It's been pretty obvious to me that the current president is a few
sandwiches short of a picnic for about the last 10 years.
Bet no one in his current circle will point that out, but a lot of
people that used to be in his circle have.
bp
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On 6/29/2025 10:42 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Just finished Jake Tapper’s “Original Sin” book. First half was
interesting, second half gets pretty tedious. Main takeaway for me:
Nobody around Biden had the guts to tell him how the rest of the world
was perceiving his cognitive state. His wife was the main mechanic of
the situation. No cognitive tests. I loved the part where George
Clooney got really pissed at an event when Biden didn’t know him.
(Apparently they had been buds for a long time.) In any event he
really crapped the bed by running. It appears things could have been
massively different if there was a real primary for the Dems. The
book was sad and depressing IMHO. They did identify the group by name
that internally was called “The Politburo” that essentially “handled”
the president and had a large influence on everything. But the book
left the impression that they stopped short of just locking him away
and being in control. They tried to at least have the appearance of
keeping him in the loop. I would not recommend the book only because
it is pretty boring and not really too much new info in there. No
bombshells. Nothing scandalous other than a sad picture into a scene
that was a bit worse than I suspected.
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