• CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    I was talking to my wife, and three times in a row I called the shower a “closet” and it just kept happening, while I got mad and she laughed at me.

    Does saying the wrong word make me incompetent?

    But anyway biden is still too old and it’s embarrassing that he’s our “pick”, I agree.

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      7 months ago

      I think I agree with you. But he’s speaking to the entire world, not to his wife about the shower… Gotta keep your words straight!

    • Fal@yiffit.net
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      7 months ago

      This. Saying the wrong word in the moment is not a great look, but it certainly doesn’t imply an actual cognitive issue

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        7 months ago

        It’s especially annoying that his way of speaking is critiqued so hard by the right considering he’s worked to overcome a stutter. There are very valid criticisms to make of the man, but somehow it’s more convencing to talk about banal things like how someone speaks, which has zero effect on how good they are as a president.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Downvoting this stuff doesn’t make Biden more competent.

    There’s still time for him to step aside for damn near anyone else so trump doesn’t win.

    • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      They want everyone to pretend it’s not happening and that everything is fine. That’s how you lose the general

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      7 months ago

      There really isn’t time. Nobody, not Harris, not anyone will be able to raise the money and coordinate a national campaign between now and the election. The time for him to step aside was like two years ago. Harris needed time to establish her own identity as president to take on Trump. If he withrew from the race, he would have to step down as President because he’d be basically admitting he’s too feeble. Harris trying to run as VP would have all the negatives of Biden and none of his strengths. And that’s assuming ten more candidates don’t step up to try to take the nomination from her.

      I agree with you that I wish we had a better Democrat because we really cannot afford another Trump term, but Biden is it. Unless he dies, he’s the nominee. I hope he finds the strength to win it.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
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      7 months ago

      Especially since Biden has been polling below ‘generic Democrat’ in pretty much every poll.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        For either party, they could run an empty suit and easily win this election. Anyone else could beat trump, and anyone else could beat Biden. It’s like we’re running the literal lowest common denominators.

        And the only rational anyone can give for “why” is that it’s too late, which is so obviously not true but they just keep repeating it and eventually it will be

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      The second sentence is why you’re getting downvoted.

      Under the constraints of the system we’re forced to use to elect our politicians… there’s actually not. And yeah, I hate it too. But if it’s Biden or overt fascism, I pick Biden.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        We don’t have other options because Biden and the DNC didn’t want a primary.

        The general still hasn’t started yet, it’s still not too late.

  • Zeke@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    Biden doesn’t even want to be president. He’s only doing it because Republicans are threatening democracy. Plus, no one knows how much shit the president has to deal with. I’m in my 30s and I mix shit up all the time and I don’t have to deal with the shit that he does.