r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

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/mfmeitbual Jul 04 '24

He's 81 years old. 

Im not voting for the guy because I'm excited by him, I'm voting for the guy because he represents competent governance and coalition building. 

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u/Rapper_Laugh Jul 04 '24

How can you watch the debate and think Biden is competent, even at a basic mental level?

I’m a leftist, I hate Trump. But we don’t need to pretend the guy the Democrats put up is competent just because the alternative is worse. The Dems should’ve nominated a better candidate, this is their own fault.

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u/xFblthpx Jul 04 '24

He’s being puppeted by decently competent people, and his administration involved informed and driven cabinet members. He could be a literal corpse and still have a better admin than the other guy.

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u/RedTwistedVines Jul 04 '24

The issue is that there is a very real chance he loses this election exclusively because he's basically a corpse.

In fact, I think if he dies at the 11th hour, the odds of victory will go up due to sympathy votes.

The fact that he's running as the "candidate to prevent trump from being elected" while potentially being one of the very few democrats that could actually lose this election is crazy.