Among “Sleepy Joe” Biden’s (you can’t help but whip out those nicknames now, folks) seemingly endless gaffes was countering criticism that he’d be the oldest elected President by referring to a “President Churchill”.
I’m not kidding – although Biden later claimed he was:
This is a bad example besides the obvious reason that Winston Churchill served as the most famous Prime Minister in United Kingdom history.
By the time he unwillingly retired at 81, Churchill had suffered two strokes in office, one paralyzing half of his body and requiring months of recuperation. He was also hard of hearing and “losing his faculties” due to mild, stroke-induced dementia. It’s even said that before the King’s (Queen Elizabeth’s father) death he was to ask Churchill to step down on account of his health.
This is like claiming “hey, FDR got a fourth term!” even though he was paralyzed and plagued by consistent health problems.
imagine a major party pushing an unwilling candidate who should just retire
We’re not talking about Jack LaLanne here.
hell, I can’t even do that now
But maybe Biden was right. Maybe we do have a President Churchill.
A friend let me know earlier about a comparison Trump and Churchill being made on CNN by Anderson Cooper in response to the White House Press Secretary mentioning Churchill.
Of course, this is in light of Churchill’s, ahem, “vocal” views on Indians.
No wonder Trump sat in Churchill’s chair.
vibing, unbothered, living in the moment
And no wonder Trump restored Churchill’s bust to its rightful place in the White House.
If the years lined up I’d claim reincarnation (though Churchill’s extraordinary fondness for alcohol and cigars couldn’t be more opposite tetotaller Trump…
Hell, now I can’t unsee it.
