[newzjunkey]

I don’t think he meant that literally a war hero, he was drawing a narrative comparison to fictional heroes who retire but come off the sidelines and back into the fray for one last fight.

But he did say it and his side famously misrepresents what Trump and others says all the time. I guess what’s good for the goose?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Interesting take, and I think you might be right. But as you say, he did say it, and I’m sure many viewers believed it.

[gloryblaze]

Yes, just a rhetorical flourish, because Biden is so inspirational.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Exactly right. He was using a METAPHOR, for crying out loud. We look like idiots for running with this.

I'm curious, though. What war hero retired to the mountains, was chopping wood, and "Charlottesville brought him back"? Sounds like somebody in the Civil War. George Washington was famously called back from retirement at Mt. Vernon to lead the country as its first president.

Maybe he's saying that the lies told about Trump about the Charlottesville event are what animated Biden to get into the race? It sounds like a wildly mixed metaphor -- war hero, chopping wood in the mountains, called back by horrific events at Charlottesville. It took a fevered mind to conjure that one up.

The mental image of Biden "chopping wood" is hilarious. They guy has never done a lick of hard work in his life much less had a callous on his little girl fondling hands.

WAIT!! I found a picture of Biden at age 70 chopping wood in the mountains!

[CommerceComet]

I don’t think he meant that literally a war hero, he was drawing a narrative comparison to fictional heroes who retire but come off the sidelines and back into the fray for one last fight.

I agree. It is just a poorly-stated analogy.