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Gothmog

(143,999 posts)
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 01:21 AM Dec 2019

Clarence Page column: Are Joe Biden's gaffes tied to stuttering?




Joe Biden and I share a problem that’s not always easy to talk about. In fact, that’s the problem. We stutter. That makes a lot of things hard to talk about.

Now that the 77-year-old former vice president is running for president, many people understandably are asking whether his notorious gaffes, bloopers and stumbles are related to his age.....

Should more voters know about Biden’s stuttering challenges? He certainly shouldn’t try to run away from it, says another stutterer, Michael Sheehan, a Washington-based communications coach who has been helping Biden prepare for debates. Passing along some campaign advice from MSNBC host Chris Matthews, who was sharing a quote favored by Robert F. Kennedy, Sheehan told me, “Always hang a lantern on a problem.”

I agree. I’m sure many readers reacted to The Atlantic revelations as Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor at the conservative National Review, did on his magazine’s website: “I had no idea, but it helps explain some of his verbal tics.”

Indeed it does. But, politics aside, what should really matter to voters isn’t Biden’s speech problems but how well he rises above them.
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Clarence Page column: Are Joe Biden's gaffes tied to stuttering? (Original Post) Gothmog Dec 2019 OP
Thank you for Clarence Page's take on this, Goth.. Cha Dec 2019 #1
Did you see Joe nibbling at Jill's fingers today in Iowa ? ritapria Dec 2019 #2
I think that's adorable. One if the most heartwarming things agout the Obama-Biden terms ... Hekate Dec 2019 #5
That's Joe!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #6
I'd love to see video of that Sugarcoated Dec 2019 #9
Thx for posting! Anyone who overcomes any kind of disability is to be admired Thekaspervote Dec 2019 #3
Yep. Absolutely. calimary Dec 2019 #4
K&R brer cat Dec 2019 #7
Thanks. The media are covering this now, so great. His stutter really Hortensis Dec 2019 #8
K&R Scurrilous Dec 2019 #10
Clarence Page - always the sane and astute voice. n/t NYMinute Dec 2019 #11
 

Cha

(295,899 posts)
1. Thank you for Clarence Page's take on this, Goth..
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 01:44 AM
Dec 2019

So true.. and inspiring..

Indeed it does. But, politics aside, what should really matter to voters isn’t Biden’s speech problems but how well he rises above them.

BIden's a fighter.. that's for sure
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ritapria

(1,812 posts)
2. Did you see Joe nibbling at Jill's fingers today in Iowa ?
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 02:37 AM
Dec 2019

She was introducing him and her fingers were flapping in front of his race and he decided to take a nibble …….joe really digs his wife

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Hekate

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5. I think that's adorable. One if the most heartwarming things agout the Obama-Biden terms ...
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 04:24 AM
Dec 2019

...was that those two couples genuinely love each other. I mean Joe and Jill. Barack and Michelle. It just radiates.

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InAbLuEsTaTe

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6. That's Joe!!
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 09:17 AM
Dec 2019

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
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Sugarcoated

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9. I'd love to see video of that
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 09:42 PM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
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Thekaspervote

(32,606 posts)
3. Thx for posting! Anyone who overcomes any kind of disability is to be admired
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 03:26 AM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Thanks. The media are covering this now, so great. His stutter really
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 09:26 PM
Dec 2019

isn't bad at all as they go, but those national debates must be about as high-stress as one could get. Seize the moment or drop it and no play-overs.

My husband has a stammer and he was very impressed when he learned VP Biden does. With Biden.

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NYMinute

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11. Clarence Page - always the sane and astute voice. n/t
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 12:40 AM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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