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Why is Joe Biden addicted to reading his handlers’ scripts?
New York Post ^ | September 7, 2020 | Post Editorial Board

Posted on 09/08/2020 4:53:03 AM PDT by karpov

Even in his basement, Joe Biden bungles.

If it wasn’t already obvious by the tracking of his eyes and the cadence of his speech, the Democratic presidential nominee confirms his addiction to scripts by regularly reading parts of his notes that he’s not supposed to say.

“End of quote,” he said in the middle of a talk attacking President Trump. “Look, Venezuela topline message is . . .” he said during an interview with NBC Miami. He even reads the headings of talking-point notes from his handlers.

Indeed, Biden seems unable to get through any interview without scripts: During countless TV spots, viewers can see him looking down at his notes while he answers questions — a mistake routinely avoided by politicians with a hundredth of Biden’s decades of experience. (The Trump campaign has collected a series of such footage.)

And during what are supposed to look like real conversations, as in one with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a supporter, he motions to staff to move the teleprompter text.

He did the same thing in a recent speech: “And uh, in addition to that, uh, in addition to that, we have to, uh, make sure that we, uh, we are in a position that we are, well, let me, let me go to the second thing. I’ve spoke enough on that,” he said as he made hand gestures to tell aides he needed the teleprompter moved.

It’s even more notable when you realize how rarely Biden makes himself available, especially to probing reporters. Al Sharpton seems to have given him questions ahead of time for an MSNBC appearance, judging from the ready answers Biden had. (MSNBC has been particularly helpful to him: It cropped his script out of the photo it aired of Biden calling Kamala Harris

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; california; clowncar; delaware; dementia; india; jamaica; joebiden; joeclowncarbiden; kamalaharris; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost
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To: trebb

no


21 posted on 09/08/2020 5:58:11 AM PDT by Eddie01 (NRA)
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To: trebb

That’s why he is such a threat.

...and why I support him.


22 posted on 09/08/2020 6:01:14 AM PDT by Eddie01 (NRA)
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To: reasonisfaith

The deterioration of his brain leaves him unable to differentiate among the words on the teleprompter. He likely forgets some of the meanings but he can still read the words. That will go away in due time, also, as will his ability to recognize who Dr. Jill is.


23 posted on 09/08/2020 6:22:44 AM PDT by arthurus (cu covfefe /|*|\)
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To: laconic

A Politburo, at least until the members of the komitee eliminate each other one by one until the strongest among them is left who will eventually dispense with the Biden altogether and assume the post of President, or Generalissimo, or Whatever, himself. And yes, it is HIMself. Women will not rule. In a democratic system they will shape the direction by their votes but when the Republic goes, so does women’s “equality.” They are kept around as figureheads but no more.


24 posted on 09/08/2020 6:27:43 AM PDT by arthurus (cu covfefe /|o|\)
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To: laconic

The breathing that is becoming more labored at each appearance would confirm this as the week that was per your belief. Hell, he might pass away this week. He is in very bad shape.


25 posted on 09/08/2020 6:28:36 AM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: GOPJ

Butters. It is not possessive.


26 posted on 09/08/2020 6:28:42 AM PDT by arthurus (cu covfefe)
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To: trebb

Trump is not a politician. He has assumed the role but only the role, not the substance.


27 posted on 09/08/2020 6:30:18 AM PDT by arthurus (cu covfefe b)
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To: karpov

Just yesterday in PA he was holding all his type written cue cards to reference, what a loser.


28 posted on 09/08/2020 6:31:24 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: karpov

I was wondering if during the debate(s) if it would be possible to record the communications to Biden’s hidden ear receivers. Or jam them. Or take them over sending him alternate information. ;0)


29 posted on 09/08/2020 6:37:17 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting.)
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To: SmokingJoe

A geographical division is in order. It’s never going back.


30 posted on 09/08/2020 6:39:58 AM PDT by ScottinVA (First, letÂ’s deal with the election; then weÂ’ll deal with BLM.)
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To: ScottinVA
Amazing to me that half the country actually wants that addled old prick and that Cali bitch running the country.

I don't think 48-46 is going to cut it. It should be 60-40. Personally, it should be 80-20.

31 posted on 09/08/2020 7:24:04 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '20. Now, more than ever! (61, I didn't take into account Mittens.))
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To: laconic

Answer: yes, they will, kinda.

Around September 20th, Biden will “test positive” for Covid 19. But, because we must have debates, Joe will participate from his basement where he can have his teleprompter and his handlers offscreen, choreographing everything.


32 posted on 09/08/2020 7:59:46 AM PDT by Walrus (I do not consent)
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To: karpov

It’s funny - Trump has been mocking Hidin’-Biden constantly about his handlers, but I laughed when Trump at the Labor Day press conference yesterday cut to the chase. “Look, Biden is an idiot.”. The bluntness we love about Trump.

All snowflakes went apoplectic.


33 posted on 09/08/2020 8:04:16 AM PDT by time4good
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To: Eddie01

Thanks - I thought your generalization meant most politicians and excluded Trump but had to ask to be sure...we agree.


34 posted on 09/08/2020 8:29:04 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: arthurus

Agree - some “news” person said he has become a politician but there’s a difference in learning how to maneuver in political circles to flummox the politicians and becoming one of them...


35 posted on 09/08/2020 8:30:26 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: karpov

“Why is Joe Biden addicted to reading his handlers’ scripts?”

He suffers from acute SFBS, also known as “S—t for Brains Syndrome.”


36 posted on 09/08/2020 9:06:21 AM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, roughhneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, old man, CONSTITUTION TO DIE FOR)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
If Joe had Astronomy Picture of the Day up on the screen, and some journalist asked him what planet he was on...

37 posted on 09/08/2020 9:31:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Eddie01

No. Trump isn’t scripted. I’ve heard him speak completely off-the-cuff. He can handle it. Joe Hidin’ can’t.


38 posted on 09/08/2020 9:51:17 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: arthurus

Thanks nice to know... that was a real mistake - not a typo...


39 posted on 09/08/2020 9:52:38 AM PDT by GOPJ (Black NFL players build mansions in white world to escape blacks - then kneel from guilt.)
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