Althouse: "It may be taken as a nonsensical remark from the person in his dotage who is not at all capable of taking the responsibility... an old man with no future, as it is too much for him to serve out two-year remainder of his office term."

April 29, 2023

"It may be taken as a nonsensical remark from the person in his dotage who is not at all capable of taking the responsibility... an old man with no future, as it is too much for him to serve out two-year remainder of his office term."

Said Kim Yo-jong, quoted in "North Korea: Kim Jong-un sister says Joe Biden is ‘in his dotage’ as she criticises nuclear pact/Kim Yo-jong’s broadside came after US and South Korea enhance nuclear cooperation and Biden warns Pyongyang an attack would end the regime" (The Guardian).

18 comments:

Gahrie said...: Even a blind squirrel finds the occasional nut.; 4/29/23, 5:25 AM
Enigma said...: I'm troubled that Putin's and North Korea's assessments of US politics are more accurate than some statements of KJP.

I suppose the 51 Intelligence Officials who rejected the Hunter Biden laptop story will write another propagandistic dismissive missive.

When will we see gigantic portraits of Biden and statutes of Biden in every city center?; 4/29/23, 5:56 AM
tim maguire said...: I’m watching The Diplomat right now. It’s very timely (must have been made within the last 6 months). If you can get past the laughably woke casting (there are almost no white men in this story of high-level diplomacy btwn the US and Britain), it’s a pretty compelling story about the scheme to push out Kamala Harris.

An elderly, fading president hangs over all the machinations. The point is made in one episode that the president, because he’s weak, is more likely to order an unnecessary military strike to show that he isn’t weak.

North Korea should take note.; 4/29/23, 5:59 AM
Kevin said...: Biden’s favorite food doesn’t require chewing.

Unlike Trump, the media lets him eat all he wants.; 4/29/23, 6:17 AM
wendybar said...: No new war under Trump. How terrible THAT was for the Deep State!! But don't worry, Joe Biden to the RESCUE!!!; 4/29/23, 6:52 AM
Hugh said...: Yes, even North Korean fascist/communist (largely the same thing) can be right every once in a while. Biden is in his dotage, as is obvious to any neutral observer (as well as non-neutrals like me); 4/29/23, 6:54 AM
Sally327 said...: I laughed at the line an old man with no future. I guess that would be true, being old means time is short, the future is truncated. Of course, it can also mean, no prospects, nothing to achieve, to look forward to doing or becoming, for yourself or as others see it. I am hopeful that Biden doesn't have that kind of future ahead, although I can't think that without immediately thinking, uh...unless the alternative is Trump. Please Lord in the name of all that is holy and great, please give me someone other than Trump to root for.; 4/29/23, 7:14 AM
Narayanan said...: dotage = was also tossed around Trump; 4/29/23, 7:34 AM
Narayanan said...: or was it ;dotard;; 4/29/23, 7:37 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Got some splaining to do...

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/04/28/why-one-former-cia-officer-refused-to-sign-the-debunked-laptop-from-hell-disinfo-letter-n2622603

Dan Hoffman explains. Retired security personnel can say anything they choose so long as no "secrets" are revealed. Active personnel are governed by different rules.; 4/29/23, 7:46 AM
JPS said...: Back in the 90s, when Saddam Hussein would insult Bill Clinton, I thought of Peter Riegert and Tim Matheson in Animal House:

“They can’t do that to our pledges!””Right! Only we can do that to our pledges!”

I don’t care if she has a point. It’s hard to get me to stick up for Joe Biden. But seeing what an important person in the North Korean regime has to say about him will just about do it.; 4/29/23, 7:53 AM
Balfegor said...: Re: Narayanan:

It's the same root word, just as in English -- for Trump, it was 늙다리 (neukdari) and Biden was 늙은이 (neulgeuni).; 4/29/23, 8:11 AM
Old and slow said...: Dotard is a great word. I was delighted to hear the North Koreans use it. Those guys aren't afraid to get out the dictionary!; 4/29/23, 8:26 AM
Dave Begley said...: She speaks the truth.

And the Dems would love to have North Korea’s election system.; 4/29/23, 8:42 AM
n.n said...: North Korea is Obamaphobic with progress of Spring in Biden's woke. What difference, at this point, does it make, indeed.; 4/29/23, 8:48 AM
n.n said...: No new war under Trump.

Trump actually took steps to return North Korea to the human economy, reduce the incentive for labor (e.g. slavery) and environmental (e.g. Green) arbitrage in China et al, reconcile with Mexico with Central and South America under emigration reform, welcomed Summer after Spring between Arab and Persian, between Arab and Jew, and pursued domestic tranquility without diversity, equity, or politically congruent constructs.; 4/29/23, 8:56 AM
Michael K said...: The North Korean merely states what everybody knows.; 4/29/23, 9:04 AM
Jupiter said...: Nicky Haley says he'll be dead in five years.; 4/29/23, 10:23 AM