Andrea Widburg (a/k/a Bookworm Room) watched President Biden’s
speech so that you didn’t have to. Her
report at American Thinker begins:
On Thursday night, a masked Biden
tottered down a long, empty hall to a podium. He then gave the most
bizarre presidential address in American history. After a grim recital of
"facts" about the last year, Biden emphasized multiple times that
Americans had better take the vaccine — and be grateful to him for his amazing
ability to get the vaccine to Americans. He also insisted that, vaccines or
not, the government's in control and can lock all of us up all over again.
Here, in no particular order, are
the points that struck me:
1. Biden was more alert than
he's been in many months. Given how frail and confused Biden's been
lately, well, let's just say his verve was suspicious. Even his
eyes, which are usually tightly squinted as he struggles to stay alert and read
his teleprompter, were wide open, almost scarily so. Still, he got
visibly tired near the end, slurring his words and seeming lost.
2. The speech was both bizarre
and boring. Despite the teleprompter, it wandered hither and yon,
without ever touching clearly on a single point. It was a grim,
depressing speech about a miserable year that probably won't get better even
with a vaccine because we must all remain scared and isolated.
. . .
7. The main thrust of the speech
was that everyone must get the vaccine (the wonderful Biden vaccine). However,
Biden conceded that even with the vaccine, masks and social distancing must
continue. Even with everyone vaccinated, by July 4, maybe we
can gather with small groups outdoors. In other words, even as we're
all pumped full of a vaccine, nothing will change. But we
should trust Biden and remember that we're all in this together.
8. Here's the scariest thing
Biden said, although he slipped it in so quickly many may not have noticed
(emphasis mine): "Fourth, in the coming weeks, we will issue further
guidance on what you can and cannot do once fully vaccinated to lessen the
confusion, to keep people safe, and encourage more people to get
vaccinated."
The vaccine, rather than freeing
us, will bring us even more tightly under government control as the federal
government mandates what [we] can and cannot do.
Read the rest of Ms. Widburg’s report here. The article includes the video link to the speech and also a link
to the full transcript. . . if you can stand
it . . .
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