Diminished and Confused - Is Trump OK?

Tds. He's the smartest and most mentally sharp man in history. Just ask him.

 

Almost every four years, we make statements that the main Presidential candidates couldn’t possibly be worse…

…and yet both the Democrats and Republicans repeatedly rise to that challenge.

 

If he weren't such a despicable person, I'd feel sorry for him. (I do feel sorry for the true Christians whose faith has become so perverted by the types who attend Trump's appearances.)

 

Neither side can admit their candidate is mentally incompetent.

 

First time the debate has devolved to arguing back and forth which candidate is the most mentally impaired with each side providing solid evidence. this is the greatest country ever?

 

Toddler cage match?

 

Well, official party messages will not admit to that for pretty obvious reasons.

But Trumpers definitely seem to pretend that their orange idol is mentally sound. But Biden voters/supporters I'm aware of seem willing to admit that Biden's not 100% "there" cognitively. That said, when both candidates have questionable mental states, that data point washes out of consideration on the decision matrix.

 

I get trump being the Repub candidate. Maga blindly follows him regardless what he does. And it is a following - it’s more emotion than logic. But I don’t get Biden. Dems don’t look at him as a demigod like maga does for trump. So why are dems nominating Biden? Where are other candidates, can’t we at least have a debate?

 

Not supporting an incumbent President for re-election appears like it would be a death knell for that party's campaign. They were stuck with him the moment he publicly announced his intent for a second term.

 

I also think they know Harris wouldn't win (no need to get into the why here) and the Dems don't want the terrible optics of passing up Harris.

I think if they thought the VP would win Biden wouldn't run, but they're kinda stuck. Jmo

 

After Harris, who else is there?
Newsome? nope
Buttigieg? The country is not ready for a gay potus, even if he would do a good job.
Biden v Trump appears to be baked in. They are both old and in decline. One is not an authoritarian on a revenge tour, so pick your poison.

 

It’s bizarre and depressing that the Democrats seem to have no other choice than Biden. He’s a decent man and a decent president, but a long way from someone to get even a little excited about.

it’s even more bizarre and depressing that so many Republicans are so fully behind Trump when they do have choices and he is so despicable a human being.

 

I agree on Pete. Not a rhetorical question, but why not newsome? Would his platform be saddled with the cumulative problems cali now faces? which are significant. But imo he looked crisp and sharp against desantis. Even a bit tougher than I expected. If he was the dem nom just the juxtaposition of newsome vs trump giving stump speeches might be enough for the few undecideds. at least newsome would be articulate and not crazy-conspiratorial sounding.

do we have any undecided here or at least only “ leaning”? What are your impressions.

 

Combine age, stress from his legal and money problems and the fact that he really can't afford his Adderal and cocaine habit any more, and you know why.

 

Even though I can't stand his voice, RFK is a better candidate than both, but we like to keep things where they are at this country,

 

To my lights, we appear locked into a relative mind set where all deficiencies can be justified by comparison. You say my candidate has a flaw? Well, look at the other guy!

At this point, it feels like a third party candidate couldn’t get a foothold even if the big two battle were between Hannibal Lecter and Lord Voldemort.

 

RFK, Jr. is an anti-vax nutjob.

 

Well in both of those clips, I didn't hear any stuttering as OP suggested but obviously, his comment about Roe vs wade is nowhere near true.

Was this some lame attempt to justify just how bad Biden's dementia is?

 

lol we will have to agree to disagree before it turns into a completely different debate. Yes on some of his comments on all vaxes but the covid vax, I 100% agree with him.