His speech stutter issues may make him seem much worse mentally than he actually is.
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This is a common complaint, but I donāt know that it is necessarily true. Just because he canāt speak well live on a podium it doesnāt necessarily mean that heās not all there. Itās not like heās playing Jeopardy. There is not really a realistic decision that he would need to make where he wonāt have time to consider the options, discuss it, and render an informed decision.
Itās entirely possible that he just canāt really speak very coherently but he is mentally aware enough to make all the decisions just fine. I suppose one could argue that part of the Presidentās job is to do press conferences and other non-teleprompter public speaking, and while thatās probably not untrue, itās a pretty minuscule part that can be largely worked around.
Also, to be clear, Iām not saying that I personally think any of the above. Iām just saying that it is plausible.
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Covered up he canāt run for president. That part was clear long ago.
That is a bit different than the point than I was responding to.
There is a better argument for that. One problem is that if you think he is competent to serve but is going to be a shit campaigner because he canāt speak coherently, I donāt know what you do about it. There is not a great way to make that point known without everyone interpreting it as āhis brain is mush he can no longer serveā, thus undermining the remainder of his term (which again, you wouldnāt do if you thought him competent to serve).
Again, to be clear, Iām not saying that I personally think any of the above. Iām just saying that it is plausible.
My one takeaway from all of this is that maybe Obama should have sent Nancy in to slap some sense into RBG over a decade ago. It probably wouldnāt have worked, but seems like it was worth a shot.
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This is all a plausible argument for, āHe is capable of governing for the remaining 6 months of his termā. I donāt think thereās any plausible argument that a competent and honest staff would think, āHeās capable of governing for another 4 yearsā, let alone campaigning for the job. Thatās where I perceive the coverup - supporting the idea that he could effectively serve for another 4 years.
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Maybe. Itās really hard to say looking from the outside. It could be that things just really accelerated in the last 3-4 months. Thatās a thing that happens.
Moreover, they agreed to debate and put him out there. No one who knew how bad he was going to be could have possibly signed off on that. Unless you want to argue they were playing 4D chess (i.e., the knew he would embarrass himself and that would be their way of telling everyone).
If they knew he was that bad, they would have just ducked the debates and only had him emerge from his bunker for limited teleprompter-only engagements. Sure he might lose, but itās not like he wasnāt OK with that. He had to be strongarmed into stepping aside.
Of course, Iām not saying that I personally think any of the above, just that it is possible.
Even though Nancy probably threatened to go full Keyser Soze on him, I still think we need to give the old dude credit for stepping down. He had the power to stay and most who have that will use it to the bitter end.
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JSTIPing off
I guess I donāt get the logistics of what he actually did there
I do love that sly grin Biden always gives when he knows heās going to enjoy answering a dumb question.
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His diction is still weak. Glad he got out.
Yeah, that is a top tier zinger if delivered properly. He barely got the words out and if they werenāt written out, Iām not sure I would have understood them.
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Biden thanks members of former campaign staff as some teared-up, campaign official says
From CNNās Nikki Carvajal
President Joe Biden spoke to several hundred members of his former Wilmington-based campaign staff at The Queen Theatre Thursday night, thanking them for their support of his presidential bid, a campaign official told pool reporters traveling with the president.
There were a few tears from some staff members, the official told the pool.
Biden took photos with every person who wanted one.
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āI canāt even say how old I am. Itās hard for me to get it out of my mouth.ā