Staff Reports
The debate over whether Joe Biden’s convention speech was a result of deliberate planning or sheer incompetence is officially over, and the verdict is in: it’s a classic case of both. As the clock struck bedtime for most Americans, Biden was behind the podium, delivering what could only be described as a past-his-prime performance that left viewers questioning if they’d accidentally tuned into a rerun of an old soap opera instead of a leader’s keynote address.
It doesn’t take a political mastermind to realize that scheduling a speech during such a late hour was, at best, a baffling decision. The prime-time slots have all the glitter and glamour of a Hollywood awards show, where ratings and appeal matter. Yet, here we had Biden, like that one uncle everyone tries to avoid at family gatherings, showing up uninvited and holding court long after everyone else has gone to bed or tuned out to watch paint dry. When even the mainstream media is scratching their heads, it signifies something is amiss.
"a Harris Administration, together with Joe Biden"
Kamala Harris just accidentally let the Democrats plan out of the bag. pic.twitter.com/4Oa8w1vCfB
— Evan Kilgore 🇺🇸 (@EvanAKilgore) September 15, 2020
Critics were quick to label this scheduling faux pas as either intentional or an unfortunate blunder. Some conservatives suspected that it may have been a strategic move to shield him from prime-time scrutiny, as even a seasoned politician knows that putting Biden front and center when the whole nation is watching comes with significant risks. After all, why let the facts get in the way of a good narrative? Better to sneak him into a time slot where most viewers would be tucked in with their warm glasses of milk.
On the flip side, the other camp argues that the blunders embedded in Biden’s speech were simply due to an administration struggling to put together coherent messaging. Incompetence seems to be part of his party’s branding at this point, regularly showcasing a revolving door of planning disasters and disastrous speaking performances. Perhaps it was just a perfect storm of political mismanagement, where both intention and lack of foresight collided to create this late-night spectacle.
In any case, the result was a spectacle fitting for late-night television, drawing comparisons to the antics of Saturday Night Live sketches more than a serious political address. When the event is so poorly timed that it literally puts audiences to sleep, it’s clear that the issues aren’t solely a matter of timing but a reflection of the overall state of the Biden administration. In the end, whether it was an intentional ploy to avoid the spotlight or just another example of government incompetence, one thing is for sure: the American people deserve better than a president who consistently plays second banana in prime time.
