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Did he do it for the memes?

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 91 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

He was just asked about his confidence in Kamala to be able to beat Trump, should he be succeeded(sp?)... and he referred to Trump as his VP and then meandered into some vague talking points.

[–] ClamDrinker@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I thought you were trolling, like in a "you have to double check if I'm bullshitting you now" kind of way. But it's actually true... and unlike his Putin remark he didn't seem to even notice he said it.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 41 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Its only been getting worse as this post conference pressser has gone on.

He has forgotten entirely to respond to parts of a multipart question, meandered into basically 'I sat down with Golda Meir and Yitsak Rabin and we accomplished peace!', just keeps repeating things he did (some of which are legitimate accomplishments) that have little to do with the questions asked...

... "You said your presidency would be a bridge to younger candidates, what happened to that?"

Rambles about being in the Senate a really long time

... at one point he actually said, outloud, 'How do I not make this seem self centered?' before answering a 'Considering the stakes, do you really think you should run?' type of question.

In the time I have been typing this he has basically barked in anger after a short response to a question that was followed by the reporter asking 'thats all?'.

He also keeps doing the sort of asshole loud whisper sarcasm voice.

He is coming off as a sundowning angry old man who doesn't want his car keys taken away.

[–] ClamDrinker@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Yes and it's really getting to the point where it undoubtedly impacts his ability to perform without an aide basically at his side at all times. Imagine him telling another world leader something insane and the translator having to jump in correct him. Or worse, how can you be sure something he did mean to say was actually something he meant to say and not just another mistake? That kind of communication failure is very dangerous at the highest level.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Man, imagine being the White House translator the next four years. Whoever wins, you'll be stuck there looking apologetically at the guests going "sorry dude, IDK either".

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, I spoke with someone earlier today about how communication is VITAL to being president. If he can't communicate, he can't do his job.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, his emotional regulation is pretty bad now too. He was always a seemingly calm, nice old man and now he's gotten petty, blames his staff for errors (very unlike him), and in general is acting really off.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes, I think the people here claiming Biden is as sharp now as 4 years ago, that he's always made these "gaffes," must either 1) not have watched him actually make these errors to see how bad they were 2) do not remember how sharp he was comparatively 4 years ago and/or 3) have never been around someone with cognitive decline and don't recognize how serious it is.

And the Putin remark - he caught himself, but still couldn't remember Zelensky's name. And he's met Zelenksy a few times, he should know him.

[–] Mobilityfuture@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

I mean… it was pretty bad but also clearly a slip of tongue as it didn’t confuse the sentence or message - not great though , fuck the DNC

[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Caught that too, was rough to watch.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Oh my god.....I thought /u/sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip was joking. Biden really said trump as his VP??? God damn this is not a good look......

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

Who’s “not progressive enough” now, lefties?

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 months ago

I wish I was kidding too.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Not as bad as Trump being P

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If I were a Trump supporter, I'd be making a meme of Trump as Bob Page from the DX intro bemoaning 'old men' playing at running the world.

See, it wouldn't click with the MAGA crowd that Page is the bad guy, so they would think it was funny.

Well I guess all I can say is what a shame.