The Nation Finally Got To See The Real Biden — The One The Press Has Been Hiding All These Years
Many 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.
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