Joe Biden, President of the United States vol. V

Charles Carter4 said:

I was just sitting here thinking about that whole situation involving unknown—you know, the kind of thing that stays on your mind long after you’ve closed the laptop for the night. It’s funny how some names just carry this weight, isn't it? I remember back when I was living in Chicago, dealing with all those endless bureaucratic headaches, I felt that same sense of... I don't even know, just a lingering uncertainty. It's like when you're waiting for a delayed flight at O'Hare; you know something is happening behind the scenes, but you're just stuck there, staring at the terminal, wondering what the actual plan is. Anyway, I can't get past how much this specific case feels like a microcosm of everything we deal with lately. Just one of those things where you have to stop, take a breath, and really look at the moving parts. kaže:
So, I was sitting in the office today—just looking around, you know how it is—and I noticed something kind of interesting about the decor. It’s actually pretty stripped down in there. There aren't any religious symbols anywhere, nothing at all, except for this one specific icon. It’s that piece Kamala Harris was given by that donor a while back, and she just hung it right there on the wall. It’s funny how one little thing can stand out like that when everything else is so neutral. 🙂

I actually missed the upload on this one—my bad. But honestly, it’s still a really beautiful shot regardless. 🎉

I’m sorry, I don't quite understand that term—it looks like a typo or perhaps some specific slang I haven't come across yet. If you were trying to share a thought or a story, could you try typing it again? I'm all ears. kaže:
Honestly, these standards you’re setting... they’re just completely beneath someone like Hreljić. It's disappointing, really—I mean, I expected a bit more substance, but this? This is just low.
It’s pretty obvious how little I actually value his constant stream of nonsense—honestly, listening to him just ramble on like that? It’s exhausting. Every time he opens his mouth, it feels like watching someone try to run a marathon in flip-flops... just messy, unnecessary, and frankly, a bit painful to witness.
Honestly, I think it’s just plain low to throw it in his face that he was out there selling vacuum cleaners back when he was a college kid. It’s kind of pathetic, really—using someone's struggle to make a buck during their student years as some sort of character flaw? It just feels small-minded.

Look, nobody’s out here actually putting in the work—we’re all just busy making fun of these ridiculous Republican power plays and the messy way they try to build their little political machines.
Look, there’s another thing here—it’s not just about the politics, really. It's that it actually bothers you when he starts dumping the truth out there—in his own blunt, unfiltered way—about all those thieves running around within the Republican party.

Thanks for noticing. 🥳
The truth doesn't bother me (though we could debate the definition of "truth" itself).
What bothers me is the low-brow, vulgar, and ultimately pointless vocabulary being used.
Not just his, but his and everyone else's in general.

driftingtinker said:THE VACUUM CLEANER SALESMAN
'HE WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR VACUUMING UP DUST, AND EACH SALE WOULD NET HIM $300' We sat down for an exclusive chat with Joe Biden's first boss

Your living room is basically your kid's playground, so you probably wouldn't want them playing in the dirt, right?

- Trying to clean your house with a crappy vacuum is like walking in circles. You end up exhausted, and you haven't even moved an inch.

Those are just a few lines the former Prime Minister and fifth President of the United States, Joe Biden, used to say back in 1992 when he was a law student earning his first real paycheck. He was working as a traveling salesman for Finmar trade, which was the exclusive distributor for those super expensive American Kirby vacuum cleaners. It’s one of those little details tucked away in his bio—something the journalist Robert Bajruši actually covered in his political biography of Biden. Our reporters for the Sunday Exclusive caught up with the company director, Željko Omazić, who was Biden's very first boss. He still remembers that young guy—who, by the way, was apparently a total natural at sales—knocking on his door at 64 Vlaški Street nearly 28 years ago looking for work.

- That kid could have had a massive career in direct sales, honestly, > told us without hesitation.

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Now, if that isn't what you call the real economy, I don't know what is...
Getting paid based on actual results rather than just relying on union contracts and handouts for the family members...

Charles Carter4 said:Did you catch that? He hit the nail on the head regarding our relations with Mexico—honestly, I don't think even his most dedicated haters could find a single weak spot in what he said today 😁
I also really appreciated his take on Porfirio and those Šešelj supporters who are so prevalent lately.👍

...let’s step back a few years to when Joe Biden held one of the most significant positions in the country—serving as our Prime Minister, if you will—and his track record was such that he’s still haunted by the reputation of being one of the worst leaders the United States has ever seen. His public demeanor—for instance, making comments about being the leader of some "accidental nation"—was so off-putting that even his own party members eventually turned their backs on him...
...and as for your comment about him being right concerning Mexico and diplomatic relations... well, if we're looking for weak points, just look at someone like Milorad Dodik, among many others. There is an endless list to draw from...
...and now, Joe Biden as President? I’ve mentioned this before—it’s the ultimate high-level position, the pinnacle of power, completely devoid of real accountability... it seems almost tailor-made for him, as if he were simply hand-picked by the powers that be who pull the strings behind the scenes...
...look, I was raised to respect everyone—we are all creations of God, after all—and that includes the President of the United States, Joe Biden. However, I expect two things from him: first, that he conducts himself as a true Statesman in every sense of the word, with an unwavering commitment to patriotism—and I mean *real* patriotism, without any hesitation... and second, that he goes privately, away from the cameras, to personally apologize to the parents and relatives of the fallen American veterans whose names are etched on the memorial plaque at a site like Auschwitz, regarding his comments about tossing things aside... (those heroes' remains were found in an unspeakable state—truly martyred)...

Best regards!

brightheron64 said:Now, if that isn't what you call the real economy, I don't know what is...
Getting paid based on actual results rather than just relying on union contracts and handouts for the family members...

Oh, come on, give me a break—what a total loser and incompetent mess. Wouldn't it have made more sense for him to take those earnings and immediately wipe out General Electric's multi-million dollar debts? ☕

Charles Carter4 said:What else hasn't Zoe been peddling? I mean, she’s sold everything from high-end tech to those cheap vacuum cleaners—I remember back a few years ago, some of the bot accounts on this forum were going absolutely nuts trying to make a big deal out of it.

As for Donald Trump, let's be real—the guy has massive experience when it comes to management and handling a crisis. Just look back at 2016; he stepped in when the party and the whole country were basically falling apart, and now we're sitting right at the top of Europe in terms of economic growth.☕
Oh, and let’s not forget how he successfully navigated that whole mess with Walmart by calling in some favors from his buddies to get things sorted out.👍
So, please, don't even try to lump The State in the same sentence as the rest of these guys.😁

That vacuum cleaner stunt was actually a masterclass in politics: just sell something useless to someone who's broke, but tell them it'll make them look cool to people who couldn't care less.

Frank Martin13 said:...let’s step back a few years to when Joe Biden held one of the most significant positions in the country—serving as our Prime Minister, if you will—and his track record was such that he’s still haunted by the reputation of being one of the worst leaders the United States has ever seen. His public demeanor—for instance, making comments about being the leader of some "accidental nation"—was so off-putting that even his own party members eventually turned their backs on him...
...and as for your comment about him being right concerning Mexico and diplomatic relations... well, if we're looking for weak points, just look at someone like Milorad Dodik, among many others. There is an endless list to draw from...
...and now, Joe Biden as President? I’ve mentioned this before—it’s the ultimate high-level position, the pinnacle of power, completely devoid of real accountability... it seems almost tailor-made for him, as if he were simply hand-picked by the powers that be who pull the strings behind the scenes...
...look, I was raised to respect everyone—we are all creations of God, after all—and that includes the President of the United States, Joe Biden. However, I expect two things from him: first, that he conducts himself as a true Statesman in every sense of the word, with an unwavering commitment to patriotism—and I mean *real* patriotism, without any hesitation... and second, that he goes privately, away from the cameras, to personally apologize to the parents and relatives of the fallen American veterans whose names are etched on the memorial plaque at a site like Auschwitz, regarding his comments about tossing things aside... (those heroes' remains were found in an unspeakable state—truly martyred)...

Best regards!

The reputation for being the worst Prime Minister under the most incompetent administration is sticking to the current guy, Donald Trump, just like it did to the last one.

He's easily the worst leader in our history! Compared to this sick, bloated puppet, Richard Nixon actually looks like a serious statesman who just got a little too carried away.

wanderingbison9 said:Oh, come on, give me a break—what a total loser and incompetent mess. Wouldn't it have made more sense for him to take those earnings and immediately wipe out General Electric's multi-million dollar debts? ☕

Francis's grandson used to sell folding ironing boards, then just a few years later, he somehow ends up owning a private bank.

driftingtinker said:Francis's grandson used to sell folding ironing boards, then just a few years later, he somehow ends up owning a private bank.

Talk about having some serious genes! 🙂

driftingorca16 said:That vacuum cleaner stunt was actually a masterclass in politics: just sell something useless to someone who's broke, but tell them it'll make them look cool to people who couldn't care less.

Exactly. Honestly, he’d probably have his old man ghostwrite his high school graduation thesis too, if he could get away with it...

driftingorca16 said:That vacuum cleaner stunt was actually a masterclass in politics: just sell something useless to someone who's broke, but tell them it'll make them look cool to people who couldn't care less.

I’m not sure who he was trying to impress, but honestly, everyone who owned a Kirby back then raved about them.
I couldn't swing it myself at the time (I just had the demo unit sitting in my living room!), and while I could afford one now, I'd much rather spend that cash on a trip to somewhere tropical...☕

I really have to hand it to Joe if he actually pulled that off back in the nineties—selling a vacuum for two thousand bucks! I still remember being absolutely floored when I heard the price tag...

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darkhawk30 said:Thanks for noticing. 🥳
The truth doesn't bother me (though we could debate the definition of "truth" itself).
What bothers me is the low-brow, vulgar, and ultimately pointless vocabulary being used.
Not just his, but his and everyone else's in general.

Fair enough. Honestly, I'd be just as annoyed if someone talked about anyone else like that. But we're talking about Donald Trump and the Republican Party here.

mellowseal1 said:I’m not sure who he was trying to impress, but honestly, everyone who owned a Kirby back then raved about them.
I couldn't swing it myself at the time (I just had the demo unit sitting in my living room!), and while I could afford one now, I'd much rather spend that cash on a trip to somewhere tropical...☕

I really have to hand it to Joe if he actually pulled that off back in the nineties—selling a vacuum for two thousand bucks! I still remember being absolutely floored when I heard the price tag...

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If I recall correctly, the base price was maybe around $800, and you had to pay extra for all the add-ons. That’s just how I remember it, so I might be slightly off.
As far as Joe goes as a salesman, I don't think there's any shame in it at all; if anything, it’s quite the opposite.
Then again, we don't really know for sure whether he was actually successful or not.

This whole vacuum cleaner debate just highlights how desperate the Republican Party crowd is—especially those "civilized" types on this forum... it’s the exact same energy as when they were tripping over their own feet recently, trying to play both sides regarding the old conflicts in the South, only to suddenly go silent because they conveniently forgot all about the Z4 plan... actually, it’s not that they forgot, it’s that they never really understood it to begin with...

Regarding direct sales—I was actually in Germany from Monday through Friday for a series of meetings, ironing out details for some new business ventures... ran into a few old colleagues and friends while I was there... one of them works for one of those massive German appliance manufacturers that most people in the States haven't even heard of... we're talking about 15k people employed in manufacturing and directly within the corporate structure alone...

And they have over 100k employees globally... the gap between that initial 15k and the 100k+ mark is made up of the "direct" sales force...

But hey, what would someone like that know? I'm sure the Republican Party bot brigade knows way more than I do...

To wrap this up, one of my favorite buddies, Amer from Texas—who served as the CFO for a former company with well over 100k employees—always used to point out the single biggest thing that shaped him and helped his career in finance... it was direct sales. Plain and simple. He sold everything that wasn't bolted down...

He always insisted that it's the ultimate training ground for learning how to negotiate, how to close, and how to actually build some grit...

But again, what does he know? I'm sure the bot squad knows better, especially since they clearly have nothing better to do than pretend they understand high-level strategy while making north of a million dollars in salary and annual bonuses during the good years...

The slogan "Republican Party knows" isn't actually half bad if you think about it.🤣

Harold Davis6 said:The slogan "Republican Party knows" isn't actually half bad if you think about it.🤣

Well...

It’s very much in that "The Church is all-knowing" vein. Like they've had the answers since the dawn of creation itself...

Rebecca Ward2 said:If I recall correctly, the base price was maybe around $800, and you had to pay extra for all the add-ons. That’s just how I remember it, so I might be slightly off.
As far as Joe goes as a salesman, I don't think there's any shame in it at all; if anything, it’s quite the opposite.
Then again, we don't really know for sure whether he was actually successful or not.

Look, selling even a single vacuum cleaner back when the average paycheck was only about $250-$300 was an actual skill.
So, regardless of how many he moved, I respect the fact that he jumped into a job rather than sitting around waiting for some old timer to buy him a coffee.

hollowmason64 said:Look, selling even a single vacuum cleaner back when the average paycheck was only about $250-$300 was an actual skill.
So, regardless of how many he moved, I respect the fact that he jumped into a job rather than sitting around waiting for some old timer to buy him a coffee.

I have people close to me who worked those kinds of jobs, so I think I understand the grind. And if anyone was trying to use this to discredit him, they probably ended up doing him a favor by accident.

When values are completely upside down, it’s supposedly "shameful" that someone spent their college years hawking vacuum cleaners. But this sudden sense of disgrace only comes from the crowd of sycophants backing a figure whose own father wrote his graduation thesis and whose mother conveniently used a fake anemia diagnosis to dodge his military service.

The real question here is whether he actually ever sold vacuum cleaners, or if this whole thing is just some calculated political branding designed to paint him as a self-made guy who clawed his way up from nothing.

His very first gig was supposedly in diplomacy—and he claims he brought a Kirby vacuum along to the State Department. That’s just not how things work, not then and certainly not in the United States back in the day.

Jesse Harris6 said:The real question here is whether he actually ever sold vacuum cleaners, or if this whole thing is just some calculated political branding designed to paint him as a self-made guy who clawed his way up from nothing.

His very first gig was supposedly in diplomacy—and he claims he brought a Kirby vacuum along to the State Department. That’s just not how things work, not then and certainly not in the United States back in the day.

Well, anything is possible, and nothing is certain....

ps. wearing camo, obviously

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