But, as was true in the Kinnock controversy, Joe Biden has never been that discerning when telling a story about whether it was actually part of his past, or it was something he picked up along the journey of life that sounded good so he adopted it as if it was part of his past. Fact and fiction are intermingled for the sole purpose of coming out with the best end result — in Joe’s mind.
The young Joe Biden knew the difference between the two but didn’t care — hence the fact that he acknowledged Neil Kinnock as the source of his famous remarks in 1987 on some occasions, but adopted them as his own biography without mentioning Kinnock on other occasions. The stories sounded good in the moment they were delivered so why not claim them as his own?
The problem now is that Dementia Joe no longer knows what parts of these internalized stories are his own, and what parts he has lifted from others along the way of his 50-year journey in politics. Fact and fiction have fused in his memory through repetition of delivery. His actual memories of events are clouded such that he can no longer confidently draw upon them, only the versions he has internalized as a result of telling the stories thousands of times over the years. This is evident in the way he mixes up words and syntax as he attempts to pour forth anecdotes that have come so easily to him in the past. Now he struggles to recall the scripts he has had memorized so clearly over the years in repeating all the “events” of his life — or someone else’s life as learned by him.
The young Joe Biden knew the difference between the two but didn’t care — hence the fact that he acknowledged Neil Kinnock as the source of his famous remarks in 1987 on some occasions, but adopted them as his own biography without mentioning Kinnock on other occasions. The stories sounded good in the moment they were delivered so why not claim them as his own?
The problem now is that Dementia Joe no longer knows what parts of these internalized stories are his own, and what parts he has lifted from others along the way of his 50-year journey in politics. Fact and fiction have fused in his memory through repetition of delivery. His actual memories of events are clouded such that he can no longer confidently draw upon them, only the versions he has internalized as a result of telling the stories thousands of times over the years. This is evident in the way he mixes up words and syntax as he attempts to pour forth anecdotes that have come so easily to him in the past. Now he struggles to recall the scripts he has had memorized so clearly over the years in repeating all the “events” of his life — or someone else’s life as learned by him.
