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Is Joe Biden Insane?
I don’t just mean an ordinary, obsessive-compulsive kind of thing. I mean detached from reality completely. He is scary.
Am I making too much of this one strange incident?
Just because he misspeaks on a regular basis, it isn’t the end of the world.
Gaffe: Joe Biden Claims He was Vice President in 1976
Former Vice President Joe Biden inaccurately stated on Thursday that the Obama-Biden administration was in office in 1976.
Biden, who has shown an inability to recollect dates and places to the chagrin of even his staunches allies, made the claim while discussing immigration during a stop on his “No Malarkey” bus tour of Iowa.
In particular, the 77-year-old Biden tried to create a contrast between President Donald Trump’s record on immigration and that of the Obama-Biden administration. To do so, the former vice president invoked the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which granted legal protections to nearly 800,000 illegal migrants brought to the U.S. as children, and other signature Obama-era policies.
“There’s the Dreamers program, there’s also a program that said we’re not going to separate families, we’re going to allow families to stay together while they go through the process, and the court said you can’t,” Biden said, before adding, “We did that in 1976.”
Really, really scary.
Published in General
My initial thought was the same but the more I thought about it, #2 may be a big stretch. Judging by his constant riffing and constant tweeting, he may not have a difficulty communicating at all. Sure he’s had his strange Covfefe moments but in light of the quantity that we have to choose from, he’s actually pretty strong in this and most of the other 10.
Biden isn’t insane. What we are seeing is the effect of being above the law and being surrounded by mindless drones for 70 years. His mind and soul are atrophied.
Give it a rest.
“Struggling to adapt to change,” most certainly. “A failing sense of direction,” too, given that they can no longer discern left from right. “Repetitive“? No question. “Difficulty following storylines“? Absolutely. So many of them still cling to the Russia-palooza Narrative, unaware that that storyline has been proven fictional.
I liked the line in the first clip where he said the men were still men back then…..no one caught that….:-)
That is not how the Deep State works. Do you remember when Comey said he did the Flynn entrapment, because Trump was inexperienced? The Deep State is made of sharks and when the smell blood, they don’t get sympathetic and helpful.
Joe has two modes: “Unbridled rage” and a “folksy aw-shucks” persona he uses to try to convince people he’s not in desperate need of anger management classes. What we saw Wednesday when he attacked that Iowa voter for daring to bring up Burisma was not a product of a failing mind. That’s normal behavior for him.
He plagiarized another politicians autobiographical speech. You are very dumb, when you think you can away with claiming to have someone else’s coming-of-age!
My greatest concern about Biden is that it’s too easy to imagine him failing in the run-up to the convention. If he continues to lead, and clears the field of weaker but more durable candidates, but is exposed as too crazy and unstable and feeble as we get close to the Democratic convention, I fear a Michelle Obama entry. That might be completely crazy, I don’t know. But it’s too awful to contemplate.
Henry,
Yes, I think “too awful to contemplate” is a good description of the Democrats generally.
Regards,
Jim
Hartman,
A serious clue. Remember ignorance is bliss. No matter how amazingly stupid this guy is, he just stumbles forward blissfully.
Help!!
Regards,
Jim
Richard,
It only gets creepier.
Help!!!
Regards,
Jim
I actually fear a Michelle Obama presidency less than some of the others. Michelle Obama would do just as her husband did — spend her whole presidency partying and letting Congressional Democrats run the show. It would be bad, but only as bad as Barry’s Presidency was. (Which, admittedly, was the worst thing that ever happened to our nation.)
Warren, on the other hand, would actively try to push her commie nonsense.
Ryan,
Thoughtful analysis. …hmmm…” his mind and soul are atrophied”. Perfect for the job of leader of the Western World.
Help!!!!!
Regards,
Jim
FSC,
A momentary lapse into sanity. I’d discount it FSC.
Regards,
Jim
Kent,
Remember Mrs. Wilson didn’t take over until Woodrow had a debilitating stroke. Biden hasn’t had… well I don’t think he’s had… he may look & act like he…Help!!
Regards,
Jim
Michael,
Probably the guy would have broken Biden’s jaw. With his jaw wired shut, Biden’s prospects would improve.
Help!
Regards,
Jim
Here’s that guy.
When I saw the hairy legs clip, my reaction was: “Man, that Bad Lip Reading guy has really improved his Biden impression!”
I think we need to hear from Corn Pop …..
How much scrutiny had Biden gotten from the Delaware media prior to 1988? He certainly was a sympathetic figure after his wife and child were killed in the car crash 15 years earlier, and that’s on top of the normal media inclination to give Democrats the benefit of the doubt they would never give Republicans. Biden may have plagiarized Kinnock’s speech simply because he didn’t think he’d ever be called on it, without grasping the reality that the rules are different during primary season. When it’s Democrat vs. Democrat, that’s when the pols get the toughest scrutiny by the media, because while the reporters involved may lean left, there’s no assurance they’re leaning left towards them.
With the media we’ve got, it’s a safe bet.
I forgot what I was going to say and there is a big lump of tapioca on my shirt… Oh, wait, I remember:
Biden’s mental state is a combination of factors:
Ha, You are worried that Joe Biden is not fully right in the head but you support Trump? Have you heard him speak? Talk about double standards. If a mental degenerate like Trump is given a clean mental bill of health, I don’t see whats so much worse about Biden.
Frankly I think instead of a presidential debate I’d love to see the two candidates take the Reading Comprehension portion of the SAT live before a studio audience. I’d be curious to see how they do. I suspect both would fail, by which I mean score below the median.
OldB,
Honesty is the best policy. Thank you for your honest evaluation.
Help!!!!!!!!!!
Regards,
Jim
Val,
Below the median!? They’re both white guys, they’d need a perfect score to get into a good school today and that’s without figuring in the trans quota.
Val the difference is that Trump is crazy like a fox. Biden is just crazy.
Regards,
Jim
How interesting that you bring this up. At National Review today, no Trumpist (sic) site, David Harsanyi suggests the following ….
Columbo,
Harsanyi is bringing many pertinent facts forward in his argument. Darn it, that’s just not fair! Facts don’t matter only the narrative matters. The Dems are expecting their usual participation trophy for this impeachment thing. Harsanyi isn’t playing by the rules.
Regards,
Jim
Yes. Have you?
Michelle’s lazy. She doesn’t want it and she’s as not as good a liar as BHO was. He pretended to be a moderate and fooled many people.