President Biden on Sunday appeared to mix up French President Emmanuel Macron with François Mitterrand, the former president of France who died in 1996. The apparent mix-up took place during a Sund…
Biden said one of the first things he said during the meeting was “America is back,” which he said prompted a response from “Mitterrand from Germany,” before correcting it to “from France.”
“And Mitterand from Germany — I mean, from France — looked at me and said … ‘You know, what — why, how long you back for?” Biden said. “And I looked at him, and … the chancellor of Germany said, ‘What would you say, Mr. President, if you picked up the paper tomorrow in the London Times, and London Times said, “A thousand people break through the House of Commons, break down the doors, two Bobbies are killed in order to stop the election of the prime minister.” What would you say?'”
Article points out how Biden was just giving trump shit for the same thing…
So either mixing up names is bad, or it’s not.
If Dems start saying it’s only bad when the other team does it, then we’re just as bad as republicans and the whole system is fucked.
We have to have a higher standard than “not a Republican”.
I’m more inclined to give Biden a break because a) Macron and Mitterand are nominally simiar (starts with M, has an -an sound near the end) and b) Biden has a documented struggle with stuttering, so it would be super simple for the wrong name to come out.
Where I DON’T give him a pass is the France/Germany mixup. He corrected himself to say “France”, then went right back to talking about Germany.
So now I know he didn’t mean Mitterand, but did he mean France at all? Or was he trying to come up with Olaf Schultz, the current Chancellor of Germany whose name is nowhere near similar to Macron OR Mitterand?
That’s just as bad as Trump mixing up Haley with Pelosi.
Biden has a documented struggle with stuttering, so it would be super simple for the wrong name to come out.
Biden had a childhood stutter that went away long before politics tho
In his 88 campaign his eloquence was why he was doing so well.
Until he lost it on reporters over soeech plagiarism claims and started screaming how he was smarter than them and was in the top of his law class. Further investigation showed Biden had a history of plagarism back to law school, and was closer to the bottom than the top of his class.
People didn’t start talking about Biden’s stutter, until he started mixing up words and other things that are completely different from a stutter.
A 2010 piece talking about how surprising it is to find out Biden had a childhood stutter.
Speech impediments don’t just disappear for 40 years and then come back with completely different symptoms.
Biden been active in politics for decades, there’s 100s of hours of him speaking on video out there. The majority of his life he hasn’t been like this.
And you want to see Biden derailed as a candidate 8 months ahead of the election? That’s a winning strategy for sure. That’s how you are guaranteed to get Trump.
Article points out how Biden was just giving trump shit for the same thing…
So either mixing up names is bad, or it’s not.
If Dems start saying it’s only bad when the other team does it, then we’re just as bad as republicans and the whole system is fucked.
We have to have a higher standard than “not a Republican”.
They are just as bad as Republicans,
Narrator: “They are.”
Trump mixes up Haley and Pelosi, they all lose their mind. Biden does the same type of thing, they cover for him.
I would like my POTUS to be mentally fit for the job. Period.
I’m more inclined to give Biden a break because a) Macron and Mitterand are nominally simiar (starts with M, has an -an sound near the end) and b) Biden has a documented struggle with stuttering, so it would be super simple for the wrong name to come out.
Where I DON’T give him a pass is the France/Germany mixup. He corrected himself to say “France”, then went right back to talking about Germany.
So now I know he didn’t mean Mitterand, but did he mean France at all? Or was he trying to come up with Olaf Schultz, the current Chancellor of Germany whose name is nowhere near similar to Macron OR Mitterand?
That’s just as bad as Trump mixing up Haley with Pelosi.
There is no “an” sound in Macron. The two share no sound other than the first letter.
Biden had a childhood stutter that went away long before politics tho
In his 88 campaign his eloquence was why he was doing so well.
Until he lost it on reporters over soeech plagiarism claims and started screaming how he was smarter than them and was in the top of his law class. Further investigation showed Biden had a history of plagarism back to law school, and was closer to the bottom than the top of his class.
People didn’t start talking about Biden’s stutter, until he started mixing up words and other things that are completely different from a stutter.
For example:
https://www.nais.org/magazine/independent-school/spring-2010/joe-biden-reveals-childhood-stuttering-at-lab-scho/
A 2010 piece talking about how surprising it is to find out Biden had a childhood stutter.
Speech impediments don’t just disappear for 40 years and then come back with completely different symptoms.
Biden been active in politics for decades, there’s 100s of hours of him speaking on video out there. The majority of his life he hasn’t been like this.
That’s why I say the France/Germany thing is was more concerning.
And you want to see Biden derailed as a candidate 8 months ahead of the election? That’s a winning strategy for sure. That’s how you are guaranteed to get Trump.