A question for Biden backers only.

[Funtatlaguy]

This is not a slam or an accusation.
I greatly respect our former Veep and would actively support him as our nominee.
But since he announced, Ive watched a lot of his speeches, interviews, and the debate.
And I have noticed that he doesn’t speak as smoothly and as fluidly as he did when he was Veep.
It’s not a huge difference but maybe about a 10% difference.
He stumbles over his words a little more and occasionally drops word endings especially when he speaks too rapidly.
Now, maybe this is just me and I’m being way too critical.
Has anybody else that supports him noticed any difference in his delivery?

[JI7]

1. he isn't my candidate but he actually speaks the same. he has a stutter which he always had

people are just paying attention more now.

[Funtatlaguy]

2. Wow. I never knew that.

[wyldwolf]

3. He's out of practice. The few years that passed between 2016 and now...

... are the longest he's been out of daily schedule of speaking and campaigning.

[Demsrule86]

4. I kind of think that what you are talking about is a rightwing talking point and is not true...

Did you know Biden stutters...by 20 something son does the same thing and he also stutter at times.

[Funtatlaguy]

6. That was mentioned above and no I didn't.

[demosincebirth]

11. I stuttered real bad until I reached forty, then it slowly started to disappear. Today, I still

get hung up on certain words. I know what he must go through.

[Irishxs]

5. Not my candidate but Biden is actually the reason I voted for Obama. I had

questions with BO experience and age. When he chose Biden, I felt much more confident because Joe brought maturity and wisdom that only comes from age. Together they were the dynamic duo!

[empedocles]

10. Biden added significant support for Obama.

This is major heresy here, however, a 2008 ticket with Biden for Prez and Obama for VP, could well have generated more Congressional seats and less racist resistance in 2008. [Which racism was a major propellant for the resulting tea party, which did stymie Obama to a significant degree in 2010 and beyond].

[Irishxs]

12. Totally agree.

[Green Line]

7. Sounds the same to me

It most likely has to do with the stuttering problem he had.

[videohead5]

8. Biden had stuttered since he was a child

It looks to me like it happens when he is trying to rush his answers.

[Funtatlaguy]

9. Makes sense. Hopefully he slows down some.

[woodsprite]

13. I've seen him speak numerous times

Since he was VP. I work at UD, where the Biden Institute is. He seems fine to me. I do agree that he’s not one to rush in his speech. A display where you’re only given 30-45 seconds to answer a question, and everyone spoke to different questions didn’t really seem like a “debate” to me. More like a spelling bee - everybody gets different words and better answer correctly.

[Gothmog]

14. Joe Biden's childhood struggle with a stutter: How he overcame it and how it shaped him

Link to tweet

Valerie Biden Owens, the former vice president’s younger sister, says that one lasting impact of his childhood stutter is that it has given him more empathy and compassion for others’ trials, and it uniquely equips him to handle Trump’s taunts.

“Trump is a bully, and Joe has been standing up to bullies his entire life,” Owens said in an interview. “Joe’s stuttering, I think, is one of the principal reasons — a major, major, major reason — that he is the good and compassionate and kind man that he is.”

About 3 million Americans suffer from the speech impediment of stuttering, marked by involuntary repetition of sounds, syllables or words. According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, most children outgrow their stutter, but for 25% of them, stuttering is a lifelong challenge.

Biden has overcome the serious stutter of his youth, but remnants of it resurface on occasions such as when he is very tired, he said in a 2016 speech. Experts on stuttering who follow him closely say they have noticed it on several occasions during the campaign, such as an interview on “The View” when he addressed complaints about his tendency to touch and hug women while campaigning, and an April speech in Pittsburgh launching his campaign, when he struggled with words.