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Joe's mental health was on display for all to see in what was arguably the worst performance during a presidential debate...ever. I can recall Ross Perot's debate and Joe's campaign team wishes he did that well.
Joe's mental fitness has been a subject of controversy since 2020 at least. During that campaign, Joe did pretty well whenever he wasn't required to speak off the top of his head. Aside from some rambling tales of Cornpop...Joe appeared to be a viable candidate and tales of his mental decline were overblown. During his first two years, despite multiple crises like Afghanistan and the border and inflation....Joe spent less time in front of the press than any other president. Early on, he made some mistakes talking about his past, he called out to a dead woman who was a former associate thinking she was in the crowd, he called Kamala the president and mentioned that he did as he was told.
Alone...I think any of these blunders could be dismissed. If you watch mainly left wing sources....they were dismissed if you saw them at all. If you watched any right wing sources....they started to paint a troubling picture.
Then his SOTU address went rather well with only a few hiccups...and it seemed like Joe was again, mostly mentally there....occasionally having a few gaffes. Then footage of him abroad began to surface on foreign media outlets and it was disastrous. Joe was being led around like a dog at the Westminster kennel show. He was walking to greet people 30 feet away, and would walk right past them as if he forgot what he was doing in a space of 10 seconds. He was forgetting the end of his speeches, then his sentences, then the exit off the stage. In Vietnam, he told the press he was going to bed, then was interrupted by smooth jazz, and handlers rushed to help him leave.
About 30% on either side of the political aisle will lie to themselves and believe any rhetoric their party tells them....but 60-70% of voters could see something was wrong, even if it wasn't spoken of much on the left and only speculated about on the right. Openly slandering Biden without evidence of dementia or alzheimer's was a risky proposal that would likely haunt the news outlet willing to try it.
Yet even after the debate....it appears that some outlets on the left are still pretending. It's jet lag, a cold, or bad moderation from CNN. I know these "journalists" have hours of footage they parse down to minutes for their stories. There's no doubt in my mind they were all well aware that Joe is mentally gone and has been for some time. MSNBC is the outlet that arguably acts as the Fox News for the left....carrying the Democratic Party's water no matter what. They've been pushing the idea that this was a rare one-off incident that isn't indicative of Joe's mental health.
However, before you believe that, consider what they said a day before the debate.
Some of what is said there is true. The live political debates are of little importance in evaluating the competency of a president. A president will have multiple aids and advisors who can help the president make decisions. This is true. A president though...still has to make those decisions. They will have to meet with tough foreign leaders and impress foreign allies. They will need to make difficult decisions about how to secure our future and at no point will anyone accept the answer "well my advisor told me to do that" when they fail or make a mistake. At the very least, we should want to see a president who can convincingly pretend to have the answers. A debate where others are answering for you isn't a debate....but it is a clue to just how dependent upon his staff Joe Biden is. The suggestions in that short video aired before the debate are made by someone who knows Joe doesn't have the brains anymore.
It indicates, to me, the press on both sides has known this for years. That's why they wanted Joe's competition behind bars or bankrupt. They wanted him removed from ballots. They wanted the voter to have no other choice...and they could continue with the gaslighting. The party and the media outlets competing for the attention of the left don't respect the intelligence of their audience.
That seems obvious to me though, and I'm curious about whether or not others believe that the media knew Joe was cuckoo for coco puffs.
Joe's mental fitness has been a subject of controversy since 2020 at least. During that campaign, Joe did pretty well whenever he wasn't required to speak off the top of his head. Aside from some rambling tales of Cornpop...Joe appeared to be a viable candidate and tales of his mental decline were overblown. During his first two years, despite multiple crises like Afghanistan and the border and inflation....Joe spent less time in front of the press than any other president. Early on, he made some mistakes talking about his past, he called out to a dead woman who was a former associate thinking she was in the crowd, he called Kamala the president and mentioned that he did as he was told.
Alone...I think any of these blunders could be dismissed. If you watch mainly left wing sources....they were dismissed if you saw them at all. If you watched any right wing sources....they started to paint a troubling picture.
Then his SOTU address went rather well with only a few hiccups...and it seemed like Joe was again, mostly mentally there....occasionally having a few gaffes. Then footage of him abroad began to surface on foreign media outlets and it was disastrous. Joe was being led around like a dog at the Westminster kennel show. He was walking to greet people 30 feet away, and would walk right past them as if he forgot what he was doing in a space of 10 seconds. He was forgetting the end of his speeches, then his sentences, then the exit off the stage. In Vietnam, he told the press he was going to bed, then was interrupted by smooth jazz, and handlers rushed to help him leave.
About 30% on either side of the political aisle will lie to themselves and believe any rhetoric their party tells them....but 60-70% of voters could see something was wrong, even if it wasn't spoken of much on the left and only speculated about on the right. Openly slandering Biden without evidence of dementia or alzheimer's was a risky proposal that would likely haunt the news outlet willing to try it.
Yet even after the debate....it appears that some outlets on the left are still pretending. It's jet lag, a cold, or bad moderation from CNN. I know these "journalists" have hours of footage they parse down to minutes for their stories. There's no doubt in my mind they were all well aware that Joe is mentally gone and has been for some time. MSNBC is the outlet that arguably acts as the Fox News for the left....carrying the Democratic Party's water no matter what. They've been pushing the idea that this was a rare one-off incident that isn't indicative of Joe's mental health.
However, before you believe that, consider what they said a day before the debate.
Some of what is said there is true. The live political debates are of little importance in evaluating the competency of a president. A president will have multiple aids and advisors who can help the president make decisions. This is true. A president though...still has to make those decisions. They will have to meet with tough foreign leaders and impress foreign allies. They will need to make difficult decisions about how to secure our future and at no point will anyone accept the answer "well my advisor told me to do that" when they fail or make a mistake. At the very least, we should want to see a president who can convincingly pretend to have the answers. A debate where others are answering for you isn't a debate....but it is a clue to just how dependent upon his staff Joe Biden is. The suggestions in that short video aired before the debate are made by someone who knows Joe doesn't have the brains anymore.
It indicates, to me, the press on both sides has known this for years. That's why they wanted Joe's competition behind bars or bankrupt. They wanted him removed from ballots. They wanted the voter to have no other choice...and they could continue with the gaslighting. The party and the media outlets competing for the attention of the left don't respect the intelligence of their audience.
That seems obvious to me though, and I'm curious about whether or not others believe that the media knew Joe was cuckoo for coco puffs.
