ABC News interview TONIGHT with Biden

[Anonymous]

Didn’t Ted Kaufman also say Joe Biden disappoints everyone?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In watching the interview tonight, I saw a frail man. I man who looked weakened by age, just as we all do in the final years of our lives.
I did not see a person who portrays the optics of a US President. I wanted to but I just did not see it.

My mother is the same age and her voice is so much stronger and she is able to articulate her thoughts very clearly. Something is seriously wrong with Biden.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our president turned in a B-/C+ performance tonight, which is by far the worst possible outcome.

It means the coming week will be complete chaos. Intense maneuvering and palace intrigue is afoot. An historic party schism is threatening to erupt.

I smell panic.

The coming weeks will be the subject of one hundred books.

Agreed. He did better than I expected, but was still pretty bad. I imagine it’s good enough to give ammunition to the folks wanting to keep him in, but not good enough to bring back viewers who were distressed by his debate performance.

Another agreement. He did well enough to stave off the sharpening knives headed in his direction. For now. No one is impressed or reassured by the interview except the most delusional partisans but he did just well enough to perpetuate the awkward state of affairs. And it's not going to lead to victory in November either. The interview wasn't live, wasn't prime time, was filmed during his working daylight hours. This isn't letting Biden loose at a press conference or a college auditorium taking unscripted questions from the audience the way presidential candidates typically do. Nor does it answer any of the questions everyone is asking. What is he really like behind doors?

The Democrats don't have much time to save 2024. Each day that passes the harder it becomes. But the election is already starting to turn into an inevitable narrative that everyone will start believing in - one of Joe Biden's cognitive decline hidden from the public as far back as 2020 and enabled by the untrustworthy press and a corrupt Democratic party - a narrative that leads to Trump's election in November.

This. I can't help but think there is good reason why tonight's "interview" was set and handled in the manner it was. It was staged. It did nothing to reassure me but made me feel as if they are trying to manipulate Biden's situation.

They showed the whole interview.

[Anonymous]

I wish they would have showed him getting in and out of his chair.

[Anonymous]

The interview made me feel awful. He's severely diminished - noticeably from just a couple of months ago. I think Hunter's trial and conviction are weighing heavily on him and the stress is accelerating his decline (if you've watched this happen to an elderly relative you know what I'm talking about).

What was up with this? You're not in this for a participation trophy, you're in this to save our democracy.

How will Biden feel if Trump wins? Biden indicated that “as long as I gave it my all,” he would be OK. “That’s what this is about,” Biden said.

This isn't the Joe Biden I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish they would have showed him getting in and out of his chair.

+1 this is an American nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Joe’s best in a friendly taped interview isn’t good enough. He’s gotta drop out.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

I think Biden is suffering from the general cognitive decline that comes with aging, combined with a lifelong stutter. It’s not a linear process, and people can show decline pretty rapidly especially past age 80.

He is not in the advanced stages of Parkinson’s or any other serious neurodegenerative disease. If he was, he would not be able to pull it together even under the best circumstances. Early stage is possible, but general aging is more likely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think he was smart to do this interview. He convinced me he’s not suffering from advanced Parkinson’s. And he can handle four more years.

What exactly did you see that convinced you that 4 years from now he will not have declined further?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Joe’s best in a friendly taped interview isn’t good enough. He’s gotta drop out.

He will not drop out. Hunter and Jill are going to ensure Biden stays in. Wait until we see the close knit, loving, Biden family smiling and cheering on stage as Joe accepts the nomination. Jill will give a touching speech about the goodness of Joe’s heart, his dedication and commitment to America.

Hunter will be onstage smiling and laughing and supporting his dad.

That’s going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish they would have showed him getting in and out of his chair.

What thehell does that have to do with being a good President??

Roosevelt used a wheelchair.

[Anonymous]

Joe Biden is not dropping out. The Bidens - Jill, Hunter, and the other Bidens that live in the White House - are in a gilded castle and only hear what they want to hear. They are surrounded by sycophants and mercenaries. It's been a very lucrative and pleasant existence for all of them. And they are not giving that up willingly.

Look for more of the same as the past day or two. A few rallies between 10 am and 2 pm when Biden is vaguely functional and can read a teleprompter. A monthly 18 minute "interview" with a friendly "journalist." No other questions from the press. Many hours in the makeup chair as was evident today. He looks like death otherwise and needs even more bronzer than Trump uses. The spineless democrats will trot out platitudes - he's fine; Trump is worse.

Meanwhile, the map expands ever further. All the battleground states are long settled now - Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and so on. Trump has won all of them. The election is already over. There is no possible way for Biden and Democrats to win. None. Zero. It's all over.

Now it's Trump running up the numbers - New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. Today, the Trump campaign opened eight additional field offices in Minnesota. New Mexico and Maine are likely next.

It's going to be a blow out - the Senate, the House, all of it.

Maybe not such a great idea to nominate a sickly 82 year old. But every day, Republicans grow ever more grateful to the wisdom and acumen of Democrats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish they would have showed him getting in and out of his chair.

What thehell does that have to do with being a good President??

Roosevelt used a wheelchair.

That’s completely different Roosevelt had a physical impairment that did not impact him mentally.

Biden likely is aging mentally and physically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish they would have showed him getting in and out of his chair.

What thehell does that have to do with being a good President??

Roosevelt used a wheelchair.

That’s completely different Roosevelt had a physical impairment that did not impact him mentally.

Biden likely is aging mentally and physically.

Trump fell asleep every day of his trial.