Posted on 05/22/2024 8:42:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In case you somehow missed it, Joe Biden traveled to Detroit on Sunday to deliver a speech before the NAACP in which he attempted to apply some bandages to his bleeding poll numbers among Black voters. To put it mildly, things did not go well. Biden's rambling, confused persona was back on full display as he got a number of words wrong and told fanciful stories from his past that were obviously untrue and in at least a couple of cases physically impossible. But as with all official appearances, the White House was forced to release a transcript of the speech. This involved a cleanup job of daunting proportions and included nine instances of what the New York Post described as "brutal corrections."
White House officials went into cleanup mode after President Biden delivered a gaffe-riddled speech to the NAACP in Detroit Sunday — making a whopping nine corrections to the formal transcript.
The changes fixed both trips of Biden’s tongue — such as calling Capitol rioters “irrectionists” — and flagrant retellings of history, like claiming he was still vice president during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The official transcript, released Monday, made no bones about the errors, with strikethroughs of Biden’s mistakes and the corrected comments included in brackets.
You can read the official White House transcript here. In some ways, it's encouraging to see the staff attempting to be transparent about the boss and his many flubs. Then again, it's not as if the work is optional. It's a violation of federal law to falsify official government records. Yet part of me is still wondering if they are airing this dirty laundry because some members of Team Biden have seen the writing on the wall and are thinking it might be time to nudge the kindly old man with a bad memory off the stage.
The notable flubs were a curious collection of misspoke words, names, dates, and events. When Biden claimed to have been the Vice President during the pandemic, the staff is now claiming that he intended to say "during the recession." When he called the Capitol Hill rioters "irrectionists" he was apparently supposed to say "insurrectionists." (At least they were nice enough to spell it with an i instead of an e.) When Biden described how he was "humbled to receive this organization," he had meant to say "award."
Some of the words that required corrections weren't even words at all and it looks as if the transcriptionists were forced to guess how to spell what he actually said. "Inspiresing" was meant to be "inspiring." When he claimed to have saved families $800,000 per year in insurance premiums, that outlandish figure had to be trimmed down twice before reaching $800. (And many would argue that few people actually wound up seeing anywhere near that amount of a reduction.)
One of the flubs - assuming it really was a flub - was a dangerous mischaracterization as well as being a flat-out lie. He claimed that Donald Trump had said that if he lost in November there would be "bloodshed." He was attempting to say "a bloodbath," but bloodshed is a very real word and everyone understands what it means. Personally, I think Biden owes Trump an apology for that one at least, though I'm sure we'll never see it happen.
There were more, but you get the gist of this. Biden managed to mangle the acronym for the NAACP, but that was fairly mild by comparison. The point is, Biden wasn't speaking extemporaneously for the most part. That was a prepared speech that was handed to him and he couldn't even manage to pull that off. They had plenty of time to practice while he was hanging out near the beach in Delaware. Did anyone even try to get him to run through it a few times or are they just handing him scripts, hoping for the best, and whiteknuckling it until the cameras turn off?
There are still a few months to go before the conventions. If the Democrats are planning to make a change, they need to already be putting those plans in motion, though I still don't see how they can pull it off without Jill Biden stepping in to tell her husband that it's time to retire. As far as Biden's campaign team goes, they seem to be out of options. Keeping Joe in the basement wasn't working and Trump kept surging in the polls. Sending him out to give speeches doesn't seem to be paying off either. It's almost painful to watch.
My premiums went up and my coverage went down thanks to ObamaCare.
What a total national embarrassment.
The thing is, the Left and Socialists don’t care, he’s giving them everything they want, so they will put up with the gaffes.
And my HSA went away.
25 feet away from the nuclear launch codes. God help us!
What a total national embarrassment.
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Yep
But LOL ..
Watch Trump posts another Biden Visiting Angels ad
https://rumble.com/v4wv0k5-trump-posts-another-biden-visiting-angels-ad.html
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Jill ain’t giving up nothing... She loves her lavish lifestyle.
Joe’s welfare is secondary to that.
He’s a national disgrace brought to us by the most disgraceful political party in American history.
Jill knows nobody in the Biden family will care what happens to them after the WH. She will be all alone talking with Joe about nothing. That is her fear of the future. This was not how the 2020 plan was supposed to go.
Must-see TV.
Hey hey,
Ho ho
The babysitter has
got to go!
Hey hey,
Ho ho,
The babysitter has
got to go!
If people in their RIGHT minds gathered in protest mobs in front of the White House.
The time for pushing Biden out has long since passed. Besides, as we’ve gone over a million times before, who else can they run? If they had another decent candidate, they’d have gotten rid of Biden a long time ago. They don’t have one.
I am sure that Biden would be incapable of completing the procedure to activate the launch codes. I doubt very much that he even has possession of the cue cards or can remember where he left them.
So, we will be fine, then.
Who else can they run?
When you are already running a cadaver, almost any substitute will be an improvement.
Twice since 1976 the Democrats have run a southern state governor who was not a national figure. Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992. Both ran as moderate and highly effective governors. Both won. Neither governed as a moderate but the press did a masterful job of helping to define them for the campaign. The Democrat voter base turned out in large numbers and enough moderates were persuaded so the unknown Democrat won by capturing southern states that normally vote Republican.
Current North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is a possible replacement. He won elections for governor twice, in 2016 and 2020. Trump won NC by small margins in both years. Cooper won the governor’s position by larger margins with Trump on the top of the ballot. NC is a critical state with 16 Electoral College votes and Cooper is still a popular governor among moderates and Democrats. He is a good public speaker and effective debater. There is no hint of personal scandal with him. The NC economy is strong and people are moving in droves to the state.
If Roy Cooper became the Democrat candidate at the convention Trump’s entire campaign strategy blows up. He suddenly faces a very healthy and active 66 year old which makes Trump’s age an issue. There is no hint of corruption with Cooper or his family. By all economic measures Cooper has been effective running one of the fastest growing sunbelt states with a GOP majority legislature. He can easily run as a successful sensible moderate which will be attractive to independent voters and Republican women who dislike Trump. Cooper has none of the negative attributes of Biden. Plus he comes across well on television and can confidently talk issues on his feet.
As a Washington outsider he can diffuse Trump’s number one issue, the border, by simply acknowledging it is a big problem and needs “new thinking”. Imagine him turning to Trump in a debate and saying, “I’m open to listening to all ideas for fixing the border problems. The day after I am elected, why don’t we meet for a few hours and talk about your ideas in detail.
As for debates, Trump would suddenly find himself facing a formidable candidate happy to have multiple debates, including on Fox News. Imagine Trump in full attack mode criticizing Cooper for all of the failings of the Biden administration. Cooper can look at Trump, smile and say, “I’m not Joe Biden”.
Looking at Electoral College votes Cooper has the potential to secure North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Arizona for the Democrats. Add solid Democrat states and he walks into office. He is the perfect stealth candidate to win election as a moderate and govern as a strong progressive.
I live here in North Carolina. Roy Cooper is not that popular. We elected a Republican supermajority in the state legislature AND we flipped the state supreme court from 6-1 Democrat to 5-2 Republican over the last two elections.
They might try to run Cooper in the future but he’s got baggage. He has masqueraded as a moderate when in reality he is anything but. He publicly supported BLM and mask mandates and he never met a gun grab he did not support. He was against a bunch of thing that the majority of voters in this state wanted - which is why the state legislature has stuffed one veto after another down his throat.
I tend to think the Democrats more likely to try to run Gestapo Gretchen from Michigan next time.
“White House Issues Huge List of ‘Corrections’ to Biden’s Disastrous Detroit Speech: “What He Really Meant Was ...”
In my best John Lovitz voice: “Yeah, that’s the ticket!”
whoever is actually in charge should just give the speech
it would save some time
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