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Biden blames jet lag and travel for poor debate performance
BBC ^ | July 2, 2024 | Kayla Epstein

Posted on 07/02/2024 6:13:56 PM PDT by McGruff

President Joe Biden has blamed his poor debate performance last week on jet lag, telling reporters that he "wasn't very smart" for "travelling around the world a couple of times" before the debate.

"I didn’t listen to my staff... and then I nearly fell asleep on stage,” he said.

Mr Biden, 81, last returned from travel on 15 June, nearly two weeks ahead of the 27 June debate.

Mr Biden's remarks come amid intra-party panic ahead of November's election over his mental fitness,

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To: Netz
Ya got them in a glass tube...

and there were a LOT of them in there!


https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Carter%E2%80%99s+little+Liver+Pills.&iax=images&ia=images

81 posted on 07/03/2024 4:28:56 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

82 posted on 07/03/2024 4:29:31 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Apparatchik

“he went to Waffle House after the debate to hug, shake hands, and sniff a bunch of people at 2 in the morning”

Isn’t it amazing what a little snort of “Hunter powder” can do?


83 posted on 07/03/2024 4:51:10 AM PDT by fredhead (Duty, Honor, Country.....Honor, Courage, Commitment )
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To: Netz

Mom always used that expression re Carter’s Little Liver Pills. Had totally forgotten about it. 😄


84 posted on 07/03/2024 4:57:20 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Bannon didn't kill himself.)
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To: McGruff

He was in Camp David for more than a week. Jet lag is for a few days.


85 posted on 07/03/2024 5:04:49 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Fai Mao

“It is the same time zone, how was there jetlag?”

The helicopter ride was bumpy.


86 posted on 07/03/2024 5:07:47 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Bullish

LOL

Yeah, it’s surprising how fast the media posted that all over
the place. Not like they want him gone or anything. /s


87 posted on 07/03/2024 8:27:45 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands. )
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To: McGruff

Didn’t he have a full 10 days of naps at Camp David prior to the debate and after his travel?


88 posted on 07/03/2024 8:30:52 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: McGruff
And I bet Biden is blaming debate prep as the reason he missed many of the NATO meetings in Europe during his D-Day trip.

-PJ

89 posted on 07/03/2024 8:38:08 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Elsie

Ha.

Whatever excuse it takes.


90 posted on 07/03/2024 10:49:13 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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