National Review: "Is Joe OK?"
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Yesterday : Something Is Wrong with the President
The transcript of President Joe Biden’s interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos dropped, and the president’s incoherence, insistence that he was incorrectly briefed, denial that he was warned by his military advisers, and oddly low profile in the past week raise troubling questions about his ability to perform his duties.
What’s Going On with President Biden?
After making no public appearances for four days — during a major foreign crisis — President Biden read a 20-minute speech off a teleprompter on Monday afternoon and took no questions. He immediately returned to Camp David. He had no events on his schedule Tuesday. On Wednesday, he gave another 20-minute speech about vaccine boosters off a teleprompter from Camp David, and again took no questions. Also on Wednesday, the president sat for an on-camera interview with George Stephanopoulos that did not go well. According to the White House public records, Biden has had two phone conversations with foreign leaders in the past ten days — one with Boris Johnson and one with Angela Merkel.As of this writing, Biden has no public events on his schedule for today. He is scheduled to receive the president’s daily briefing from the intelligence community and meet with his national-security team. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, he is scheduled to return to his house in Delaware today.
This is a highly unusual schedule for a president during a foreign-policy crisis. Yes, a president can perform his job anywhere, whether it’s Camp David or his own private residence. But Biden is barely appearing in public, not saying much of anything when he does, not answering any questions outside of his lone scheduled interview, and sounding angry when he did face questions from Stephanopoulos.
Today: What Is President Biden Doing?
One: Is it normal for an American president to take 36 hours to respond to an urgent call from the U.K. Prime Minister? Sure, some delay, during an ongoing foreign crisis, is to be expected. But a day and a half?
Two: As of this writing, shortly after 2 p.m. Eastern time, President Biden has no events listed on his schedule for today, tomorrow, or this coming weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration has pushed back the flight restrictions for “VIP travel” around Wilmington, Delaware from Friday at 12:30 p.m. Eastern to 9:30 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, August 23. Despite the severity of the current crisis, it appears Biden still plans to spend the weekend at one of his homes in Delaware.
Three: For everyone responding with “duh, everyone could see this, Jim, everyone could see this for years, what took you so long to write about this?” I refer you to this September 12, 2019 Corner post and the August 11, 2020 Morning Jolt. People have wondered if Biden was starting to lose some of his mental acuity for a long time, and certainly since he started his 2020 presidential campaign. (As I wrote after the first debate, Biden “seems to have aged a decade since he left the vice presidency.”)
But this is different. Biden is commander-in-chief now. People’s lives depend upon his decisions. An aging president is a far more troubling problem than an aging candidate.
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What's absolutely fascinating to me is the strong implication that Joe being unable to do the job is a new idea. Because democrats are just now deciding that that would be reasonable to question. No one else has ever brought this up before. Nope, never.
Like I said, we politicized reality.
Please love yourself.
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@89th said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s having a bit of an internal meltdown over this debacle.
Biden? He's like a dog that chases cars all his life and finally caught one.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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What's absolutely fascinating to me is the strong implication that Joe being unable to do the job is a new idea. Because democrats are just now deciding that that would be reasonable to question. No one else has ever brought this up before. Nope, never.
Like I said, we politicized reality.
@aqua-letifer said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
What's absolutely fascinating to me is the strong implication that Joe being unable to do the job is a new idea. Because democrats are just now deciding that that would be reasonable to question. No one else has ever brought this up before. Nope, never.
On the chance that you're not being sarcastic, don't you remember all the conversations about the 25th amendment and Trump?
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@aqua-letifer said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
What's absolutely fascinating to me is the strong implication that Joe being unable to do the job is a new idea. Because democrats are just now deciding that that would be reasonable to question. No one else has ever brought this up before. Nope, never.
On the chance that you're not being sarcastic, don't you remember all the conversations about the 25th amendment and Trump?
@george-k said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
On the chance that you're not being sarcastic, don't you remember all the conversations about the 25th amendment and Trump?
I'm not even being sarcastic. I'm channeling the Democrat story as I've read it. They mean this in earnest.
Please love yourself.
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What's absolutely fascinating to me is the strong implication that Joe being unable to do the job is a new idea. Because democrats are just now deciding that that would be reasonable to question. No one else has ever brought this up before. Nope, never.
Like I said, we politicized reality.
@aqua-letifer said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
What's absolutely fascinating to me is the strong implication that Joe being unable to do the job is a new idea. Because democrats are just now deciding that that would be reasonable to question. No one else has ever brought this up before. Nope, never.
Like I said, we politicized reality.
To be fair, if you follow the MSM and the usual outlets middle-to-left people like to follow, none that I know of broached the subject of Biden's mental fitness to do the job.
Shucks, I said during the debates he was
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@george-k said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
On the chance that you're not being sarcastic, don't you remember all the conversations about the 25th amendment and Trump?
I'm not even being sarcastic. I'm channeling the Democrat story as I've read it. They mean this in earnest.
@aqua-letifer said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
@george-k said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
On the chance that you're not being sarcastic, don't you remember all the conversations about the 25th amendment and Trump?
I'm not even being sarcastic. I'm channeling the Democrat story as I've read it. They mean this in earnest. Which to me is incredible.
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@george-k said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
On the chance that you're not being sarcastic, don't you remember all the conversations about the 25th amendment and Trump?
I'm not even being sarcastic. I'm channeling the Democrat story as I've read it. They mean this in earnest.
@aqua-letifer said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
I'm not even being sarcastic. I'm channeling the Democrat story as I've read it. They mean this in earnest.
The push to invoke the 25th for Trump was because he was a) an asshole and b) people didn't like him. There was some talk about his mental stability (by people who never examined him, of course), but not because he was incompetent.
So, this is an interesting place we're at. Let's assume that Biden is incompetent (I know, I know). Let's assume that he's not doing a good job (I know, I know).
So, what are the constitutional means for removing him from office? Other than the 25th, the only other alternative is impeachment and convictiion, which, as we saw twice in the last 4 years, is a high bar.
If you want to remove him from office, the 25th is the only way. It would be interesting to see whether VPOTUS and the cabinet think that this is viable. My guess is no, let
Edith Wilsonhis handlers continue to run the government they'd say."Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@89th said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s having a bit of an internal meltdown over this debacle.
Biden? He's like a dog that chases cars all his life and finally caught one.
@jolly said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
@89th said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s having a bit of an internal meltdown over this debacle.
Biden? He's like a dog that chases cars all his life and finally caught one.
Haha great analogy….and nice reference from The Dark Knight
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@aqua-letifer said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
I'm not even being sarcastic. I'm channeling the Democrat story as I've read it. They mean this in earnest.
The push to invoke the 25th for Trump was because he was a) an asshole and b) people didn't like him. There was some talk about his mental stability (by people who never examined him, of course), but not because he was incompetent.
So, this is an interesting place we're at. Let's assume that Biden is incompetent (I know, I know). Let's assume that he's not doing a good job (I know, I know).
So, what are the constitutional means for removing him from office? Other than the 25th, the only other alternative is impeachment and convictiion, which, as we saw twice in the last 4 years, is a high bar.
If you want to remove him from office, the 25th is the only way. It would be interesting to see whether VPOTUS and the cabinet think that this is viable. My guess is no, let
Edith Wilsonhis handlers continue to run the government they'd say.@george-k said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
The push to invoke the 25th for Trump was because he was a) an asshole and b) people didn't like him. There was some talk about his mental stability (by people who never examined him, of course), but not because he was incompetent.
IIRC the talk of the 25th was after he incited a citizen uprising against the election process?
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@george-k said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
The push to invoke the 25th for Trump was because he was a) an asshole and b) people didn't like him. There was some talk about his mental stability (by people who never examined him, of course), but not because he was incompetent.
IIRC the talk of the 25th was after he incited a citizen uprising against the election process?
@89th said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
IIRC the talk of the 25th was after he incited a citizen uprising against the election process?
No. It surfaced during the 1st year of Trump's term. It was moot after Jan 6.
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@89th said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
IIRC the talk of the 25th was after he incited a citizen uprising against the election process?
No. It surfaced during the 1st year of Trump's term. It was moot after Jan 6.
@george-k said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
@89th said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
IIRC the talk of the 25th was after he incited a citizen uprising against the election process?
No. It surfaced during the 1st year of Trump's term. It was moot after Jan 6.
Oh ok. I guess I only really considered the possibility of its use after Jan 6th (and I supported it, too).
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Which is why you were an uninformed idiot.
Loveable, but an idiot.
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@jolly said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
Which is why you were an uninformed idiot.
Loveable, but an idiot.
How so? Do a quick Google search for “Trump 25th” and you’ll see all coverage was about it’s use in January of this year, which like I said is when the possibility of it’s use actually gained some traction.
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@jolly said in National Review: "Is Joe OK?":
Which is why you were an uninformed idiot.
Loveable, but an idiot.
How so? Do a quick Google search for “Trump 25th” and you’ll see all coverage was about it’s use in January of this year, which like I said is when the possibility of it’s use actually gained some traction.
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Joe Biden is a feeble, demented, senile old man, kind of like most of us here.
He has no business being president.
Everyone knows this.
The change that seems to be beginning now is that some in the MSM seem ready to say this obvious story out loud.
Once this catches on, the cry to make a female black person president, will be deafening.
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Re' the 25th amendment.
And we talked about it at the old place as well:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_new_coffee_room/viewtopic.php?p=1458698#p1458698
And Rosenstein, allegedly, talked about it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-wear-wire-25th-amendment.html
And so did Fauxahontas:
And NRO commented on it.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/10/donald-trump-25th-amendment-never-trumpers-last-strategy/
I'll be happy to be proven wrong, but there was not this kind of discussion during the administrations of Obama or W.
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@George-K thanks for the links (and the walk down tapatalk memory lane!)
The talks about invoking the 25th after Jan 6th was really the only time I thought there was an actual possibility of it happening…heck, even democrats and some republicans in congress openly supported it and the house even passed a resolution urging it, so it’s not just my opinion on that.
The other mentions of the 25th earlier in Trump’s presidents weren’t really substantive….such as when Trump fired the FBI Director investigating his administration, even then it was just an internal discussion of what options there were when a president starts to make those types of defensive actions.
Anyway, my point is that talks about invoking the 25th against trump wasn’t just because he was an asshole and people didn’t like him, it was because he was firing FBI directors investigating him, and inciting an insurrection to stop an election he lost.
