Jake Tapper's Book Exposes Biden Cognitive Decline Coverup - Will Anyone Be Held Accountable?

[LouC]

Hundreds of medical professionals....HUNDREDS, line up to state that Trump is non compus mentus and the Right screams in outrage.
A news anchor writes a book and suddenly we're "GOING TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS to UNCOVER THE TRUTH!"

Mumble mumble submarines can stay down for thirty years, trophy wives, Arnold Palmer's penis, magnets stop working when they get wet, windmill cancer, and the piece de resistance:
I DID WIN THE 2020 ELECTION, it's THE LAW NOW.

But nooooooooooo he's not demented!

 

[Taylor]

The book is probably just a "cheap fake" because Biden has dealt with stuttering all of his life. /s

 

[LouC]

Held accountable for sticking around long past his use by date.

Not a crime, if that was even true.

And I, for one, am glad he did.

President Biden in a coma would still have been better than Trump on his best day.

He did not give the party enough time to settle on a candidate who could beat Trump.

You are Right, the only reason KING MAGAT won was thanks to a huge Democrat Party screw up.
Doesn't say much good about Trump, but of course when truth is spoken, not much if any good will be uttered about Trump.

Toooo bad.

For Americans and America's sake, hell yeah, it was too bad Trump was reelected.

 

[SkyChief]

Good final comment vet.
"Don't trust democrats to do what's best for the People, or our country . . . they only want power."

Why should Dems care what is good for the people?

They clearly don't, and independent voters are beginning to realize this.

Did they care when they conspired to put a doddering Old Joe to run for president in these perilous times and then shoved in an incompetent DEI hire Kamala to substitute for a senile candidate?

The Democratic Party is in crisis - they have no message, they have no leadership, they have no platform. In spite of these things, they seemed to be highly optimistic about mid-term elections. Now this HOC investigation could take all of that away.

Jake Tapper's Book Exposes Biden Cognitive Decline Coverup - Will Anyone Be Held Accountable?​

Held accountable for what, pray tell?

The answer to your question is somewhere in the red text you posted. The key word begins with the letter "C". There's only two. You got this, LouC.

An ethical issue implies that someone has a duty to tell the public and, given that infirmities of past Presidents have largely not be disclosed, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Exactly. The people in Biden's inner circle were bound by ethics to be honest with the American people. They lied and deceived.

It's what dems DO.

I'd also point out that "cover up" seems the wrong word here since it's almost always used in the context of criminal behavior and there is none here.

Honestly there seems little real point to an investigation.

I disagree. The point is that republicans (in the House Oversight Committee) are sending a message.

The man is gone and won't be coming back. People have formed their opinions already and what a bunch of politicians say isn't going to change that.

I STRONGLY disagree. This HOC investigation could potentially impact the independent voters' trust (and mistrust) of democrats. It could impact the mid-term elections.

He's old, has cancer and may not be long for this world leave him the **** alone.

This HOC investigation is not fingering Biden in any way. It's exposing the lies and deception of his inner-circle. This investigation is not meant to harm Biden in any way.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

I'll calmly state that Biden has been an old fuddy duddy for some years now.
But I don' put him in the dementia category. I put him squarely in the competent but somewhat diminished category because he's not falling down rabbit holes with ridiculous conspiracy theories or suffering from rapid onset dementia fueled paranoia.

Biden even now is still sharper than second term Reagan.
I'd rather not have old fuddy duddies in the White House at all but on the whole Biden is still a good and decent man who now takes a few beats to remember if he is in Cleveland or Youngstown, or struggles to remember the last name of a dignitary.

But he's still not bowing and scraping or saluting foreign generals or cuddling up the folks who sent airplanes into the Twin Towers and he isn't talking about submarines with screen doors or whatever.
He still has his marbles, he just has to dig around in his pocket a little more to get them.

Trump's marbles are now three week old lint covered gummy bears and he insists he can golf with them.

 

[LouC]

<Snipped>
The answer to your question is somewhere in the red text you posted. The key word begins with the letter "C". There's only two. You got this, Lou.

But the important "C" word is not in my red text, that word being "CRIME" because no crime was committed for which to hold anyone "accountable".

 

[George50]

You're right. Trump was flailing around looking for a direction now that he won in 2016. The world was incredulous. We can only hope he makes some right choices going forward.

This quote was from 2020 and he had no idea what he would do in a second term.

 

[Gaius46]

They clearly don't, and independent voters are beginning to realize this.

The Democratic Party is in crisis - they have no message, they have no leadership, they have no platform. In spite of these things, they seemed to be highly optimistic about mid-term elections. Now this HOC investigation could take all of that away.

The answer to your question is somewhere in the red text you posted. The key word begins with the letter "C". There's only two. You got this, LouC.


Exactly. The people in Biden's inner circle were bound by ethics to be honest with the American people. They lied and deceived.

It's what dems DO.

I disagree. The point is that republicans (in the House Oversight Committee) are sending a message.

I STRONGLY disagree. This HOC investigation could potentially impact the independent voters' trust (and mistrust) of democrats. It could impact the mid-term elections.

This HOC investigation is not fingering Biden in any way. It's exposing the lies and deception of his inner-circle. This investigation is not meant to harm Biden in any way.

My point was that it isn't clear at all the Biden's people were bound by ethics to make his condition - assuming he had one that went beyond what we all saw in his public appearances - public. Historically it has not been the case that we made public debilitating diseases in our Presidents - at least I can't recall any - and there is an argument to be made that doing so has national security implications.

And honestly can can't just say "it's what DEMS do" because both lie - all the time. I don't want to make this about Trump but his, and his administrations' lies are legion and well documented.

You kind of hint at the fact that this is strictly political - (This HOC investigation could potentially impact the independent voters' trust (and mistrust) of democrats. It could impact the mid-term elections.) Is that really where you want to go?

 

[SkyChief]

My point was that it isn't clear at all the Biden's people were bound by ethics to make his condition . . .

Very well. We just disagree on this point.

- assuming he had one that went beyond what we all saw in his public appearances - public. Historically it has not been the case that we made public debilitating diseases in our Presidents - at least I can't recall any - and there is an argument to be made that doing so has national security implications.

Other presidents were not rendered completely useless by their debilitating diseases. Biden was practically drooling in his lap. The disastrous pullout from Afghanistan - did you think that was Biden's calamity? Joe Biden was accountable because he was Commander-In-Chief, but the decision to pull out and leave behind all of the functional U.S. weapons and weapon systems to fall into terrorist hands was not Joe's.

And honestly can can't just say "it's what DEMS do" because both lie - all the time. I don't want to make this about Trump but his, and his administrations' lies are legion and well documented.

Yes, let's leave Trump out of this.

You kind of hint at the fact that this is strictly political - (This HOC investigation could potentially impact the independent voters' trust (and mistrust) of democrats. It could impact the mid-term elections.) Is that really where you want to go?

Absolutely. I believe that the House Oversight Committee investigation is 100% political posturing, because House republicans have essentially created a no-win scenario for democrats.

If these people (Biden’s physician and former White House advisors) agree to testify, and come clean about the cover-up, independent voters will distrust democrats, which would likely result in lost votes.

If they REFUSE to testify, then independent voters will really distrust democrats, which would also likely result in lost votes. It's a no-win scenario for dems.

This is political posturing at its finest.

 

[jaypatriot]

They clearly don't, and independent voters are beginning to realize this.

The Democratic Party is in crisis - they have no message, they have no leadership, they have no platform. In spite of these things, they seemed to be highly optimistic about mid-term elections. Now this HOC investigation could take all of that away.

The answer to your question is somewhere in the red text you posted. The key word begins with the letter "C". There's only two. You got this, LouC.


Exactly. The people in Biden's inner circle were bound by ethics to be honest with the American people. They lied and deceived.

It's what dems DO.

I disagree. The point is that republicans (in the House Oversight Committee) are sending a message.

I STRONGLY disagree. This HOC investigation could potentially impact the independent voters' trust (and mistrust) of democrats. It could impact the mid-term elections.

This HOC investigation is not fingering Biden in any way. It's exposing the lies and deception of his inner-circle. This investigation is not meant to harm Biden in any way.

You wrote: "This HOC investigation is not fingering Biden in any way. It's exposing the lies and deception of his inner-circle. This investigation is not meant to harm Biden in any way."
Gaius is simply trying to protect poor Biden.
It is the perpetrators of the coverup who should be uncovered and vilified.

 

[Rexedgar]

Very well. We just disagree on this point.

Other presidents were not rendered completely useless by their debilitating diseases. Biden was practically drooling in his lap. The disastrous pullout from Afghanistan - did you think that was Biden's calamity? Joe Biden was accountable because he was Commander-In-Chief, but the decision to pull out and leave behind all of the functional U.S. weapons and weapon systems to fall into terrorist hands was not Joe's.

Yes, let's leave Trump out of this.

How do we do this and have any kind of honest dialogue?

What do we compare Biden’s term to, if not the present one?

I’ll go out on a limb and say that after 4 months in, NOV 2026 will be a reckoning.

Absolutely. I believe that the House Oversight Committee investigation is 100% political posturing, because House republicans have essentially created a no-win scenario for democrats.

If these people (Biden’s physician and former White House advisors) agree to testify, and come clean about the cover-up, independent voters will distrust democrats, which would likely result in lost votes.

If they REFUSE to testify, then independent voters will really distrust democrats, which would also likely result in lost votes. It's a no-win scenario for dems.

This is political posturing at its finest.

 

[jaypatriot]

Not a crime, if that was even true.

President Biden in a coma would still have been better than Trump on his best day.

You are Right, the only reason KING MAGAT won was thanks to a huge Democrat Party screw up.
Doesn't say much good about Trump, but of course when truth is spoken, not much if any good will be uttered about Trump.

For Americans and America's sake, hell yeah, it was too bad Trump was reelected.

Your defense of Biden and Kamala is very noble.
His protectors and puppeteers are the one who should be condemned.

And that means Jill and Joe's advisors.

 

[jaypatriot]

How do we do this and have any kind of honest dialogue?

What do we compare Biden’s term to, if not the present one?

I’ll go out on a limb and say that after 4 months in, NOV 2026 will be a reckoning.

You wrote: "I’ll go out on a limb and say that after 4 months in, NOV 2026 will be a reckoning.:

Everyone here is entitled to an opinion.
Looking 17 months into the future given how the world can change is a futile exercise.
Let's talk this time next year.

 

[jaypatriot]

So you find humor in the strikingly obvious.
You don't need to drink the Biden/Harris KoolAid any longer.

 

[SkyChief]

How do we do this and have any kind of honest dialogue?

Do what? Leave Trump out of it? Trump has nothing whatsoever to do with the cover-up of Biden's declining cognitive state.

NOTHING.

What do we compare Biden’s term to, if not the present one?

This thread is not about comparing Biden's term to anyone's. We're discussing the cover-up of Biden's declining cognitive state. Dems knew about it in 2020, but kept in under wraps.

EVERYONE knew about it in 2022, but dems and the MSM lied to Americans and pretended the Biden was just fine.

I’ll go out on a limb and say that after 4 months in, NOV 2026 will be a reckoning.

Before this investigation got underway, I would have agreed with you.

Now that the House Oversight Committee has decided to pull back the curtain on Biden's inner circle, that "reckoning" might actually favor republicans. The HOC has painted the dems into a corner from which they cannot escape.

 

[Rexedgar]

Do what? Leave Trump out of it? Trump has nothing whatsoever to do with the cover-up of Biden's declining cognitive state.

NOTHING.

This thread is not about comparing Biden's term to anyone's. We're discussing the cover-up of Biden's declining cognitive state. Dems knew about it in 2020, but kept in under wraps.

EVERYONE knew about it in 2022, but dems and the MSM lied to Americans and pretended the Biden was just fine.

Now it’s your turn to say, “nothing to see here.”

https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-commencement-address-west-point-usma-may-24-2025

Before this investigation got underway, I would have agreed with you.

Now that the House Oversight Committee has decided to pull back the curtain on Biden's inner circle, that "reckoning" might actually favor republicans. The HOC has painted the dems into a corner from which they cannot escape.

This waste of resources will turn out like the Biden impeachment hearings.

 

[Gaius46]

Very well. We just disagree on this point.

Other presidents were not rendered completely useless by their debilitating diseases. Biden was practically drooling in his lap. The disastrous pullout from Afghanistan - did you think that was Biden's calamity? Joe Biden was accountable because he was Commander-In-Chief, but the decision to pull out and leave behind all of the functional U.S. weapons and weapon systems to fall into terrorist hands was not Joe's.

Yes, let's leave Trump out of this.

Absolutely. I believe that the House Oversight Committee investigation is 100% political posturing, because House republicans have essentially created a no-win scenario for democrats.

If these people (Biden’s physician and former White House advisors) agree to testify, and come clean about the cover-up, independent voters will distrust democrats, which would likely result in lost votes.

If they REFUSE to testify, then independent voters will really distrust democrats, which would also likely result in lost votes. It's a no-win scenario for dems.

This is political posturing at its finest.

Woodrow Wilson had a stroke in office. His wife played a huge role in running the White House during his convalescence.

From wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wilson):
"
Edith Wilson and others in the President's inner circle (including his physician and a few close friends) hid the true extent of the president's illness and disability from the American public.[31][32][33] Edith also took over a number of routine duties and details of the executive branch of the government from the onset of Wilson's illness until he left office almost a year and a half later. From October 1919 to the end of Wilson's term on March 4, 1921, Edith, acting in a role she later described as a "stewardship", decided who and which communications and matters of state were important enough to bring to the bedridden president.[34] Edith Wilson later wrote:

I studied every paper sent from the different Secretaries or Senators and tried to digest and present in tabloid form the things that, despite my vigilance, had to go to the President. I, myself, never made a single decision regarding the disposition of public affairs. The only decision that was mine was what was important and what was not, and the very important decision of when to present matters to my husband.

Edith became the sole communication link between the President and his Cabinet. She required they send her all pressing matters, memos, correspondence, questions, and requests"

And you claim that Biden was "drooling in his lap" meaning he was totally incapacitated. There is no evidence of that at all. Yes his public appearances were terrible but that doesn't mean that he was unable to make decisions.

 

[Kelby]

If something is obvious, then it wasn't covered up.

Finally!

 

[SkyChief]

Now it’s your turn to say, “nothing to see here.”

I'm not saying that at all. Quite the contrary, in fact. I'm saying America: Wake Up. Look at what the radical Left is trying to do. They don't care about the People, and they certainly don't care about our country. They care about political power, and they will do anything to achieve it. The cover-up is evidence of that.

That's what I would say to independent voters. And I think that is the message that House republicans are trying to convey. (For the record, I am NOT a republican)

This waste of resources will turn out like the Biden impeachment hearings.

I think that the House Oversight Committee will pull back the curtain on the democrat Grand Wizards. That's their job.That's why they were elected. There is no waste of resources.

 

[SkyChief]

Woodrow Wilson had a stroke in office. His wife played a huge role in running the White House during his convalescence.

From wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wilson):
"
Edith Wilson and others in the President's inner circle (including his physician and a few close friends) hid the true extent of the president's illness and disability from the American public.[

OK, I'll give you this one. Woodrow Wilson was hands-down the worst and most destructive president in U.S. history. He put American lives in harm's way by getting America involved in WW I after promising to American voters that he would keep America neutral if they would give him a second term.

American voters DID give Wilson a second term, and he violated their trust - - on April 2, 1917, President Wilson told Congress to declare war on Germany - which they did. All of the American lives lost in that awful war are squarely on Woodrow Wilson's hands.

And you claim that Biden was "drooling in his lap" meaning he was totally incapacitated. There is no evidence of that at all.

It was a figure of speech. Joe Biden was mentally unfit to be president, and unfit to be Commander-In-Chief. He was incapacitated due to his deteriorating mental state. Democrats KNEW this and so did the MSM people. They kept it under wraps because they knew if the American people ever realized Biden's actual mental state, we would have demanded that Amendment XXV be invoked, which would have meant that Kamala Harris (who was even more incompetent than Biden) would assume the duties of president and Commander-In-Chief. And if Harris was unable to be president and Commander-In-Chief, then Nancy Pelosi would have assumed those roles. What a mess.

Yes his public appearances were terrible but that doesn't mean that he was unable to make decisions.

Joe Biden was practically a vegetable. Let's stop pretending otherwise.

 

[Ouroboros]

OK, I'll give you this one. Woodrow Wilson was hands-down the worst and most destructive president in U.S. history. He put American lives in harm's way by getting America involved in WW I after promising to American voters that he would keep America neutral if they would give him a second term.

American voters DID give Wilson a second term, and he violated their trust - - on April 2, 1917, President Wilson told Congress to declare war on Germany - which they did. All of the American lives lost in that awful war are squarely on Woodrow Wilson's hands.

It was a figure of speech. Joe Biden was mentally unfit to be president, and unfit to be Commander-In-Chief. He was incapacitated due to his deteriorating mental state. Democrats KNEW this and so did the MSM people. They kept it under wraps because they knew if the American people ever realized Biden's actual mental state, we would have demanded that Amendment XXV be invoked, which would have meant that Kamala Harris (who was even more incompetent than Biden) would assume the duties of president and Commander-In-Chief. And if Harris was unable to be president and Commander-In-Chief, then Nancy Pelosi would have assumed those roles. What a mess.

Joe Biden was practically a vegetable. Let's stop pretending otherwise.

No disagreement that Biden was a vegetable, though it's probably impossible to prove legally that his handlers were aware of that fact, and that makes it tough to prosecute them. But I believe the Dems' reputation for truth will remain damaged for years to come even after the GOP gets tired of showing clips of Biden being helped along by the Easter Bunny actor.

Wilson's OT but here's an argument to the effect that exigent circumstances and the changing mood of US citizens toward Germany's unrestricted warfare forced WW to change his policy.

The Great Reversal: Wilson's decision for war

On the evening of April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson delivered one of the most famous addresses in U.S. history; he asked Congress to recognize that a state of war existed between the United States and Germany.

www.legion.org

 

[choiceone]

I for one do not trust many of the House Republicans. Especially members of the Freedom Caucus.
imo, the GOP is no better than the Democrats.

With Independent's being a growing voter block you are correct the message needs to address their concerns.
imo, the GOP is doing a terrible job in messaging. Many Independents I associate with do not accept some of the bs coming out of the GOP.


what is the "messaging" as you see it?

If one does not realize that political parties pull "crap", then one is naive.

I still find it interesting that the GOP still talks about the "rigged" 2020 election. I for one am still waiting for the evidence to be presented.

I like your point about still waiting for the GOP to provide evidence of the 2020 election's being rigged. They constantly talk as if it's already been provided. It's unbelievable!!!

 

[choiceone]

Agreed.

Independents are growing, yes. In fact, they are the largest voting bloc of the electorate.

But don't you think that independents might change horses when they find out about the cover-up? That's what the House Oversight Committee's task is. I think this will open many independent voters' eyes.

The message is: Democrats are liars, cheaters, deceitful and they cannot be trusted. . . . in any capacity.


That's off the topic. This thread is about the House Oversight Committee's investigation regarding the cover-up of Biden's cognitive decline.

Everyone now knows that Joe Biden was mentally unfit to serve a President of the United States and Commander-In-Chief. The House Oversight Committee's goal is to find out who knew this two years ago when Biden's decline really started to manifest, and all the people in Biden's inner circle were claiming that Biden was not having cognitive problems (lying like rugs).

I doubt that the HOC will hold anyone accountable, but their objective is to send the message to American voters that democrats cannot be trusted, and they don't care about our country - they only care about power.

This is ridiculous. Republicans shouldn't have covered for Reagan, Democrats shouldn't have covered for Biden, and Republicans shouldn't have covered for Trump or be covering for him now. This doesn't mean none of them care about our country. I personally think Trump is a mental basketcase. The current nonsense in which he pretends that Putin has changed in order to change his own approach on Ukraine without ever admitting that he was wrong in his pro-Putin approach is so obvious it's internationally embarrassing.

I still think we'd be better off with Biden, because he had selected competent adults in his administration, who could work as a competent team. Hegseth, Rubio, Bondi, and Noem in particular are idiots. Noem made the US look like an international moron by publicly failing to correctly define habeas corpus in the Congressional hearing. It's like having Caribou Barbie in charge.

 

[SkyChief]

This is ridiculous. Republicans shouldn't have covered for Reagan, Democrats shouldn't have covered for Biden, and Republicans shouldn't have covered for Trump or be covering for him now.

Off topic.

This doesn't mean none of them care about our country. I personally think Trump is a mental basketcase.

Off topic.

The current nonsense in which he pretends that Putin has changed in order to change his own approach on Ukraine without ever admitting that he was wrong in his pro-Putin approach is so obvious it's internationally embarrassing.

Off topic.

I still think we'd be better off with Biden, because he had selected competent adults in his administration, who could work as a competent team. Hegseth, Rubio, Bondi, and Noem in particular are idiots.

Off topic.

Noem made the US look like an international moron by publicly failing to correctly define habeas corpus in the Congressional hearing. It's like having Caribou Barbie in charge.

Off topic.

I like your point about still waiting for the GOP to provide evidence of the 2020 election's being rigged. They constantly talk as if it's already been provided. It's unbelievable!!!

Not one sentence in your post is germane to the Cover-up, or the House Oversight Committee's investigation of the cover-up. Remarkable.

 

[jaypatriot]

No disagreement that Biden was a vegetable, though it's probably impossible to prove legally that his handlers were aware of that fact, and that makes it tough to prosecute them. But I believe the Dems' reputation for truth will remain damaged for years to come even after the GOP gets tired of showing clips of Biden being helped along by the Easter Bunny actor.

Wilson's OT but here's an argument to the effect that exigent circumstances and the changing mood of US citizens toward Germany's unrestricted warfare forced WW to change his policy.

The Great Reversal: Wilson's decision for war

On the evening of April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson delivered one of the most famous addresses in U.S. history; he asked Congress to recognize that a state of war existed between the United States and Germany.

www.legion.org

Wilson's decision to declare war on Germany appeared to be inevitable given Germany's provocations.
But, with regards to Biden's failing health and inability to properly communicate, it did not appear inevitable the puppeteers, handlers, Jill, and corrupt advisors were willing to let go of the idea Biden could sneak in under the wire and still beat Trump.
The idiot advisor who told Biden he could handle the debate last June should never again be allowed to talk to a presidential candidate about campaign advice.

And, to your first paragraph, Dem voters come 2028 will desperately vote for a Dems candidate who is not a walking vegetable in order to beat any GOP candidate associated with the Trump Administration. I hope that candidate is JD Vance.