Posted on 05/17/2021 7:13:09 AM PDT by Red Badger
The New York Times apparently told the truth, and I will speculate on its ulterior motive later.
But first, allow me to examine, "Beneath Joe Biden’s Folksy Demeanor, a Short Fuse and an Obsession With Details," a triple-bylined piece that makes the man, who was known for his stupidity as a senator, out as some sort of Greek philosopher who spends months exploring options before making a decision. The piece said, "Quick decision-making is not Mr. Biden’s style. His reputation as a plain-speaking politician hides a more complicated truth. Before making up his mind, the president demands hours of detail-laden debate from scores of policy experts, taking everyone around him on what some in the West Wing refer to as his Socratic 'journey' before arriving at a conclusion."
Socratic journey is Times-speak for cannot make up his mind, which leads to why he is short of fuse.
The piece then said, "Those trips are often difficult for his advisers, who are peppered with sometimes obscure questions. Avoiding Mr. Biden’s ire during one of his decision-making seminars means not only going beyond the vague talking points that he will reject, but also steering clear of responses laced with acronyms or too much policy minutiae, which will prompt an outburst of frustration, often laced with profanity.
"Let’s talk plain English here, he will often snap."
Hmm.
Biden is acting like the Times accused Donald Trump of acting. Interesting.
In its summation of the piece, Breitbart said, "The report notes Biden holds lengthy deliberation meetings and demands obsessive details from his advisors. When advisors get too technical or obscure about an issue, Biden responds with “an outburst of frustration, often laced with profanity."
Hmm.
And Breitbart said, "The report also reveals Biden will hang up the phone on people who he feels are wasting his time.
"The president leans heavily on his inner circle for governing — chief of staff Ron Klain, deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed, senior adviser Mike Donilon, and Counselor to the President Steve Ricchetti.
"Biden stalls and deliberates intently on issues such as his tone toward Vladimir Putin, the report noted, appointing ambassadors, and his recent flip-flop on refugee caps."
If true — and the Times loves to spread malicious gossip — we can see just what the dangers of his presidency are. It is not that he will make some wild hare-brained decision. If he does, his aides will stop it. No, the danger is his aides will make some wild hare-brained decision, and he will be too addled of brain to stop them.
Biden is overwhelmed.
He should not be president.
In February 1988, Biden suffered two brain aneurysms. 33 years later, even with medication, we may be witnessing the damage done.
A wise reader wrote me, "A note on Joe. A person close to me had two brain aneurysm surgeries. They are in reality not the same mental person as they were before. Understanding the complex is no longer possible leading to frustration and early abandonment of the task at hand. The brain is the most complex thing known to exist in the entire universe. How it produces consciousness and its thought products is not really understood. But lest I state the obvious Joe is not really a fully functioning unit."
Everyone in the inner circle knows this. He is being used.
The wise man said, "His permanently altered analytic state is what made him truly attractive to the money men and clinched the deal: Not understanding leads to reliance on others who then do what they please."
They exploited Obama's laziness and ennui. Obama did not care what happened so long as he got to sit on the throne and put his feet up on the desk.
Now they exploit Biden's mental incapacitation.
He is short of temper because he is frustrated because his mind cannot wrap itself around the subject at hand.
This is why he abruptly hangs up the phone.
This is why he cannot make a decision.
They are dealing with someone who is not quite there.
The story said, "Over time, the president’s staff has learned the routine. They have padded his schedule with 15-minute breaks because they know he will not finish on time. He is allowed 30 minutes for lunch — a rotation of salad, soup and sandwiches — and because of the pandemic, rarely eats with people other than Vice President Kamala Harris, with whom he has a weekly lunch."
I wonder if they cut the crusts from his bread.
He is a president run by his staff. That has become common in Washington. These geezers in the Senate and the House do what their staffs tell them to do. I remember interviewing Byrd at an editorial board meeting in 2006. His arms flapped uncontrollably like wings while he read from a notebook prepared by his aides who sat at his left and at his right.
Our president is just such a puppet.
Now why would the Times bring this up? Are Democrats beginning to ease Biden out of the White House via the 25th Amendment? Has the matter become so obvious that even White House reporters see it?
Likely the situation is far worse than the Times let on.
He acts like an asshole not because he is an asshole but because he is frustrated to have power greater than his pea brain can handle.
He’s alway been a jackass. He used to lay on the phony charm schtick and the big smile to try to get away with being a dumb bully. He can’t pull it off anymore because he is demented and repulsive.
Bingo, you nailed it.
Should anything (to use that old Mafia phrase) unfortunate happen to biden, Harris will not become president.
The very same people who crammed dual citizen at birth obama down our throats will abruptly switch gears and declare that anchor baby hyena Harris is not Constitutionally eligible.
Next in the line of succession is Madman Speaker of the House, (Mafia) Princess Pelosi.
Did you vote for Kanye in 2020?
Why does Biden act like an a-hole? Probably because he is one.
I can’t say I blame him for getting frustrated listening to a bunch of policy wonks drone on about some minutiae about pre-K lunch program, but c’mon man, a good leader knows how to make decisions with only minimum information.
There’s a world of difference between being a senator for 38 years and being a president. The Senate has the luxury of having time to study and deliberate. A president must be able to take decisive action. And let’s not forget he learned his presidential skills at the knee of Mr. “present”, Obama who, even after he was given the info on Bin Laden’s hideout, couldn’t make the call and it was reported that even as the window of opportunity was closing that Biden was “counseling” him to get more information.
Biden is the poster child of inaction and it will come back to bite us in the ass when the Chinese, Russians, NORKS, and Iranians decide they have him right where they want him.
Joe Biden has always been an obnoxious AYY Hole who is ALWAYS wrong.
Just like the people who claim to have elected him.
Imagine him when the nuke missiles are incoming and the time to launch is merely minutes..................
Sounds a lot like dementia to me...
My point exactly. He will probably respond with “those are private businesses that were destroyed so there much I can do about it”.
Biden has never been the sharpest knife in the shed. He graduated both college and law school at the bottom of his class. A brief listen to his rambles demonstrates a man overly pampered and impressed with himself, while at the same time saying nothing of substance.
It's the way he's always been, and his onset dementia is only making it worse as his mental frustrations keep emerging in flashes of impatience and anger.
But he got more votes than rock stars Obama and Trump...
I bet Heels-Up will push the button. I think they've taken the device away from Joe.
Short temper and indecisiveness are traits associated with dementia.
Yeah…that’s not how it works. Unless you kill her….she is second in line.
....and THE PRESS
Good lord, I’m so glad I don’t read the idiocy at the NY Times. Biden is as “socratic” as a bowl of pudding. In his prime, he was a complete idiot, now he’s a complete idiot with dementia.
What they dissed Trump for, they now priase Biden for!...................
Sometimes the tells are easier to pick up, not even sporting.
Many blame his strokes and subsequent brain surgery, but he was like that before the strokes................
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