Biden promises an end to that era. The narrative drama in his performances comes largely from the possibility that he will step on his own words and create a self-damaging storyline. After marinating for 36 years in the U.S. Senate, the best that can be said about his political persona is that it is bland. What is now clear is that his claim on the presidency comes not despite blandness but in essential ways because of it.
Let’s end the permanent campaign, the reformers say, and have short European-style elections. Huddled at home since March, with only episodic appearances, Biden has been fine with that part. Let’s embrace a more parliamentary brand of politics, dispensing with the exaggerated emphasis on personalities, by making the election fundamentally about the platforms of competing parties. Biden, of necessity, is fine with that part, too.
Even if Biden’s cult of non-personality is a short-lived phenomenon, the moment of appreciation for the virtues of blandness is historically noteworthy. The author Garry Wills once wrote of “The Kennedy Imprisonment.” The alluring parts of the Kennedy dynasty—the fusion of idealism, glamour, and power—created a heroic mythology that depended heavily on illusion. The pressure of maintaining the illusion led inevitably to excess, scandal, tragedy.
Just puts some 8-10 year old little girls on stage. You’ll see Joe become animated as hell. Don’t let him touch them of course. Or smell them.
Joe’s brain is oatmeal, of course his campaign is bland. dementiajoe
Bland and competent is exactly what I want.
Biden has been in politics for decades and has contributed almost nothing to assist communities, especially African American ones.
That's a nice way of putting; he doesn't have the mental capacity to debate.
Give me bland, please!
He looked like he was ready for a nap by the end of that very short and uninteresting speech. Demand Free and open Q&A from unrestricted Journalist
I don't object to a bit of theater and drama on the political stage 🎭 I DO object to EVIL CLOWN circus performers, though running our country IT 🤡 has been a 3 Ring Circus of Raping, Pillaging and Deconstruction BidenHarris2020ToSaveAmerica
Biden would be a welcome relief.
Interesting comments - is the constant news coverage Trumps fault or is it mainstream media’s fault? 90-100 percent negative coverage for the last 3.5 years has made everyone weary. Why? Because the left wants to regain power and push their agenda. Quiet destruction of 🇺🇸
I think America is craving a bit of bland and sleepy right now.
Blessed blandness, after the constant chaos and lying and destruction of the Trump administration will be a blessing...
Nixon? Carter?
This is not the party of JFK
Because he isn't capable of it. His physical and mental capabilities just aren't there We can clearly see this with our own eyes.
I’ll take bland and decency.
The voters decide those types of things, our media is so confused
What no show. Damn. No Show Joe.
Guess what Politico, we are fed up with the theatrics! We are ready for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Time for the reality tv star Trump to vacate the premises of “ The Peoples House”
That’s okay. We don’t need another cheesy reality star like POTUS
So profound
Joe Biden will end a lot of things and not in a good way...
Vote for Bland Binden and Flamboyant Harris.
Really? You guys are off your game here. NONE of those guys ran during a frickin’ pandemic.
Good just lead and govern thanks
Even better was Ike; because he didn't even want the job.
It shouldn’t be about entertainment, who looks better on TV, or gotcha sound bites taken out of context... it should be about leadership & whose qualified to do the job.. maybe if it was.. we wouldn’t be where we are now 🤔
I’m tired of theatrical. Give me decent. And sane.
Why don’t we just vote for the GRINCH? Even he has more charm and life than Joe Biden.
Tiffany Cross just released a truth bomb everyone should know and be aware of. The Republican party has been dealing in racism since I was a kid. I was one of their victims and was sentenced as a first time offender to 15 years under the Rockefeller drug laws. Thank you Tiffany
I don't need a charismatic actor. I need someone w intelligence, an intact ego, serious about doing the job & if they can complete a full sentence that'd be nice. Here's hoping the days of showboating politics is over. It's like the making of sausages - we don't wanna see it
We’ve already had a clown and and circus. We need BidenHarris
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