Did he do it for the memes?

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I remember when Biden was picked as Obama’s VP, and everyone laughed because he’s known to make gaffes like this.

Obviously, there’s a lot of scrutiny on him, but let’s not pretend it’s all because he’s too old. It’s just Biden being Biden, and while he’s probably too old for the job, that’s what happens when you don’t impose upper age limits…

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It’s not just “biden being biden” by a longshot. He is 81 and significantly worse.

We are rightly worried he’s going to lose against trump.

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As if Trump doesn’t make those kinds of verbal blunders.

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His voting base doesn’t care if they’re led by an unfit leader.

Be better than them.

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People aren’t going to vote for Trump over Biden, they are just going to sit out. America doesn’t have mandatory voting.

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It’s impossible to dintinguish when Trump makes mistakes from when he’s genuinely lieing or confidently incorrect.

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As John Stewart pointed out. Biden’s "huh?’ scale is spiking.

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And its a million times better than the alternative we are risking.

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True, but I feel like people have been talking past each other about this.

On the one hand, you have people saying Biden’s cabinet would do a better job than Trump, which is true. On the other hand, you have people saying Biden is going to lose to trump unless he somehow makes a dramatic turnaround in the next couple months, which is also true according to all available data.

The real question isn’t whether Biden is better than trump, it’s whether Biden would serve the country better by stepping down.

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as Jon Stewart also pointed out, but that’s not the issue here. the issue is expected performance. people expect want one of them to be a crazy loon. the other not so much. so when he acts like he’s not all there people are concerned whether he can perform well enough at the election to defeat the fascist. the polls aren’t optimistic.

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“Um… let me be clear. My former VP pick has always sucked. He’s not old. He’s simply got a head full of busted marbles and wasn’t employable anywhere outside of the US Senate. That’s why I endorsed him to run in 2020. You people disgust me. You deserve what you get.”

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So I should be able to look at 2020 debate footage and compare it to 2024 debate footage without a problem right?

Right?!?

This isn’t just gaffes. The man is getting to an age where this stuff get harder every year. There’s a reason the military has a mandatory retirement age of 62, even if you have a desk job.

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It’s a concern because Putin, Xi, Khamenei, Kim… They’re all well-spoken. They’re all quick-witted.

What kind of message does that send would-be American allies in Asia, in the Middle East, in Africa, in South America?

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I didn’t realize WW3 was going to be decided by a rap battle.

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“This battle is NOT going to be decided by facts!” Omg some of best YouTube videos of all time (for someone who has knowledge of the circumstances) :-P

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Beware of demagogues

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That America is powerful enough to elect a mentally deficient geriatric to it’s supreme office and still be something not to fuck with?

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