Biden’s latest attempt to convince everyone he has what it takes to stay in the race will air at 6:30 PM Eastern / 3:30 PM Pacific.

More on where and how to watch here:

https://apnews.com/article/how-to-watch-biden-press-conference-a70590e7574fc9680229b6b6289f6a02

My expectation is that it will be on all the usual sources. CNN, MSNBC, etc. etc. with in depth coverage on the talking head shows later tonight.

Edit Conference is running 20+ 50+ minutes late after already being pushed back 1 hour from 5:30 to 6:30.

Not sure if that’s good news or bad news.

Here we go! 58 minutes late, but he’s on a roll talking about NATO.

Oh, snap! Reminding everyone that Article 5 has only been used once… 9/11.

Speech ran less than 10 minutes, but was a strong speech, now the questions.

Fumbles on the first answer, calling out “Vice President Trump”. :(

Ended after almost an hour with one final question on “Vice President Trump” - Biden’s answer “Listen to him.” End conference.

Overall, I’m pretty happy with how it went!

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    261·
    4 months ago

    I don’t think he’s really doing anything to appease critics. He’s not doing bad, he’s just not doing well either. I’m sure the “Vice President Trump” bit will make its way around pretty quick.

    • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      4 months ago

      As someone who is in the camp of calling for Biden to step down, if he would’ve just done this during the debate, we wouldn’t have ever had a problem. Sure, he stumbled and mixed names up… Whatever. George W Bush did far worse, let alone Trump. But that debate performance? That looked closer to outright dementia, I’m sorry. And now in the back of everyone’s minds is when is the inevitable next time he does this? For he certainly isn’t getting any younger, and that sure as shit wasn’t a cold. Meanwhile the apathetic battleground swing-voters who will decide this election and hate both candidates just got the confirmation they needed to say, “both sides / they’re all the same.”

        • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          4 months ago

          Oh please… I don’t have to be a fucking doctor to have that perception while also having gone through several of these cases with grandparents and Great-grandparents alike. Like… Are ya blind? Show me Obama doing something like that on the debate stage. Hell even show me 2012 Biden doing that.

          What a weak cop-out…

            • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              4 months ago

              Okay sure I’ll cede that. For your part can you go back and read that I wrote, “closer to dementia-like”? Old age, dementia… Whether it truly was dementia or not skirts bottom-line that there is no good excuse for that. The problem is Trump is old but was far more coherent (and simply his usual pathologically-lying self).

              • Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world
                1·
                4 months ago

                That looked closer to outright dementia, I’m sorry.

                ≠

                that I wrote, “closer to dementia-like”?

                • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  4 months ago

                  I edited incorrectly. Regardless, changes absolutely nothing substantively. “looked closer to” versus “dementia-like”. Both imply the same notion.

    • return2ozma@lemmy.world
      74·
      4 months ago

      It’s already trending on Twitter. The constant throat clearing is a little much. He talks too low also.

      • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
        34·
        4 months ago

        A board-certified neurologist stated on NBC the other night that “it is a fact that he has Parkinson’s” based on a variety of his behaviors, the slow and low-toned voice being one indicator of many.

          • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
            42·
            4 months ago

            Yeah certainly not kosher to diagnose remotely short of physically visiting with patient or reading their file; but I do suspect it can be pretty obvious for an expert to see whose symptoms are (a) largely on public display, and (b) said behaviors are pretty unique to Parkinson’s. But nevertheless, he’s the expert not me. Seems pretty obvious to me that Biden is certainly declining.