It’s totally absurd that the right wing hacks that question Biden’s mental acuity outright ignore the fact that Trump can’t form a cohesive sentence to save his fucking life. He’s an incoherent, rambling, boastful moron. Nothing about him is genuine, from his stupid comb over and fake tan to any one of his innumerable lies.
I’ll take 81 years old over 91 felonies any day of the week.
Exactly. Also, there's only a 4 year difference in their CHRONOLOGICAL ages, but physically, the orange menace seems much older. For example, back in 2017, he was the only world leader who couldn't walk his fat ass around at the G7 conference and took a golf cart instead, while President Biden still bikes!
The bigger problem are the Democratic voters and pols who wring their hands about Biden with no mention of who they are going to nominate in his place. They have no one who will do better in the general election. Looking at you, Klein and Jon Stewart, who do this for clicks and their own egos, and express a false equivalence. Biden has memory slips no different than my own for the past 30 years. The other guy is a demented nazi parasite.
Excellent points...I hope someone (you??) will make them on TikTok though. All my students will talk about is Biden's dementia...and I live in an exceptionally liberal area of the USA. This makes me so nervous.
Ageism is responsible for immense damage to any person over 65 because everyone over 65 will have some trouble remembering some dates when grilled. This is a natural part of ageing however it does not mean the person has dementia nor does it diminish a person’s ability to think critically or does it diminish the person’s vast wealth of experience. Our society is especially hard on our elders. Ageism has not been mentioned and it should be. We have an ageist society and it should be pointed out that youth does not make us better but rather much worse at avoiding repeating past mistakes.
Every now and then I get cornfused, but I bounce right back in a shortly. I forget a word I need, which is a real bitch when I'm doing the NYT crossword. Francois says I'm still sharp as ever, and that forgetting something comes with age (71), so I just need to live with it.
President Biden makes a few gaffs here and there, but he hasn't sunken into another reality. Rumpusbutt might as well be on another planet in another universe. It's not just the lies he tells, it's his lack of perception of THIS reality. That makes him dangerous on many levels. He wants to surround himself with 'yes men'. He wants and demands unquestioning loyalty. His previous staff did what they could to temper his demands. His hand-picked loyalist will probably let him get away with anything he pleases. That could mean anything from declaring a permanent state of martial law, to launching a nuclear weapons. He isn't just dangerous for America, he's an extreme danger to the rest of the world.
Agreed. The rest of the world is scared to death of a third authoritarian superpower rising up from the ashes of the US democracy. There will be no balance left in the world. It will be topsy turvy world just as Orwell imagined.
My mom, a former special education teacher, adds: "Joe Biden has always been a gaffe master, long before he was old enough to be called old. Might have something to do with the lasting effects of having been a stutterer in the past. Even after stuttering has mostly been overcome, there can be deficits in language planning and word retrieval. But that means nothing to close-minded people."
Yes! Long before Ted Lasso, Jason Sudekis was the SNL parody of Vice President Biden’s frequent gaffes. Not a new concept and not a problem in actual fact.
Yeah, I know someone who used to stutter and she has a very slow, deliberate way of speaking, almost like someone who's had to relearn how to talk after a stroke and needs to think about each word, but she's very smart and has 100% of her faculties.
I listened to the Prosecuting Donald Trump podcast and the presenters talked about the gobsmacking unproffessional nature of the report and how it was designed to be a hit job on Biden.
What I can't fathom is that the wealthy people who are bankrolling America into authortitarianism are probably benefitting from the current economic boom. They really need to read some history and find out how this flirtation with fascism eventually ends for them.
Even well informed, progressive minded observers can fall into the long cultivated misconception that because someone has obscene piles of money they must have some degree of good judgment, even if it is just serving pure selfishness. The reality is that many of these individuals have terrible judgement, produce horrible outcomes repeatedly, and have been insulated from understanding that they are not superior by the privilege that has been built into the system.
Both of Donald Trump's adult sons are convinced that they are absolute geniuses.
It will be worse, I'm afraid. If Trump is back in it will trigger a strong response from protesters and critics, which will then be followed by deliberately harsh responses from the Trump faction, to more resistance, repeating in a feedback loop that no reasonable voices will be able stop. MAGA vigilantes will be adding to the violence, trying to inflame it. The MAGA faction will never dial it back, believing that if violence isn't working it's because there hasn't been enough violence applied. Major disruptions of essential services and necessities will eventually domino into a structural collapse of society.
In most places in America the cops are outnumbered by the people about 500 to 1. The police forces are not built to take significant casualties from huge crowds that greatly outnumber them. The system is simply unable to maintain order under those circumstances.
What level things settle out at is just unknown, but it's very bad.
I agree, he wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act after his attempted coup. So he could torture and maim (which he’s obsessed with) regular citizens that have all opposed him. He is a clear and present danger to all of us.
I totally agree with everything you said in this post, and with your analysis of Donny Crappleseed and the MAGAts. This election year my hope is that voters will vote for the long term consequences. Another Trump presidency would be fatal.
Excellent compare and contrast, James. The next months are going to fly by, and voting in this election is more important than any previous election in our lifetime. If you have a right to vote, use it. Yesterday, with the Supreme Court Judges trying to parse the meaning of the word "insurrection" and sounding "skeptical" about Colorado's right to keep the ex-President off the Primary Ballot, it's good to see what it was Colorado brought to the Supreme Court.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment says:
“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”
Let's all remember: Donald Trump's mother got him out of the family home when he was young. As a mom, that says so much to me. Even she couldn't stand him. Even she must have seen the evil lurking there. Must have seen something that made her get rid of him!
That is not anything a mother would do to her child, unless she felt he was a danger to her other children and perhaps his own parents. Doesn’t surprise me at all with trump. He’s a classic Sociopath.
Thank you. The American left likes to shoot itself in the foot. I’ve never seen such an effective president as Biden in my lifetime. He may be old but he’s EXPERIENCED and freaking brilliant. I had no idea and I gave him an unenthusiastic vote. I was wrong.
It’s totally absurd that the right wing hacks that question Biden’s mental acuity outright ignore the fact that Trump can’t form a cohesive sentence to save his fucking life. He’s an incoherent, rambling, boastful moron. Nothing about him is genuine, from his stupid comb over and fake tan to any one of his innumerable lies.
I’ll take 81 years old over 91 felonies any day of the week.
Exactly. Also, there's only a 4 year difference in their CHRONOLOGICAL ages, but physically, the orange menace seems much older. For example, back in 2017, he was the only world leader who couldn't walk his fat ass around at the G7 conference and took a golf cart instead, while President Biden still bikes!
Good point. I forgot about that.
The bigger problem are the Democratic voters and pols who wring their hands about Biden with no mention of who they are going to nominate in his place. They have no one who will do better in the general election. Looking at you, Klein and Jon Stewart, who do this for clicks and their own egos, and express a false equivalence. Biden has memory slips no different than my own for the past 30 years. The other guy is a demented nazi parasite.
I agree, whole heartedly. The false equivalency is real. I just posted something relevant to that on my own Substack.
And twice on Sunday.
Perfectly said 💙
Excellent points...I hope someone (you??) will make them on TikTok though. All my students will talk about is Biden's dementia...and I live in an exceptionally liberal area of the USA. This makes me so nervous.
Ageism is responsible for immense damage to any person over 65 because everyone over 65 will have some trouble remembering some dates when grilled. This is a natural part of ageing however it does not mean the person has dementia nor does it diminish a person’s ability to think critically or does it diminish the person’s vast wealth of experience. Our society is especially hard on our elders. Ageism has not been mentioned and it should be. We have an ageist society and it should be pointed out that youth does not make us better but rather much worse at avoiding repeating past mistakes.
EXCELLENT!
I’m debating which one is making me laugh harder, Scooby Coup or Donny Crappleseed.
my favourite is "combover caligula!" 😂
I’m trying not to “like” derogatory descriptions but that is the most clever one so far!
I understand your reluctance, but if anyone deserves it...
It’s Manchurian Cantaloupe for me.
Clementine Palpatine was pretty clever!
Sorry, tangerine palpatine…
I like Clementine, it rhymes
Hey, how bout that legendary Knight of the realm, Sir Crapsallot. 🤣😎
That guy is a real piece of shit
He most certainly is that. 💩😎
Every now and then I get cornfused, but I bounce right back in a shortly. I forget a word I need, which is a real bitch when I'm doing the NYT crossword. Francois says I'm still sharp as ever, and that forgetting something comes with age (71), so I just need to live with it.
President Biden makes a few gaffs here and there, but he hasn't sunken into another reality. Rumpusbutt might as well be on another planet in another universe. It's not just the lies he tells, it's his lack of perception of THIS reality. That makes him dangerous on many levels. He wants to surround himself with 'yes men'. He wants and demands unquestioning loyalty. His previous staff did what they could to temper his demands. His hand-picked loyalist will probably let him get away with anything he pleases. That could mean anything from declaring a permanent state of martial law, to launching a nuclear weapons. He isn't just dangerous for America, he's an extreme danger to the rest of the world.
Agreed. The rest of the world is scared to death of a third authoritarian superpower rising up from the ashes of the US democracy. There will be no balance left in the world. It will be topsy turvy world just as Orwell imagined.
💯💯💯 Biden is fine. The other guy is a genuinely demented, nazi parasite.
My mom, a former special education teacher, adds: "Joe Biden has always been a gaffe master, long before he was old enough to be called old. Might have something to do with the lasting effects of having been a stutterer in the past. Even after stuttering has mostly been overcome, there can be deficits in language planning and word retrieval. But that means nothing to close-minded people."
Yes! Long before Ted Lasso, Jason Sudekis was the SNL parody of Vice President Biden’s frequent gaffes. Not a new concept and not a problem in actual fact.
Yeah, I know someone who used to stutter and she has a very slow, deliberate way of speaking, almost like someone who's had to relearn how to talk after a stroke and needs to think about each word, but she's very smart and has 100% of her faculties.
I listened to the Prosecuting Donald Trump podcast and the presenters talked about the gobsmacking unproffessional nature of the report and how it was designed to be a hit job on Biden.
What I can't fathom is that the wealthy people who are bankrolling America into authortitarianism are probably benefitting from the current economic boom. They really need to read some history and find out how this flirtation with fascism eventually ends for them.
The rich are blinded by greed, they can’t grasp that the leopards will eat their face.
Well, they look at the obscenely wealthy in Russia with their mega yachts, etc and see themselves?
Even well informed, progressive minded observers can fall into the long cultivated misconception that because someone has obscene piles of money they must have some degree of good judgment, even if it is just serving pure selfishness. The reality is that many of these individuals have terrible judgement, produce horrible outcomes repeatedly, and have been insulated from understanding that they are not superior by the privilege that has been built into the system.
Both of Donald Trump's adult sons are convinced that they are absolute geniuses.
I will never tire of your amusing nicknames for Tangerine Palpatine. LOL
Oh.My.Goodness! The names are EPIC!!
We need honesty, integrity, decency, and experience in the White House. There is only one choice.
There is no choice. It’s Joe Biden or we’ll all be calling each Comrade and marching in sh!t parades to hail him. Ugh.
It will be worse, I'm afraid. If Trump is back in it will trigger a strong response from protesters and critics, which will then be followed by deliberately harsh responses from the Trump faction, to more resistance, repeating in a feedback loop that no reasonable voices will be able stop. MAGA vigilantes will be adding to the violence, trying to inflame it. The MAGA faction will never dial it back, believing that if violence isn't working it's because there hasn't been enough violence applied. Major disruptions of essential services and necessities will eventually domino into a structural collapse of society.
In most places in America the cops are outnumbered by the people about 500 to 1. The police forces are not built to take significant casualties from huge crowds that greatly outnumber them. The system is simply unable to maintain order under those circumstances.
What level things settle out at is just unknown, but it's very bad.
I agree, he wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act after his attempted coup. So he could torture and maim (which he’s obsessed with) regular citizens that have all opposed him. He is a clear and present danger to all of us.
I'll take the old dude with a clue, who occasionally commits a malaprop or two, over a raving, maniacal, whiny overgrown toddler any day!
Same.
I’m with you Lynn!
I totally agree with everything you said in this post, and with your analysis of Donny Crappleseed and the MAGAts. This election year my hope is that voters will vote for the long term consequences. Another Trump presidency would be fatal.
True that. If Sir Crapsallot wins the White House, you can put a fork in it. 😎
Oops! Should be Crapsalot. My bad. Guess I have dementia. 🤷🏼♂️😎
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Excellent compare and contrast, James. The next months are going to fly by, and voting in this election is more important than any previous election in our lifetime. If you have a right to vote, use it. Yesterday, with the Supreme Court Judges trying to parse the meaning of the word "insurrection" and sounding "skeptical" about Colorado's right to keep the ex-President off the Primary Ballot, it's good to see what it was Colorado brought to the Supreme Court.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment says:
“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”
Let's all remember: Donald Trump's mother got him out of the family home when he was young. As a mom, that says so much to me. Even she couldn't stand him. Even she must have seen the evil lurking there. Must have seen something that made her get rid of him!
That is not anything a mother would do to her child, unless she felt he was a danger to her other children and perhaps his own parents. Doesn’t surprise me at all with trump. He’s a classic Sociopath.
Thank you! I'm so sick of the MAGAts comparing Biden to TFG (by which I mean That. Fucking. Guy.) They have all lost their gott damn minds.
I called my very, very masculine, bald headed waiter "Ma'am" last night.
Obviously, I shouldn't be allowed to operate heavy machinery anymore. *lol*
At least “President for Life” will be a short term. Not unlike Donny Crappleseeds memory.
Epic nicknames. You never disappoint!
Thank you. The American left likes to shoot itself in the foot. I’ve never seen such an effective president as Biden in my lifetime. He may be old but he’s EXPERIENCED and freaking brilliant. I had no idea and I gave him an unenthusiastic vote. I was wrong.