He touted his firsthand familiarity with the nation’s values worth fighting for.
He swung right into it, no throat-clearing bromides. His opening line: “In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt came to this chamber … to wake up the Congress and alert the American people that this was no ordinary moment. Freedom and democracy were under assault in the world.
“Tonight,” Biden went on, “I come to the same chamber … to wake up this Congress and alert the American people that this is no ordinary moment either,” and, unlike in FDR’s time, “freedom and democracy are under attack, both at homeVladimir Putin’s Russia is “on the march,” and if he sweeps through Ukraine, he won’t stop there.
If nothing else, this speech should torpedo the doddering-old-man meme that has plagued Biden these past few months in headlines, talk shows, and polls. Whether or not the speech has any impact on U.S. policy toward Ukraine, China, the Middle East, or the world’s other hot spots, the debate over whether Biden should run for reelection—whether he’s too old and dispirited—is, or anyway should be,
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