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Originally Posted by Mathgod
The fact that you moan on and on about Biden's supposed "major cognitive issues" but spend none of your time talking about Trump's full blown assault on democracy and obvious fascist tendencies... speaks volumes. While I'm not accusing you of having an agenda, the way you come across makes it a bit difficult to think you don't have one.
"Major cognitive issues"... I call BS. When you're the POTUS, you have an immense number of things on your mind at all times. It's natural for some facts, figures, times, dates, etc from long ago to slip out of memory, when you're constantly putting all your mental focus and energy on things that are confronting the nation right now. I can speak from personal experience (I'm in my 30s), similar things happen to me from time to time when I have a lot going on and my mental faculties are occupied by things happening in the present, and stress levels are higher than usual. Relatively low-importance factoids fade away so that important information and pressing concerns can take priority.
That and, Biden has a speech impedement he has had his whole life, and that often gets confused for cognitive decline when he locks up or has trouble getting the next word out.
IMO, all this screaming and hand-wringing about Biden "having dementia", etc is quite frankly a smear campaign by the right wing. It was BS in 2020 and it's BS now. While it's true that a president being in his 80s is not ideal, Biden keeps himself in reasonable shape, eats properly, and can handle 4 more years just fine. Trump meanwhile is pushing 80 himself, doesn't excercise, and always loves himself a bucket of KFC.
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You do know that both things can still be true, correct? Trump can be dangerous, a threat to democracy and all that negative stuff. Biden can be very forgetful, a little too old for the Presidency and having cognitive issues.
The American perception and reality is that Biden is too old to run for office, so is Trump, but Trump doesn't show his age as much as Biden. Nobody is quietly saying that Trump is too tired for specific events and travel, where as Biden is routinely protected due to his age with regards to press conferences, travel and more. I don't hold it against the guy, it's a tough gig for anybody, but over 80 is a concern and it shows in the data and polling.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...ast-politician
Meanwhile over at CNN we have a scathing headline and report about Biden's documents "Takeaways from scathing report of Biden's handling of classified documents. The special counsel didn’t charge Biden with a crime, but did paint a picture of a forgetful president who failed to protect highly sensitive info"
My concern is what WHY do Democrats want to risk everything on a leader who has a very high probability of major health concerns with 5 years left on a potential term? The likelihood that a younger and healthier leader in their 50's spending significant time in hospital is low. The likelihood of a leader in his 80's is much higher.
Frankly I think the US and it's politics is a SICK country with how old their entire system is. Everything from Supreme Court judges sticking around until death, to leaders, Presidents, VP's, Senior Leadership, potential candidates for years just being old. It's a systemic issue in the US with how old people in power are there and have been for a while.
Justin Trudeau is the oldest of Canada's leaders and he's only 52 and been in office for nearly 9 years. We don't have an entire system of 75+ year old's governing the country.
I am NOT one who does age discrimination at all, I really value older people, workers, experience and more. I truly believe they bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and more organizations should have older workers . The US just has had a problem where for years, the top people just can't relate to the people they represent and have been in office for decades. Move along so another group of leaders can try and move America forward.