What Biden was doing was funny - but it had a serious intent: The history of presidential campaigning tells us that humor is one of the most effective ways to defuse concerns that, unaddressed, might become major campaign issues.īiden’s reelection campaign ( he announced his bid last week) is not the first time that age has been front and center in a presidential campaign. The self-deprecating remarks on age started early in his speech, when Biden garnered big laughs with the line: “I believe in the First Amendment, not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it.” (He was referring, of course, to James Madison, one of our Founding Fathers and a primary author of the Constitution - which was written in 1787.) Opinion: Democrats need fresh ideas – and Biden is not the answer President Joe Biden, who just announced his reelection campaign for president, delivers remarks at North America's Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. You say I am ancient, I say I’m wise,” he quipped, adding: “You say I’m over the hill, Don Lemon would say, ‘That’s a man in his prime.’ ” (He was referring to the former CNN anchor’s controversial comments suggesting that women over 40 might have their better days behind them.)
Murdoch is the 92-year-old executive chair at Fox News.)īiden was not close to being done: “Call me old, I call it being seasoned. How can I dislike a guy who makes me look like Harry Styles?” ( Styles is, of course, the dashing 29-year-old, chart-topping pop singer and Hollywood actor. The president doubled down on the theme, joking, “You might think I don’t like Rupert Murdoch.
It’s in everybody’s mind and by everyone, I mean The New York Times.” Biden then added, “Headline: ‘Biden’s advanced age is a big issue. The president began by telling journalists and others assembled in the crowded Washington Hilton Hotel ballroom, “Look, I get that age is a completely reasonable issue. That’s why it was an inspired move by Biden to address the issue head-on at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner - but with a delightfully comedic touch. Top moments from the White House Correspondents’ dinner
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