Well, he finally did it. Joe Biden finally punched his ticket for the presidential statement Hall of Shame.
This is pretty rarified air as it requires a remark extraordinarily brazenly false. Though many have tried, in modern history only two other presidents have earned pedestals in this unhallowed hall.
President Richard Nixon was the first to qualify when he famously insisted, “I am not a crook.”
For those whose history is a little hazy, Nixon made this remark in 1973 to a televised session with a group of Associated Press editors held at Walt Disney World. He resigned a few months later as his Watergate impeachment proceedings came to a head.
No one had accused Nixon of car theft or similar crime, so in that sense his claim was valid. He was no common crook. However, the term “crook” encompasses wanton obstruction of justice and related charges and so Nixon took the Hall’s first pedestal.
Jody Foster is a good enough actress, and I like her recent work in “True Detective” on HBO, but what do does she have to do with President Biden?