5 Comments
User's avatar
⭠ Return to thread
nkrempa's avatar

So, you kinda missed the part where I said that, if the determination had been made and we were being kept in the dark that the people doing so should be prosecuted? Or, if he hasn't been determined to be incapable THEN we should all STFU? I think I mentioned both those things, didn't I?

Do I believe everything that the MSM tells me? Nope. Do I believe everything that people with ulterior motives tell me? Nope. And if that's so "brave" of Clooney, why did he wait until AFTER the debate to mention his observations? When did Michael Moore get his doctorate in medicine? Methinks, perhaps, the naysayers aren't looking at all the information available, or considering just what forcing Biden to step aside will mean. The top contenders to replace him at the head of the Democratic ticket certainly have considered the implications - why do you think people like Whitmer and Newsom aren't stepping up??

Expand full comment
Sadie E.'s avatar

You don’t need a doctorate to realize when an elderly person is in decline and is now unreliably coherent only sometimes. You only need to have witnessed the decline in someone you once knew ( like I did with my grandmother) to recognize the symptoms . Moore probably did with someone he cared about as well. Even though Clooney took a few weeks to come out. We cannot imagine the pressure people around Joe are under to keep Joe’s lapses from the public eye so we win the election It took Clooney a lot of courage to go up against that pressure more courage than our politicians who will have no faith in Joe privately but publicly support him. I’m just disgusted with the whole thing and feel manipulated by my party. Why won’t Joe agree to have a current INDEPENDENT neurological exam if he has nothing to hide?

Expand full comment
nkrempa's avatar

Supposedly "recognizing " a decline in an unrelated elderly person that you only see on TV or in videos can also be called "projection." I had a grandfather with dementia - I don't see it in Biden. I've seen other relatives decline as they aged, but I don't see something similar when I see Biden in videos. I don't know his exact circumstances, thus I'm not able to accurately judge his performance in any given setting. I find it amazing that so many feel qualified to do so. As for his reluctance to submit to extraneous testing - I get it. It's insulting, as is the magnification of every little gaffe and the insistence that he step down as a result. Still floors me that so many feel so comfortable dismissing the man with so little knowledge of his day to day circumstances.

Expand full comment
Sadie E.'s avatar

It’s exactly why we’re not qualified to pass absolute judgement on Joe’s condition why he needs to be transparent with his party and undergo a complete independent neurological exam now. When you are 81 and running for the most stressful high pressure job in the land you need to put aside any feelings of “being insulted”personally I think we are being too concerned with offending Joe. He needs to reassure the rightfully concerned members of his party that he’s currently fit to serve. Referring to past accomplishments is irrelevant to whether there will be any future accomplishments. I thought only Republicans had blind allegiance to a defective candidate?

Expand full comment
Davena Turvey's avatar

Who will prosecute the people keeping us in the dark? And when? After Trump wins?

Expand full comment