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Make or break Democratic meeting today for Joe

Arrogance aside, biden has no control over his emotional state. Did you see how quick he was to anger and threaten? Weak men with power and scarier than strong men with power (random thought of the day)
What causes aggression in the elderly?


Reasons for the person's behaviour could include: difficulties to do with dementia – for example, memory loss, language or orientation problems. their mental and physical health – for example, they may have pain or discomfort that they are unable to communicate.Dec 13, 2021
 
R's aren't any better. If Haley was the R candidate Joe would be down 10-15 pts right now. Because it's Trump it's still within the margin of error.

In a weird way Trump keeps Joe in the race because Joe still has a legit shot at beating him and Trump has a decent shot at beating Joe....50/50. Weird dynamic. They need each other.
The Republicans have always been better until they went the direction they’re in now. The Heritage Foundation doesn’t even care, possibly because they know it’s impossible for them to lose their base. Those voters are all in.
 
What emotional state?

Biden’s emotions shifted from confused and insipid to confused and constipated.

Where did you ever see actual emotion?

The most telling picture of Biden’s insipidness was during the debate when Trump would start speaking and Biden would snap his head back to the moderators with a dumbfounded look. The times that Biden actually tried to speak passionately by throwing out glib insults at Trump about him paying off porn stars or calling military members suckers and losers, they were uttered with absolute frailness. Trump barely reacted to them because they were just so weak and pathetic.

That’s Biden’s “emotional” state right now.
Have you for real missed his confused and angry? It's almost as ridiculous as his confused and whispering
 
What causes aggression in the elderly?


Reasons for the person's behaviour could include: difficulties to do with dementia – for example, memory loss, language or orientation problems. their mental and physical health – for example, they may have pain or discomfort that they are unable to communicate.Dec 13, 2021
Doesn’t aggressiveness usually occur at later stages of dementia?
 
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I strongly agree with most of this but disagree with one point - it's the system that doesn't give us a choice. It's the electoral college who gives Wyomingans triple the voting power of Californians. Big media and big money brainwash the masses into their preferences and lets be honest, neither cares who wins because they've hedged their bets. Ultimately it's the people who suffer.

I agree that people are responsible for their beliefs and choices, but it's hard to blame them fully when the deck is stacked against them in this new era of misinformation and declining media literacy. People are dumb, no doubt, but the powers that be love the uneducated. They create a political and social war to distract us all from a class war.
The billionaires are our biggest threat…not illegals. Our eyes are collectively not on the target. Project 2025 attacks the middle class and poor, and millions of middle class and poor say, “Sweet.” Losing SS and medicaid doesn’t hurt billionaires. It hurts the rest of us and some of us say that’s a great idea. Voting against our best interests.
 
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If I thought there was any chance in hell an Abe Lincoln could pop up from small town Illinois and actually make it to Washington I would agree. We the people get brought the illusion of choice by the powers that want the pieces in front of us.
Perfect is the enemy of good.

There were plenty of decent but far from good options in the Republican primaries. But you chose Trump .... again.
 
Ok so let's say that Biden is finally convinced that he has to drop out of the race? How can you spin it? He can't exactly say, "Yeah you are all right, I've lost it"
I'm not as confident as Torbee that he will drop out, but if he does I think he will say he's doing it for the good of the country. He'll say that even thought he feels like he could still do the job, he's listened to his trusted family, friends, and advisors that believe it's time for him to pass the baton. He'll point out that the most patriotic thing he can do is give the American people the best chance to keep Trump out of the White House by endorsing, my guess is Harris.
 
Bullshit.

We already know the answer to that. Joe’s mental acuity is not going to magically get better. Quite the opposite.

I know you’re referring to the Democrats winning or losing the election, but four more years of Biden is not a victory for America.
most folks whether they admit it or not have known that the country has been run the last 3.5 years by people appointed by joe not by joe. in fact it was expected this would be the case even during the 2020 elections and joe won. so despite the current brouhaha i don't believe there's any real angst amongst majority of dem voters if joe runs and/or wins.
 
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Perfect is the enemy of good.

There were plenty of decent but far from good options in the Republican primaries. But you chose Trump .... again.
Just a FWIW...as I sat in the room a few months ago now on Republican primary night I knew that "we" were in trouble from the jump. There were roughly 30 total people present and about 10 of them came decked out in what I will call "costume". Red, white and blue colored clothing, sparkly hats, jewelry, carrying signs and props, etc. (Not exaggerating.)

All of these people were ardent Trump supporters and several spoke publicly to that effect. The rest of us were supporting other candidates, with each other candidate drawing 2 to 8'ish supporters.

If only the rest of us could have leagued up...we could have had more total votes than Trump. But, alas, we were divided into 3 or 4 groups the energized group of Trump supporters won out.

I have no way of being sure about this, but I do feel like the roughly 2/3 of the rest of us could have agreed on one candidate, not named Trump, and been satisfied with that. But...that is not the format.

I would like to see changes in the format that reward normal and even potentially allow for some alliances to be established to hopefully prevent such polarizing candidates to win and move forward.
 
My prediction:

He admits to having a "Parkinson's-like condition" (there is a whole slew of "Parkinson's-like disorders, and he has symptoms consistent with them) but not actual Parkinson's disease. This allows them to claim they did not "lie" when denying he has or has been treated for Parkinson's.

This will allow him to step-down to "focus on his health."

Honestly, if I were him, I'd do it NOW - and allow Kamala Harris the power of incumbent presidency to run in his place. He likely will want to finish out his first-term, however, so I think that is what will happen.

I believe this announcement will be made before the end of July.

Just putting it down in writing in case I'm right and I get to tell you knobs how smart I am going forward. ;)
This is well thought out and should he the exact course the administration should take.
 
Just a FWIW...as I sat in the room a few months ago now on Republican primary night I knew that "we" were in trouble from the jump. There were roughly 30 total people present and about 10 of them came decked out in what I will call "costume". Red, white and blue colored clothing, sparkly hats, jewelry, carrying signs and props, etc. (Not exaggerating.)

All of these people were ardent Trump supporters and several spoke publicly to that effect. The rest of us were supporting other candidates, with each other candidate drawing 2 to 8'ish supporters.

If only the rest of us could have leagued up...we could have had more total votes than Trump. But, alas, we were divided into 3 or 4 groups the energized group of Trump supporters won out.

I have no way of being sure about this, but I do feel like the roughly 2/3 of the rest of us could have agreed on one candidate, not named Trump, and been satisfied with that. But...that is not the format.

I would like to see changes in the format that reward normal and even potentially allow for some alliances to be established to hopefully prevent such polarizing candidates to win and move forward.
Ranked choice is what you're looking for.
 
Many Democrats want our flawed candidate to drop out.

Why aren't you demanding the felon serial lying rapist conman do the same?
Sadly, that’s a glaring difference between Democrats and Republicans.

There is literally almost nothing Trump could say or do that would cause any of them to even pause in considering their unwavering support for him.

Other than Chishawk and a few other delusional Democrats, the majority of liberals are saying it’s time for Biden to put the country over himself.

But, of course, it’s guys like @NorthernHawkeye who are the “pragmatic” ones. 🙄
 
Just a FWIW...as I sat in the room a few months ago now on Republican primary night I knew that "we" were in trouble from the jump. There were roughly 30 total people present and about 10 of them came decked out in what I will call "costume". Red, white and blue colored clothing, sparkly hats, jewelry, carrying signs and props, etc. (Not exaggerating.)

All of these people were ardent Trump supporters and several spoke publicly to that effect. The rest of us were supporting other candidates, with each other candidate drawing 2 to 8'ish supporters.

If only the rest of us could have leagued up...we could have had more total votes than Trump. But, alas, we were divided into 3 or 4 groups the energized group of Trump supporters won out.

I have no way of being sure about this, but I do feel like the roughly 2/3 of the rest of us could have agreed on one candidate, not named Trump, and been satisfied with that. But...that is not the format.

I would like to see changes in the format that reward normal and even potentially allow for some alliances to be established to hopefully prevent such polarizing candidates to win and move forward.
Yep. Thanks for passing that along.

The Trump fanatics are so strong and in such numbers that the only to have beat him is to have only one other Republican candidate so one doesn't split votes as you saw.

Ugh, I long for the days of "normal" politics.
 
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