(08-23-2021 08:29 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(08-23-2021 08:12 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(08-23-2021 07:51 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(08-22-2021 04:08 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  Still crickets from the leftists on Biden's capacity question.

I try not to spend much time here on over the weekends. Sometimes I can't help myself...

In any case... I was worried about Biden's diminishing mental capacity pre-election. Electing somebody of his age is somewhat worrisome in general and specifically Biden already seemed to be showing early signs of being diminished.

Since his election he looks worse and worse IMO. Kamala (no surprise) has not exactly knocked it out of the park either.

When voting for Biden the hope was that he surrounded himself with a strong cabinet and he leaned on them heavily. I think the jury is out on that in terms of how its going.

You right-wingers should be thrilled. It would seem impossible for the R's to screw up in 2024.

Just wait until Trump steps up to the plate again...

I don't watch enough TV at the moment to follow Biden's potential mental decline (his general lack of appearances is concerning), but like 93 it was a concern for me during the election (but so was Trump's mental health). I doubt his mental faculties have gotten better since entering the office and taking on a very stressful job. But I'm not reading to 25th him because of a bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan.

He's obviously shown some competency - or at least those around him have - in getting a bipartisan agreement on the infrastructure bill (69-30 in the Senate). I think that has the chance to have a major impact on future elections as it's a major piece of legislation that required negotiating and compromise. And I think there are a lot of voters out there looking for a candidate that can do just that.

'general lack of appearances' -- I seem to remember a tweet noting that at this time in their presidencies Trump had done 50-60 interviews, Obama well into the 100-110 range.

Biden has 8 or 9. 2 with one guy.

Biden is popping along at about 40% of the rate of press conferences of his two predecessors.

And with all due respect, Biden's pressers result in more paths taken on randomized subjects than a Monte Carlo simulation.

The media bitched at Trump's published daily schedule, but more often than not the administration handlers 'put a lid' on Biden activities.

I dont see how anyone could not notice both a significant decline and the efforts being made to obfuscate it.

I will give 93 kudos for being rather honest in his answer. Most of the time when dealing with someone who actively voted Biden, there is a huge reticence to actually speak on the subject of Biden's capacity issues. Which, to me at least, are fundamentally evident.

Sorry that my response doesn't seem to be honest to you...

I wasn't aware of the wide disparity in sit-down interviews - would you rather have me doubled down on an issue I was somewhat familiar with? That discrepancy is a big issue right there, and it is wide enough that COVID can't really be used as an excuse. It's almost certainly due to him wanting to be protected from reporters' questions, which is not an appropriate position for POTUS.

I wonder if this is an issue across the admin, and if Harris or the other Cabinet members have dodged reporters as much. Something tells me the answer is likely no, which points towards Biden being the problem.

We'll see if things change going forward, but I don't think that's likely.