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Confidence: Biden’s Achilles’ heel
American Thinker.com ^ | December 16, 2021 | Jason D. Bland

Posted on 12/16/2021 2:42:51 AM PST by Kaslin

True leadership requires confidence. Period.

This is something that must be exhibited by leaders, and also something that their followers must feel about them. In other words, a leader must exhibit confidence in their decisions, their speech, and their body language. Also, their followers must feel confident in the capabilities, intellect, and presence of their leader. Without both aspects, the leader’s effectiveness will crumble. In the case of Joe Biden, he has neither.

Despite the support of mainstream media, Biden's poll numbers continue to slip. This slippage seemed to gain steam back in August, when his numbers took a turn for the worst after the debacle that was the Afghanistan withdrawal.

I would argue that his numbers, compounded by the Kamala Harris leadership vacuum, are systemic of the American public’s newfound understanding of who Biden really is as their President. For months during the 2020 campaign, Biden was hidden away from the public, protected from tough questions, and insulated from the rigors of being constantly on the go. Today, however, we’ve seen nearly a year of his leadership presence, or more appropriately the lack thereof. For months, Biden seemed to avoid press conferences, instead depending on scripted outings. And still today he limits taking questions from the press, or speaking extemporaneously in front of a microphone.

As President, Biden can no longer ignore the limelight. He’s the leader of the free world, for goodness sake. People expect him to say something, anything, to lead, to build confidence. Yet his absence has become notorious. In fact, it’s systemic of an administration that seems to be hiding from itself.

But when Biden does make an appearance, he seems fragile, a man who is longer in top form. Perhaps this is why his handlers script his outings and limit exposure to the media,

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: joebiden

1 posted on 12/16/2021 2:42:51 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Trump Won!


2 posted on 12/16/2021 2:46:52 AM PST by spincaster
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To: Kaslin

Continence is his other Achilles heel.


3 posted on 12/16/2021 2:46:58 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: Kaslin

At least Joe did not write mean tweets.


4 posted on 12/16/2021 2:47:51 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Kaslin
Yet his absence has become notorious.

Notorious F.J.B.

5 posted on 12/16/2021 2:49:32 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Mass hypnosis of society. So many people are blind to the Truth which is in front of them.)
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To: Kaslin

Joe is kinda like a teenage kid turning 70, who has lived in the basement of his dad’s place most of his life....seems to know a lot about nothing...says stupid stuff that suggest he’s been smoking weed a lot, and indicates constantly he’s right about things when he’s mostly wrong about things.


6 posted on 12/16/2021 3:00:17 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Kaslin

Bidens ‘condition’ will not improve and therefore neither can he show confidence as the writer suggests.


7 posted on 12/16/2021 3:00:30 AM PST by caww ( )
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8 posted on 12/16/2021 3:42:43 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathnroom to uwe.)
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H/t BradyLS

Biden’s dementia is just an act to keep troublesome questions away. If he really had dementia, he’d act that way when asked questions......he’s a mean, calculating man with 50 years in Congress, acting like a carnival barker. He knows all the dodges.


Bidens a practiced con man......a corrupt career Pol w/ no fear of we, the people.


9 posted on 12/16/2021 3:50:44 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathnroom to uwe.)
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To: Liz

Biden is the naked Emperor.


10 posted on 12/16/2021 4:23:39 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: The_Media_never_lie

For sure.


11 posted on 12/16/2021 4:24:45 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathnroom to uwe.)
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“Biden’s dementia is just an act to keep troublesome questions away. “


Wasn’t there a crime boss who faked dementia to avoid arrest? I agree that he is a mean character, but I don’t think anyone has thought him particularly clever.


12 posted on 12/16/2021 6:49:25 AM PST by hanamizu
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Polarizing positions is the destruction of the nation.

One side spouts a blatant lie so outrageous it’s obvious to anyone with the IQ of pudding, yet that side stands their ground to the death that it’s not a lie.

That’s polarization


13 posted on 12/16/2021 8:15:16 AM PST by USCG SimTech ( )
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