• GladiusB@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    He could have been better. But there are more debates. He can come out stronger next time.

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      4 months ago

      That’s not how old age works. Biden is not getting better, that’s the whole point. This wasn’t a political gaffe, it was a consequence of the inevitable collapse of age. Biden needs to step down, literally the only way Dems have a chance to win at this point.

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        4 months ago

        Disagree. He’s been a good president and far better than his opponent. His ACTIONS are a million times better than Trump.

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          4 months ago

          I agree, but as Carter showed, being a good president isn’t enough to get reelected.

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          4 months ago

          Better then Trump is a low bar and you know it.

          No one sane said that he was a bad president (although he could have been a lot better) just that he is too old for the job.

          I would say that anyone younger and progressive would do better than him.

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      4 months ago

      I would trade Biden in for someone ten years older if it meant we’d get a strict and intelligent moderator

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      4 months ago

      You seem to be missing the most important point here - with cognitive decline from advanced age, time is not on your side. Biden would likely be worse in a future debate, if he doesn’t do the right thing and step down immediately.

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      4 months ago

      He could have been better

      Lmao no shit, would’ve been hard to have been worse

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          4 months ago

          Didn’t Trump gain support from the debate while Biden lost it to the degree that people from his own party are openly calling for him to drop out?

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              4 months ago

              I don’t think that came up or showed in the debate so probably didn’t affect it. This is about the debate performance and its effect after all. If people didn’t care about that before the debate, they’re not going to suddenly care after it.

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                  I don’t know you so I can’t say. But maybe, most do that. But the debate is part of the decision making. In this instance, Biden’s performance was dogshit, which was the point. As awful as Trump is, somehow people were more put off by Biden than Trump, if we consider how the polling changed after it. And that’s just awful result for Biden.

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                    I don’t think it’s a measurement of any sort of decision making. I have taken a course in public speaking. People freeze. Or respond differently to a quiet room when there should be an audience. His performance as president is better than Trump’s ever will be. It does not measure intelligence. A great public speaker can inspire, but it’s one debate. Trump came out looking like a liar and a little boy in a suit. Plus he is a felon rapist. There is nothing that makes me think his “snapshot” is any better than Biden’s.

                    I just don’t judge people solely on what the camera captures. It’s called critical thinking by most accounts.