Is he trying to destroy democracy and anoint himself king? No?
That makes him the overwhelmingly best choice for president.
It's not even close, by any metric.
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That makes him the overwhelmingly best choice for president
It makes him a better choice than trump...
But the majority of voters don't believe that
So why shouldn't we raise our standards to win the election? Literally 100s of millions of Americans are also better than trump it ain't a small club bub.
So…. Basically like a human being is going to be?
If we are dead set on running Biden, then I would like to remove Harris from the ballot. A vote for Biden is essentially a vote for Kamala to be president at this point.
I know that will never happen but I really don’t like her.
You can't really have slow days whilst being president can you?
Hahaha, I love a title that's guaranteed to piss off everyone.
The "sharp and focused" language triggers me. And I am sure there will be folks triggered by the "confused and forgetful" language.
He is often sharp and focused. But he also has moments, particularly later in the evening, when his thoughts seem jumbled and he trails off mid-sentence or seems confused. Sometimes he doesn’t grasp the finer points of policy details. He occasionally forgets people’s names, stares blankly and moves slowly around the room.
Biden’s occasional struggles with focus may not be unusual for someone his age. But at 81 years old and seeking another four years in the White House, the moments when he’s off his game have taken on a fresh resonance following his disastrous debate performance against Republican Donald Trump. The president appeared pale, gave nonsensical answers, stared blankly and lost his train of thought.
We're not asking if grandpa can live on his own till or needs to move to a retirement home...
We're asking if Biden is up to 4 more years of literally the most stressful job in the country. One that has no set working hours and you might have to react to an international incident past 7pm.
So who are you suggesting we replace him with that is currently running, and capable of defeating Trump?
EDIT: [14 hours later] …. I thought so.
Unlike Trump he actually generally surrounds himself with competent people. Trump’s lackeys want to dismantle the entire government apparatus and fire everybody day 1. The chaos and issues that would ensue are far worse than Biden being foggy some days surrounded (largely) by capable, effective government officials who actually know what they’re doing.
Same for the other guy who seems to only parrot the same rehearsed lines when asked to answer any questions directed at him.
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Yes. trump is obviously worse, not just because of his age, but because he's a total psychopath.
Which is why it's so important he's not president.
And why sooooooo many Dem voters want a better candidate against him.
Feel free to go demand trump steps down, it'll be great if he did but he'll never listen.
Biden is supposed to be better tho, he's supposed to be trying to help the country, not just personally become president. And right now the best thing Biden can do is stand down.
Would have been a shitton better if he said he wasn't running a year ago, but he didn't.
That doesn't mean people have to stop saying damn near every metric and data point available shows Biden won't be able to beat Trump.
If it feels too late now, imagine how it's going to feel in a month at the convention.
Edit:
Be careful though
The main reason to vote Biden is to stop trump, if you get rid of trump, there goes Biden's entire campaign and the replacement Republican will definitely win if it's still Biden.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s conduct behind closed doors, in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and in meetings around the world is described in the same dual way by those who regularly see him in action.
They’ve reduced his use of a long staircase to board Air Force One in favor of a shorter one, and aides often accompany him when he walks in public to make his stiff gait less noticeable.
While his schedule remains busy, aides have built-in recovery stretches — long weekends or extended stays in Delaware at his Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach homes or at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland — to rest up after a grueling period of travel.
So far only two active members of Congress have called for him to step aside, but there is growing anxiety on Capitol Hill about his ability to do the job and many are anxiously awaiting post-debate polling and waiting to see how he handles his Friday interview on ABC.
Really, only Biden’s personal physician can answer questions about the president’s cognitive fitness — and given the level of public concern, he should do so, said well-known aging researcher S. Jay Olshansky of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
One bad appearance on TV isn’t enough to assess anyone’s cognitive ability, Olshansky stressed, “even for those of us that study aging for a living.” Without more insight, there’s no way to know if the jet lag Biden has cited, or other factors, explain the performance, he said.
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