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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Biden is at 37% in the polls. The electoral college map looks horrible for Biden. Trump is done. Have you heard him speak in the past few months? He does not even know what day it is.[/quote]

Three pages and this seems to be the only comment on Biden's diminished mental capacity. Anyone with the misfortune of having a parent in this situation knows this only gets worse. While he is sometimes mentally sharp, he is just as likely to be incoherent and shuffling about like an old man. Why are Democrats afraid to state the obvious. No chance he can serve another full term? Bring on Newsome or someone else.[/quote]

I would counter by asking why Republicans are afraid to acknowledge that Trump has in the past and is currently also showing signs of cognitive decline. There are tons of recent examples of him talking on camera and being incoherent or confused about where he is. Perhaps you haven't seen them if you only follow Fox or Newsmax, but I can assure you that they are real. Granted, Trump doesn't look as frail as Biden (probably because fatter old people just don't look as frail as thinner old people), but given that both are bound to have some defects due to age, most sane people are going to go with the guy who has more experience (Biden is probably the most experienced president we've ever had)--and who isn't actively undermining the constitution. [/quote]

Blah blah blah. You should read the polls and what voters say in the NYT articles. The simple reality is that Biden's cognitive decline is a very different place than Turnip's. Turnip is wacky at times, but Biden is genuinely in cognitive decline. The vast majority of Americans agree - 71% say he is too old which is significantly higher than polling on Turnip's age.[/quote]

What we have here is a case of "perception is reality." Biden looks frail, his voice has gotten thinner/raspier with time (like Bill Clinton's has), he has physically stumbled a few times, and he jumbles his words sometimes, probably due to tiredness. There's no doubt that the job ages one immensely. Trump doesn't look as frail because he is not as lean (although he doesn't exactly look healthy either), his voice is stronger, and people seem to think that his yelling, trash-talking, combative nature is somehow more "youthful," but there is no objective data showing that Biden is experiencing more cognitive decline than Trump is. Biden just looks and sounds older. [/quote]

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