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Originally Posted by rubecube
Fair point on the question. Regarding the second, you don't think comparing a cognitive test for a presidential candidate, who has shown some pretty alarming indications of cognitive decline, with drug-testing an interviewer for cocaine, while also dropping the term "junkies" in 2020 is problematic?
EDIT: I'd also add that him using the term "junkies" and his consistent stance on marijuana legalization paints a pretty accurate depiction of where he's going to end up regarding the war on drugs.
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I think pretending a 77-year-old man using the term "junkies" is an indication of his entire party's policy decisions on drugs is a pretty big reach.
Is it problematic? Sure. Is it really relevant? No.
The analogy was awkward, but the point was obviously that if you get tested for drugs, the perception is that you might be a drug user, and if you get tested for dementia, the perception is that you might have dementia. Whether you want to question his cognitive ability or not, Biden taking a dementia test would be ridiculous at this stage and a zero gain for him, because the very fact that one requires that test confirms it's a possibility, and that's not something anyone running for president would want to confirm.
It's the same reason it's ridiculous that Trump not only admits to needing the test, but also to how well he did.
I don't see how you view it as an unforced error. If Trump said "why would I take a cognitive test, that'd be like taking a drug test for someone that doesn't do drugs" he'd be made fun of, because that's what we do, but it's not like anyone would view that as a "gaffe" or unforced error. We get petty with Trump because at this point, we're grasping for straws and there isn't much left. But there's little reason to get petty with Biden.