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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because Trump performed exactly how he has in every previous debate, I'm not saying it was good but it was the same shit level of performance that I expected.

Biden performed horrendously compared to expectations, that's why he gets the focus. Trump lying his ass off just isn't news anymore, I'm not justifying it but it would have been stranger if he hadn't.

I know Trump shouldn't get a pass but the reason Biden is getting so much focus and Trump isn't is pretty obvious. Trump did as Trump does and Biden had a horrible performance.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (19 children)

Vote for the administration, not the man.

This is not that difficult. Both of these geezers have been president before. We know what teams they put together, what their agendas are, and the consequences of their administration.

There is only one big fucking faux pas on the Biden administration, and that is their continuing support for Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza. That is no good, but what is Trump's stance on Gaza? His administration wants to accelerate and intensify support of the genocide.

Both candidates suck as individuals, but only one of the administrations has been competent and generally good for all citizens.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

The GoP won't disparage their boy.

The DNC just doesn't have the same manpower, thousands of underpaid people and bad AI and american volunteers, and without all that manpower can't keep up on the "but his stammer" / "both sides" bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cool… cool. We’re just gonna ignore the sitting President has dementia. What’s for dinner?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You should look up what dementia actually entails. It's not a joke to be thrown at people who are just simply old and can't articulate the way they used to. Which was the case with Biden.

It's an insult to those who suffer from the disease and belittles their struggles.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They’re also not a President who won’t submit to a cognitive test, so spare me your outrage. Do you know that the 82 year old doesn’t have dementia?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My point is that dementia is a very specific disease that is debilitating and if Biden came within a golf shot of having it he never would have mounted that stage.

Honestly, Trump displays more things symptomatic of dementia than Biden does. Biden is just displaying old age. And yeah, he's fucking old. But then, Trump is only 2 years younger than his old ass.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Dementia is a continuum.

This typically involves problems with memorythinkingbehavior, and motor control.

Doctors generally don’t use senility anymore. Regardless, if there’s even a chance that Biden has this condition, he shouldn’t stay in the race.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because everyone expects trump to lie.

Continually, repeatedly and with wild abandon. People noticed Biden's stumble BECAUSE it was out of the norm

With trump it was the same old shit he always says

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't out of the norm, it's just up till that point all the gaffs were smaller audience and MSM and online CTR types constantly saying things like "he's got a stutter!" or "you're just ageist!" and the debate was much more obvious and watched by enough that those deflections aren't working anymore.

I held my nose and voted Biden last election BTW, we just should have faced the facts that he's clearly been in cognative decline and put in place steps to have a successor prepared, but the party decided it had to be Biden and here we are.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You held your nose to vote for the objectively better candidate who has gone on to do more for the progressive movement than any other president ever.

I have to say that shit like that constantly being said can't possibly help either. Constant negativity at every stage no matter what; great look.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Bernie would have been better on literally every front and he was fucked by the DNC and the elites.

Saying Biden has been the most progressive president is honestly hilarious to me, like did you know FDR existed? Ever looked into some of the glorious policies in that time?

Trump is literally a wannabe evil dictator, so yeah Biden is clearly the better candidate, but let's be real here please.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It's not correct to say Biden has been more progressive than FDR, especially for the time. However, it's also not "hilarious" to mistake the number 2 for the number 1. Policy-wise Biden has been enormously good for the working class and it's not honest to say otherwise. Also, FDR had almost 4 terms and never openly sided with a union over a corporation like Biden did.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Because undecided fucktards are all that matter. And they’ll be swayed by trump’s bullshitting.

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