Not To Go All Tinfoil-Hat Here, But

[Deep State Witch]

I'm wondering if Joe drank or ate something that was not sealed prior to the debate. Did he have a cup of coffee or a glass of water handed to him from a CNN employee beforehand? Just wondering, since putting things into drinks is kind of a hallmark of the FSB.

Like I said - I don't want to go tinfoil hat, but....

[bucolic_frolic]

1. He had to debate within 6 feet the most obnoxious man on the planet

It would make me sick too.

[Silent Type]

4. That's a believable excuse.

[Think. Again.]

2. I think he said he had a cold.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. lol Jesus

[LeftInTX]

5. This is the umpteenth post

[live love laugh]

27. And?

[LeftInTX]

32. About him overdosing, being slipped something or having a bad reaction.

The president has a team of doctors. He likely can't event take OTC stuff without a doctor's supervision. There is always a flight surgeon on AF-1 too.

There a numerous conspiracy theories floating around that he was drugged by Trump. However, the SS is right there with him.

There are also other videos where he sounds like this.

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&ab_channel=CNBCTelevision

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His debate prep team should have been aware and made accommodations. It was well known that his speech gets like this from time to time, especially when he's stressed and tired. Whenever he has long speech, his speech gets like this towards the end or when he's stressed etc.

[Irish_Dem]

6. There are a number of explanations for what we saw.

And your idea must be on the list.

Biden was not functioning at his baseline mental status level.

He was in proximity to ruthless sociopaths who will do anything to win.

Within 24 hours he is back to baseline.

It is not tinfoil, it is just reality about one possible explanation.

[PeaceWave]

7. You mean like the way Michael Jordan was poisoned by the Utah Jazz?

The urban legend is that the Utah Jazz poisoned Michael Jordan before Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. The story goes that the Jazz intercepted a Pizza Hut delivery intended for Jordan and laced it with God knows what. Yeah. I doubt something similar happened to Biden.

[Irish_Dem]

8. We have no idea what happened.

Something obviously happened and we are trying to figure it out.

[brooklynite]

13. Baseless speculation by people who don't know anything isn't "trying to figure it out"

[stopdiggin]

22. +1. 'trying to figure out' is not running every baseless scrap of drivel

up the flagpole. The term for that is not investigation - it's 'embarrassing yourself'.

[Fiendish Thingy]

17. Nothing happened, that's just how Biden is off teleprompter

Go watch him on Seth Meyers a few months back.

[Duncanpup]

9. He had a cold is what I heard.

[Emrys]

10. I'm going with fart poisoning n/t

[brooklynite]

11. No. Of course not.

con·spir·a·cy the·o·ry (noun)
a belief that some secret but influential organization is responsible for an event or phenomenon.

[rzemanfl]

12. I suspect someone in/at the Secret Service, CNN, or Georgia Tech in that order.

My tinfoil hat is nice and shiny too. K&R.

[John1956PA]

14. After age 75, all bets are off as to seamless physical and mental responses.

Glitches will happen, especially if a contributing factor (such as a head cold) is in play. Whatever mental stumble the president may have experienced, it did not last long. The incoherent ramblings of 45 on multiple occasions over the past nine years indicate a far worse condition.

[Fiendish Thingy]

15. Too late, your CT cap is firmly in place.

Go watch Biden on Seth Myers a few months back.

No pressure, no time limit, softball questions.

Biden had trouble expressing a complete thought or finishing a thought without cutting himself off and switching topics or just stopping. I think Seth might have even finished a sentence for him once.

This problem didn’t just come out of the blue, it was a known issue.

[Deek1935]

29. I just did. He was fine on Seth Myers. ANY older person especially with a stutter isn't going to speak perfect. BUT...

he is NOT "senile" at all. His answers were generally clear on Seth Myers and detailed. Full of information.

He has a stutter.

[Fiendish Thingy]

30. Guess we notice different things

One can have difficulty with verbal expression, as Biden does, and not be senile.

[LeftInTX]

33. Yikes. I see videos where he's like that in press conferences, but didn't know about Seth Meyers.

That's concerning. I blamed much of it on stress and fatigue etc. I know he stutters.

[TheProle]

16. This shit is getting embarrassing.

[demmiblue]

21. No kidding.

[chowder66]

18. I think CNN scrambled everyone's brains through all devices!!!!!

[LeftInTX]

34. So true!!!

[Xavier Breath]

19. The Rand Corporation, in conjunction with the saucer people

Under the supervision of the reverse vampires...

[musicblind]

20. it is far more likely that he has a cold as his team claimed.

i've had bad colds where a single dose dayquil has made me feel out if it. that isn't common, but it has happened.

regardless of the reason why, we need to be smart going forward. saving our democracy is too important to do anything recklessly.

[former9thward]

24. That tinfoil is a little too tight.

Presidents don't randomly eat or drink things outside of the White House. Everything is cleared by the Secret Service.

[LeftInTX]

35. I also bet even OTC meds are via prescription (doctor's order) for the president.

To avoid, POTUS doing something stupid like taking Benadryl before a meeting with Netanyahu or Modi or whoever....

"Yesssssssssss, you can have alllllll of our nuclearrrrr missilesssssssss Bibiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"

Or takes laxatives before the SOTU etc......

[Patton French]

25. OMG

[Ocelot II]

26. Yeah, no.

[live love laugh]

28. Your point makes sense -- especially seeing how he was 100% okay the following day.

Don’t let the detractors convince you that you’re totally off base.

[Silent3]

31. Hardly likely, but don't let anyone give you a hard time...

…for just letting that thought run through your mind and entertaining it for a moment. It’s really only tinfoil hat territory if you get married to ideas like that as soon as you think of them, or hear them from someone else.

I can’t stand CT nuts, but, hell, I *thought* about stuff like that too.