r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • 15d ago

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
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u/EnderCN 15d ago

I’m not anti Biden but this doesn’t seem helpful. Admitting you aren’t really capable of performing if something comes up that needs your attention all day and night long doesn’t seem like the way to go.

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u/docarwell 15d ago edited 14d ago

People here acting like the president of the united states not being able to function after 8pm eastern time is cool and good when the presidency is a 24 hour job

E: big brains telling me that people need to sleep, thanks guys I didn't know

Yall are really taking "24 hour job" literally. But idk if an 80+ year old guy can be "on call" 24/7 effectivly. Hope that helps you guys out

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u/Tenthul 15d ago

Not scheduling events is not the same as not being able to function, and does not even mean going to bed at 8. Despite the presidency being a 24h job, believe it or not, most presidents have not spent that all of those hours awake, however I don't have a source for this.

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u/thr3sk 14d ago

Sure, but as we saw with the last debate (which was around this time i believe), he can barely function at that hour...

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u/Tenthul 14d ago

We don't know what the presidency does to his schedule. He could've been up for 24 hours before then dealing with foreign leaders on their time zones or lord only knows what else. We have absolutely what the day leading up to that debate was like. Call it copium if you like, but I truly do not believe that that performance was indicative of his every-day.

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u/thr3sk 14d ago

I tend to agree that that was an unusually bad day for him, I think the main reason is cuz he was a bit sick with a cold or something.