https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/biden-digging-in-presidential-race/678961/

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    3 months ago

    Just to be clear; they, meaning the Libs, had an impentrable wall of media solidarity about not ever ever discussing Joe's mental condition prior to the debate, right? Like am I remembering that right? Any time anyone brought up his terminal pudding brain they'd shout it down as ageism or something?

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    r/politics thread

    Emphasis mine.

    “I’ll feel as long as I gave it my all and did the good as job as I know I could do,” Biden said in what was probably the most quoted line—and not favorably—from his Friday-night interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “That’s what it’s all about” is how Biden ended that thought, which seemed to unleash a furious internal cry from so many viewers: No, that’s not what this is all about.

    C’mon, man.

    “That is the answer that most concerned me,” Representative Adam Schiff, Democrat of California, said Sunday morning on NBC’s Meet the Press. “This is not just about whether he gave it the best college try.” Wasn’t this, supposedly, about the fate of democracy? Existential threats and all the big words and phrases that Biden and his campaign have been tossing out for months? You have to wonder, in retrospect, if they were sincere about how must-win this election really was, given how cavalier Biden sounds.

    I like how they edited out goodest to just good. He definitely said "I gave it my all and did the goodest job..."

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      A lot of old people that know they've got maybe a couple years left stop giving a fuck about almost everything.

      My guess is that Biden probably doesn't give a fuck what happens after he's gone because he knows he's dead soon. I doubt he believes he'd survive the entire term.

    • LocalOaf [they/them]
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      3 months ago

      I saw the clip from the interview and he definitely said "goodest," why are they all pretending he said something else when it's still something incorrect that still makes him sound like a confused old man that's losing his language faculties? pepe-silvia

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        3 months ago

        goodest is more easily mockable, it's still shit but making the best of a bad situation while having no respect for the people they're misleading. laughing at the rubes and dabbing on the rest

    • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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      3 months ago

      Ideally no one gets hurt along the way: Maybe grandpop refuses to give up his license, drives into an oak tree, and only the car gets totaled. But sometimes there are casualties: Maybe a pedestrian gets hit. President Joe Biden, 81, is acting like one of history’s most negligent and pigheaded leaders at a crucial moment, and right now, we are all pedestrians.

      Well connected 60 year old national TV news political pundits being like, "Oh my God! Imagine how terrifying it would be if the the United States government was a threat to your wellbeing!"

      • Speaker [e/em/eir]
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        3 months ago

        Has anyone tried calling in a wellness check on both Bad Orange Men? Hoping the natural cop instinct overrides the bootlicker gene in the funniest way possible.

  • Pentacat [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    How can he possibly understand the stakes? He is barely alert and he’s disoriented x4.

  • Ildsaye [they/them]
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    3 months ago

    Where were you when Genocide Dubyanette Brandon was joever joever

  • TheModerateTankie [any]
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    3 months ago

    Don't worry, his scumbag convicted felon son is by his side, giving him advice and helping guide him in these turbulent times.

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 months ago

    Well he publicly bagatalised the threat Trump pose to US system at least a few times, so i would say yes, he understands the stakes way better than his psychofans.