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On this point, we agree. Although I would expand it to include most recent presidents. Perhaps the only one in recent memory who could have handled it was Bill Clinton.

I think one of the problems in the US, at least in politics, has to do with the Congressional system of government. Countries like Canada, the UK etc that are parliamentary are much more demanding. Party leaders need to take questions in Parliament, defend themselves, engage in back-and-forth with the opposition on a daily basis. In the US, the executive branch is removed from that and isolated. There is very little actual debate or communication between the two sides and almost none with the President. Makes it easy to hide. Also makes it easy for fossilized specimens to keep their positions well past their sell-by dates.

Nah, I am laughing my way to the apocalypse! Cast iron stomach here.

It obviously means something to them if they can't go 5 minutes in the day without bringing him up! You are right that "what happened, happened". I don't see the point in constantly regurgitating your anger and venom. I am no hardcore Trump supporter, but thank you for assuming so. I freely believe that he lost the election, and needs to shut up and fade away. But he won't unless people stop paying attention. So a symbiotic relationship builds up between the virulent anti-Trumpers and the man himself. They hate, he gets publicity, they hate, he stays in the news..... Time to break the cycle.

Glad you are healthy and hearty, although comparing yourself to the drunkards of Thailand is a bit of a left handed compliment... otherwise, there are good reasons that many stressful jobs have retirement ages. Pilots, police, hell even the university I teach at won't even let teachers work part time after age 67. Hard to get real data on Biden because he refuses to take any kind of cognitive test. And as for the press, they are largely complicit in covering up for him. The mainstream media is VERY reluctant to comment on the current President regarding his health, his strange obsession with ladies' hair, his near constant vacations, etc.

Feel better now that you got that out of your system? Perhaps it is time to let go. Let go of your anger and spite and outrage. Save your stomach acid for something that actually is meaningful. The gastrologists of America have been laughing their way to the bank for 6 years now. How many unnecessary ulcers have they treated due to people just not being able to move on...

In other words, he is being hidden. As senator and VP, Joe was never this camera shy. As for the President contradicting his team, Joe has done so on many occasions- latest being committing US armed forces against China if Taiwan is invaded. His team has been left scrambling to clean up after Joe far too often, especially considering how rarely he speaks off script.

You may have a point there... Perhaps the most clever thing Joe Biden has done in his life was to pick Harris for his VP. She is his best insurance policy- I mean, nobody wants her to be in charge! We can only hope that there are enough smart people around Joe to get him through the next 2 years a la "Weekend at Bernie's". Losing control of Congress will help, that's for sure. Less pressure to perform.

You can argue back and forth about the myriad video clips of Biden's erratic behavior and seek to either justify it or to vilify it. What can NOT be denied is that he is the least accessible President in modern history. Almost no interviews, he takes very few spontaneous questions from the media after reading prepared statements, almost no press conferences, his staff are uber quick to either hustle him away after he talks or to hustle the press out of the briefing room. The man even admits it- he has repeatedly said things like "I shouldn't be talking to you" or "I'll get in trouble for saying this". Sorry but a President just does not act like that. Unless he is hiding something.

Give me a break. Politifact has been carrying water for the Democrats for years. There is simply too much mounting evidence that the President is behaving in a manner consistent with a 79 year old man. Forgetting things, getting lost, needing 'guidance' from various sources (his wife, his staff, the Easter Bunny). The fact that everyone in the Swamp knows this is by the staggeringly few interviews and press conferences Biden gives. He is almost completely unavailable to the media for anything other than a shouted question. I guess hiding from the media was a successful strategy in the 2020 presidential campaign, so no need to change now.

Not sure where you are located, but.... if you are in Chiang Mai, my wife and I got accounts opened at the Siam TV branch of Bangkok Bank with very limited hassle. We had only 30 day tourist exemption stamps in our passports. No tourist visa or other type. We had Residency Certificates- were renting an AirBnb and the owner filled out the TM30 paper for us. Went through an agency to get the Certificates after that- took about 2 days and 1700 baht. Took the Residency Certs to the bank along with our passports. Mentioned that we need the accounts because we will be retiring in Thailand in the near future and need a place to deposit a whole stack of cash for the visa application. Finished in about 20 minutes, ATM cards in hand, fully connected to the Bangkok Bank app on our phones. We WERE turned down at two other branches though- one wanted a 3 month lease agreement proof and another wanted us to buy 5900 baht of life insurance each to make the branch manager look favourably on our application. Plus wanted to see proof of 1 year of health insurance.

Not ageist at all. Consider that John McCain was widely called "too old" at 72 when he ran for president. Think honestly for a minute- do you think that YOU, as a fellow 79 year old, would be up to the job of President? Not saying that Biden is a 24 hour basket case. He does have moments of clarity and brief spurts of energy. But they are interspersed with more and more periods of confusion and cognitive shut down. I don't think Reagan or Eisenhower ever tried to shake hands with a ghost, or repeatedly could not find their way off a podium, or dodged the press to the extent that Biden does.

"A lapse of memory" would be one thing, the man is 79 years old after all. Yet they are recurring, getting worse, and show no signs of ending. This is a far cry from the good old days of "friendly Joe from Scranton, the happy-go-lucky hair sniffer". Biden was never a very bright man or deep thinker at the best of times. Now that he is aging so rapidly before our eyes, the problems are too much to ignore. If he had an even somewhat competent VP I think there would be a very substantial hue and cry from within the Democratic party for him to step down. Perhaps 'for health reasons' and leave the VP in charge. Yet even that option is off the table.

He is not in charge any more. You don't have to expend so much angst and mental energy obsessing about him. You want to hurt Trump? Ignore him. Your use of "should be eliminated" really speaks volumes to the depths of your derangement. When we get to the point that we consider 'the other side' is actually evil and not merely wrong, then any possibility of compromise or reason go out the window.

Yes, but Harris will tear the Democratic Party apart in her lust for the top job. She is the epitome of entitlement and I guarantee she would put up a massive fight. The internal dynamics would tear the Democratic Party apart. She is obviously incompetent and shallow and not terribly bright, yet.... she is a woman and BIPOC. God forbid that a white man dares to run against her.

More off topic distractions from the Trump Deranged. Is he really that much of a threat?

It is so obvious that Biden is acting, well, old. He IS old and it shows. Decreasing mobility, awkward gait, frequent outbursts, and yes forgetting important events. BOTH parties need to clear out the dinosaurs and bring in younger people. Pelosi, McConnell, Schumer, Clinton, Trump, Feinstein, all need to be given a not-so-gentle shove out the door.

Please, the excuses are getting thinner and thinner. There was a memorial service for the deceased member at the SAME event just moments before the President made his remarks. And still he couldnt remember. This is a deeply disturbing sign that is beyond a mere "gaffe". Forgetting that people are dead is one of the sure signs of Alzheimer's. This has nothing to do with faulty notes or bad research. A member of congress dying tragically a month before is something that should not require notes. The President asking, "isnt she supposed to be here" is a sign that this is no mere "oops".

Welcome to the discussion, Dr. Freud.

Interesting that you should include this particular video. It demonstrates clearly that Joe Biden based his candidacy on a complete and utter fabrication. Trump NEVER called the supremacists and neo-nazis "very fine people", that has been debunked by myriad media outlets for years. Kind of says something about the man that he would willingly make his case to the American people based on a lie, doesn't it?

Mike, did the Bad Orange Man really injure you so deeply that you can't give him up? Really seems like some kind of love/hate relationship happening. You dislike him but you can't stop talking about him even when it is completely irrelevant.

I gotta admit, I am no Al Franken fan (at least as a politician, loved his work on SNL) but he shouldn't have been hounded from office for this. It was tasteless and crude, but in no way criminal.

...and we stray yet further from the topc to rehash yet more irrelevant tidbits from the pevious president. Trump really got to you, didn't he. Just can't resist injecting him into every discussion. If you could explain the connection between the two, I would be more than grateful.

Those are pretty funny, but more funny than sad. The current President can't even muster up sentences long enough to do so. No doubt Trump is a bombastic blowhard, but at least he can still talk. And think on his feet. Poor Joe is lost without a teleprompter. Actually, he is still lost WITH a teleprompter. No comparison whatsoever.

Considering more than HALF of Democrats don't want him to run in 2024, and very few mid-term candidates want him to visit their districts, I don't think this can be characterized as a "right wing attack". Again, nothing to do with Trump, however much you try and drag him into the discussion. Think I'll have a covfefe myself, good idea.