At some point in the past twelve hours, someone finally put up the 72-minute town hall meeting with President Biden on YouTube (no, it wasn't CNN who did it).
So I tried to view it, and finally gave up around minute 45. My chief three observations:
1. There's just nothing to take away from the 45 minutes I watched. No new policy ideas, no new enthusiasm, nothing. If he were selling something....you were buying the same stuff from 2020's campaign.
2. The Covid-chatter? Basically, you need to obey the scientists. Biden professes he believes the scientists....you should too.
3. There's probably 50-odd occasions in that 45 minutes I watched....where Biden was halfway through a comment/thought process....then stops for two to four seconds, and then renders some different comment/analysis. It was like someone hit a button, to reset his brain. This was the chief reason why I gave up at the 45-minute point....I couldn't handle this continual 're-boot'.
My general belief....he has to be on some type of drug which affects thinking and analysis, and he can't give you 100-percent, or for that matter...even 90-percent of his capability.
As for Don Lemon, the moderator? At some point, Biden walks up to him....probably within three feet and you can see Don take a half-step back (maybe fearful of Covid....maybe fearful that Joe was going to intentionally bump him). I think Don gave the best he could....under the circumstances.
The half-filled hall? Well....it's best not to bring that up.
My advice? Either they halt these town hall meetings entirely....or they start them at 8 AM when Biden is refreshed and full-power.
At least when a Obama Town Hall episode ended....you kinda got some form of enthusiasm....things weren't that bad....new horizon coming....'we-can-do-it' was the end product. You didn't feel any of that from this Town Hall episode.
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