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US PRESIDENT JOE Biden has blamed exhaustion from international travel for his dismal debate performance against Donald Trump last week.
Biden has not given any interviews since the debacle, but said at a fundraiser that he “wasn’t very smart” for “traveling around the world a couple times… shortly before the debate.”
“I didn’t listen to my staff,” he said. “And then I almost fell asleep on stage.”
Biden traveled to France from 5 to 9 June to commemorate the 1944 Allied landings, headed back to the United States, and then flew to Italy for a G7 summit followed immediately by a visit to California.
He then returned home and went to a presidential retreat for several days of rest and preparation for the debate.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre yesterday admitted the debate was “a bad night” but added that Biden “knows how to come back” from adversity.
She dismissed questions about him needing a cognitive test, and said the president would hold a press conference during a NATO summit in Washington next week.
The polling margins between the president and his Republican predecessor have been razor-thin for months, with Trump showing a slight advantage.
Biden pushed for an unusually early first debate in hopes that he could jolt the race while there was still time – but the plan backfired.
Biden has visibly slowed over the last year.
It has been several months since the president, who has tripped or fallen in public on several occasions, stopped using his plane’s high gangway, preferring a shorter, more stable staircase.
He has also surrounded himself with aides for the short walk from the White House to his helicopter on the lawn, hoping to prevent cameras from focusing on his stiff gait.
Biden, who has always been gaffe-prone, has not given a long press conference since January 2022 and spends most weekends in one of his Delaware homes, with no official schedule.
Vice President Kamala Harris – a leading contender to replace Biden if he exits the race – said she was proud to be his running mate.
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I’m a little confused as to how the jury bought a story of accidental killing – followed by dismemberment.. Accidents can and do happen, but surely cutting up the body would add a dimension to the situation that would veer a long way from “accidental”, I mean, dismemberment is pretty deliberate..
How on earth did he get away with that?
Yeah I don’t get that either , I wonder if he paid off the jury ? Or is that only in the movies !
He said he was trying to avoid any attention because of his previous case with his wife. Bottom line he’s a nut job.
He probably claimed that the killing was an accident and that he panicked and tried to hide the body in case he was later blamed for ‘murdering’ him. No previous, no known motive and probably claimed he was friends with the victim and that he was sooooo sorry!
Since when are RTE non entities given the titles of legends any wonder they go around with their heads in the clouds. Ive never even heard of this one.
Well she deserves credit for being the first female newsreader in rte. But a legend ? No .
Most women were able to read in the 1970′s! What had gender got to do with it?
Durst looks like a psycho
Well spotted.
He will get off again, if you have seen the doc you will see he wants to be caught, he seems to get a rush for getting away with it and has the money to do so.
Whatever happened to bibi baskin?
@Buckwheat
I think this article from December 2013 answers your question.
Apologies.
I forgot to paste the address.
http://www.businessandleadership.com/exporting/item/43849-bibi-baskin-to-talk-about-h
See talking to yourself… no good can come of it.
you can leave an Irish man all alone for 24 hours and what will you hear on a mic?
Sweet sweet silence
His defence team managed to convince the jury that the neighbor had let himself into Dursts apartment and had a gun,the neighbour, Black, was a well known aggressive troublesome person who no one liked, he convinced them the gun went off during a struggle but that he didn’t shoot him intentionally. Try watch the documentaries they explain it better. Why not show the lady now instead of her in 1975, or at least as well as…..?
Leg End or butt end or is there a happy end at all at all??
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