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.

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  1. RyanFalcone Member
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    Django (View Comment):For someone in the early stages of dementia, the experience can cause fear. …

    How many of these criteria can be used to describe Trump?

    Seriously, #2 and #9. Ten is a characteristic of all old farts whether we suffer from dementia or not.

    Now, would you support removing Biden via the 25th Amendment, assuming that he can be elected?

    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.

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  2. RyanFalcone Member
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    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.

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  3. DrewInWisconsin, Type Monkey Member
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):

    How many of these criteria can be used to describe Trump?

    Give it a rest.

    Kozak (View Comment):

    How many of these can be used to describe most NT’s ?

    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.

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  4. Front Seat Cat Member
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    I liked the line in the first clip where he said the men were still men back then…..no one caught that….:-)

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  5. DonG (skeptic) Coolidge
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    E. Kent Golding (View Comment):
    Now, would you support removing Biden via the 25th Amendment, assuming that he can be elected? 

    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.

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  6. DrewInWisconsin, Type Monkey Member
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    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.

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  7. DonG (skeptic) Coolidge
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    MichaelKennedy (View Comment):

    Joe had a very early onset of dementia. 1988, as I recall. He plagiarized Neil Kinnock’s speeches and attacked a voter at a town hall in New Hampshire who questioned his intelligence. He asserted that he had been #1 in his law school class and had a high IQ. Both not true. Slow Joe is a fool but also an example of a millionaire politician with no other means of support.

    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!

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  8. Henry Racette Member
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    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.

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  9. James Gawron Inactive
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    Henry Racette (View Comment):
    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

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  10. James Gawron Inactive
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    Hartmann von Aue (View Comment):
    He was, prior to 2009, often referred to as “the dumbest man in the Senate”…by his political allies and enemies alike, only his allies did it behind his back. 

    Hartman,

    A serious clue. Remember ignorance is bliss. No matter how amazingly stupid this guy is, he just stumbles forward blissfully.

    Help!!

    Regards,

    Jim

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  11. James Gawron Inactive
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    Richard Easton (View Comment):
    Creepy Joe likes to swim in the nude. The female Secret Service agents assigned to his detail understandably hated it. He’s a nasty piece of work.

    Richard,

    It only gets creepier.

    Help!!!

    Regards,

    Jim

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  12. DrewInWisconsin, Type Monkey Member
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    Henry Racette (View Comment):
    I fear a Michelle Obama entry. That might be completely crazy, I don’t know. But it’s too awful to contemplate.

    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.

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  13. James Gawron Inactive
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    RyanFalcone (View Comment):
    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.

    Ryan,

    Thoughtful analysis. …hmmm…” his mind and soul are atrophied”. Perfect for the job of leader of the Western World.

    Help!!!!!

    Regards,

    Jim

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  14. James Gawron Inactive
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    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    I liked the line in the first clip where he said the men were still men back then…..no one caught that….:-)

    FSC,

    A momentary lapse into sanity. I’d discount it FSC.

    Regards,

    Jim

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  15. James Gawron Inactive
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    E. Kent Golding (View Comment):

    Don’t Pick on Joe! He is the easiest Democrat to beat, and Jill might do only a moderately bad job running his presidency.

    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

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  16. James Gawron Inactive
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    MichaelKennedy (View Comment):
    The guy he got into a fight with in Iowa is an ex-Marine.

    Michael,

    Probably the guy would have broken Biden’s jaw. With his jaw wired shut, Biden’s prospects would improve.

    Help!

    Regards,

    Jim

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  17. DrewInWisconsin, Type Monkey Member
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    MichaelKennedy (View Comment):
    The guy he got into a fight with in Iowa is an ex-Marine.

    Here’s that guy.

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  18. ctlaw Coolidge
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    When I saw the hairy legs clip, my reaction was: “Man, that Bad Lip Reading guy has really improved his Biden impression!”

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  19. Columbo Inactive
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    I think we need to hear from Corn Pop …..

     

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  20. Jon1979 Inactive
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    DonG (skeptic) (View Comment):

    MichaelKennedy (View Comment):

    Joe had a very early onset of dementia. 1988, as I recall. He plagiarized Neil Kinnock’s speeches and attacked a voter at a town hall in New Hampshire who questioned his intelligence. He asserted that he had been #1 in his law school class and had a high IQ. Both not true. Slow Joe is a fool but also an example of a millionaire politician with no other means of support.

    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?

    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.

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  21. DrewInWisconsin, Type Monkey Member
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  22. DrewInWisconsin, Type Monkey Member
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    Jon1979 (View Comment):
    Biden may have plagiarized Kinnock’s speech simply because he didn’t think he’d ever be called on it, . . .

    With the media we’ve got, it’s a safe bet.

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  23. Old Bathos Member
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    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:

    1. Yes, he is old and has lost more than a step
    2. He has changed his positions so often he developed moral amnesia such that his sense of both self and reality is rather cloudy. (Did you know that Joe Biden once formally signed the pledge circulated by AD Hoc Committee for Right Life to support a constitutional amendment to support Roe v. Wade?)
    3. He was in the Senate waayy too long.  Senatitis afflicts many (but not all).  It is a condition marked by an inability to control the duration of speaking, the delusion that everyone around you adores, agrees with and believes whatever it is you are saying and a need/preference for the company of sycophants.
    4. He has an ego that is noticeably out of whack even when compared to other politicians.  He believes himself to be much smarter than he is (remember this gem? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1j0FS0Z6ho ) and can easily convince himself that rambling about children stroking his leg hairs is not only profound and insightful but that listeners should be grateful to be privy to knowing about his leg hairs.
    5. And, yes he is in fact, utterly batsh*t crazy.
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  24. Valiuth Member
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    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. 

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  25. James Gawron Inactive
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    Old Bathos (View Comment):
    And, yes he is in fact, utterly batsh*t crazy.

    OldB,

    Honesty is the best policy. Thank you for your honest evaluation.

    Help!!!!!!!!!!

    Regards,

    Jim

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  26. James Gawron Inactive
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    Valiuth (View Comment):
    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. 

    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

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  27. Columbo Inactive
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    DrewInWisconsin, Type Monkey (View Comment):

    Gary Robbins (View Comment):

    How many of these criteria can be used to describe Trump?

    Give it a rest.

    Kozak (View Comment):

    How many of these can be used to describe most NT’s ?

    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.

    How interesting that you bring this up. At National Review today, no Trumpist (sic) site, David Harsanyi suggests the following ….

    If you think Trump’s behavior is the worst in American history, you might be insane.

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  28. James Gawron Inactive
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    Columbo (View Comment):
    If you think Trump’s behavior is the worst in American history, you might be insane.

    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

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  29. DrewInWisconsin, Type Monkey Member
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    Valiuth (View Comment):
    Ha, You are worried that Joe Biden is not fully right in the head but you support Trump? Have you heard him speak?

    Yes. Have you?

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  30. Richard Easton Coolidge
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    James Gawron (View Comment):

    Henry Racette (View Comment):
    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

    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.

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