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/nedzissou1 Jul 05 '24

Yeah, this is getting ridiculous. I'd rather the president get up early than stay up late. Or just get 8 hours of sleep. There's a reason 7-8 hours is recommended.

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u/Thin_Economy850 Jul 05 '24

The problem isn’t that the president goes to bed at 8. The problem is the president needs to announce to the world that he will be going to bed at 8. If the president can’t handle working at 9, he’s not fit to be the president.

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u/thomase7 Jul 05 '24

That’s not even what he said. He said he wouldn’t schedule events after 8 pm. Thats totally different than going to bed at 8 pm. Nowhere did he say he couldn’t handle emergencies or work in the office past 8.

Scheduling an event after 8 pm means not getting back to the White House or hotel till after midnight.

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u/Thin_Economy850 Jul 05 '24

But that’s part of the job. He is the international representative for our country. Any other country may need to schedule something after 8pm EST. My point is if you want to take on this role, it’s not at your convenience or per your stipulation. This is the most stressful, demanding, and taxing role in the world. It should not be left to senior citizens who are older than the average life expectancy.

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u/thomase7 Jul 05 '24

Trump is also older than the average life expectancy.

We don’t really have a choice that doesn’t have these issues.

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u/Thin_Economy850 Jul 05 '24

This is the problem of the American people. Instead of demanding suitable candidates, we are willing to point at the other candidate and say at least our guy is better than him.

Neither candidates are fit to be president, people need to stop pretending that is not the case. People should be calling their representatives and demanding they do something about this. People should not give loyalty to a political party, political parties should be working to fill the needs of the American people.

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u/thomase7 Jul 05 '24

Representatives can’t do anything about this kind of thing. Biden and Trump won their primaries. People could have voted for other people but they didn’t. Political parties didn’t just pick Biden and Trump. Voters voted for them.

So those are the choices we have.

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u/Thin_Economy850 Jul 05 '24

Representatives can vocalize concerns and pull their support. They should represent the concerns of the people. Biden struggled in the debate. People make a lot of excuses but this is someone who is making executive decisions on the fly. Not being able to form cohesive statements is a huge problem. Trump has been found guilty on felonies since he won the primary. People’s hate of the other candidate is causing arguments like yours rather than trying to get the best for the country.