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| New photos show cheat sheets used by Biden during his first press conference |
| 2021-03-26 |
| So you know who to call on, know the partisan adulation's [NY Post] New photos reveal several cheat sheets used by President Joe Biden during his Thursday press conference — including one with the headshots and names of reporters he planned to call on. The president also used notes to assist with facts about US infrastructure, a policy area Biden is focusing on during his first months in the White House. "The United States now ranks 13th globally in infrastructure quality — down from 5th place in 2002," read one bullet point. But despite having the answers in front of him, Biden still slipped up, saying America ranked 85th in the world in infrastructure, before correcting himself. The press pool at Thursday’s briefing, the first one held by Biden since taking office 65 days ago, was limited to 25 reporters. Biden only took questions from a list of journalists whose names and outlets he read from a cue card. A photo of the card shows circled numbers around select reporters. President Joe Biden looks on notes as he answers questions from journalists during the first formal press conference of his presidency In the early stages of the 62 minutes presser, in which Biden fielded 10 questions, the president appeared to repeatedly lose his train of thought, forgetting questions and asking reporters if they wanted him to give detailed answers. Many of his responses were aided by notes he kept inside a three-ring binder. He abruptly wrapped up the press conference, telling reporters, "but folks. I’m going," without sticking around for a follow-up question. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #5 Dunno if it's dementia or what but his performance in that press conference was feeble. Have to give him credit though. He effectively limited the number of questions by giving long, rambling answers to the few questions he fielded. He talked and talked and talked without saying much of anything. His response to the question about North Korea was particularly weak as he was obviously reading the answer from his notes, looking down at the notes the whole time. You know damn good and well the NORKS were watching. The whole world was watching. I thought it was most telling when I watched the ABC Nightly News that they reported what Biden said but they showed no video clips at all from the press conference. Instead they showed a few still photos. The reason was obvious. Remember how Trump would hold impromptu press conferences on the White House lawn as he made his way to Marine One? He'd banter back and forth with the likes of CNN's Jim Acosta or CBS's Paula Reid even though he knows they hate his guts. They hit Trump with their best shots but he used no notes or teleprompters as he gave concise answers off the top of his head. And he'd do it all the time. Good times. Imagine how uncomfortable and embarrassed those reporters must have been watching their guy fumble and stumble his way through that farce, striking out on the few softballs they were allowed to pitch. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-03-26 12:16 |
| #4 Clownshow ..A new low in the history of recent presidents, heralding the Decline & Fall of America There's a precedent: Rome: Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, Domitian, Commodus End 20c/early 21c USA: Clintonius - Epsteinian, W the Shrub, Soetoro-Nullius, Orange-Hominoid, Plugsian ... and soon, La Puta Mulata |
| Posted by: Guillibaldo Shusock5366 2021-03-26 11:34 |
| #3 He knew who to call on and what questions rach would ask, with the response written on cards. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-03-26 08:57 |
| #2 We expect our President to be able to speak extemporaneously. The Biden Press Conference was a joke, and a very bad one at that. |
| Posted by: b 2021-03-26 08:50 |
| #1 To be fair, Kayleigh McEnany used three-ring binders too. But not to remember who to call on. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-03-26 08:36 |