In the waning days of the Soviet Union, US propaganda mocked their gerontocracy as a sign the ruling class was so utterly detached from the needs and struggle of the common citizen.
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Biden said one of the first things he said during the meeting was “America is back,” which he said prompted a response from “Mitterrand from Germany,” before correcting it to “from France.”
“And Mitterand from Germany — I mean, from France — looked at me and said … ‘You know, what — why, how long you back for?” Biden said. “And I looked at him, and … the chancellor of Germany said, ‘What would you say, Mr. President, if you picked up the paper tomorrow in the London Times, and London Times said, “A thousand people break through the House of Commons, break down the doors, two Bobbies are killed in order to stop the election of the prime minister.” What would you say?'”
Article points out how Biden was just giving trump shit for the same thing...
So either mixing up names is bad, or it's not.
If Dems start saying it's only bad when the other team does it, then we're just as bad as republicans and the whole system is fucked.
We have to have a higher standard than "not a Republican".
They are just as bad as Republicans,
When the two of them finally do debate, the result will be reminiscent of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Not because of the level of discourse, but because they both think they remember them.
My mom routinely calls me by my brother’s name or the dog’s name. When I passed out one time, she called my wife by the name of my first girlfriend from almost 30 years ago trying to get her attention. She’s in her young 60’s. Im in my 40’s and do it regularly with people I know.
No1curr if you goof in a speech occasionally.
The reason it matters for Trump is because he makes it a point to remind others how “smart” he is and how he aced a cognitive test. He also has a history of swapping women’s names as part of his trashing women who challenge him playbook.
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It's political news. Surprise!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The apparent mix-up took place during a Sunday campaign event in Las Vegas, in which Biden recounted a Group of 7 (G7) meeting he attended after being elected in 2020.
Biden said one of the first things he said during the meeting was “America is back,” which he said prompted a response from “Mitterrand from Germany,” before correcting it to “from France.”
“And I looked at him, and … the chancellor of Germany said, ‘What would you say, Mr. President, if you picked up the paper tomorrow in the London Times, and London Times said, “A thousand people break through the House of Commons, break down the doors, two Bobbies are killed in order to stop the election of the prime minister.” What would you say?
Biden’s remarks continued with criticism of former President Trump and his recent “poisoning the blood” comments he used to describe the effects of immigrants coming into the United States.
Several of his political opponents and some voters have used Biden’s apparent mix-ups and gaffes to further fuel their argument as to why he is too old or unfit to be president.
Biden’s political rival, Trump, 77, faced similar criticism last month after he appeared to mix-up his main GOP challenger, Nikki Haley, with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) while discussing the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots.
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people misspeak. all the time. even people who are paid to talk for a living. it happen. so biden said a wrong name. it wasn't malicious and nothing of serious consequence took place and I don't think it's a biden issue mainly because biden has never made his cognition or other mental capacities an issue.
why is this different than from when trump does the same thing? trump has made his mental capacity a central part of his campaign. in effect, mental capability of the candidates is only an issue for one of the candidates, and it's the one who always brings it up. it's exactly the same as someone who makes (white christian) morality a central part of their legislative history and then it's found out that they have a long-term homosexual affair. no one cares they have a gay lover but since they make an issue about it people care that this specific person has an affair.