Wow: Joe Biden’s staff won’t even let him do a “spontaneous” Q&A session without a script. Is he actually that far gone?
Obsessive scripting is the only description for what took place at last week’s Biden question-and-answer session with AFL-CIO union members, when the candidate reacted to a young barista’s inquiry with the non sequitur, “Move it up here”– then paused.
Anyone who’s been following Biden’s travails recognizes those words as a cue to his assistants to jog the teleprompter, as he’s done time and again in current weeks. (Why a knowledgeable politician with a top-notch staff keeps having this problem is likewise uneasy.)
Anyway, after the pause, Joe released into his “off the cuff” reaction– which was utter boilerplate: “You understand, there utilized to be a basic bargain in this nation, that workers shared in the wealth they assisted create.” It’s beyond terrible that Biden would need reminding of that trope.
His aides won’t even discuss the elephant in the space.
After the AFL-CIO video footage made the rounds, Fox News’ Bret Baier put the apparent concern to TJ Ducklo, the project’s national press secretary: “Has Joe Biden ever used a teleprompter throughout regional interviews or to answer Q&A s with supporters?”
Ducklo ducked the question– consistently, prior to lastly stating, “I am not going to permit the Trump project to funnel their concerns through Fox News and get me to react to that.”
There’s your response.
Time and once again, teleprompter difficulties have actually exposed the fact that Biden is just reading his lines in what his campaign pretends are genuine conversations with supporters, like Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf.
He’s not even addressing reporters’ concerns off the cuff: “Look, Venezuela topline message is …” he informed an NBC Miami press reporter– obviously just reading the talking points he was handed in advance. He’s likewise offered numerous interviews with his eyes down, clearly counting on ready notes in his lap.
This merely is not the Joe Biden of years past, who may put his foot in his mouth but never needed a script to state what he thinks. If he can no longer answer even softball concerns without the aid of his overseers, who will truly be calling the shots if he wins the White Home?
