
Agree. I also think his speech impediment is more difficult for him to manage as he gets older so it is difficult to know how much came across as cognitive issues when it was actually a speech issue. This could have partly been the problem in the debate. |
They pushed him aside because they knew he would lose. If Rush Limbaugh were still around, he would have advocated for another Operation Chaos where Republicans tell pollsters they are voting for Biden. They deliberately had a super early debate because they knew what might happen and wanted to leave time to replace the candidate. |
It is called sundowning. I have seen it with relatives. They are great in the mornings, then other times they couldn't tell you what they had for lunch or where they are. |
Biden also spoke well at the convention in 2024, late at night. It is off and on, more off as time goes by. But he was out of it in 2020 too. He was making up words during his rare campaign rallies. |
There was a thread on this forum complaining that Trump was making fun of Biden's stutter.
This was the defense that Democrats were spouting for four years, and some of them might have actually believed it. |
Also, Trump seems to be reclaiming Article II powers seized by the other branches. This has been done before by past presidents. That's upholding the Constitution. It will be up to the Supreme Court to decide if he's right or wrong. In the case of Biden claiming the power to forgive student loans, he never had it in the first place, but was casting about aimlessly to try and keep a campaign promise. |
Tell us these great Presidents I know you'll pull out some names but your side always leaves out something. Try to keep it in the 20th century if you can |
All of this. The Presidency has a lower age limit, but maybe it’s time for an upper age limit, or at least mandatory annual cognitive testing by someone more qualified than Ronny Jackson. Reagan’s speech and cognitive abilities declined noticeably while he was still in office, and no one was surprised by his official Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 1994. Dementia doesn’t just show up overnight. There are changes that occur years beforehand. Why do we keep electing these geriatric men? Trump is headed down the same path, given his family history and poor diet. He wanders off in the middle of ceremonies and has to be redirected. His speeches are rambling chaotic messes. His thoughts are disjointed. He has to be spoon fed daily briefings and talking points. When was the last time he read a book? |
This. I’ve been seeing the advance quotes from these books and dreading this inevitable thread. |
How is an unelected cabal ruling in an incapacitated president's stead so his family and cronies can hold onto power remotely constitutional? |
![]() Sounds like you are talking about Trump None of what you said is true about Biden |
NP. Well, as you can see the Democratic Party loyalists here are mostly pretending it was all fine. Nothing will penetrate their self-delusion. |
I agree with this but his lack of communication about what he was doing and how it was helping Americans definitely contributed to the result we have now. |
Delusional is the Trumpers mindset They've got you locked up. Now I get why regular people supported the Nazis |
This also contributed in addition to my comment about the lack of communication. They chose Harris, who was absolutely qualified, stuck her with a completely unsolvable problem, and other than that hid her in a hole. It’s only because Biden was never strong on abortion that she got any policy publicity herself because she was so much better at talking about the issues after Roe fell. |