So who's ready to bet that Biden won't actually run for re-election?


I don't understand why they don't just put him in a wheelchair. The cognitive concerns wouldn't be as illuminated without the addition of the stumbles and falls. I think he has to run, don't see the DNC ever backtracking.

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Quote from: degrassi.knoll on Jul 15, 2023, 12:31 AMI don't understand why they don't just put him in a wheelchair. The cognitive concerns wouldn't be as illuminated without the addition of the stumbles and falls. I think he has to run, don't see the DNC ever backtracking.

If they run him again, that would lose them the election - bad optics.




Quote from: SGR on Jul 15, 2023, 02:04 AMIf they run him again, that would lose them the election - bad optics.



Never stopped them before

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Quote from: degrassi.knoll on Jul 15, 2023, 02:43 AMNever stopped them before

I mean, there's always been incidents with politicians having bad optics, but they're usually one time mistakes that get blown up bigger than they deserve to be by the media- e.g. Dukakis riding in the tank, George H.W. Bush checking his watch during a debate, etc. Putting Biden in a wheelchair and then trying to convince voters that he's the best and strongest candidate the party has to offer would be political suicide. During FDR's admin, they did everything they could to hide from the public that he was crippled.


Quote from: SGR on Jul 15, 2023, 03:01 AMI mean, there's always been incidents with politicians having bad optics, but they're usually one time mistakes that get blown up bigger than they deserve to be by the media- e.g. Dukakis riding in the tank, George H.W. Bush checking his watch during a debate, etc. Putting Biden in a wheelchair and then trying to convince voters that he's the best and strongest candidate the party has to offer would be political suicide. During FDR's admin, they did everything they could to hide from the public that he was crippled.

This one is a classic...


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Quote from: SGR on Jul 14, 2023, 10:00 PMSo who's ready to bet that Biden won't actually run for re-election?

Btw was this prompted by any specific incident, like the child nibbling thing in Finland?

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Quote from: jadis on Jul 15, 2023, 06:17 PMBtw was this prompted by any specific incident, like the child nibbling thing in Finland?

He must know, or at least must have been told, that people are aware of him being weird around kids and he still does that ???

Only God knows.

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Jul 15, 2023, 07:12 PMHe must know, or at least must have been told, that people are aware of him being weird around kids and he still does that ???

Only now saw the actual video and it's so disgusting lmao

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A little creepy, but I do similar stuff with babies.. though only babies I know and only if they respond positively.

I think if you have thousands of these interactions with people and every one of them is filmed, you're bound to slip up and act weird now and then.

Of course that's fodder for anyone looking to criticize, but considering your previous president is a downright criminal, how bad is this really?

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