I & I Editorial BoardMany if not most Americans tuning into the debate Thursday night were probably shocked at President Joe Biden’s performance.
He was confused and tired. He mumbled and bumbled through his answers. He looked at times despondent. He had trouble keeping focused. His closing statement was perhaps the worst in the history of presidential debates. And this was after spending a week at Camp David resting and preparing.
Anyone who was surprised by his performance should be asking themselves Why? Why didn’t they know how bad a state Biden is in? How did the White House keep this under wraps for so long?
The president is, after all, the most public of public figures. His every move is scrutinized. It is true that the White House minimized Biden’s public appearances, and kept them short and carefully scripted.
But the media are always around him taking notes. Reporters are in constant contact with the people who work for the president. They’re always talking to others in the president’s party.
And for three and half years, the press has been telling the public that Biden is doing fine. That all the talk of his age and infirmity was misinformation. Just last week, the media tried to convince voters that Biden’s incredibly odd behavior at recent events was all “cheap fakes” by Republicans.
They said Donald Trump made verbal mistakes and was old, too.
But the contrast between the two men last night could not have been more striking. Was Trump’s performance great? No. But it was standard Trump. His closing statement was a huge missed opportunity to paint a bright picture of America’s future. Instead, he rambled about his record. But next to Biden, he looked like he was a young man at the top of his game.
This time, however, the media couldn’t rush in and protect Biden. And now they can’t claim it was camera trickery or out-of-context quotes. Yes, they will sic their army of fact-checkers on Trump. But nobody is going to care about that when the current president looks so incredibly enfeebled.
Americans saw the unvarnished truth about Biden. It’s a side of Biden that his critics, us included, have been pointing out since before he took office, when Biden, campaigning from his basement four years ago, struggled to read the teleprompter.
Biden’s performance was deeply troubling. He should have to submit to a cognitive test. His cabinet should be studying the 25th Amendment.
But the media’s coverage of Biden for the past four years has been nothing short of criminal.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
I can harldy wait to see what the leftist lemmings have to report after watching him in real time.
“Press”? Call it like it is: ” FAKE NEWS”.
The most truthful statement in this report is,
“But the media’s coverage of Biden for the last four years has been nothing short of criminal.”
I’m sorry that I didn’t turn on the closed captions for the debate. Now I can only wonder how the typist managed to translate the gibberish, and what was actually being displayed on the captions.
The “press”? Who? Is this a 1940s movie? Please throw out that outdated term and call them the media.
Biden’s performance in the 2019 Democrat presidential primary debates was also deeply troubling and yet he still got 81 million votes. If he’s dead the Democrats will still get him 65 million votes.
Who is really in charge? Who has the NCA launch codes? The only real question is how did the White House allow this to continue? It’s clear to anyone who has been paying attention that Joe Biden has not been president for at least three years. Who’s running the country? It’s no wonder we are where we are.
He is still polling well in the cemeteries of Chicago.
He’s one of them!
Trump’s performance last evening was top notch. He was both on his A-game and much more reserved than most expected him to be. He could have been a lot more savage on crooked, sleepy Joe if he wished, but chose not to. Joe’s self-immolation did not require any assists.
The contrast between the two could not be any more striking. Or frightening, if you consider the cadaver still has seven more months in office in which to continue the unraveling of America and the march toward WW III.
The problem with the 25th amendment is the same as when Trump was President. They can declare him unable to discharge his duties, but all he has to do is write a letter declaring that he is able, and power reverts to him.
I suppose Joe Biden looked down so often because he wanted to concentrate. But many times it looked to me that he had notes he referring to.
Did anyone think the same thing?
It wasn’t hidden at all. The conservative press has observed Biden’s impairment for YEARS. It’s just that the media and Democrats have been making excuses for his bizarre behavior because they fear losing power.