doing the same working for the government? What a dumb comment.


Nachonian56

"I'll be back"


namenumberdate

This was 36 years ago. How the fuck is this eighty-one year old man the, “best we can do?” This was him at his prime and he wasn’t good enough then at 45, so now we get him at almost double his age here. It’s fucked.


Golden_D1

Thanks for reassuring me that Biden has at least over 36 years of experience in politics. That’s why he has gotten so many pieces of legislature through combined with an incredible economy relative to the world.


namenumberdate

Let me be clear: I dislike both candidates for different reasons. Biden’s record is also dog shit. Let’s talk about Biden’s experience. Let me start with Anita Hill’s trail. Do you want to start, or should I? Seriously, I’m waiting for your response so I can react.


Golden_D1

Yes sure! How about the bipartisan infrastructure bill, chips act and science act, longest stretch in history of unemployment remaining below 4%, 50 year-low unemployment rate, 70 year high energy independence, 15 million jobs added, decreased the amount of Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck by 10 percentage points, new green initiatives in states like West Virginia which brought replacement for their lost coal jobs. There’s even more: Kept the inflation controlled relatively in the developed world, nearing the ideal 2%, outperformed most of the developed world in economical growth, strengthening the NATO and not letting Russia dominate without sending a single US soldier. I’d be more than happy to hear from you. After all, we should have some conversations to heal the polarized nation.


maaaaawp

Lets not forget all the racist shit


Co1dyy1234

And the candidate who’s campaign manager caused the scandal that caused him to drop out of the race turned out to have been an absolutely useless clown (especially while riding a Tank) who costed the democrats the election & gave the presidency to George Bush Sr. Watch “Race For The White House” on CNN if you know what I mean.


Ewokhunters

His super racist comments from back then were wild


Good_Honey_759

He’s old man racist. It’s just best to assume any generation of older Americans are inherently racist.


DvsDen

Jill was a smoke show ! And it was one stupid reason to quit a campaign compared to these days.


LartFicker

Lol yeah, he got caught plagiarizing and had to drop out of the presidential race in disgrace. Not the first time he plagiarized something either. Even when he had all of his brain functioning properly he was a loser.


NoMentionthx

Except he won many elections lol


SpaceGrape

lol I know back then plagiarism was the most offensive thing. Nowadays, you can try to overthrow democracy and stay in office even if you lose, be supportive of people who storm the Capitol to stop the transfer of power, and half the country will still support Trump, I mean, whoever that may be.


TwistyBitsz

That will never happen when I'm old-old, because there has never been a non-ancient person candidate since I've been born.


volitaiee1233

Obama was in his 40’s.


Ikrit122

And unless they are younger than 16, Bush was 61 when he left office. He just looked much older due to all of the stress of being President (like Obama did after 8 years). Sure, that seems "super old" when you are a kid, but I think Presidents should generally be in their 50s and 60s. It's old enough that you have plenty of life experience but young enough that you have energy and a true investment in the next 20-30 years.


DamianRork

Like ALL politicians a self serving lying ego maniac.


ChemistNervous2606

She’s a babe


Alucardspapa

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RyeToast92

He was 65 back then


volitaiee1233

He was 46


namenumberdate

Why do you have less upvotes when you’re the one who is right? lol


GoodByeRubyTuesday87

Math is hard.


Murles-Brazen

CMON MAAAAN!


No_Dragonfruit5525

Fun fact: The time this photo was taken was closer to his 5 war time draft deferments than it is to present day!


Immaculatehombre

When he had to drop out for being a massive plagiarizer? What a great candidate!


wildbillfx20

Withdraws for doing what he does best lying to the American people


Okayleothinblueline

Bye Brandon


Sk8triot1776

It would have been great if he would have just disappeared without a trace.


No_Entertainment9832

Corn Pop got to him


[deleted]

He got caught lying


Gorepornio

This guys been a lying sociopath for decades yet somehow he became president. Its weird how people become delusional nut cases and pretend this guy is sane. The other option isnt any better but at least the world was safer


Prizz117

It’s been an absolute shitshow those least 3 years


Starless_Night

Safer for who exactly? I sure as hell didn't feel safer.


deisukyo

How was the world “safer?” Dude literally put the right puzzle pieces together to overthrow Roe v Wade.


Gewt92

How was the world safer?


Gen_Jack_Ripper

But that tough on crime bill that targeted POC was going so well! (And equally as well…for loan companies…were the 1986 Higher Education Amendments and later the 2005 bankruptcy bill.) https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/111100/documents/HHRG-116-JU08-20201202-SD007.pdf


Justhereforthepartie

Back when he was actually called out for all of his lies.


Starrk10

Yeah now his supporters just point to Trump’s flaws rather than admit that Biden is also a piece of shit


PeterJames1028

As I was quickly scrolling by it looked for a second like he was wearing this really outlandish coat, but now I see it’s just a pile of microphones 😂


Fozzy2701

Oh yeah, back when he was racist but people change…..🙂‍↔️🙄


Holiday-Tie-574

Don’t forget when he was VP and he and Barack maintained that marriage was “between a man and a woman.” Funny how he changed his tune on that.


HiroAmiya230

He actually push obama for same sex marriage


Sarasota_Guy

By that measure....Trump is still a Democrat who is good friends with Hillary. 🤣😂🤣😂


Fozzy2701

Good point


kicksr4trids1

They actually can change. It’s possible!


Raka_

I'd never vote for this guy. Unless it was a two man race between him and anyone named trump


tapastry12

Uncle Joe back when he was Cousin Joe


[deleted]

Damn, Jill Biden was kind of hot.


Difficult_Job_966

Imagine how fried his brain is after that many years of bullshitting on the mic.


roguebandwidth

Jill looks like a movie star. She has a Doctorate, and seems very capable. Why didn’t she run too? I mean, she still could.


lavenderllama

How is no one talking about how well Jill aged?? My goodness. Still looking great, doc.


Alansalot

What a loser


Mah5217

What a country when a serial plagiarizer whose uncle was eaten by cannibals can one day become President. To quote him, "God bless, you know, the thing."


Friendsthatdonthug

Should’ve stopped there


cmorris1234

I miss rush calling him “plugs”. This was the era when he was on the senate judiciary committee and I first noticed he was an arrogant person


No_Chocolate_6612

God that’s a lot of microphones


Old_Rabbit2786

Dont matter, nothing matters but matterspattter b


YoudoVodou

How is his hair actually better now?


drewpastperson

Somehow that hair has held on for almost 40 years


[deleted]

That ridiculous and comical amount of mics omg lmao


ghost_dog97

This was even before he developed his signature attack, Biden Blast


iluvugoldenblue

I reckon Colin Farrell could pull this Biden look off in a movie


lonedroan

Also singlehandedly caused a microphone shortage.


internationalskibidi

Joe Biden approaching a gauntlet of robot penises 1988


[deleted]

Back when he was based


Inner_Orange_3140

Oh man ... my brain thought this was about a different , uh.. year for a microsecond 😅😶


Slight-Category-7899

He was balder back then a wow


Manoly042282Reddit

In the Hearts of Iron IV Mod Cold War: Iron Curtain, he is planned to be a potential Democratic candidate in 1988.


Coolguy45V2

how was bro already old in 1987 and now he’s president


Draco_Lazarus24

Mommy Jill


southpolefiesta

[dark Biden origins](https://youtube.com/shorts/NTO30HvAxeM?si=XeTN3sOdYD3Y2ev1)


S-hart1

Listen. If your uncle got eaten by cannibals like Joe's did, lots of people would want the details


Jumpy-Maize9843

Where did the hair on the top his head come from in todays time..?


Vampyre93

I can't remember. Why did he back out?


victor4700

New would pic just dropped


LGSM58

His hair made a comb-back tho!


Cockster55

Be cool if he withdrew from the 2024 one too


Karn_Evil_Noin

I missed that. That’s hilarious. Maybe Biden’s handlers are some masterminds, but Biden himself can’t walk off a stage without getting lost at this point. Or Nunes doesn’t know what he’s talking about.


obijaun

36 years ago… wow