President Joe Biden fell down � again.

But the liberal media arrived quickly to try to lift him up. In a fawning
profile, The New York Times described the 80-year-old president as �sharp,�
�fit,� and having �striking stamina.� The Washington Post, meanwhile, said
Biden�s tumble helps make him appear �more human� � then listed a bunch of
other times politicians fell down.

The Times piece, which took four reporters to write � including the top two
White House correspondents � was headlined, �Inside the Complicated Reality
of Being America�s Oldest President.� The article said Biden�s aides limit
his time in the spotlight to avoid gaffes.

�The two Joe Bidens coexist in the same octogenarian president: Sharp and
wise at critical moments, the product of decades of seasoning, able to rise
to the occasion even in the dead of night to confront a dangerous world,� the
article said. �Yet a little slower, a little softer, a little harder of
hearing, a little more tentative in his walk, a little more prone to
occasional lapses of memory in ways that feel familiar to anyone who has
reached their ninth decade or has a parent who has.�

The writers don�t call out the many false memories Biden repeats ad nauseam,
instead saying, �Like many his age, Mr. Biden repeats phrases and retells the
same story, often fact-challenged stories again and again. He can be quirky;
when children visit, he may randomly pull a book by William Butler Yeats off
his desk and start reading Irish poetry to them.�

And even though Biden shuffles everywhere he goes � which prompted him to
fall over a sandbag as he oversaw the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air
Force Academy last week � the Times said: �At the same time, he is trim and
fit, exercises five days a week and does not drink.�

Jon Nicosia, president of News Cycle Media, ripped the Times piece.

�A 4-writer slobbering piece on Biden�s age from @nytimes with gems like:
�Yet people who deal with him regularly, including some of his adversaries,
say he remains sharp and commanding in private meetings. Diplomats share
stories of trips to places like Ukraine, Japan, Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia
in which he often outlasts younger colleagues. Democratic lawmakers point to
a long list of accomplishments as proof that he still gets the job done,'� he
wrote on Twitter.

National Review contributor Pradheep Shanker said Biden�s fall and poor
health are indicative of something far more nefarious.

�What�s more likely is that many, many of the presidential level decisions
are not being made by Biden at all,� he wrote on Twitter.

Meanwhile, The Washington Post put its own positive spin on Biden�s clumsy
fall.

�President Biden�s onstage tumble at the U.S. Air Force Academy made
headlines around the world. But he�s far from the only world leader or
political candidate who has taken a highly visible fall,� wrote Adela
Suliman, described as �a breaking-news reporter in The Washington Post�s
London hub.�

�Trips and tumbles are fodder for laughs, cringes � and hot takes,� she
wrote.

�It breaks the image of infallibility of powerful figures,� Bart Cammaerts, a
professor of politics and communication at the London School of Economics,
told the Post.

�But there is also something captivating about politicians appearing more
human. �Think of slapstick comedy, breaking the seriousness and ceremonial
aspect of the event,� Cammaerts said.�

Then Suliman listed a bunch of times other politicians fell, such as
President Gerald Ford, Britain�s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and, of
course, the very famous Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

The Post even included a time that former President Donald Trump did not
fall.

�Trump, as president, looked unsteady on his feet at the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point in 2020. His slow, unsteady walk while descending a
ramp led his critics to use the hashtag #TrumpIsNotWell,� Suliman wrote.
�Trump tweeted that the ramp was �very long & steep, had no handrail and,
most importantly, was very slippery� and insisted that the �last thing I was
going to do is �fall� for the Fake News to have fun with.'�

But falls for an 80-year-old can be very dangerous. And The New York Post
wrote a piece about that last week headlined, �Kamala Harris is a Biden fall
away from being in the Oval Office.�

�It was alarming to watch Joe Biden take a tumble Thursday at the Air Force
Academy commencement,� Michael Goodwin wrote. �But the really scary thought
is that if he had landed head-first, Kamala Harris would be sitting in the
Oval Office.�

Food for thought, indeed.

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Let's go Brandon!