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If there is anybody you should trust to judge the mental capabilities of a brain damaged person, it would be Joe Biden. His perspicacity is legendary.<\/p>\n
The word from the White House is that Biden is impressed by Fetterman\u2019s grasp of the issues, and that he has demonstrated that he is very capable post-stroke<\/a>.<\/p>\n These great insights were shared with us by Biden\u2019s Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre from the podium, having been asked by a reporter what the White House thinks of the Pennsylvania Senate candidate, who has been struggling to speak coherently as he campaigns around the state.<\/p>\n White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that President Biden regards Pennsylvania\u00a0Democratic Senate candidate<\/a>\u00a0John Fetterman as an \u201cimpressive individual\u201d who is \u201cjust as capable as always.\u201d<\/p>\n Jean-Pierre was asked whether\u00a0President Biden<\/a>, who is scheduled to appear with the lieutenant governor later this week, had concerns about Fetterman\u2019s health following his stroke earlier this year.<\/p>\n \u201cThe president has found him to be an impressive individual \u2026 who\u2019s just as capable as always and who\u2019s carrying out his office,\u201d Jean-Pierre said, adding that Fetterman was serving the people of Pennsylvania as Lt. Gov. \u201cwith great ability and for concern.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo yes, the president feels that he is very much capable of doing the job,\u201d Jean-Pierre said, noting that Biden and Fetterman have had \u201cmany interactions\u201d over the past several months.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Well, one could say that Biden is carrying out his office as well, despite having had his brain turn to something resembling oatmeal. So it is unsurprising that Slow Joe sees a reflection of himself in Fetterman.<\/p>\n However I am not sure that the voters of Pennsylvania will be reassured by Joe\u2019s hearty endorsement of Fetterman\u2019s mental health. After all, according to this weekend\u2019s Harvard\/Harris poll voters are pretty clear that they think the president has lost a step or three over the years and is no longer fit to be president. If the man judging the fitness of a candidate to serve is unfit himself, it\u2019s probably not a huge plus in the \u201cwin\u201d column.<\/p>\n The Democrats and the media are struggling mightily to carry Fetterman across the finish line\u2013to the extent that they attacked their own colleague NBC reporter Dasha Burns for reporting that Fetterman struggles in personal conversation. The piling on was brutal.<\/p>\n Yet The Atlantic this weekend confirmed the obvious: Fetterman is struggling post-stroke<\/a>.<\/p>\n An article in The Atlantic essentially confirmed NBC journalist Dasha Burns\u2019 widely disputed claim that Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate\u00a0John Fetterman<\/a>\u00a0appears to have problems making conversation without the use of closed captioning, noting he had difficulty responding \u201cmeaningfully\u201d to voter questions.<\/p>\n In a Sunday piece headlined, \u201cDo Voters Care About John Fetterman\u2019s Stroke?,\u201d Atlantic staff writer\u00a0Elaine Godfrey noted<\/a>\u00a0that Fetterman \u201cstill struggles to process the words that he hears, and sometimes he can\u2019t quite express what he means\u201d five months after he suffered a stroke.<\/p>\n\n
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