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Original Sin: book on Biden’s health decline reopens Democratic party’s wounds (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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George Clooney “felt a knot form in his stomach” as a frail and diminished Joe Biden approached him, apparently failing to recognise one of the most famous actors in the world. “George Clooney,” an aide eventually clarified for the US president. “Oh, yeah!” Biden said. “Hi, George!”

The excruciating encounter at a glitzy Los Angeles fundraiser last June is one of several damning anecdotes contained in Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, an upcoming book by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson.

Previews of the book gripped Washington this week, exposing the shocking truth of the last year of Biden’s presidency as his health declined and reopening old wounds in the Democratic party and White House press corps. The revelations also fuelled questions over what political role, if any, 82-year-old Biden has to play in the future as he strives to redeem his legacy

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago

Once again for clarification: Jake Tapper was one of the main people responsible for covering up Joe Biden's mental decline.

This is a blatant attempt at gaslighting from DNC grifters at CNN to pretend they were not part of the problem.

[–] NotAGamer@lemmy.org 5 points 2 months ago

All this bullshit and you elect a dictator instead with much worse cognitive ability. Americans are morons.

[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Don't need a fully functioning brain to be a puppet quite the opposite

Biden was definitely fully qualified for the job of King Puppet of the United States

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

Adam Green, cofounder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said: “Even in 2021 and 2022 Biden was likely not fit to run for re-election. He could not get sentences out. He could not barnstorm the country. He could not make a case like Barack Obama could. He couldn’t skewer false Republican talking points like other Democratic politicians could. He shouldn’t have run again.” He added_: “The incorrect takeaway from this book is that Biden should have gotten out a few weeks earlier so that Kamala Harris would win. The better take is that he should have gotten out earlier so that the Democrats could have a primary and select a better candidate.”_

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago

Adam Green, cofounder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said: “Even in 2021 and 2022 Biden was likely not fit to run for re-election. He could not get sentences out. He could not barnstorm the country. He could not make a case like Barack Obama could. He couldn’t skewer false Republican talking points like other Democratic politicians could. He shouldn’t have run again.” He added_: “The incorrect takeaway from this book is that Biden should have gotten out a few weeks earlier so that Kamala Harris would win. The better take is that he should have gotten out earlier so that the Democrats could have a primary and select a better candidate.”_