PARTY OF YOUTH UPDATE: Biden: Can’t Even Say How Old I Am.
To be fair to Joe Biden, he did follow up the remark about not being able to say how old he is by saying, “It’s hard for me to get it out of my mouth.” So what did he mean? Is he sometimes unable to remember his age? (He’s still 81, for the record. He’ll turn 82 a couple of weeks after the election.) I can relate to a certain extent. I’m getting ready to turn 65 and I sometimes have to pause and figure out my current age. This might also have been an admission that he realizes he trips over his words sometimes and he’s not sure if he would pronounce his age correctly. The most charitable interpretation would be that he knows how incredibly old he is and he finds it difficult to say it aloud. It’s left to the viewer to decide for themselves.
Also in the interview: Biden admits he was pushed out of presidential race, name-drops Pelosi in first interview since exit.
“A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races. And I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic — you’d be interviewing me about why did Nancy Pelosi say [something] … and I thought it’d be a real distraction,” he told “CBS News Sunday Morning.”
“When I ran the first time, I thought of myself as being a transition president. I can’t even say how old I am — it’s hard for me to get out of my mouth,” he went on, adding that it was a combination of those factors and a key priority of “maintaining this democracy” that underpinned his decision.
But was it “his decision?” Pissed Off Top Biden Adviser Spills the Beans on What Really Happened and WHO Really Pushed Biden Out.
Bookending Greg’s view of Pelosi taking credit for pushing Biden out:
“They spent all this time accusing Trump of an insurrection…of a coup. But she’s actually saying they removed him. They put Kamala in place…she’s never been nominated. It just doesn’t seem like it’s legal.” pic.twitter.com/aEJRKQspuJ— David Asman (@DavidAsmanfox) August 10, 2024