Biden Misnames President’s Chopper, Claims Reagan Sent it for Him After 1980s Aneurysm

[Turd Fergusen]

President Biden referred to the presidential helicopter Marine One as “Air Force Helicopter One” Monday — while claiming that Ronald Reagan sent the chopper to take him from Delaware to the DC-area Walter Reed military hospital when Biden had a brain aneurysm in the 1980s.

The 81-year-old’s anecdote is, like other biographical details he’s shared in public remarks, not supported by his own autobiography — or by Reagan’s daily presidential diary.

“President Reagan was nice enough to send Air Force Helicopter One to take me down, but it couldn’t fly,” Biden told firefighters during a day-trip to Philadelphia, using an incorrect name for the aircraft.

“And so my fire department came up, put me in the back and took me on heavy snow on the day I went down to Walter Reed,” added the president, whose stories often face withering fact-checks amid campaign-trail criticism of his mental acuity.

The latter part of the story involving the local fire department is described in Biden’s 2007 book “Promises to Keep,” but Reagan offering or dispatching the presidential helicopter is not mentioned.

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Biden misnames president’s chopper, claims Reagan sent it for him after 1980s aneurysm

Biden, 81, said that Ronald Reagan sent ‘Air Force Helicopter One’ when he had a brain aneurysm.

nypost.com

 

[thuumpr]

This is simply someone's grandpa (of course he forgets Nova) getting senile. News media needs to realize this and stop reporting it. This poor guy is like any other elderly guy suffering from dementia.

I bet if we politely smile and ignore him, he'll forget he's the leader of United States (we need to stop reminding him). Next week he'll probably profess to be a deity.

 

[Freyja]

We needed to get him the hell out of office a long time ago! He should not have ever been there in the first place.

 

[BuffettGirl]

I bet if we politely smile and ignore him, he'll forget he's the leader of United States (we need to stop reminding him). Next week he'll probably profess to be a deity.

We needed to get him the hell out of office a long time ago! He should not have ever been there in the first place.

I know a lot of you don't remember the Reagan years, maybe most of you at this point, but does anyone remember how AWFUL the Dems were to Ronald Reagan regarding his dementia/Alzheimer's situation (which was NOT officially diagnosed until six years after he left the White House)? They were hideous. And something is niggling at the back of my head that Biden was a major part of that. While I find what the DNC and Dr. Jill are doing is beyond elder abuse and is well cruelty imho, I'm having trouble finding the grace to give this one to them. They haven't earned it, and Biden is FAR past the stages Reagan was at while in office...

 

[Turd Fergusen]

They really should have some type of act dealing with government officials whereby there are clearly defined cognitive tests and definitions where if they fail once or even twice, they agree to step down. Call it RODA (Remove Officials w/ Dementia & Alzheimer's). With people living longer and trying to work longer it is necessary at this point. I remember Reagan, I personally thought there were definite signs, but he was capable holding office while he did. I also remember Strom Thurmond who they basically wheeled into the Capitol while he was drooling and more or less incoherent.

Everyone was so adamant that Trump take his physical and were CERTAIN he wouldn't pass. He took it and publicly passed it just fine. The fact that Biden can simply refuse a cognitive test defies belief.

 

[thuumpr]

Reagan just slept alot.

 

[Sejanus]

No one over 65 should hold any elected office.
Too risky.

 

[cubby]

I will be 65 on Friday, I have to keep a calendar with all my appointments and engagements written down because I will not remember any of it. I have absolutely no signs of dementia, I'm just old. I can't even imagine trying to keep his schedule straight, even if I were 35.

When my kids were young, anything that we needed to do was on the calendar, I told them if it's not on the calendar, it's not happening because our schedule was full, every minute of every day was scheduled out. I had so much stuff in my head to keep track of, I nearly lost my mind in the 90's. I felt if I had to remember one more thing for someone else, I would explode from the sheer amount of shit in my brain. But thank goodness I'm better now, I only have to remember shit for me now.

 

[BuffettGirl]

Reagan just slept alot.

And passed out Jelly Bellies...