Althouse: A right jolly old elf.

December 21, 2024

A right jolly old elf.

President Biden makes a new friend during a visit to Children’s National Hospital. pic.twitter.com/37gC6Qpmbg
— The Recount (@therecount) December 20, 2024

41 comments:

RCOCEAN II said...: I don't know about his mind, but Biden looks physically great for 82.; 12/21/24, 10:20 AM
Aggie said...: Kid's got a better attention span than Uncle Joe.; 12/21/24, 10:30 AM
Dave Begley said...: Did they show the hair sniffing?; 12/21/24, 10:34 AM
Tina Trent said...: I’m voting for the kid.; 12/21/24, 10:49 AM
Wince said...: Jill's voice grates on me.; 12/21/24, 11:01 AM
Peachy said...: Is that a stuffed elephant?; 12/21/24, 11:04 AM
EdwdLny said...: So, a couple of turd creatures sizing up little children to molest. What a wholesome scene. How many grandchildren does joey bidet have this year. These two ignorant fascist tw@ts have been grifting for years behind this kind of bullshit camouflage. Begs the question, why is it that democrats always, always have to be such awful human beings. The bidets, obamas, clintons, awful, tasteless examples of humanity.; 12/21/24, 11:13 AM
Dude1394 said...: How cute; 12/21/24, 11:22 AM
Peachy said...: held my breathe when Biden invited the kid on his lap. No sniffing! * whew*; 12/21/24, 11:25 AM
Skeptical Voter said...: He's a dirty old man--he'll be asking to shower with you. Run back to your Mama.; 12/21/24, 11:33 AM
Wilbur said...: The good Doctor Biden is, unfortunately, about a grade C- story reader.
The children visible in the video look too young to even remotely understand what she is reading to them, but I suppose it's not really about them, is it? Whatever.; 12/21/24, 11:47 AM
Big Mike said...: Shouldn’t they have left the accused pedo at home?; 12/21/24, 11:52 AM
Howard said...: Whaddya gwana do when you don't have FJB to kick around anymore?; 12/21/24, 11:58 AM
Tina Trent said...: I would also think an elementary teacher could read a children’s book far better. She’s stumbling and nervous. Out, out, damn spot.

Let’s compare this with Bush 2’s (though I’m not a fan) finishing reading a short children’s book to little kids as 9/11 went down. He didn’t scare the kids. He tried to control himself and did well. He got out as fast as he could while knowing his staff was compiling information. I didn’t like all his subsequent responses, to say the least, but that was the behavior of a decent and competent man.; 12/21/24, 11:59 AM
n.n said...: Joe and Jill went up the Hill to profit in Spring. Joe fell down, molested his daughter, canceled his granddaughter, and Jill came tumbling after.; 12/21/24, 12:04 PM
FullMoon said...: Although the child is obviously a well paid professional actor, it is kind of a nice scene.; 12/21/24, 12:05 PM
wildswan said...: Oh, stop it. Biden's been a grandfather quite often and for a long time and he's still got the reflexes. Same with being a politician - he'll smile and shake. But he isn't fit to be the leader of the free world just because he's less faded as a grandfather than as that leader. Is Iran building neclear weapons - you think that guy knows? I don't. Is Syria's new leader faking a desire for peace or expressing the wishes of the Syrian people. Does Biden have any thoughts of his own on that? I think not. So go away, Joe. Merry Christmas to you, Joe, and Good Night. (Please put the fence parts back before you go to bed.); 12/21/24, 12:06 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: Slim trim and and a great physical stature ad the other guy an obese ,orange hiding his bald spots senile dude.; 12/21/24, 12:10 PM
wendybar said...: Cry harder!! It warms our hearts!!; 12/21/24, 12:16 PM
Clyde said...: Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus comes to mind.; 12/21/24, 12:20 PM
Aggie said...: 'hiding his bald spots'? Is that as vain as getting long term multiple hair plug treatments, and a Botox market share? And it's '47' in just a few short days, when Donald Trump becomes your President ! Are you going to revise it to '45 & 47' in homage to your rent-free tenant, STINKY?; 12/21/24, 12:21 PM
Leland said...: There was none (although I stopped about 80% through). Joe seemed like a normal grandpa acting appropriately with a toddler that perhaps wasn’t but did not know any better nor was behaving poorly. It was a nice video.; 12/21/24, 12:27 PM
effinayright said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/21/24, 12:37 PM
rhhardin said...: A Gorey Christmas NYTBR competition 1896. Write a Christmas story for each of these illustrations.; 12/21/24, 12:39 PM
Limited blogger said...: Can't forgive Old Jo' for all his trangressions, but this tiny moment was actually endearing.; 12/21/24, 12:41 PM
Ampersand said...: It's as if our national political process were a middle school election, and we elected the well dressed dumb kid who promised free soda machines.; 12/21/24, 1:49 PM
tommyesq said...: Bear in mind that, in a time of budget crisis, unknown drone overflights, and continued war in Ukraine and Gaza (among other things), this is Joe's first and only public appearance since the election.; 12/21/24, 2:23 PM
cfs said...: "Fmr. Harris Surrogate: Biden Hasn’t Been ‘Cognitively Fit’ for ‘Years’, My Relative Said ‘We’re F-ed’ After Meeting Him"

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/21/fmr-harris-surrogate-biden-hasnt-been-cognitively-fit-for-years-my-relative-said-were-f-ed-after-meeting-him/; 12/21/24, 3:05 PM
cfs said...: Does Biden know he is "burning it all down" as he leaves the White House? Does he know of his plans to pardon murderers on death row?

Jill does. Jill knows. Is this her revenge?; 12/21/24, 3:08 PM
effinayright said...: Dinky, you remind us of an old Billy Crystal routine on SNL where he played a flamboyant Fernando Lamas offering this sage advice: "It’s not how you feel, it’s how you look—and you look mahvelous!"

Nice of you to once again confirm that you're a shallow "style over substance" kinda guy.; 12/21/24, 3:39 PM
Jamie said...: I would also think an elementary teacher could read a children’s book far better.

This was my only reaction to this video. I don't know her classroom experience, but in early childhood education, it seems pretty non-negotiable to me to learn to read a picture book with the pictures facing the children. I had zero training or experience in education when I was inexplicably hired to be director of my church's preschool, but I knew how to hold the books I read to the littles at library time just from watching Romper Room as a small child myself.

Very cute toddler, and I didn't have any issue with Mr. Biden's behavior toward him. But Dr. Jill needs better picture book skills.; 12/21/24, 4:03 PM
Iman said...: Yes, for a crypt-keeper he cleans up well.; 12/21/24, 4:05 PM
The Godfather said...: Each of those kids is getting a pardon -- to protect them from Trump, right?; 12/21/24, 4:22 PM
Aggie said...: ...and there's Doctor Jill, wearin' Red again.; 12/21/24, 4:23 PM
Jim at said...: I must be nuts. Strike the remainder.; 12/21/24, 5:01 PM
Former Illinois resident said...: Jill's barrel curls hairstyle looks all at once age inappropriate, bedhead messy in back, and dated. Countdown continues till we're rid of these two.; 12/21/24, 5:30 PM
Cheryl said...: Good grief, has Jill EVER read that poem before? Wooden delivery. (FWIW I wrote a version for some friends of mine and put it on my podcast. It's a fun exercise and I recommend it if you want something fun to think about in the next couple of days! My delivery was much better.); 12/21/24, 5:34 PM
Kakistocracy said...: As I rule I think good taste requires that you understand the words you use to insult people.; 12/21/24, 8:32 PM
Readering said...: Just want to know if he blurted out there's no Santa.; 12/21/24, 11:33 PM
Lazarus said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/22/24, 10:04 AM
Lazarus said...: I'm getting a weird Benjamin Button/Circle of Life vibe from this, but it is good to know that Biden can still keep up with his intellectual peers.; 12/22/24, 10:05 AM