Biden just had an "impromptu" press conference essentially crowing victory about not being charged by the DOJ Special Counsel for the mishandling of national documents.
Man Ruled Too Senile To Stand Trial Still Fine To Run Country https://t.co/vFcfq36IwW pic.twitter.com/CY4EFh8a8F
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 8, 2024
The joke is that the DOJ ruled that Biden was found to be too old and mentally incompetent to stand trial ("a well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory" as Steve Doocey reported it), yet there he is, senilely steering the ship of state.
Styx's reaction to the press conference:
Here's the video of the actual press conference:
Unpopular opinion: my own reaction isn't anywhere near as gobsmacked as Styx's. Biden didn't sound any more unhinged or senile than usual to me. He messed up when he called Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (just "Sisi" according to Biden) the "president of Mexico." That was by far the biggest gaffe. But that sort of thing is par for the course by now: standards for Biden have been lowered so much that he'd have to do something like violently shit through his eye sockets on camera to merit a real reaction from the right. I'm convinced the man is falling apart, but incredibly, he has defied all predictions that he would be dead by now, and while this press conference did include some of his usual gaffes, he wasn't as inarticulate or word-salady as Kamala Harris, and he didn't sound as if there'd been a significant drop in his mental competence. Again—this is a judgment based on admittedly low standards. I'm not saying Biden is mentally fit for his job, but my assessment of his mental faculties is that he's not completely out to lunch quite yet. He's close, but this press conference wasn't as big of a turd as the right is making it out to be. I've provided the press-conference footage above, so I leave it up to you to form your own judgments.
ADDENDUM: what the DOJ report said about Biden (cued to 6:25):
Althouse agrees with your take; basically, it is no worse than any other Biden presser. Most everywhere else I travel on the internet are acting like this is the final straw. We shall see, but I'm on record as saying the Dems will find some reason to replace Biden on the ballot.
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