Biden campaign struggling over dementia concerns

[MrDawn]

Your thoughts?

The president of the United States tripping and falling is never a good moment in the throes of a re-election campaign. But when the president is 80 years old and already faces concerns that he’s too old for another term, it’s something of a crisis.

Joe Biden’s aides realized they had a problem last month when the president tripped over a sandbag — hard — at the Air Force Academy’s graduation ceremony. Afterward, during a post-event recap, a few aides tried to figure out what may have gone wrong and how to make sure that such an embarrassing and dangerous incident “never happens again,” according to two people familiar with the discussion.


“You can’t be too careful,” one said.

Note cards and shorter stairs: How Biden's campaign is addressing his age

Aides appear to be making concessions to Biden’s age, hoping to avoid viral moments that would reinforce voters’ worries about his fitness.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[DrLeftover]

OK, one is unfit to serve due to dementia, the other is unfit to serve due to being mentally unstable.

And both are their party's presumed nominee.

 

[DrLeftover]

"bam"
- Emeril Lagasse

Biden is skipping a Super Bowl interview. His advisers say it's part of the plan.

Aides say that voters are fatigued by politics and that the president will do interviews when the timing is right.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MrDawn]

"bam"
- Emeril Lagasse

I read the article. This part really stuck out and made me laugh my ass off.

"Either he doesn’t have anything to say or his team is worried about what he might say or how he’d say it," said a veteran Democratic campaign operative, adding that Biden should have given a national address after recent retaliatory strikes in the Middle East. “Regardless, it’s a problem.”

 

[Webster]

OK, one is unfit to serve due to dementia, the other is unfit to serve due to being mentally unstable.

And both are their party's presumed nominee.

I'll drink to that.

 

[riseabovethis]

Of course they both might end up dying before the election happens.

 

[Crys]

Well something is going on with him. He's had too many falls...I mean he could be falling prone but....🤔🤔🤔 something is going on...said a lot of questionable stuff.

 

[Webster]

Of course they both might end up dying before the election happens.

Well something is going on with him. He's had too many falls...I mean he could be falling prone but....🤔🤔🤔 something is going on...said a lot of questionable stuff.

 

[DrLeftover]

@Webster : Do you have a REALLY GOOD "facepalm" GIF?

Biden Says He Spoke to a SECOND Dead European Statesman

Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday made the surprising claim that he’d had a conversation with former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl that—given when it supposedly took place—could only have happened through a ouija board.The Democrat said he spoke with Kohl, who died in...

news.yahoo.com

 

[Webster]

@Webster : Do you have a REALLY GOOD "facepalm" GIF?

 

[DrLeftover]

Make it a double:

Special counsel says Biden ‘willfully retained and disclosed’ classified info — but still doesn’t recommend charges​

Special counsel says Biden ‘willfully retained and disclosed’ classified info — but still says charges not ‘warranted’

The Justice Department has released a final report by special counsel Robert Hur on President Biden’s mishandling of classified records.

nypost.com

 

[DrLeftover]

Next:

'They've both got pyramids': Biden gaffe sparks memes​

Egypt and Mexico are separated by thousands of miles of ocean and desert, with vastly different languages, cuisines, politics and cultures.

But as citizens in both countries rose to read the news on Friday morning, some unified behind a common sense of puzzlement - and in some cases levity - at US President Joe Biden.

At a contentious Thursday night news conference aimed at defending his cognitive abilities from detractors, Mr Biden inadvertently referred to Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as the "president of Mexico".

The comment, which came hours after the findings of a report into Mr Biden's handling of declassified documents were released, quickly set social media in both countries ablaze.

'They've both got pyramids': Biden gaffe sparks memes

By confusing the Mexican and Egyptian presidents Joe Biden sparked jokes in both countries.

www.bbc.com

 

[DrLeftover]

This is here so we can find it later:

Five things in the Biden classified documents report​

Five things in the Biden classified documents report

Probe describes top secret files in a garage and "significant limitations" with the president's memory.

www.bbc.com

 

[Webster]

Make it a double:

 

[riseabovethis]

Well all those politicians without dementia are screwing things up basically so maybe one with dementia could get things right.

 

[Nebulous]

There has to be a better democrat than Biden.

 

[Webster]

There has to be a better democrat than Biden.

Yeah but who?

Kamala Harris? Pete Buttigieg? Elizabeth Warren?