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Fiendish Thingy

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6. What some call gaffes, other see as evidence of cognitive decline

Reply to trueblue2007 (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2019, 05:39 PM

Sep 2019

His rambling, incoherent, tone deaf, scoffing answer to the question on schools, race, and reparations in the last debate is Exhibit One, but there are many others.

My grandmother was sharp into her nineties, and my Aunt showed signs of dementia in her fifties; it's not ageism, it's vetting a candidate's fitness for office.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] trueblue2007 Sep 2019 OP

But, but, his gaffes! The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #1

they ALL have gaffes don't they !!!! media is desperate trueblue2007 Sep 2019 #3

Joe looks awesome - love him! Skya Rhen Sep 2019 #2

me too!!! He makes me feel safe. samnsara Sep 2019 #5

Joe's in way better shape than Donny IronLionZion Sep 2019 #4

What some call gaffes, other see as evidence of cognitive decline Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #6

So let's see how the campaign plays out. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #7

Those who think gaffes signal early dementia are simply wrong. Scoffing and emmaverybo Sep 2019 #8

Biden's inability to express a complete thought/sentence, his forgetfulness, confabulation Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #9

Exaggerating. Saw him on climate change. Saw him on Colbert. Heard the speeches. Read the emmaverybo Sep 2019 #10

My sister is 66 years old and has suffered with . . . peggysue2 Sep 2019 #11

As you well know, dementia progresses at different rates for different folks Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #13

This armchair diagnosis is becoming offensive. I had dementia in my family. I had to study up. emmaverybo Sep 2019 #15

Your deep deep concern has been duly noted. May I add that it is appalling. I am concerned... Hekate Sep 2019 #17

Having watched dementia True Blue American Sep 2019 #54

Trump has some sort of serious cognitive decline going on peggysue2 Sep 2019 #62

If Biden is the nominee, that answer he gave will be on a TV commercial. athena Sep 2019 #12

I don't have to ask myself. I know right now what Republicans are saying about our candidates. emmaverybo Sep 2019 #14

So let's let the Republicans decide treestar Sep 2019 #22

And if someone else is the nominee the commercials will be just as bad or worse! Stop fooling Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #28

This! Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #27

The "gaffes" are a longstanding LAZY journalistic meme. The meme goes back decades. Hekate Sep 2019 #16

How about if several AA journalists (not just Joy Reid) are calling for Biden to end his run? Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #24

Name some of your sources for the "outpouring" of calls to end his campaign Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #29

The most visible has been the Rolling Stone article by Jamil Smith Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #35

Yes, if fact DU adm took the rollingstone piece down as inflammatory Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #41

Sure, here's some more: Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #45

Yes, I know that all threads have not been removed Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #51

If he still polls well with black voters treestar Sep 2019 #65

Exactly. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #32

How do they explain his gaffes all along then? treestar Sep 2019 #21

You seem to be confusing criticism of "gaffes" with evidence of cognitive decline Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #25

That's your opinion.. you are entitled to it Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #30

I watched the Colbert show treestar Sep 2019 #61

Joe didn't say "the details don't matter" to Colbert Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #63

Don't remember it like that treestar Sep 2019 #64

Donald Trump is a racist pig ! stonecutter357 Sep 2019 #48

Yes he does! Tarheel_Dem Sep 2019 #18

Joe has had a lot of work done, crazytown Sep 2019 #19

WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ????? ...... Joe has had a lot of work done trueblue2007 Sep 2019 #20

surgery crazytown Sep 2019 #23

Now that is low!! Haven't got anything of substance so you go with that?! Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #31

Perfectly appropriate for this OP crazytown Sep 2019 #34

So, anything positive about your own candidate? Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #42

OK. She has the energy of someone in their fifties. crazytown Sep 2019 #43

You started with some of it not being for the better treestar Sep 2019 #66

No, I ended with some of it not being for the better. crazytown Sep 2019 #67

Have a link for that ? obnoxiousdrunk Sep 2019 #38

New low for your posts...seriously. I don't see folks posting such things about Warren...only Demsrule86 Sep 2019 #44

What's the evidence of that? The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #33

This is an OP about Joes looks ... "younger than both Sanders and Rump" crazytown Sep 2019 #36

What's the evidence he's had "work done"? The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #37

Look at something from 2007/08 crazytown Sep 2019 #39

Oh come on. The hair plugs are beyond obvious (have been for 20 years). As are the veneers. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2019 #47

Your point regarding the bigger picture of defeating the squatter in the WH? Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #53

And if he did, so what? The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #57

I don't care what he did. But you were asking for proof. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2019 #60

lol Elizabeth Warren was an R ...... stonecutter357 Sep 2019 #49

Post an OP about ageism. crazytown Sep 2019 #56

Bernie is aging very well. Joe941 Sep 2019 #52

He's always looked old, so that helps. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #59

Yes. It's pretty obvious to me and I've heard several other folks -- all of whom KPN Sep 2019 #58

Bernie hasn't aged much Bradical79 Sep 2019 #26

Let me preface this with the fact that I am old.... The empressof all Sep 2019 #40

Joe is in great shape Gothmog Sep 2019 #46

K&R stonecutter357 Sep 2019 #50

looks define a person. Kurt V. Sep 2019 #55

I do not care how any of them look jcgoldie Sep 2019 #68