This business of Biden doing a rope-a-dope, here’s the thing, Biden was a clown 20 years ago. Even if we overestimate his cognitive decline (we aren’t), he didn’t get smarter and his massive ego didn’t go away. He was a stupid horse’s ass in his prime.
Biden was awful in the primary debates, and he appears to have gotten much worse. He was not tanking those to fool anyone. These screwups are happening in the most controlled situations possible, when he is completely rested, prepped, scripted, etc.. He has some very real problems.
I just saw, for the 1st time, the Biden commercial where he takes Trump to task over CVOVID-19, claims he’s the one to protect Americans, etc. He seems to have good “vitality” and clarity of speech, but then, that’s pretty easy to display in a studio setting with as many takes and as much editing as needed. It might as well be high end CGI (and for all we know...)
Of note is that all the accusations were general. I suspect in a debate setting Trump could rip him (Biden) up with a few actual numbers. Also, while plenty of flags were in evidence (ironic, huh?), it was just Joe speaking with a little patriotic adornment and a silent black background. In fact, it felt very weird. Usually, you’d put the opposing candidate on a black background. And it made “isolated Joe” seem more isolated than ever, as if he exists in a lightless void.