Whacha talkin' about, Biden?

Back in my radio days, it was considered good practice to pre-read anything before reading it live on the air. 

I often would not heed that advice. One such time was when I was reading a story about Muhammad Ali having a match with a sumo wrestler. In the middle of a paragraph, the subject of the story became an upcoming Grand Prix race. The next paragraph switched back to the Ali match. That was a bit embarrassing to work my way around that live on the air.

This came to mind when I was listening to President Biden speaking at the latest PR disaster involving the administration. As shown in the beginning of the following video, Biden gets lost in his delivery. As I listened, I got the impression that he had never seen the words on the teleprompter before in his life.

I could drop a book on the floor and had a better time finding my place.

It is hard to understand why this happens. Are the President's handlers keeping the contents a secret from him? By doing this, it makes it more likely the Biden will speak off the cuff and say things that his spokespeople -- if they don't pass it off by saying they never heard him say that so they can't comment -- have to "clarify" or claim he that he did not mean what he clearly said.

...hear no stupidity....

 

The President has such a hard time keeping his train of thought on line that late-night sycophant Jimmy Kimmel cuts to a commercial to contain the toxic spill from the derailment.

 

"I hear the train derailing...."

 

What we are witnessing is sad. Hopefully we can start repairing the tracks in November.