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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
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...)
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...)
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 )
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.)
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. )
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. )
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. )
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
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))
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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