I watched the Trump-Biden debate Thursday night and was stunned. The president began badly. His sentences were confused, wandering, incoherent. He veered onto tangents and then corrected himself repeatedly. It was painful to watch. Worse than I could have imagined.
A well-reasoned take. I would only disagree that we need some panel of experts to establish Biden's mental capacity. We saw what we saw last week, and do did Putin, Xi, and all of our adversaries --and that puts us all in danger. Greater danger, I submit, than electing the narcissistic, egomaniac orange man.
My ideal solution would be for Biden to preemptively pardon Trump (and persuade Democrat governors to do likewise) in exchange for him withdrawing from the race. Then, they both step down. We would all be better off with any of the Republican or Democratic alternatives. Actually, we would be better off with names drawn randomly from the phone book.
Considering when Trump was last President and he had the opportunity to lead the Free World he was openly laughed at: I don't agree. I don't think Putin or Xi care at all how Biden performs in a debate (neither actually believes democracy works the way we say it does), and I am sure they care far more about how Biden acted in his own meetings with them.
And sure, I would love to live in a fantasy world where Trump makes rational patriotic choices (and vice versa for Biden). We don't. Trump is a far worse danger to our democracy than Biden and I will vote accordingly. I do wonder if this kind of argument was made in favor of Hitler when Hindenberg stepped aside.
The White House released a detailed health report for Biden on Feb 28 2024. I can't quite parse out the neurological exam part, which talks about no "cerebellar or other central neurological disorder". That is, I'm not sure if it encompasses "no dementia", or it's more narrow. A big problem with Biden is his lifelong speech problems make it hard to figure out if there's actual mental issues, or being very tired causes him to have trouble managing that speaking deficit. That is, a speech problem which indicates a severe neurological issue in an ordinary person is not necessarily that indicator for Biden, since he has a baseline impediment (but that doesn't affect his thinking).
A well-reasoned take. I would only disagree that we need some panel of experts to establish Biden's mental capacity. We saw what we saw last week, and do did Putin, Xi, and all of our adversaries --and that puts us all in danger. Greater danger, I submit, than electing the narcissistic, egomaniac orange man.
My ideal solution would be for Biden to preemptively pardon Trump (and persuade Democrat governors to do likewise) in exchange for him withdrawing from the race. Then, they both step down. We would all be better off with any of the Republican or Democratic alternatives. Actually, we would be better off with names drawn randomly from the phone book.
Considering when Trump was last President and he had the opportunity to lead the Free World he was openly laughed at: I don't agree. I don't think Putin or Xi care at all how Biden performs in a debate (neither actually believes democracy works the way we say it does), and I am sure they care far more about how Biden acted in his own meetings with them.
And sure, I would love to live in a fantasy world where Trump makes rational patriotic choices (and vice versa for Biden). We don't. Trump is a far worse danger to our democracy than Biden and I will vote accordingly. I do wonder if this kind of argument was made in favor of Hitler when Hindenberg stepped aside.
Not "lost it", but certainly is knee deep into senility. I wouldn't put either of them in charge of a yard sale, much less the nation.
The White House released a detailed health report for Biden on Feb 28 2024. I can't quite parse out the neurological exam part, which talks about no "cerebellar or other central neurological disorder". That is, I'm not sure if it encompasses "no dementia", or it's more narrow. A big problem with Biden is his lifelong speech problems make it hard to figure out if there's actual mental issues, or being very tired causes him to have trouble managing that speaking deficit. That is, a speech problem which indicates a severe neurological issue in an ordinary person is not necessarily that indicator for Biden, since he has a baseline impediment (but that doesn't affect his thinking).