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Don't worry, you can replace him with another old man with dementia come November.
by kyleblarson 6y ago
Don't worry, you can replace him with another old man with dementia come November.
- hanniabu 6y agoAnd that's the sad state of the US right now. Still can't believe how the media black listed Bernie unless it was to discuss anything negative, no matter how minute.
- Ididntdothis 6y agoWho is also rapidly approaching 80. It's really sad that the whole political establishment in the US is so old. Pelosi, McConnell, Trump, Biden. And they don't let young people come up. With "young" I mean 50 and still at the peak of their abilities and not going downhill.
- dicknuckle 6y agoThey're just bartenders afterall.
- sobellian 6y agoDo you actually know he has dementia, or are you just speculating?
- rednerrus 6y agoHe seems to have trouble reading off a teleprompter and making a complete sentence. It seems intermittent.
- bjoernw 6y agoSeems consistent with his speech impediment, no?
- slg 6y agoI have no idea on his current mental capabilities, but I want to remind everyone that is trying to diagnose him that he has a well documented and lifelong battle with a speech impediment. Stammering, stuttering, or mixing up words is more likely to be a sign of that condition than of dementia.
- monocasa 6y agoHe's been way worse than he was in 2008.
- slg 6y agoSpeech impediments can often take a substantial amount of effort and concentration to combat. They also aren't necessarily something that is overcome and then you are "fixed" and never have to think about again. They can often resurface when tired, stressed, drunk, or otherwise not at peak mental ability. The guy is obviously 12 years older than he was in 2008 and is likely more stressed and working harder as presidential nominee than he did as a nominee for VP. Like I said before, I don't know his mental capabilities and maybe there is some underlying problem there. However lots of the evidence I see can easily be attributed to that previously disclosed condition which by itself provides no indication of a lack of intelligence or coherence.
- zarkov99 6y agoHe certainly does not appear capable of coherent thought or speech which is a little concerning given the job he is applying for.
- knzhou 6y agoThey don't. All of the "evidence" here is cherry-picked clips where Biden stumbles for 2 seconds within an hour-long speech. Even now, Biden's a far better speaker than all the people snidely passing these clips around.
- kyleblarson 6y agoWe shall see about that in the debates.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't take HN threads even further into political flamewar. That's going the wrong way down a one-way street. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html