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    Quote Originally Posted by alhoon View Post
    "To those that say I am too old for this job, I say "watch me"! "

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEFt...l=WKYCChannel3



    Yes, he is too old for this job. This is a DEMANDING job, that requires physical activity. This is NOT the first time this 80-years old man has tripped and falled. At some point, he will break something.

    The democrats should find someone else. Nearly everyone else would have a better chance against Trump.
    Err no. I can deal with tripping. Guy remains the best democratic president since LBJ. Clinton was basically a moderate republican - there all gone now, and the jerk could not keep his cock in his pants. Obama style over substance - sure is was cool the first black president was a democratic and I got to vote for him - but his list of fails is really large, and Carter well err I guess we was not a republican and he has been a cool ex president so I dunno better than the alternative but since he kinda epically failed and paved the way for saint Ronnie I can't be sure? Besides last I checked the dems had a open primary and Biden won in the clear.

    Also recall Ford was younger and an ex football guy he famously tripped all the time check out the old SNL skits or You tube for the basis.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jsu_qgVuhg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bvxZgCryUE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIpAIqzbTg

    But hey maybe I am just olds and remember before times...
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    Is Biden the first president to trip on an object on the ground?
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    I'm more interested in the wailing and gnashing of teeth on the right that President Biden his forced them to raise the debt ceiling, once again crushing their dreams of seeing the United States humbled before the billionaire class and Russia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by conon394 View Post
    Err no. I can deal with tripping. Guy remains the democratic president since LBJ. Clinton was basically a moderate republican - there all gone now, and the jerk could not keep his cock in his pants. Obama style over substance - sure is was cool the first black president was a democratic and I got to vote for him - but his list of fails is really large, and Carter well err I guess we was not a republican and he has been a cool ex president so I dunno better than the alternative but since he kinda epically failed and paved the way for saint Ronnie I can't be sure? Besides last I checked the dems had a open primary and Biden won in the clear.

    Also recall Ford was younger and an ex football guy he famously tripped all the time check out the old SNL skits or You tube for the basis.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jsu_qgVuhg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bvxZgCryUE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIpAIqzbTg

    But hey maybe I am just olds and remember before times...
    Quote Originally Posted by PointOfViewGun View Post
    Is Biden the first president to trip on an object on the ground?
    Were those 80 years old? Were they showing sings of their age? Have they, in their 80s, had to deal with the heartbreak of a dead son and a scumbag son that first jumped in the bed with his brother's widow and then cheated on her?
    Biden is too old and too tired.
    Now... Carter!

    Congratulations @conon394. You managed to find some other prominent democrat that could theoretically, run for PotUS and that is even older and more unfit than Biden. Carter is nearly 99 years old! His chances to survive to see the 2024 election are smaller than the chances of him dying beforehand from ooooold age. Also, he's in hospice care for the past 3 months.



    Quote Originally Posted by Coughdrop addict View Post
    I'm more interested in the wailing and gnashing of teeth on the right that President Biden his forced them to raise the debt ceiling, once again crushing their dreams of seeing the United States humbled before the billionaire class and Russia.
    Oh come on! It's the billionaire class everywhere, not just the Russian billionaires.
    Republican voters are inclusive, this way. They dislike Muslims but not Muslim oil kings. They look down on South Americans, Indians and Pakistanis but not the billionaires. Etc.
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    Were those 80 years old? Were they showing sings of their age? Have they, in their 80s, had to deal with the heartbreak of a dead son and a scumbag son that first jumped in the bed with his brother's widow and then cheated on her?
    Biden is too old and too tired.
    You seem to willfully missing my point. The point was You are jumping on Biden for a tripping, yet Ford was a much younger man and was regularly mocked for being clumsy and tripping. It took only a second on google to find him tripping a few more to find the running joke on period satire. The fact is the more you followed and filmed the more likely there will be public pictures of you making a gaff.

    Now... Carter!

    Congratulations @conon394. You managed to find some other prominent democrat that could theoretically, run for PotUS and that is even older and more unfit than Biden. Carter is nearly 99 years old! His chances to survive to see the 2024 election are smaller than the chances of him dying beforehand from ooooold age. Also, he's in hospice care for the past 3 months.
    I thought my point was clear Carter was a less than great democratic president (whatever the merit of post presidential career or his time in the navy) I was not volunteering for him to run why are twisting what I posted?

    The simple fact is Biden is best democratic president since LBJ I really don't care that he is old - and we won the damn primary so apparent democrats in general did not feel so either.

    I mean really sure Obama was younger and talked nice but his 8 years were kind of a waste of time feel good a session and not any substantive moves on the democratic agenda after the basically the worst possible lurch into national health care.

    I just don't see any value in a the democrats holding a primary they can avoid. Its a waste of time and money and since Trump will the Republican nominee the age question is more or less pointless. De Santis has no chance in hell and neither do the 1% possers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alhoon View Post
    Were those 80 years old? Were they showing sings of their age? Have they, in their 80s, had to deal with the heartbreak of a dead son and a scumbag son that first jumped in the bed with his brother's widow and then cheated on her?
    Biden is too old and too tired.
    Now... Carter!
    Your jab on Biden didn't seem to work and you make it too obvious with this. Crying out in hysteria just because he sneezes in a funny way is not a healthy argument to make against his capabilities as a president.
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    @PoVG and @Conon:
    An 80-years old that has a habit of tripping and falling is at risk. I mentioned it before, at one point, one of those falls will be a bad fall.

    My Jab against Biden is that he is clearly muuuch beyond his prime. Even 20 years earlier, Biden was gaffe-prone and putting his foot in his mouth. Now that he's in his 80s, things are obviously worse. And add to this that Biden is not just the average 80-years old man, he's an 80-years old man that has gone through great personal tragedies.

    As for Biden being awesome and promoting the Democrat agenda, compared to Obama...
    ?

    Biden managed to pass a modest infrastructure bill (the greatest ever = still modest, and less than half than what's realistically needed)... and that's it mostly.

    Obama turned USA towards renewables, repaired USA's image in the world after the disastrous Bush2 wars, significantly improved the economy (more than Biden did), and pass that "worst possible launch" of national healthcare because the launch is not everything and Obamacare works. He was also PotUS when USA finally eliminated OBL and he was involved in the decision making that led to this.
    For those in the "Democratic agenda" group, Obama successfully replaced the "don't ask don't tell policy", helped pass the gay marriage and brought the Cuban thaw.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alhoon View Post
    @PoVG and @Conon:
    An 80-years old that has a habit of tripping and falling is at risk. I mentioned it before, at one point, one of those falls will be a bad fall.

    My Jab against Biden is that he is clearly muuuch beyond his prime. Even 20 years earlier, Biden was gaffe-prone and putting his foot in his mouth. Now that he's in his 80s, things are obviously worse. And add to this that Biden is not just the average 80-years old man, he's an 80-years old man that has gone through great personal tragedies.
    Are you saying Biden is more prone to falling compared to an average human being? His gaffs or slurs, being a result of his much conquered speech impediment, shouldn't be a bad thing. Your perception is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PointOfViewGun View Post
    Are you saying Biden is more prone to falling compared to an average human being?
    Yes

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    His gaffs or slurs, being a result of his much conquered speech impediment, shouldn't be a bad thing.
    1. And yet, they are.
    2. His problem during Obama era was not speech impediment, it was speaking too much and putting his foot in his mouth. He's gaffe prone and I don't mean speech impediment, I mean say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Let me give you an example:
    "For those that are concerned I am too old, I reply: Watch me!" - the falling PotUS. People in the Leaning Tower of Pisa should not be talking about falls.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alhoon View Post
    Yes


    1. And yet, they are.
    2. His problem during Obama era was not speech impediment, it was speaking too much and putting his foot in his mouth. He's gaffe prone and I don't mean speech impediment, I mean say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Let me give you an example:
    "For those that are concerned I am too old, I reply: Watch me!" - the falling PotUS. People in the Leaning Tower of Pisa should not be talking about falls.
    IMO Biden’s physical and mental frailty doesn’t automatically preclude him from being an effective president. But its visibly deteriorating pace amid fervent denials does substantiate suspicion that he isn’t the ultimate decision maker in the Administration, and that poses more of a problem for the integrity of representative democracy than for governmental efficiency.
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    Quote Originally Posted by conon394 View Post

    The simple fact is Biden is best democratic president since LBJ
    This is such a wild claim, man. I can see that working out in one out of 1000 parallel realities, but not in this one.

    As you, I don't care much about his age either, but what aside from partisan polemics can possibly bring anyone to that conclusion? I gave him a chance and lots of benefits of doubts, but by now there is honestly little that speaks for him, even when compared to Trump who is mostly just an aesthetic nuiscance and a rude, ineloquent oaf.

    If we neglect the persona of both presidents for a moment and just look at how the respectve administrations performed/perform (so far), I really can't see how the current administration stands out so much compared to the previous one. I can see them being less messy domestically, because of the delayed reaction to corona of team Trump (which was not completely botched in the end after all). This is countered by Biden's terrible economic and financial advisors who apparently breathe this delirious MMT garbage, so far causing the average American family to lose $7,100 in purchasing power due to inflation and high interest rates. Trump's foreign policy was isolationist, which is not necessarily bad, it's more or less subjective given the US's particular position in the world. The Russian conspiracy turned out to be largely a hyperbolic propaganda piece rather than anything substantial. Most of Obama's domestic reforms, like the Affordable Care Act are largely intact, as is Trumps stricter immigration policy under the current administration. I don't see the vast differences in performance at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alhoon View Post
    As for Biden being awesome and promoting the Democrat agenda, compared to Obama...
    ?

    Biden managed to pass a modest infrastructure bill (the greatest ever = still modest, and less than half than what's realistically needed)... and that's it mostly.

    Obama turned USA towards renewables, repaired USA's image in the world after the disastrous Bush2 wars, significantly improved the economy (more than Biden did), and pass that "worst possible launch" of national healthcare because the launch is not everything and Obamacare works. He was also PotUS when USA finally eliminated OBL and he was involved in the decision making that led to this.
    For those in the "Democratic agenda" group, Obama successfully replaced the "don't ask don't tell policy", helped pass the gay marriage and brought the Cuban thaw.
    Another thing I will give to Biden, because it is important, is the Student Debt cancellation thing.
    Sure, many say it didn't go far enough and it is rife with problems. But he did it. Better a lukewarm thing than nothing.
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    Meanwhile, this is happening under Bidet's watch and he will be punished in the ballot office for not doing something to stop this madness. Shameful.

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    How is stuff going on in the UK gonna affect Biden in the polls?
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    Quote Originally Posted by irontaino View Post
    How is stuff going on in the UK gonna affect Biden in the polls?
    That's a very good question Irontaino, but considering BLM is mentioned by the complains, and often, I think half of those incidents happened in the USA.

    If they didn't and it's all UK... well, these things wouldn't hurt Biden but the UK labor.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alhoon View Post
    Another thing I will give to Biden, because it is important, is the Student Debt cancellation thing.
    Sure, many say it didn't go far enough and it is rife with problems. But he did it. Better a lukewarm thing than nothing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by irontaino View Post
    How is stuff going on in the UK gonna affect Biden in the polls?
    He probably didn't read the article well enough.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alhoon View Post
    Meanwhile, this is happening under Bidet's watch and he will be punished in the ballot office for not doing something to stop this madness. Shameful.
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    An informant against Biden mysteriously "passes away". I'm sure Biden's hands are clean, same with the Clintons'. Why do Democrats have so many relations that commit suicide or die under mysterious circumstances?

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