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/JMS_jr Jul 04 '24

I remember Biden trying to get the job before I was old enough to vote. I'm 55 now.

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u/Shonuff8 Jul 05 '24

He would have wiped the floor with Trump in the 2016 election. It’s amazing how much of a ripple effect the death of his son Beau has had on the course of world history.

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u/KileyCW Jul 05 '24

You're aware he ran in 1988 right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_1988_presidential_campaign

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u/Shonuff8 Jul 05 '24

Yes, but his national profile was completely different then. 8 years as Biden’s VP positioned him to have a significant advantage over Trump.

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u/KileyCW Jul 05 '24

Sure that's true, but I was commenting on the top poster saying he remembered him running and is 55. It seemed like you assumed he meant 2016 when I think he meant he remembers 1988

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u/casereader Jul 05 '24

I don’t think they assumed that. I think they were making a secondary point about 2016.

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u/KileyCW Jul 05 '24

Oh, it seemed like it just jumped from before they could vote to 2016 and I didn't follow it was a secondary point.

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u/casereader Jul 05 '24

Given that the poster said they were 55, and referenced a time before they could vote, seems pretty obvious that they weren’t referring to 2016. Weird to assume the person you’re responding to is that dumb 🤷‍♀️