STAY POSITIVE.
YOU ARE SOUNDING DEFENSIVE. DURING A PHONE CALL TO THE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS IN AN ATTEMPT TO ASSUAGE FEARS ABOUT HIS DECLINING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, BIDEN GREW ANGRY AND STARTED YELLING. THE PRESIDENT WAS THEN SLIPPED A NOTE BY ONE OF HIS HANDLERS THAT READ, "STAY POSITIVE, YOU ARE SOUNDING DEFENSIVE."; HE PROCEEDED TO READ IT VERBATIM.