Go back and watch his 2020 debate footage or his VP debates. This was not his stutter.
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harrybo93@lemmy.world 1 week ago
First of all- I agree concerns about both their ages are very much valid here but hasn’t Biden had a stutter from a very young age and struggled with it most of his life? Surely we should cut the guy some slack here?
That said, of course there won’t be slack. Political debates (especially one of high stakes as this one) are cut throat and no one has room for error.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Fades@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Shit just go back and watch the fuckin STATE OF THE UNION. Where was THAT Biden???
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 6 days ago
That was a teleprompter.
He just did a speech today on a teleprompter and was fine as well.
aleph@lemm.ee 1 week ago
hasn’t Biden had a stutter from a very young age and struggled with it most of his life?
That would be a no.
clarinet_estimator@lemm.ee 1 week ago
And even when not speaking during tonight’s debate, he often looked totally bewildered. >
To be fair, my partner and I also looked totally bewildered by the things falling out of Trump’s face. I don’t know that he actually answered a single question, but rather spouted the same racist nonsense over and over.
aleph@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Being a narcissistic, bloviating despot is exactly what everyone expected of Trump. In fact, he came off rather well from the time constraints, muted mics, and the total lack of fact-checking because the format of the debate didn’t expose his weaknesses like it did for Biden.
clarinet_estimator@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I am absolutely grieving right now because of how much of the discourse following the debate is “BIDEN OLD”. Both of them are old. I wish I had another option other than Biden, but at this point it’s between him and a 34-time convicted felon that tried to throw a coup as soon as he was going to lose power and STILL will not admit he is wrong about the election results. Nor will he promise to honor the results of this upcoming election. There really isn’t a choice here.
What a fucking failure our political system is.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s a silver lining.
Biden looks like he’s on the verge of croaking, so maybe, just maybe, we’ll get a black, female fascist enabler instead of an old white male fascist enabler for once.
clarinet_estimator@lemm.ee 1 week ago
And so the cycle will continue until rank choice voting gets through. 🫠
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 week ago
In his first presidential primary in 1988, Biden was the front runner despite his youth because he was wildly regarded as one of the best public speakers in the country and he was (at the time) charismatic.
Then he started yelling at reporters about how high his IQ was after they found out he plagiarized speeches plagiarized work in law school, and lied about his grades and class standing.
Because he got over his childhood stutter. In childhood.
What’s happening now isn’t a stutter. It’s 100% normal for an 82 year old.
That doesn’t mean an 82 year old is fit to be president, just that Biden acts how an 82 year old is expected to act. Because he’s 82 years old.
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Brother don’t lie to yourself, that was way more than a just a stutter. Nobody who watched that debate is under the impression that the problem was Joe Biden stuttered sometimes. I understand you’re disappointed and trying to cope somehow but it’s not healthy to just create a fantasy. It was a train wreck. It was real real bad. Just accept it and move on.
xhieron@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It was a disaster. Trump lied for 90 minutes straight, but he did it confidently, with a straight face, and without rambling. It was a vast improvement over his stump speeches. Biden mostly told the truth, but he meandered, stammered, got mixed up, and was obviously ill. That’s just what happened.
I’m going to vote for Biden anyway, because the old man stands for policies that actually benefit me personally. But the debate was bad for him, possibly catastrophic. His campaign desperately needs an October surprise, and at this point it’s hard to guess what it might be.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I think “without rambling” is more than just a stretch. Dude was all over place, but he was able to ramble clearly.
harrybo93@lemmy.world 6 days ago
My dude, go easy. I’m from the UK, I have no reason to create a fantasy, just making an observation. Please don’t make these kinda discussions a “shut up and listen here” kind of thing.
danc4498@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I honestly didn’t think he went that hard on you… It definitely didn’t come across as a “shut up and listen here” comment.
That said, if you saw any of the clips, I think it was clear and obvious that his stutter was not the issue.
In 2020, there was a lot of talk about his stutter, and that made seemed right. Here lately Biden is giving me “Weekend at Bernie” vibes.