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Day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) kicked off with excitement as delegates and attendees listened to speeches from major lawmakers and leaders from the Democratic Party.

Amid embittered remarks from Hillary Clinton, protesters gathered outside the perimeter of the United Center to demonstrate against the Biden-Harris administration’s military support for Israel during the Israel–Hamas war.

But all eyes were really on the last speaker of the night – the outgoing president – who spoke late, very late (well past his prescribed bedtime) in a speech that attempted to revive Dark Brandon but just sounded like an angry old man yelling at the moon (of lies he has conjured in his mind about the 'others').

Prior to Biden’s speech at the convention, Harris made a surprise appearance on the convention stage on Monday night to honor Biden.

As LibertyNation's Tim Donner wrote:

Making the sitting president of the United States wait until after 11:30 P.M. Eastern – well after prime time – to give the final big speech after 52 years in public office was the final signal that they were done and dusted with old Joe.

“This is awful. He literally set up a campaign and handed it over to them — do they have to cut him out of prime time?” one longtime Biden aide texted Axios reporter Alex Thompson.

“The media is very East Coast focused though, you’ve gotta be pretty naive to think the prolonged DNC tonight is for any reason other than diminishing Biden’s visibility,” Silver tweeted.

Joe received the required ovation, and as PJMedia's Victoria Taft details below, the party's cheerleaders held signs reading "We (heart) Joe."

The crowd chanted "We love Joe!" but nothing can quite make up for how Biden was treated by his party in the days leading up to night one of the Chicago convention.

An angry looking and glassy-eyed Joe gave nothing more than a typical stump speech to the crowd with check list State of the Union overtones.

Joe attempted to summon Dark Brandon, but just looked like an angry old man.

And then came the whoppers.

Biden lied about his reason getting into the 2020 race, claiming Donald Trump embraced neo-Nazis.

Obviously, that "nice people on both sides" trope has been obliterated by simply looking at the record, but Joe doesn't care.

Ironically, Biden gave everyone a spit-take moment when he later said that "both sides" of the Gaza war protests, including pro-Hamas—literal pro-Nazi– protesters outside the convention hall, "have a point."

You can't make this up.

The president told the crowd that Donald Trump scuttled a border deal that would have legalized all the people Biden allowed into the country.

Even his own crowd wasn't buying it.

He claimed billionaires pay fewer taxes than most taxpayers.

Embarrassing.

The man who tyrannically used COVID emergency powers to keep America shut down and businesses on ventilators claimed he stood for "freedom, democracy, and America."

"Democracy must be preserved!" thundered glassy-eyed Joe to a crowd that was looking for a little inspiration.

Joe bungled a few lines of the speech when he lost his way on the teleprompter, and at one point the crowd guffawed at the bumbling.

Toward the end of his speech, a meandering President Sundowning began slurring and rushing his sentences and then told the biggest whopper of the night:

We "believe" you, angry guy.

He told the dwindling and less enthusiastic hangers on in the room that he had given the country his best. Was anyone listening?

Joe got around to talking nicely about Kamala Harris and America after midnight Eastern time. And that's not hyperbole! Not a joke. I give you my word as a Biden.

Reflecting on the farce that was last night, LibertyNation's Tim Donner concludes, like the outsized stakes of this election itself, the outcome will be either a triumph or catastrophe for Joe Biden.

Was last night setting the scene for the 'October Surprise' we hinted at?