Posted on 10/20/2022 6:14:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
That Jill Biden frequently plays director and shover in chief for supposed leader of the free world Joe Biden when he appears lost and/or confused during public speaking engagements is not new news.
But a new report from the New York Times which detailed how the First Lady was stepping in for her husband in key battleground races contained new information as to the depths she goes through to control not just Biden but also his infamous handlers, the ones who are charged with aggressively herding the press away from him, cleaning up his rhetorical messes, and who also work hard at limiting his public appearances so as to avoid any more embarrassing gaffes.
From that Times story (bolded emphasis added by me):
Lauren A. Wright, a professor at Princeton who has written extensively about political appearances by first ladies, said the East Wing under Dr. Biden, 71, who kept teaching as an English professor as first lady, has become completely intertwined with the political efforts of the West Wing.
“This role has become so serious and political,” she said. “It must be part of the strategic White House planning and effort. Otherwise you’re wasting opportunities.”
[…]
She is incredibly protective of Mr. Biden, and has been involved in the hiring of his press staff and other senior aides. (She vetted Jen Psaki, Mr. Biden’s first press secretary, alongside her husband.) She has been direct when she believes they have not protected him: After Mr. Biden delivered a nearly two-hour news conference in January, members of his senior staff were rehashing the appearance in the Treaty Room when the first lady appeared.
She pointedly asked the group, which included the president, why nobody stepped in to stop it, according to a person who was in the room. Where was the person, she demanded, who was supposed to end the news conference?
As the New York Post observed, that was the infamous presser where Joe Biden greatly alarmed Ukraine by appearing to greenlight a “minor incursion” into the country by Russia, the latter of which was already sending strong signals that they would do much more than that. His handlers had to step in on to rescue Joe on that statement, too.
In a normal situation, a woman stepping in to protect and defend her aging husband, to make sure he’s not taken advantage of or made to look bad is not a big deal. There are female caregivers all across America who do just that every day with their spouses, and that’s okay.
But this is not a normal situation we’re talking about there. Joe Biden is the President of the United States, a position in which projecting strength and demonstrating the ability to communicate coherently and make your own decisions is paramount to your success here at home and abroad as well as with your international foes, who though they may not respect whoever the president is at any given time do respect strength.
As former First Lady Hillary Clinton found out the hard way, it’s not spouses people are electing to represent them; it’s the candidates themselves. And while consulting with your spouse on a hiring decision for a non-policy role is one thing, having them routinely take the lead on such matters and also seeing them routinely maneuver around the president like a puppet on a string, having to constantly correct them while also berating overworked handlers behind the scenes is just not a good look. Like at all.
It’s no wonder there are reports swirling of “contingency plans” being put in place by Democrats ahead of 2024. Joe Biden is a man who is simply not in control much anymore in any meaningful way, not in what he says nor in the way he behaves around others, all of which again raises the question as to just who or what group of people are actually taking the lead in the absence of his failures to do so?
It’s the million dollar question — and one which the answer to may reside at the fingertips of Jill Biden herself.
Nicolae Ceaușescu reincarnated by his wife, both of whom were VERY bad people.
“when he appears lost and/or confused”
Is he ever anything other than lost and/or confused? At least now that he is senile, he has an excuse. For decades, he was just a corrupt moron.
Joe Biden is a puppet and figurehead. Not a functioning President. His policies are made by a left wing cabal. The “Doctor” just takes care of the cadaver.
When Donald Trump makes his entrance, they play Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless The USA.” When Joe Biden makes an entrance, they should play Led Zeppelin’s “Dazed and Confused.”
Jill knew Joe was demented but wanted the office and will protect Joe for the next two years as his dementia worsens.
How many U.S. Presidents were forced out of office due to not being able to function as a result of dementia? Biden could be the first, that’s one thing Jill can’t control, his worsening illness.
She’s president you know
Just like Edith Wilson..........................😒
Exactly. And if he were impeached - the same thing would occur under Harris.
Allowing herself to be photographed like that says everything you need to know.
She doesn’t give a crap how bad it makes her husband look. This unaccomplished twit thinks she can lead the nation.
And when the duo appears, the Stone's "Sympathy for the Devil."
What're you talking about? She hasn't protected him. He's a laughing joke around the globe. RATs simply ignore him. Repugnants attack him like a 60s era Don Rickles routine.
She's not protecting him. She's exploiting him for her own, as yet unrevealed, purposes.
Everyone snickers when Jill is mentioned.
Maybe they should be considering that she may be the Manchurian Candidate.
Has there been a serious dig into her college days and her writings at that time?
Her past social interactions with obummer and the powers that surround him?
She is not, like Harris, to be laughed at.
**As former First Lady Hillary Clinton found out the hard way, it’s not spouses people are electing to represent them; it’s the candidates themselves.**
Remember her words upon Bill being elected? “WE are the President!”
I bet someone could make a buck or two selling “Impeach Jill” stickers.
Wasn’t that on AF1, going to some UN thing or some international summit???
How the left would have nuked the country if Melania even so much as cut President Trump’s steak but Jill Biden can run this country with nary a peep.
It’s the million dollar question — and one which the answer to may reside at the fingertips of Jill Biden herself.
Well we already know about Joe and Dr. Jill's fingertips...
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