Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell struck up a friendship during their nearly quarter-century in the Senate together. Now in their 80s, the Democratic president and the Senate GOP leader appear to be giving political cover to each other as they fend off questions about their advanced age and health issues.
Notably, McConnell, R-Ky., 81, hasnāt joined Donald Trump, 77, and other Republicans who have attacked Bidenās age, health and mental acuity as he seeks re-election.
And after McConnellās second freeze-up last week, Biden was one of the first to call McConnell, telling reporters that his āfriendā sounded like āhis old selfā and that such episodes are a āpart of his recoveryā from a fall and a concussion this year.
Youād be surprised at the number of American households that voluntarily put themselves in such a torture chamber
I have a couple friends whoās older family members just run Fox 24/7. And from what they tell me, itās not fun having family members like that. I feel very lucky.
It is not. Before Fox we had Alex Jones, Coast-to-Coast, Imus, and Rush on all the time at my house growing up. Mom would get really angry if you tried to turn the radio volume lower. Of course we lived in the middle of nowhere so it was mostly static. It was this constant background noise of my childhood.
I can still remember being about 6 or so and asking my mom āwhat did liberals do to that man to make him so angry all the time?ā. Pretty sure it was Rush I was referring to but might have been some other screaming radio guy. My dad lost it when Imus said something bigoted, and got fired. I endured two weeks of rants about it.
Part of the reason why I avoid talking about politics around my kids. I am a bit leftwing and that is my thing, my kids donāt need to be captive audiences to me about this stuff. Besides we got Legos and woodwork to do.