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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's like the old guy at the office that really needs to retire, but who no one will actually force out. He'll be 82- have you ever met an 82 year old who was still totally mentally sound? [/quote]
Yes, plenty of times.[/quote]

Unlike you, I know plenty of people in their early 80s.

Biden is not the sharpest or most articulate and he has already exhibited plenty of signs of cognitive decline in aging. The presidency is a weighty crown. He is obviously not really running the show but is a figurehead that largely carries out what people tell him to do. Which makes perfect sense given the policies of the administration versus his 40 year senate history where he was far more folksy conservative blue collar Democrat.

The country is bitterly divided, angrily so, and just resurrecting the two tired old men to fight the same battles against each other is not going to do anything to bring people together again under some kind of consensus. It doesn't help that Biden has done nothing of substance to reach out to the people who didn't vote for him. He lost a major opportunity with East Palestine, and it's one that still puzzles me. Bill Clinton would have been one of the first people to go to that town to reassure the populace.

I do think we really need a new generation of politicians and someone who is sincere about speaking to more people across the aisle and not just the party hardcore partisans. Neither Biden or Orange Man fit the bill and most people will end up voting for one or the other specifically because of the opponent. Which is not a healthy way to engage with politics in this country. There needs to be more than revenge and hatred to get us to come back together rather than continuing to drift apart. [/quote]

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