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A BIZARRE SLIP by US presidential candidate Joe Biden is already being used against him by supporters of several Democratic rivals.
In his closing speech during last night’s Democratic debate, Biden urged those convinced by his arguments to: “go to Joe 3-0-3-3-0, to help me in this fight”.
Biden seemed unsure himself what he meant but it was nothing to viewers who were similarly mistified.
Jesse Lehrich / Twitter
Jesse Lehrich / Twitter / Twitter
Biden’s campaign sought to dampen down the confusion after the debate by sharing a picture of what he should have said.
It seems that Biden should have been sharing a phone number for followers to text, not a website, as he seemed to be suggesting.
It was too late however and various websites with variations of ‘Joe 30330′ have already sprung up.
Tanya Sichynsky / Twitter
Tanya Sichynsky / Twitter / Twitter
One quick-thinking supporter of candidate Peter Buttigieg even managed to grab joe3030.com to redirect web users to that candidate’s website.
Biden’s apparent mix up of his website and text number has led to further questions over his connection with younger voters.
Biden, 76, has rejected claims that he is too old to run and last month said that if given the chance in a televised debate next year, he could challenge President Donald Trump, 73, to a fitness duel.
In Biden’s previous debate in June, Democratic candidate Eric Swalwell, 38, called on him to “pass the torch” to a new generation.
“I’m still holding on to that torch,” Biden snapped back.
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Prime Culchie Telly
Culchies and Skangers, week in, week out!
@⚡ Seánie ⚡:
Beats Fair City
@Mark O’sullivan: sure if you are not a Dublin skanger you are a culchie, so who else could be on it?
@Tweety McTweeter: Ah come on…… Even the angelus beats fair city……..
The lottery is a tax on the poor….Many more poor people buy tickets than rich ones….Also when it was set up we were promised by government then 50% of the lottery money would go.to good causes….Now that it is sold to British company Camelot how much goes to good causes…I think it is only 12% as far as I know….
@John003: Is it not a Canadian fund?
@Peter: Yes correct Ontario teachers pension fund who also own Camelot which owns British lottery….Smart investors Ontario teachers….
@John003: Smart indeed!
That wheel is rigged.I don’t care what anyone says.I’ve seen it several times where the wheel was practically stopped and the ball suddenly bounces out of a slot with a higher amount into a slot with a lower amount.Either that or RTÉ have a ghost in the studio.
@Padraig: 9 times out of 10 the ball will fall between two higher numbers Amazing how it happens week after week
Remember years ago they used to add another top slot each week to the wheel? They should do that again.
Minimum on wheel should be 50K, twenty is very mean in fairness, or else keep the 20K but if it lands on that you get a second go… it’s not like everyone gets to spin it…
@Ron Noco: Didn’t you get a second spin if it landed on €10k back in the day?
Wouldn’t mind but the show is recorded on a Friday
@hugh sure: Is it not a Saturday morning now?
@hugh sure: Saturday at 2pm.
Haven’t watched this in years dont even buy lottery tickets since the lottery was sold.
Driving the indoctrinated tradition of gambling and the hope of unattainable better possibilities.
Willy Wonka and the Golden ticket is the only worse (but I still love it) programming for a culture of gambling addiction
I imagine rich people dont play the lotto because 1. They dont need the few bob and 2. They probably have a casino habit like pastime. I buy a winning streak ticket almost every week, I also play the lotto on a family sydicate for €20 a month. I dont leave meself broke to play it. I do it cause I enjoy playing the lotto. Don’t see any of it as a fix its a game of playing with the odds. What’s the big deal if people play lotto or winning streak? I love hearing of lotto winners, scratch card winners, raffle winners… I was lucky enough to have a win from it before. The lotto also give back to charities and the likes its not going into Paddy Power or Ladbrokes accounts. Live and let live and all that…
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