Facing revelations about his apparently severe memory issues, President Joe Biden has decided to keep the issue alive by suggesting his main opponentās memory is worse.
Since he canāt face serious questions without saying something outlandish, appearing to alter U.S. policy, or struggling to speak, he returned to his safe space of late night TV to try to show heās not hiding in the basement.
And for whatever itās worth, late night host Seth Meyers did not entirely ignore the big question facing the president as he said, āThis isnāt a gotch-ya show but I do want to ask you about it⦠You are currently 81-years-old⦠All jokes aside, according to recent polling, this is a real concern for American voters.ā
āHow do you address that concern going forward as you come up to the 2024 Election?ā he asked.
Biden apparently realized he canāt resort to whispering, āWatch meā while he waves on attention as it has backfired massively.
So instead, he decided to attack former President Donald Trump, whom he did not mention by name ā whether he forgot it was unclear.
āWell, a couple things,ā Biden began. āNumber one, you got to take a look at the other guy. Heās about as old as I am, but he canāt remember his wifeās name.ā
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He appeared to refer to a moment during Trumpās speech when he called his wife, Melania Trump, Mercedes. But this is a poor attack as Biden confused his sister and his wife during his victory speech after the 2020 Super Tuesday primary. So maybe donāt go there.
Biden went on:
āItās about how old your ideas are. Look, I mean, this is a guy who wants to take his back⦠he wants to take us back in Roe v Wade. He wants to take us back on a whole range of issues that are 50, 60 years. Theyāve been solid American positions.ā
Finally, Biden said, āI think itās about, about the future and everything, every single thing weāve done, I think weāve got some good things done everything. And they told us we couldnāt get them done because things were so divided. And, but I think everythingās everything weāve gotten done. Heās just finally stated he wants to do away with you, gets elected. And I really think his views on where to take America are older than⦠anywayā¦ā
Now, Biden can attack Trump for his gaffes all he wants. But as a reminder, let us just read from Special Counsel Robert Hurās assessment of Bidenās memory, āIn his interview with our office, Mr. Bidenās memory was worse. He did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended (āif it was 2013 ā when did I stop being Vice President?ā), and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term began (āin 2009, am I still Vice President?ā)ā
āHe did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died. And his memory appeared hazy when describing the Afghanistan debate that was once so important to him. Among other things, he mistakenly said he āhad a real differenceā of opinion with General Karl Eikenberry, when, in fact, Eikenberry was an ally whom Mr. Biden cited approvingly in his Thanksgiving memo to President Obama,āĀ the report added.
Itās not just about how old a candidateās ideas are. A candidate can have the newest, freshest ideas, but if they canāt walk or speak or remember key details of their life, thatās kind of a big deal.
What else would Biden say when asked about his age? Just admit heās too old? Of course, heās going to attack Trumpās age. And there is plenty of content to make people question Trumpās age, such as when he said former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley didnāt secure the Capitol on Jan. 6. when he meant former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Any voter should assess whether they think Trump has lost a step since he is approaching 80.
But the fact remains, a federal prosecutor determined Bidenās memory is so bad he could not be prosecuted. Thereās just no coming back from that ā at least there shouldnāt be ā if youāre trying to run for president again.
While he may have thought he had a real zinger to attack Trump with, his staff must have been screaming their lungs out at the fact he just went on TV to talk about memory issues and revived a brutal issue for them. Perhaps he forgot about the Hur report.
