How about a Reaganesque eyeroll and “There you go again…”?
Its funny how the same people who voted for Trump are now pretending they care about competence and eloquence in their president.
I don’t know what people have been watching but Biden has looked like nothing short of a genius the past few weeks, frankly he locked up the election with the way he has spoken since the protests started. Trump is the one who will likely refuse to debate.
It may be a moot point anyway. I’ve heard before that Trump has no intention of debating in the upcoming race.
I suspect the Venn diagram of that would closely resemble a perfect circle. As a liberal/progressive type person, I recognize Biden has flaws, and he’s not my perfect, or even preferred, candidate. However, only a Trumper could, well, trumpet Biden’s alleged flaws so heartily without seeing how their accusations more closely fit Trump over the past 4 years. Bunker Baby cannot even drink from a glass of water without using both hands.
By the way he looked at West Point, Donald might not be fit enough to deal with a debate. I swear he was taking those steps one at a time, like someone who’s had a recent joint replacement would.
He couldn’t even lift a glass of water up to his mouth, what was up with that?
On the subject of reading, maybe there should be a debate. They will be both be handed books and asked to read from them aloud. Would you like to see Trump read, unprepared, out loud on national television? I would.
It was a ramp , not steps and Trump claims it was slippery.
In case you are truly concerned with assessing Biden’s cognitive ability, here is the full 1 hour and 22 minute round table discussion: https://www.c-span.org/video/?472981-1/joe-biden-holds-roundtable-reopening-economy
You may find it more illuminating than your 10 second clip.
or how they whined about “incivility” after electing someone who ran on the platform of being a boorish ass.
On a related note, what do we think of Pence’s debating ability? There will be one vice-president’s debate.
Better, he should invite Obama (and for that matter, Bush and Clinton) as his guests to the first debate, seat them right up front where Trump can see them. Trump’s likely to go after them instead of Biden, get confused, and maybe walk off the stage.
But for the topic, yes, Biden needs to accept the debates and do the best he can. If nothing else, a ‘average’ performance will get him kudos since there is discussion on his abilities. A gamble perhaps, but one I think he needs to take.
More likely Trump will duck and complain about the debates more than Biden, trying to get a format he thinks will work for him.
We shall see.
Biden has said that he’s going to select a female VP (hopefully Warren, in my opinion). Will Mother allow Pence to be on stage alone with another woman?
Biden has said that he’s going to select a female VP (hopefully Warren, in my opinion). Will Mother allow Pence to be on stage alone with another woman?
Yeah, ha ha. We’ve heard it all before. But Pence is a brick wall. He is ice cold. It will be really goddamn hard for anyone to debate him. He’s not going to interrupt, rant, and make snide jabs the way Trump does, but he’s going to manage to sound authoritative and intelligent. He’s a totally spineless kiss-ass to Trump but I have to give Pence some credit for being politically savvy.
My dream ticket for the Dems was a woman for POTUS and Pete Buttigieg for Veep – mostly because seeing that VP debate is my idea of entertainment.
This sounds like a Catch-22 situation. If you know you have dementia, then surely you don’t?
I agree Biden has to show up. A stalemate or slight (coherent) loss will not hurt him but refusing certainly would.
If he goes off the rails mentally the breakdown would have eventually happened anyway.
Biden did poorly in the free for all debates but better as it willowed down.
He’ll do fine against Trump. Biden will make “oh Joe” gaffes I am sure but nothing horrific. And he will also say lots that makes sense. He’ll appeal to a wide swath. Trump will not make sense. He won’t make gaffes, he’ll say hateful things.
I suspect it will be Trump who limits debates. His performance space is rallies not debates. Biden will be prepared for childish taunts.
Few votes I suspect will be won or lost in the debates.