• Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Holy shit, guy with a stutter and a long and storied history of misstatements and malapropisms says something incorrect. News at 11:00, folks!

    It’s more like following breadcrumbs to the edge of a cliff.

    If you don’t look up and look around, and see the whole picture, and instead just continue to follow the breadcrumbs, you’ll fall down into the chasm.

    Mental cognitiveness is a valid thing to judge someone by, when you’re voting for them.

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    • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      There were two viral outbreaks during Biden’s term as VP: H1N1 in 2009 and Ebola in 2014. At no point does the article quote Biden as mentioning COVID. The article doesn’t even attribute what event they’re quoting from.

    • Coach@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      At some point, you need to recognize that focusing on stupid gaffes is a great way to distract from the draconian policies the fascists are gearing up to shove down our throats. Waste of fucking time and intellect.

    • kescusay@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      He was Vice President for eight years. He’s been President for less than four. Sometimes, I accidentally refer to myself as a support engineer, even though I haven’t been one for years, because I was one for a long time. Misstatements happen - especially when you’re talking about a guy with a stutter and a history of talking before his brain has caught up.

      Let it go, guys. The “he’s got dementia” shit didn’t land in 2020, and it’s not gonna land now.

      • distantsounds@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        He’s also 81 now, which he wasn’t in 2020. Dude is not getting and sharper, you don’t need to apologize for him.

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          6 months ago

          I’m not. He has a clean bill of health from his medical team, and of the two serious candidates running, he’s not the one whose doctors had him take a cognitive assessment.

          Again, let it go. Biden doesn’t have a family history of dementia, and it’s unlikely he’s going to develop it before he dies. Stop trying to turn misstatements into a diagnosis, Dr. Lemmy.