• plinky [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    just court politics chefs-kiss

    perhaps i was too harsh over neofeudalism thesis

  • footfaults [none/use name]
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    5 months ago

    One prominent Biden donor in close touch with the White House and campaign was more circumspect: “We’ve all enabled the situation,”

    Motherfucker, who is this we?

    It sure is shit isn't any of us!

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    5 months ago

    They are such babies. Scared shitless? He's not a mob boss famous for torture. He's just a cranky skeletal 81 year-old ineffectual lib who moves at the speed of a sloth.

    “It’s like, ‘You can’t include that, that will set him off,’ or ‘Put that in, he likes that,’” said one senior administration official. “It’s a Rorschach test, not a briefing. Because he is not a pleasant person to be around when he’s being briefed. It’s very difficult, and people are scared shitless of him.”

    • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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      5 months ago

      I saw that quote and thought about brace's commentary on the last true anon about people with dementia using anger to mask when they're confused. Biden lashing out during briefings when his weakened brain is forced to process large amounts of information tracks perfectly with this.

      Not that we need any more supporting evidence-- the biggest indicator is "just look at the guy"

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        5 months ago

        The public polling kept showing that people thought Biden was too old to be president again. The pundits - idiots that they are - kept trying to understand why the public felt that way. Some pundits wondered what Biden could do to change that perception. Dem pundit hacks tried pooh-pooh it away and acted like voters could be patted on the head like children and they'd fall in line.

        This went on for years when the reality was staring them in the face. The fucker's too old and the public knows it.

        people with dementia using anger to mask when they're confused.

        I think a single dementia-related raging out of control moment in front of the media when cameras are rolling could destroy his campaign that very day.

        Somehow during his presidency Biden hasn't lost his temper in public that often. And if he has - they spun it as "of course the president was angry about X - wouldn't you be?" But as his presidency has gone on - he has had more days were he looks and sounds like death warmed over. I don't know how many Americans know what sundowning is but all you needed is eyes and ears to see how much of train wreck Biden was at that debate and all you need to do is watch a random ~5m or so to get the gist of the whole thing.

    • huf [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      no, makes sense. biden's just been given royal powers by the SC, and while he'd never use that to bomb trump, he'd ABSOLUTELY use it to take out some of his longtime advisers and bootlickers if they piss him off.

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    I poked out both my eyes in order to have blind faith! -the DNC, presumably