US President Joe Biden’s debate performance was deeply troubling. Democrats need to calm down, take a deep breath and figure out what matters. Biden is the same man he was before Thursday night’s debacle: solid on policy, lacking in style.
The president has never been a fluent debater and throughout his life he has suffered from a halting speaking style, which makes him prone to repeating phrases and sentences. Age has also taken its toll – as Biden himself admits. But there is plenty of evidence that he has put in the hard work day in and day out in one of the toughest jobs in the world, logging campaign miles and events at an impressive pace.
Americans have a serious choice before them. Will they be seduced by a charlatan carnival barker who spouts lies? Or will they look beyond the man who speaks truth and facts, albeit in a whisper?
