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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, dude — Just humor me for a second:

A whopping 66-77% of Americans polled again and again view Biden as too old to be President. So in this respect, I'm just reflecting a widespread concern of what millions upon millions of people see and feel.
His staff, who must literally kiss ass to maintain the privilege of working a job in the White House and like warfare will give no quarter to any argument the GOP makes no matter how true it is - is NOT a good counter-argument to make. It's as outlandish as the Republican senators coming out of the meeting yesterday saying Trump is sharp as ever.
Even the likes of The Daily Show to SNL mocks this aspect of Biden for good reason.
Blaming for the stutter works only insofar as you're old enough to remember Biden as VP under Obama in 2008.

NOW, here's the thing: less time needs to be spent trying to shore up the bullshit argument that Biden is "sharp as ever," and more about pivoting to Trump's incoherent rambles and his own age. Acknowledging Biden's age is actually a great one-two punch to use for anyone on the fence because it gives you a point where both can agree: "Yeah, I agree Biden is showing his age clearly. No differently than McConnell... No differently than Donald (give examples), but I think Biden is at least a more compassionate person... And say, while we're at it, can we agree we should have an age limit if we already have an age-minimum on the Presidency?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

This wasn't about him being old, this was about you saying "senility" and whoever didn't believe that had was "head is deep in the sand". But when I call that out, you have to pivot that to old.

Ok I should have said people that meet him say he's sharp. They are not beholden to him. One guy met him said he remember meeting his mom like a decade prior and remembered her and all the details. Fuck that's better than I do. Now in case you say "but that's not work", but yes also the people that work with him say he's sharp too. Seems to me you just want to get the 'senile' bit out any way you can.

Wow and now you're trying to ignore that he does in fact have a stutter? Ok that's about it, you've shown you're dead set on vilification no matter what. Stutters come and go, how prepared you are for a speech, etc. It's not consistent that never changes one bit.

Thanks for showing the world that your mission is to bad mouth Biden. You sneak in "senile" then pivot when called out. You say everything good must be bootlickers. And you preemptively try to ignore that he has a stutter. I'm probably not going to reply anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Geriatric, old, senile — same thing for all intents of this discussion. Yes, they are head-deep in the sand.

Hell just watch the clips from this Daily Show skit of Biden.. I can tell you three things: (1) Obama never did this, (2) Biden never did this during Obama's first term in office, and (3) this is clearly a sign of senility no different than McConnell just freezing during a press conference.

Wow and now you’re trying to ignore that he does in fact have a stutter?

Not what I said. Work on reading-comprehension, please. Try again and stop putting words in my mouth.

Also I didn't "sneak" senile in anywhere — I said it quite in the open, really.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

senile /sē′nīl″, sĕn′īl″/ adjective

Relating to or having diminished cognitive function, as when memory is impaired, because of old age.

Being a disease or condition whose cause is primarily advanced age. "senile cataracts."

No not the same thing.

And attacks. Ciao.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes, that's the correct use here.

I'll repeat the deflected:

You already attacked, hypocrite. Auf wiedersehen.