It is by now beyond dispute that Joe Biden’s mental and physical health were in serious decline from the earliest days of his presidency. It was obvious, or should have been, to even the most casual observer. And there were plenty of voices, usually conservative ones, that pointed out early on that something was amiss.
The commentators who pointed out the obvious were treated to the usual slanders reserved for “the enemy”. Among other things, they were accused of being in cahoots with cabals of right-wing conspiracy mongers.
The usual suspects, including The NY Times, the Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, NPR and virtually the entirety of the Democratic Party—including its highest ranking officials—participated in the slander. And it was slander; the big lie. Because they knew that Biden was incapacitated and they desperately tried to cover it up, to the point that they supported Biden’s attempt to run for a second term.
It was only because of Biden’s meltdown during his June 2024 debate that the whole enterprise came crashing down. And even then, party elders arranged for Biden’s Vice President, Kamala Harris, to get the party’s nomination for President. That would be the Kamala Harris who assured us that Biden was just fine. The same Kamala Harris who attacked special prosecutor Robert Hur for what she claimed were his political motivations for his report on his investigation of Biden. Of course, after the transcript was released, Hur was shown to be correct in his assessment.
Now consider the front page story published by the Wall Street Journal the other day.
“If the president was having an off day, meetings could be scrapped altogether. On one such occasion, in the spring of 2021, a national security official explained to another aide why a meeting needed to be rescheduled. “He has good days and bad days, and today was a bad day so we’re going to address this tomorrow,” the former aide recalled the official saying.”
So as early as the spring of 2021—the beginning of Biden’s term—he was having “good days and bad days” such that meetings with national security officials had to be postponed. And all the while we were being assured that Biden was as “sharp as a tack” and that 40 year olds “couldn’t keep up with him” etc etc. The mainstream press for its part acted like an obedient Greek chorus repeating the lie. Right on cue, they went on the attack against anyone who even suggested that Biden’s mental and physical health were problematical.
There are only 2 possibilities here. The first is that the The NY Times, its sycophants and the people who worked closely with Biden actually bought the bit. They really believed that Biden was just fine. If that’s the case, they—and I mean the whole bunch of them—are just plain useless.
The second possibility is far more plausible. The mainstream press, the people who are forever complaining about misinformation, the “fact checkers”, top level bureaucrats, high Democratic officials and other assorted hangers on, knew exactly what the score was. They simply decided to cover it up.
They decided to cover it up to the point that they were willing to nominate and support a senile old man to be Commander-in-Chief. This while the U.S. was involved in 2 wars, each of which had (and still has) the potential to spiral into a nuclear conflagration. So great was their lust for power, that they were willing to make that wager to save their positions.
So here is the obvious question: Why would anybody, anywhere ever trust these people again? Why would anybody ever believe a word they say? Why would anybody ever put these people near the levers of power again?
They shouldn’t be trusted. Full stop. Or put anywhere near the levers of power. Ever again.
And, oh yes. Biden is still (at least nominally) the Commander-in-Chief until January 20 at noon. It would be nice to know who is actually running the store until then.
JFB
