The new big lie Republicans want you to believe? That there's a puppeteer at the White House.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Only 5% of Americans in their 70s have dementia. There’s no reason to assume Joe Biden is one of them, unless you’re looking for political ammunition.

Casual ageism is a staple of the conservative arsenal against the president, and it would be laughable except that it’s so insulting – not just to him but to two generations of seniors. Like the “big lie” that Donald Trump actually won the 2020 election and will be reinstated as president any day now, we now have the big lie that Biden, at 78, is muddled and incapacitated.

A relative told me he’s worried about the country because Biden just naps and watches TV all day, and no one is in charge. And where might he have heard that? Well, Tucker Carlson says Biden is senile and can’t think clearly. Sean Hannity calls him “President Sippy Cup” and says he’s lazy. A few days ago he reamed Biden for “enjoying another long weekend off in Delaware” instead of “working around the clock” at a command center to secure the release of Americans and allies still in Afghanistan. (I guess Hannity's not familiar yet with the concept of remote work.)

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'This is a puppeteer act'

In a hospital waiting room last week with the TV tuned to Fox, I happened to catch the truly weird clip of Idaho Sen. Jim Risch trying to get Secretary of State Antony Blinken to admit Biden is controlled by someone authorized to turn off his mic to shut him up.

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Here I should note that Risch, like Biden, is 78. And that I, like Blinken, would have been in the dark if not for that waiting room TV tuned to Fox. The big mystery turned out to be one of the “pool sprays” routinely listed on Biden’s advance schedule – a time when photographers get their video and stills at the start of a private event and then leave, at which point the audio and video feeds end. Inside the conservative media bubble, this blew up and inflamed the right’s narrative about Biden's acuity.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-new-big-lie-republicans-want-you-to-believe-that-theres-a-puppeteer-at-the-white-house/ar-AAOIqyz

[Lovie777]

1. They are desperate . .

have been for awhile. But republicans own corporate media media.

[yonder]

2. Risch is a fool and former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus had good fun with that.

[greenjar_01]

3. Thanks for spreading it

[MiniMe]

4. Joe Biden was a stutterer when he was a kid.

I think many times he is very careful when he speaks to avoid stuttering. I think Joe has done an amazing job to deal with the stuttering.