Is Joe Biden a Secret Stutterer?

        That is the informed observation of one Dan Roche on the op-ed page of Thursday's L.A. Times.

        As a life-long (since he was 7) stutterer, Roche recognizes in Biden the signs of what Roche calls "a master stutterer:  the savant-like ability to rephrase a thought or paragraph, on-the-fly, to avoid a problematic word or phrase."

        What some have called signs of oncoming dementia, Roche recognizes as what he and other stutterers have done their whole lives.  Yes, they get help from therapy, but often a lot more from their experiences in real situations, trying to avoid embarrassment or teasing and ridicule or maybe the worst:  people wanting to help, finishing words and reminding you you're "incomplete."

         I hadn't thought of this explanation.  I'm going to record Biden and try to discern it.