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How Biden's Inner Circle Managed His Decline

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 1/18/2025 1:29:12 AM

This was all so predictable. It was clear years ago that Biden's decline was worse than the White House wanted to admit. And as the evidence kept adding up, it was clear the people around him were lying. As Chris Cillizza admitted last month, the White House was working very hard to discourage the media from looking into this and for the most part the media just went along with it. But in addition it was also clear that, at some point in the not so distant future, the truth would come out. And so it has. Today the NY Times published another now it can be told story

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 1/18/2025 2:00:06 AM (No. 1875951)
It was obvious in 2020 that Joe was going senile.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Strike3 1/18/2025 5:43:53 AM (No. 1876003)
"He's sharp as a tack." That's the Orwellian version of "He's a Pinhead."
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Reply 3 - Posted by: billa57 1/18/2025 6:59:22 AM (No. 1876044)
Who was in charge of the inner circle?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: JHHolliday 1/18/2025 7:27:06 AM (No. 1876063)
The surrounding cabal couldn't abide losing power. They had a socialist/Marxist vision for the US, hence all the last minute atrocious EOs. Jill went along because she is a grasping woman who reveled in the glamour and perks of being First Lady. Most of us remember the puff pieces in the media extolling her beauty and intelligence, and Whoopi saying she was a "helluva" doctor and should be Surgeon General. What a joke. The worst President in history by a mile.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: bpl40 1/18/2025 7:31:22 AM (No. 1876067)
What do you mean decline. He was already at the bottom.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 1/18/2025 8:25:38 AM (No. 1876097)
Biden's inner circle managed his decline by managing the WILLING media, like herding sheep. "What's really shocking is how close they came to getting away with this scheme." How many things have dems and media done over the last few decades that they got away with until later. Then their schemes fall apart. Sometimes we get a redo to fix things but most often we don't. Who is going to give us the last 4 years of dem absurdium back and undo the damage done to the Country and many, many Americans that continue to struggle in many different ways as a result. So how is this "shocking"? It seems to be rinse and repeat with the dems and media. The question should be, when has it NOT been like this, the dems scheming and the media covering it up? "Will the media ever hold themselves accountable for this epic failure?" ABSOLUTELY NOT. Yet FINALLY, the media is paying a price for their actions that is beyond their control. The court of public opinion, the only court with authority to judge them, has found them GUILTY and not worthy of the public trust. The media's consumers are abandoning them in huge numbers and that means their funds are drying up. They can't afford to indulge multimillion dollar salaries and egos. Alternate sources of information are blooming and THESE sources are so numerous that they are beyond universal government influence. The people that control these sources are more concerned with pleasing their AUDIENCE than their government, which is EXACTLY how it should be. And in the end, Biden's People betrayed America. This article talks about Biden's obvious physical frailty and a bit of the blatant mental confusion. However, Biden is SENILE. He has almost certainly been exhibiting symptoms during his entire Presidency. His thinking has certainly been cloudy, confused. Because of this, senile people are also emotionally unstable because they sense their vulnerability and are fearful. For God's Sake, this is the PRESIDENCY! It is challenging for even the most able bodied and clear thinking individuals. Biden had NO BUSINESS running in 2020 but dems didn't care. They had to push Sanders out and propped up Biden. The dems/media lied and schemed about Trump to drive him out. Then they pretended that he was President. It was IMPOSSIBLE that he really could be. The dems should be pushed off the national stage. Hopefully Trump will be so successful that the dems will be marginalized for a long time so that our Country can recover from decades of their scheming, lies, and illegalities.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: msjena 1/18/2025 9:02:34 AM (No. 1876127)
Bad as Biden was and is, he probably would have done marginally better than Harris, who was the worst Presidential candidate in history.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Venturer 1/18/2025 9:26:10 AM (No. 1876142)
NO : Biden's White Staff did not do this on their own. Someone or some group hid Joe Biden. Someone gave the orders. It's BS to believe the staff on their own decided to pull the wool over American eyes. There had to be a major leader , a major power that instructed all this and worked with media to get away with it. Someone was in charge and it's the right of Americans to know who directed this treason. Some ONE or some Group took control of our country.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Venturer 1/18/2025 9:27:20 AM (No. 1876144)
Biden's White House Staff it should say.
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