On Pardon My Parsing we examine speeches by breaking them down to their basics. When listening to President Biden this time though - something caught our attention - he changed a story from his youth. His folksy manner is what it is, but this is a weird low.
He didn't need to change the story - he could left it alone - and it could have still worked.
The amazing thing is that this was likely added by a speechwriter - who probably wrote the previous version as well. Collusion for a pointless lie.
This isn't Watergate - but if the President is willing to lie when there is literally nothing at stake - what is he willing to do when the lie means something?