Do You ThinkThe Special Counsel Was Politically Motivated?

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Their Report exonerating Biden on handling of classified documents called him a well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. I could see their report exonerating him OK but attacking his age and memory was uncalled for. What do you think is the source for this?

Biden has a noticeably poor memory. His most recent gaffe happened where he confused Mexico with Egypt whilst defending his memory.

Could it have been that GOP is working hard to equate trumps docs to biden. Since special counsel had nothing to charge, the next best thing is attack biden.

Depends on the context of why they said that.

Is he a well meaning elderly man? Yes.

Is his memory poor? Perhaps. Did he tell them he forgot he had those documents at home ? If so.. he's forgetful. Aka has a poor memory, at least for some things at some times.

Naturally the political right propaganda machine is going to go into hyperdrive s**t talking biden for this. Definite political motivation there. But from the special counsel saying these things about biden? Not likely.. seems pretty accurate. I still think he's doing a pretty decent job and is capable of working. My opinion of his job performance would differ if the US economy was going to s**t and biden's old man gaffes actually caused any real harm.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

I don't know enough about the investigator to say, but those sorts of comments about a sitting politician seem inappropriate for a government report in any case.

I personally thought attacking his age was pure vitriol since Trump is not that far behind him in age and gaffes. I speculate it might have been an attack on Kamela Harris since a lot of the Trump crowd see her as too liberal or even an attack by someone who wants to be Trump's running mate or even by Nikki Haley or by Christie. It could have also been motivated by a third party candidate who wants to discredit Biden and Trump.

Probably. At the very least, he went out of his way to take a shot or two at Biden. You have to remember how this Special Counsel was a Trump appointee, and doubtlessly had political motivations.
Regardless of Biden's mental state, it's still light years better than Trump's.

I assume Biden's answers left that impression, although that could just be a matter of what Biden strategically claimed he had forgotten.

Attorney General Merrick Garland says it would've been 'absurd' to block special counsel's language on Biden's memory

I can see how the report was unintentionally damaging to his political career. However that said I DO believe his age and memory should be a concern for voters. Having a grandfather and a grandmother that both needed special care in the end due to severe health issues and things like dementia and alzhiemers I don't live under the delusion that "age is just a state of mind".

I also feel the same way about Trump who people seem to forget isn't much younger than Biden and it would not surprise me if he had dementia himself given how bizarre he is now.

There really should be an age limit on the people running for president IMHO. This upcoming election is going to be the most bizarre we've ever had...

It's since come out that Hur lied in his report. For example, he said that Biden couldn't remember when his son Beau died, but the transcript shows Biden immediately told him the exact day.

[quote="The_Walrus"]It's since come out that Hur lied in his report. For example, he said that Biden couldn't remember when his son Beau died, but the transcript shows Biden immediately told him the exact day.[/quote

Welp I guess we all misjudged that one.

I still say both Biden and Trump's age is an issue though.