People asked me to show an unedited section of video of President Biden in Hanoi.
OK.
This is Biden's answer to a question about climate change. He goes on for well over seven minutes. If you tire of this before seven minutes are up, decide if other voters will tire of watching Biden. Then skip to minute six, where he begins his story about a John Wayne movie and the words lying dog-face pony soldiers before he segues back to climate change.
Readers should decide for themselves whether they have confidence in Biden starting another term. And think how other voters will feel.
This kind of doddering performance definitely does not give me confidence. I would prefer that he step down and allow a younger Democrat to run instead. But he's still far preferable to the abnormal, criminal lunacy of Trump & I can only hope that the majority of Americans have the wisdom to realize that.
As usual, I am probably in the minority. If you listen to this as a man speaking "off the cuff" who wants to communicate accurately, who is a little unsure of what latitude he has while still following his stated policies, he can come off as doddering or circumspect. I thought the John Wayne story was okay, Mr. Biden just took a minute to put it together.
I don't intend this as a defense of the President, however, I would rather defend his unrehearsed, slightly disjointed attempts to communicate than try to defend glib lie upon lie upon lie from the opposition.