CNN: President Biden will stop holding events after 8 PM

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[Raven123]

1. Sometimes the less said the better to the media

[Goodheart]

5. I mean, how was this proclamation in any way helpful?

[Deek1935]

7. There is probably much more to this. The media gets leaked tidbits and blows them into twisted headlines.

Context? EVERTHING said even it was said. We don't know how twisted by the media this could be.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

27. THIS!! ☝️

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

83. The press wasn't invited to the meeting

So they're likely spinning things a bit.

[Music Man]

8. For what it's worth, the Biden campaign per se didn't say this to the media.

It's a report of something Biden said to the governors. Who knows the context? Of course, if it's true, Biden's team has to play their cards closer to the vest, but I think it's important to note this was not something necessarily put out there by them.

[DemocraticPatriot]

95. For what it's worth, nothing reported by CNN is necessarily *true*

The whole damned media is becoming drunk on anonymous sources

[agingdem]

48. and the counter to this.. " Biden asleep at 8 p.m is bad

but Trump, a 78 year old deranged pathological liar/sexual predator/tax cheat/ traitor, spewing never ending profanity laced death threats at 2 a.m. is ok?...what color is the sky in your world?"

[PeaceWave]

94. No joke. Half the time Trump is on Ambien, the other half he's on amphetamines.

He must have a lot of pockets in his suits - just for all the pills.

[Marcus IM]

2. How long for GOPee to dust off the old 3 am phone call ad.

It's a classic propaganda ad.

[captain queeg]

22. Who do they call, just random voters?

That would explain the 2:24am call I got 2 nights ago. From an unknown 800 number.

[Marcus IM]

68. I'm referencing a GOP ad against Hillary Clinton. n/t

[hardluck]

79. It was a Hillary ad against Obama in the 2008 primaries

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[Marcus IM]

93. Oh. Wow. Forgot that. Thanks for the correction.

I remember how divisive it was, even here.

Thanks again.

[senseandsensibility]

3. I wish Biden and his team understood how everything they say

will be twisted by the media. There probably is nothing wrong with this comment, but the media needs very little to spin it into a controversy.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. So sick of the media... can't listen to them anymore!!

[KPN]

57. Im guessing they do. But I get your point and the twisting is getting more and more infuriating.

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. The Biden team needs to tighten the circle.

[BannonsLiver]

20. Yeah I actually thought his team had been pretty underrated

Up until the period after the debate. Now they can’t stop stepping on rakes. No campaign gets through an election without some fumbles so I’m sure they will get their footing back.

[Blaukraut]

13. First people demand he does more interviews

And when he finally does, they complain too. This particular host sounds like an asshole.

[Deek1935]

17. Watch it. Listen to the WHOLE statement and JUST what was said. She did not say he unfit to serve. Just the opposite.

[Music Man]

18. That's not what she said at all.

In fact, it was a very well-articulated statement that we tend to unfairly discard elderly people despite them being fit and capable.

Watch the video in the link. DemGoodBoy is getting it wrong.

[Deek1935]

15. That was not a gaffe. Listen to the WHOLE statement. She was making a general statement about how as people age they

slow down a bit, etc. But she never said he was unfit to serve. Biden has said virtually the same thing. That he is no longer a young man, not as smooth a talker, not as good a debater, etc. People understand this. People naturally age. But that doesn't mean they are "senile", "demented", "have alzheimers", and are unfit to make decisions and work with others to accomplish legislation.

[Music Man]

19. Go back and look at DemGoodBoy's recent posts.

I strongly suspect a bot or troll. He has said:

1. New Hampshire polls don't matter because New Hampshire is a red state.

2. When Eugene Robinson questioned the viability of Biden's campaign, he said he'd never heard of Eugene Robinson and wondered if it was a made-up name.

3. States the exact opposite of what this radio host says and calls it a "gaffe" for Biden.

If not a troll, someone I'd seriously recommend go reading a book or some Wikipedia articles about American politics and history.

[orange jar]

41. I'm sure that happened...

…

[Doc Sportello]

40. He could also learn to spell Biden's name correctly

And not refer to it as the French word for toilet. Maybe a typo but I also see red flags.

[Cha]

56. Gone.

[Doc Sportello]

38. Bidet?

Bonehead move? 8 posts?

Hmmm.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. Not a confidence boosting announcement. Nt

[Deek1935]

23. Take it with a grain of salt. We don't know EXACTLY what was said, etc.

[Fiendish Thingy]

62. But we do know what is being reported

Unless the Biden camp denies it, and schedules some events after 8pm...

[mcar]

78. You do realize they make shit up, right?

anything to keep the frenzy going.

[Fiendish Thingy]

80. So, if it's false, I expect to hear a denial from the WH by the end of the day. Nt

[edisdead]

101. Refuting non-stop nonsense won't help.

[mucholderthandirt]

10. Great.

Now the "experts" can say he's sundowning, because he has Alzheimer's.

And of course, he's old, so he has to go to bed early. SMH This sort of thing isn't going to help.

[beaglelover]

11. I'm fine with this. I never understood why he and Trump agreed to a debate that started at 9 pm.

I know they want to show it live at a reasonable hour on the west coast, but starting it at 6 pm eastern time would have been OK.

[brooklynite]

14. Every debate begins at 9 PM

In order to make it accessible to people in the west coast.

[KPN]

59. Yup.

[Midwestern Democrat]

39. There's a reason why primetime television starts at 8 pm eastern time - because most TV viewers are at work during the

daytime hours and want to eat dinner soon afterwards.

[ecstatic]

12. who TF keeps revealing this stuff to the press?

Seriously? Fire them immediately.

All the leaks about Biden practicing 3x a day at Camp David prior to the debate was ridiculous and stupid too.

[brooklynite]

16. You can't fire a Governor...

[cody22]

21. Uh-oh......

Uh-oh, this does not look good...............................

[Deek1935]

24. Oh good grief. We don't EXACTLY what was said, the WHOLE statement, etc. etc. Take it with a grain of salt.

Allow the White House to respond to this. We don't know the exact context in the moment, we don't know EXACTLY what was said, etc.

[WA-03 Democrat]

89. Just curious

How is the weather today in Eurasia?

[LiberalFighter]

25. IMO events after 8 pm are abnormal.

I want to be in bed by ten pm

[XarmyGal]

64. People are going to say what they want

What's wrong with going to bed at 8:00?...or at least winding down at that time? I know people, (much younger than the president), who can't wait to get to bed by that time! There was a time, being a young parent, I would have 'killed' to have had that time as bedtime/downtime?...now, if I do go out in the evenings, it better be an emergency or a very special occasion! Rest is good; for everyone! You know what 'They' say about opinions?

[Wingus Dingus]

26. Filed under: Things That Don't Need to be Said Out Loud

[orange jar]

29. Not helpful in the slightest.

Why do we do this to ourselves? What is there to gain by putting this out to the media? I feel that we have a masochism kink sometimes.

[JI7]

30. Maybe he should just go golfing and be carted around everywhere

The media is impressed when the shit does that.

[FrenchCitizen]

31. OH PLEASE

Have we NOT learned from the Fake Tapper saga???

The media puts out LIES and our side eats it up.

They desperately want their reich wing billionaire tax cuts. STOP GIVING THESE HACKS ATTENTION!!!

[canetoad]

32. Firstly, very sensible decision by Joe

Secondly, let them make of it whatever they will. I'm younger than Joe and just don't do things at that time because I like to get up very early

Maybe the press should report on Joe's work hours vs trump's 'executive time'.

[Emile]

34. Why would you post this here?

[debm55]

50. Agree

[KPN]

60. Maybe just to keep all of us informed of the latest media

bullshit!?

[WA-03 Democrat]

90. Just a super helpful transportation planner

Passing along pastries for thoughts and is always the smartest boy in the class

[KPN]

112. That's it.

[Polybius]

99. Umm, because he said it?

Do you want what Biden says pushed under the rug?

[choie]

35. Biden and/or his campaign CAN'T BE THIS STUPID.

Something's up.

[Deek1935]

37. All kinds of context missing. Could have been referring to certain things. Could have been some kind of general

off the cuff thought about needing added rest and LIMITING CERTAIN events, etc. Could have been some kind of thing said with levity and not entirely serious. Could have been a misstatement of some kind. Etc.

[woodsprite]

46. I saw some MSNBC blurb today about hiding medical documents.

I’m not buying it and would love to see whomever is responsible for this trash to be strung up by his or her short hairs.

It’s an avalanche of lies and out of context clips.

[Freethinker65]

36. He isn't completely zonked out by 8. He just isn't scheduling events after that time.

You want an interview or a meet and greet? Schedule most before 8.

Biden's schedules are posted. SCHEDULED meeting/events shouldn't have to begin before a certain time or after a certain time when they can occur during normal daytime hours. This doesn't mean Biden isn't available 24/7 for an emergency, or won't be seen out and about after 8 pm. It means he was probably working his day job, as President, while fundraising and glad handling, traveling to and from events most evenings.

Trump had lots of personal/executive time scheduled in during his DAYS! Trump also took lots of long weekends (weekday vacation days) at his Clubs to relax (and yes playing golf with a cart is relaxing to many). These off times were during typical working weekdays and hours and while at the time was chalked up to grifting and/or being lazy...might have been to reduce physical or mental fatigue. Presidenting is hard work.

I work part time in a mindless retail job. I learned from coworkers that clopens (working a closing shift followed by an opening shift) is not sustainable. When you factor in commute times for many coworkers (including many in their 20s) I don't know how they can do clopens even occasionally. When I ask, truth is they don't do nearly as well as when rested. They are highly caffeinated and most quit within a year if scheduling nightmares become routine.

[Deek1935]

42. Right. And we are not talking about ALL events. And we are not talking about EMERGENCIES.

[Freethinker65]

45. Correct. And it probably wasn't referring to live television debates either.

An occasional early morning and/or after hours scheduled meeting/event is sustainable.

[Deek1935]

47. Yup. There is TONS of context missing here. TONS of details missing.

[Doc Sportello]

43. Whatever it takes

I'm fine with it if it helps him on the public stage. I'm also fine with him looking around while giving a speech on TV. For some reason this bothers the poster to the point he had to make a post about it.

[dalton99a]

44. Ok. And no 3 a.m. phone calls!!!

WTF

[vercetti2021]

51. Someone is literally making shit up at this point

This is sounding like CNN just making up as they go along now.

[regnaD kciN]

52. And, of course, this is now the top story on CNN...

…along with several others repeating the “Dementia Joe” narrative.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

104. Well, it's news. What if Trump had said this a month ago?

We'd all be fine with it? Or would the narrative here be that Trump's dementia just got worse and they were worried about sundowning?

[DemocratInPa]

53. JFC...

WHAT THE FLYING FUCK!!!

I swear there are people in Biden's circle that want him to lose for whatever reason.. This should have never been said, it should have just been done. The media will run with this and it will hurt him.

[Bristlecone]

54. This sounds suspect.

[KPN]

55. Bob Dole, the Republican Presidential nominee in 1996, was

famously known to be in bed every night by 8:00 pm. One of his frequent sayings was, “Can’t beat that sleep!” I use the saying myself all the time — and got it from Dole.

Do you think the media will remember that? The Biden campaign and every elected Democrat who gets before a news camera or journalist should point that out repeatedly between now and November 5.

[Wingus Dingus]

66. Ah, yes, President Dole.

[KPN]

75. He didn't lose because of that. You missed the mark.

[Polybius]

100. And he was blasted everyday for being too old

Funny thing is, he was just 73.

[Frasier Balzov]

58. Convention night excepted I'm sure.

Might be something big in the works.

[harumph]

61. JFC

[Deek1935]

63. TONS of detail obviously missing here. If this is even accurate, it is referring to SCHEDULING and NOT about being

awake after 8pm. If a NON-CRITICAL event or activity is scheduled BEFORE 8pm but goes beyond that time, of course he would STILL BE UP after that time.

And it is obviously not referring to ALL events. Just NON-CRITICAL events and activities. Debates, State of the Union, etc. would of course be done.

He was probably trying to make a statement about having not gotten enough rest lately with all the travel, many events, such a full schedule, etc. etc. and simply needing more rest in general to avoid colds, being so fatigued, etc. Often people make statements that are missing full details, full context, etc. etc. And this is what is obviously happening here.

The presidential schedule is VERY busy, is enough to exhaust ANYONE, and making sure ANY president gets enough rest is important.

Trump played more golf than ANY president in history, and I understand he didn't report to the Oval Office often until noon. Give me a fucking break.

[Think. Again.]

65. Why was I thinking the working day ended at 5pm?

[LisaL]

71. I would like to see how people here would react if their job started

scheduling meetings at 9 pm.

[Think. Again.]

72. Right?

[DemocratInPa]

73. Been there, done that...

[ForgoTheConsequence]

76. Tell Putin no silly stuff after 8pm est.

[Wingus Dingus]

86. LOL.

[BeyondGeography]

67. This was after 8 pm

What a campaigner he was. Best of my lifetime. This is what we need, I don’t care who can do it.

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[keithbvadu2]

69. Will Donald bring it up without mentioning that he did not want to get out of bed before noon?

[andym]

70. If the next debate begins at 9pm-- Joe just needs to do his debate prep in Hawaii

for a week or 2 before, so 9pm Eastern will seem like 3pm.

[beaglelover]

74. Isn't the next debate scheduled to start at 9 pm eastern time. Is Biden not going to go to that debate?

[mcar]

77. W Bush was in bed by 9, the Felon never started "work" until 11

Can we please stop feeding into this nonsense?

Link to tweet

Campaign statement on this nonsense:

“Bush went to bed at 9 & Obama made dinner at 6:30. Normal presidents strike a balance, and so does Biden. Hardly the same rigor as Trump who spends half of his day ranting on Truth Social about plans that would cause a recession and other half golfing”

[tirebiter]

82. So when exactly will Trump stop lying

Wlii CNN do any fact checking?

[WA-03 Democrat]

92. That would be news worthy!!!

[pandr32]

84. I'm pretty sure he still has job-related stuff he tends to. Calls for one.

Not to mention, his day starts early. Are there huge slates of 'executive time' on his schedule? I would bet not.

[onandup]

85. I'm calling bullshit

Why would be say such a thing? It's almost a parody.

[JCMach1]

87. Even if true, why do you put this info out there???

It helps nothing

[jalan48]

88. Is this the Onion?

[WarGamer]

91. this isn't helpful.

There are people out there who want Biden to drop out... but I haven't heard ONE of them explain how that would greatly improve the odds of beating Trump in 4 months.

[Polybius]

96. Horrific

[Patton French]

97. He definitely needs to be sensible about his schedule, but come on.

Totally unnecessary.

[Goodheart]

98. So, I guess I shouldn't expect any prime time speeches

[Deek1935]

102. Oh please stop. You don't know the whole context, how accurate, even if true the many exceptions...Get real.

[LeftInTX]

103. Conjures an oldtimey TV image of an old man in his PJ's, carrying a candle, a glass of milk & wearing a stocking cap,

He drinks his milk. Crawls in a separate bed from his wife. Blows out the candle and says goodnight to "ma". Harkens the days when husband and wife slept in separate beds on TV.

Sorry, I can't help but laugh....It's not a good look, but it is what it is....

[dpibel]

105. So what do you think of this?

What do the other high-rollers think?

I mean, you must have posted this for a reason.

What was it?

[brooklynite]

106. It was news?

Never clear why people assume "agendas".

[dpibel]

107. What "agendas"?

You assume because it's posted on line it's true?

You believe "according to three sources briefed on his comments" constitutes all we need to know about the veracity of the claim?

I mean, jeez. You're DU's only conduit to the inside poop! Don't the rich and powerful have some response to this anonymously sourced story?

[brooklynite]

108. I assume because its posted by a member of reliable media that its likely.

...and because it hasn't been denied.

I DON'T subscribe to "they made it up" assertions without evidence.

[dpibel]

109. But you do accept "its [sic] true"

based on anonymous sources.

Got it!

I'm trying to keep a map of what's reliable and not and what's right and what's not and what's acceptable and what's not, but, damn--it seems like it changes from moment to moment!

[LeftInTX]

110. It probably is true. It just wasn't supposed to be released to the public.

He has said before he has problems in the evening. Heck, he even publicly stated he had jet lag that lasted about ten days.

[dpibel]

111. Them Biden people is NAIVE!!

They thought they could say something on a phone call with 50 or so governors and all their staff and it would never be public.

Yeah. That's the ticket.