I think we have to be very careful not to get our hopes too high for the first debate. Joe might come across as somewhat sane, and if we get expectations too high we could be disappointed. I still think he will go off the rails at some point. But expecting bonkers the first time could lead to disappointment.

(09-28-2020 02:07 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I think we have to be very careful not to get our hopes too high for the first debate. Joe might come across as somewhat sane, and if we get expectations too high we could be disappointed. I still think he will go off the rails at some point. But expecting bonkers the first time could lead to disappointment.

Agree. It’s not going to be the sh!t show many expect. I’m not sure it would impact anyone’s vote one way or the other at this point anyways.

(09-27-2020 08:24 PM)Claw Wrote:  I'll defend Uncle Joe on this one.

Compared to someone who was simply in the Senate for 40 years, Trump has no historical concept of contemporary political history. He can't possibly have the depth of knowledge that Biden does. You have to admit that because it is true.

Joe may be having mental issues, but he may still have excellent recall of things over the last 40 years. That's not uncommon at all to have functioning long-term memory when the hourly short-term functions are breaking.

It doesn't do any good to have all that knowledge when he doesn't have an inkling of common sense. What would make him think that giving all that money to Li'l Hunter from so many nations would not raise a red flag. He also was against the killing of Osama when he was in the sights. He is an idiot plain and simple. Another clue as to his incompetence is all his lying about his schooling, in his speeches, and his debates against his own people. I'm a genius compared to him, no, I'm not kidding. "I should run for president as I'm more qualified, he said tongue in cheek."

(09-27-2020 08:24 PM)Claw Wrote:  I'll defend Uncle Joe on this one.

Compared to someone who was simply in the Senate for 40 years, Trump has no historical concept of contemporary political history. He can't possibly have the depth of knowledge that Biden does. You have to admit that because it is true.

Joe may be having mental issues, but he may still have excellent recall of things over the last 40 years. That's not uncommon at all to have functioning long-term memory when the hourly short-term functions are breaking.

I agree, there's no doubt that Joe has more knowledge than Trump about nearly all of the issues facing our country.

But there's a difference between knowledge and wisdom.

Joe never struck me as a guy with a lot of wisdom. Neither does Trump. They both strike me as guys who got to where they are politically by knowing how to appeal to average Americans better than most of the Washington political class (no through their knowledge of policy). Very different than the past four Presidents, who all had deep wisdom (yes, W. too, despite the media's portrayal of him).

(09-28-2020 03:16 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(09-27-2020 08:24 PM)Claw Wrote:  I'll defend Uncle Joe on this one.

Compared to someone who was simply in the Senate for 40 years, Trump has no historical concept of contemporary political history. He can't possibly have the depth of knowledge that Biden does. You have to admit that because it is true.

Joe may be having mental issues, but he may still have excellent recall of things over the last 40 years. That's not uncommon at all to have functioning long-term memory when the hourly short-term functions are breaking.

I agree, there's no doubt that Joe has more knowledge than Trump about nearly all of the issues facing our country.

But there's a difference between knowledge and wisdom.

Joe never struck me as a guy with a lot of wisdom. Neither does Trump. They both strike me as guys who got to where they are politically by knowing how to appeal to average Americans better than most of the Washington political class (no through their knowledge of policy). Very different than the past four Presidents, who all had deep wisdom (yes, W. too, despite the media's portrayal of him).

According to that Wiki article, creepy Joe was a C student at Delaware (a decent school but no Michigan) and in the bottom 30% of his class. So he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

He graduated 76th out of 85 in law school. When I was in law school, those guys were either rich kids who didn’t care much or who hardly had a blip on the EEG when it came to brains. Of course he had to get into politics.

https://apnews.com/article/cd977f7ff3019...4ba07c5495

He also plagiarized 5 of 15 pages of a law review article his 1st year of law school. He should have gotten his dumb ass kicked out. He said it was inadvertent. lol

(09-27-2020 11:15 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Having coached several youth sports teams in my day, I've noticed a phenomena that has been the case on every single one I've had.

The kid that absolutely sucks but thinks he's the best player on the team. There's one on every team.

Biden is the grown up equivalent. Yet the dim-ocrats keep throwing him the ball.

No...The Democrats are the dad that bats that $hitty kid in the cleanup spot.

(09-28-2020 04:23 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  He also plagiarized 5 of 15 pages of a law review article his 1st year of law school. He should have gotten his dumb ass kicked out. He said it was inadvertent. lol

Wonder how much he didn't get caught at?