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"But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office.”

“In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.”

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

He's old, it was his bedtime and instead we asked him to go to a debate. He did just fine, and there was nothing incoherent about it. Even trump was coherent, he just lied and kept saying how everything he did and was involved in was the greatest thing to ever be done ever, which made him look psycho (which he is)

[–] DxK@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

He’s old, it was his bedtime and instead we asked him to go to a debate. He did just fine, and there was nothing incoherent about it.

Seriously. Unlike Trump, who spent his entire Presidency ranting on Twitter all night and golfing all day... Biden probably goes to bed early both because he's old and because he spends his days actually doing his job. The debate performance was disappointing, I get it. But the media acting like he's being ~~Weekend at Bernie's~~ Dianne Feinstein'd around D.C. is ridiculous. It sucks that this is where we're at as a country... but "old guy" vs. "old guy who wants a fascist dictatorship" should not be a fucking struggle for voters.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

I think the struggle for voters is wondering why we don't just hand the keys to country back to england. I mean seriously.....THIS is the best we got??? Lets check in on English politics, shall we?

reads about Englands July 4th election

Well fuck.....

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 months ago

He’s old, it was his bedtime and instead we asked him to go to a debate.

Holy crap how can you say things like this and think it's supporting him? The presidency isn't something that just pauses for bedtime and campaigning involves a lot of being "on" over and over again, sometimes at night.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

He did just fine, and there was nothing incoherent about it

He really didn't from what I saw, it was awful.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There was nothing incoherent about it? Did you watch the debate? I’ll vote for the man but he was horrible in the debate.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I watched the first 30 minutes of it yes. It's obvious he's old, but he was coherent. Saying otherwise is disingenuous.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

I would argue saying he was coherent is disingenuous personally. He was struggling to get basic thoughts out of his mouth.