• ember
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    11 months ago

    Holy shit, I thought the us couldn’t get any worse.

    I pity you, having to pick between a dementia patient and a man whose only intent is to turn the country into a failing business, with God as his witness.

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      11 months ago

      I’m not a fan of him, but there’s absolutely no evidence Biden has dementia. He’s got a speech impediment and you’re kinda a dick for calling that dementia.

      Dick.

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        This. The dude may be old but he’s still pretty sharp and showing good health, all things considered.

        Right wing media loves to take any stutter or blank stare into the top story though. Despite that, I’m sure that there’s a hell of a lot more “senior moment” footage for their guy. It’s pretty telling when they’ve got not much more than schoolyard name calling and rumors to really sling at him though. Can’t fight on Biden on policy, and he’s practically made of teflon.

        The real sad part is that it works.

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          Yes. Albeit, I never mentioned anything about speech. It’s a bit weird that they immediately jumped to that. I’m mostly mentioning the fact that his senior moments severely outweigh other presidents. I mean, come on. The guy is 81.

          I just don’t get how people are driven to pick the lesser of two evils when there’s much better options out there.

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            Because spoiler candidates are responsible for the downfall of the earth.

            I hold Ralph Nader personally accountable for the state of the climate today. Bush 43 won Florida by a margin of fewer than 600 votes. Nader had 95,000.

            I was 15 in 2000. If I was 18, I probably would’ve voted for Nader, and felt like I was doing the right thing. At 38, I realize how naive that was.

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              It could also be the fact that a lot of modern presidents aren’t fit for presidency as much as they can mislead the people. In a perfect world, you could’ve voted for Nader and not regretted it, because you’d have known that the people that surrounded you weren’t naive. Personally though, I feel like raeganomics was to blame for too many of America’s problems.

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                The major problem — one of the major problems, for there are several — one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.

                To summarise: it is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarise the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarise the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

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                  Another interpretation, and an interesting catch-22, is that they are simultaneously the best and worst contenders for presidency. The act of wanting the presidency warrants at least some ulterior motive, but also requires at least learning how to run a country at the bare minimum. Without the latter, you just can’t run a country.

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        He has a card for meeting with ambassadors which literally says, in short form, “sit down. Say hello. Answer questions. Leave”.

        He forgot how to stand on a bike. Hell, he forgets how to walk up stairs sometimes. Even walking on the ground, he sometimes ignores secret service instructions. He’s 81. 81. And I’m getting flak for calling him out?

        I can get people defending Greg abbot for being disabled, because that’s not the point of his dilemma. This is different, because he is literally too old to be fit to serve.

        Edit: I also never said anything about speech, where were you getting that from?

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          Everything you pointed out is extremely dishonest at best. You act like I haven’t seen the same footage. You’re a liar and you have an agenda. I wasn’t born yesterday. Good try, though.

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            An agenda for who? I’m very interested in who you think I am.