Did he have a cold, and cold medicine? I’ve not heard those things.
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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 months agoTBH because of his physical presentation at the debate. Yeah, it’s short-sighted, but welcome to the public thought process. Whatever is churned thru the latest 15 minute media cycle seems to be what they believe.
Doesn’t matter if he had a cold and was dosed up on NyQuil or whatever; his voice was weak, he stumbled over making coherent sentence multiple times, and he just had a blank, open-mouthed stare when between questions. I’ve had shitty colds and been drugged up with cold meds and I know that feel of being sore, exhausted, hoarse, and disconnected. You just want to go have a lie-down, not a public debate against a raging, insulting, narcissistic asshole. But it takes someone willing to understand all that and give Biden the benefit of the doubt.
There are far too many that start from the “old” part and just attribute everything possible to that which they find disagreeable.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 months ago
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 months ago
wsj.com/…/biden-has-a-cold-campaign-source-4pXKzK…
I can’t unpaywall the article. The assumption he’d take some kind of meds is my own.
AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Groups have been trying to push this message since the debate. It’s not terribly effective for anyone who actually watched.
A cold and cold medicine don’t account for the very clear confusion and sundowning the rest of us witnessed.
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 4 months ago
And apparently that matters more than the blatant lies and non-answers coming from the other side. Gotta say, Americans do seem significant dumber than the average world citizen.
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 4 months ago
Presumably what an American once said about Germans. It can happen anywhere
illi@lemm.ee 4 months ago
And is actively happening. Sadly, most people will choose comfortable lies over hard truths.
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 4 months ago
yes, for estimates whether someone dies from old age, that matters significantly more than someone lying.
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Trump is 3 years younger. Biden may outlive him by 10 years for all we know.
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 4 months ago
he may. but the last debate strongly suggest otherwise. someone asked why are people focused on biden’s age and this is why.