{"id":55599,"date":"2024-07-07T15:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T19:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55599"},"modified":"2024-07-07T15:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T19:03:27","slug":"someone-needs-to-be-the-grownup-and-end-the-charade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55599","title":{"rendered":"Someone Needs To Be The Grownup And End The Charade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/07\/05\/joe-biden-abc-news-primetime-interview-george-stephanopoulos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about President Biden&#8217;s interview with George Stephanopoulos. If the purpose of the interview was to illustrate President Biden&#8217;s fitness for office, I don&#8217;t think it achieved that goal.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>In an interview meant to dissuade Democratic panic, President Joe Biden appeared to be in complete denial that his campaign is in a tailspin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Biden sat down with ABC News\u2019 George Stephanopoulos for a pre-recorded interview which aired Friday to reassure voters that he is mentally and physically capable of being president. While insisting that his debate performance was just a \u201cbad night,\u201d the president went on to deny that he is trailing in polls and that his approval rating is historically poor for an incumbent seeking reelection.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cDo you really believe that you\u2019re not behind right now?\u201d Stephanopoulos asked the president.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cAll the pollsters I talk to tell me its a toss up, its a toss up. And when I\u2019m behind, there\u2019s only one poll that I\u2019m really far behind, CBS poll and NBC \u2013 I mean, excuse me, and uh\u2026\u201d Biden started.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cNew York Times and NBC have you about six points behind in the popular vote,\u201d Stephanopoulos interjected.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notice that when Biden started to wander off verbally, Stephanopoulos interjected.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Biden denied any reports or evidence that he may have declined over the last few years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cDo you dispute that there have been more lapses, especially in the last several months?\u201d the ABC host asked.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cI\u2019m still in good shape,\u201d Biden said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cAre you more frail?\u201d Stephanopoulous followed up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cNo\u201d Biden retorted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>And to calls for him to take a cognitive test, something former President Donald Trump and the GOP have spurred on, the president deflected.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cI take a cognitive test everyday,\u201d Biden said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, President Biden is not running the country, and the people who are running the country like the current arrangement. I believe President Biden will be out of the 2024 presidential race by the end of the week, but I am not sure if he will be replaced as President. The people behind the curtain have a good thing going and may not be sure it will continue under Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, The Daily Caller posted an article about President Biden&#8217;s interview with George Stephanopoulos. If the purpose of the interview was to illustrate President Biden&#8217;s fitness for office, I don&#8217;t think it achieved that goal. The article reports: In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55599\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17171,313,4440,9728,118,34,14351,7015],"class_list":["post-55599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cognitive-test","tag-debate","tag-george-stephanopoulos","tag-interview","tag-joe-biden","tag-new-york-times","tag-president-joe-biden","tag-the-daily-caller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55605,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55599\/revisions\/55605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}