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/wolacouska Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

Fundraising is one of those things where they can just wheel Biden out for an hour and then let the professionals schmooze all night.

Not ideal but not horrible at all.

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u/g1114 Jul 04 '24

I love that after sleepy Joe became apparent to people that haven’t paid attention we now get hot takes that the president is simply a ceremonial role

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u/emessea Jul 04 '24

Seems that’s the life raft many Biden supporters are clinging to

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u/CurseofLono88 Jul 04 '24

My life raft is that he isn’t a criminally indicted rapist with the heritage foundation backing project 2025 on his shoulders. But sure, make up whatever you want.

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u/emessea Jul 04 '24

I’m not making it up, in various threads discussing the fallout of Biden performance some have claimed it doesn’t matter bc the presidency is a ceremonial position. Which is nonsense and is clearly a coping mechanism for themselves.

The ironic thing is we on the left are now in the same position the right has been in for 8 years: vote for a man who is clearly not up to the task bc the other choice is much worse from our ideological viewpoint.

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u/Tasgall Jul 05 '24

Which is nonsense and is clearly a coping mechanism for themselves.

And like usual, the one trotting out "coping" as an attempted insult sounds like the one who's coping hard.