Some wag put this variation together three years ago...and NAILED IT! Be sure to read the notes to Biden on the left page, especially the top-left one. "JOE BIDEN. This is you! You are the current President of the United States."
Posted on 07/08/2024 3:02:50 PM PDT by Starman417
Some wag put this variation together three years ago...and NAILED IT! Be sure to read the notes to Biden on the left page, especially the top-left one. "JOE BIDEN. This is you! You are the current President of the United States."
Rome had four tetrachs but it only accelerated the decline.
Axios.com
Jun 29, 2024 -
By Alex Thompson
Two Joe Bidens: The night America saw the other one
pic-—President Biden in a dark suit standing behind a white debate podium.
Photo by Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images
The past 36 hours showcased two Joe Bidens: the veteran president rallying voters in a swing state, and an 81-year-old man struggling to string thoughts together in a debate. The public split screen isn’t new to many inside the White House, where top aides have meticulously stage-managed minutiae such as Biden’s sleep schedule, his orthopedic shoes, his walks to Marine One and his climb aboard Air Force One to try to blunt concerns about his age.
Internally, many aides have seen flashes of an absent-minded Biden, but typically brush them off as ordinary brain farts because they usually see him engaged, eight current and former Biden officials told Axios. But Thursday’s debate has shattered the White House’s efforts to show Biden at his best: a president capable of serving until 2029, when he’d be 86.
Driving the news: In his debate against Donald Trump, Biden often looked lost or slack-jawed, and delivered meandering answers in a hoarse voice. Some campaign aides projected calm Friday and framed the debate as just a bad night that they’d recover from. Other Biden aides, donors and senior Democrats were deeply shaken, as Trump and other crowing Republicans questioned his fitness for office. Beyond the politics of whether Biden can beat Trump again, the aides expressed new worries about whether the president can carry out his duties through another four-year term.
Friday, Biden eased some of those concerns with a full-throated campaign rally, where he found a more comfortable setting with a cheering crowd and a Teleprompter. He also acknowledged he’d done poorly the night before, and cast himself as a survivor who bounces back. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to,” he said to roars from the crowd in Raleigh, N.C.”...But I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job, I know how to get things done.”
Between the lines: Biden’s miscues and limitations are more familiar inside the White House. The time of day is important as to which of the two Bidens will appear. From 10am to 4pm, Biden is dependably engaged — and many of his public events in front of cameras are held within those hours. Outside of that time range or while traveling abroad, Biden is more likely to have verbal miscues and become fatigued, aides told Axios. Thursday’s 90-minute debate began at 9pm ET.
Afterward, CNN’s cameras captured First Lady Jill Biden gingerly helping her husband descend the few stairs by the podium. What they’re saying: White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Axios that there “is one Joe Biden, who works his heart out fighting for families like the one he grew up in in Scranton, and who, because of his determination, experience and decency, keeps achieving unprecedented results for them.”
Zoom in: Some of the close-knit Biden aides who prepped him for the debate told confidantes they were optimistic beforehand, and that he’d done well in their practice sessions. The vast majority of Biden aides agreed the debate was damaging, but disagree on the extent. Having an early debate was meant to make up a polling deficit to Trump rather than fall further behind. But by having it in June, Biden’s team has several months to recover.
Yes, almost like its not him but an actor in a mask. 😆
I agree that there are two Joe Bidens. There is one who can still read from a Teleprompter with vigor and then there is the Joe Biden who’s not on a teleprompter. That one can only repeat political and social platitudes and niceties that he has been using all his life.
The author of this article mentions how great Joe was at a campaign stop where he had a Teleprompter. Well duh.
Capt. Pike.
“He’s nuts, Jim”!
I hope everybody who voted for him, or assisted in the phony election, is very proud. The rest of the world laughs.
Eventually there will be an intern with her hand up his a** working his jaw .
That’s Hunter over there on the right handing off for a little baggie of goodies. You can tell by the smile on his face
“Jill and the newest addition to the President-by-Committee, Hunter Biden, have decided that Joe will remain in the race.”
they are just doing as Joe did most of his life, use people as long as he can to enrich himself.
Hunter photo....
Sign: “Under new management.
“Dad’s under the South Lawn, uh, I mean dad’s under the weather. A cold. I’m taking over his duties for the foreseeable future.”
Sick of the Joe won’t step down BS.
The Dems are playing us. All eyes are on the trial balloon of who will replace Joe, ginning up enthusiasm, getting buy in.
Joe doesn’t call Any shots, especially about stepping down.
they are proud, their pride is what made them vote for him and those who cheated to help force him to “win” in 2020.
pride is not a good thing as people today seem to think it is.
I hope their pride eats them alive for the rest of their natural life and beyond.
“Dr” jill isn’t his mother, she’s ashley’s mother, the daughter joe used to shower with when she was a teen
Bkmk
Yes, Jill isn’t Hunter’s mother—and he despises her.
bidencrimefamily: CHEAP FAKE for the last 3 1/2 years.
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