Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Jill Biden rushes over to rescue 'confused' Joe talking to another woman" video.

  1. Ever heard the phrase 'Roi fainéant, or"do-nothing king"?' It is a French term primarily used to refer to the later kings of the Merovingian dynasty after they seemed to have lost their initial powers of dominion. It is usually applied to those Frankish rulers approximately from the death of Dagobert I in AD 639 (or, alternatively, from the accession of Theuderic III in 673) until the deposition of Childeric III in favour of Pepin the Short in 751. It appears to have been first used by the historian Einhard. 'There was nothing left for the King to do but to be content with his name of King, his flowing hair, and long beard, to sit on his throne and play the ruler, to give ear to the ambassadors that came from all quarters, and to dismiss them, as if on his own responsibility, in words that were, in fact, suggested to him, or even imposed upon him. He had nothing that he could call his own beyond this vain title of King and the precarious support allowed by the Mayor of the Palace in his discretion, except a single country seat, that brought him but a very small income.' The Mayors of the Palace, who really governed the Frankish state, were the ancestors of Charlemagne, by the way. Although, of course, Biden's income is anything but 'small'.
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