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I do have some concern over Biden's health, mainly due to his age. The presidency ages a man (or a woman, when one is elected). Just go back at look at pictures of a president when he entered office, and when he left.

And don't forget, if he is elected, Biden will be the oldest president ever at the time of taking office. So yes, his health is important. Equally important is his choice of a vice-president. Nine vice-presidents have succeeded to the oval office on the death of their predecessor. Biden should choose carefully.

geo wrote:

ant wrote: Let's all stop pretending here. We run the risk of lowering the bar for the qualifications we look for in a potential president.

Ah, yes, we do miss Barack Obama in that sense. He was intelligent, distinguished, articulate—the stuff that makes a president presidential. My gosh, he was only 47 years old at the start of his presidency. Now look where we are.

I agree..

you certainly have to be intelligent to build cages for immigrant families for someone else to use and take all the blame.

ant wrote:

DWill wrote:Biden has speech problems, namely, he is a chronic stutterer. That can explain some of his lack of verbal performance. But I'm not sure I understand Chris's friend's objection to Biden not holding press conferences. Is that normally expected of a candidate? Isn't that more a function of an executive in office? And as geo noted, it isn't really true that Biden has been bottled up; he's made speeches and given interviews. Keep in mind that he hasn't even received the acclamation of his party. It's early yet for him to be in full campaign mode. I see perhaps a little bit of envy in the criticism that Biden isn't saturating the airwaves, instead playing a measured game, and taking advantage of his opponent's recent misfortunes.

what audiences has Biden given these alleged conferences and what was the extent of the interaction at the time?

Did I say Biden had held press conferences?

Quote ant: “this is immoral and part of the many problems we have in the U.S politics “

Your objective morality doesn’t work. Your routine false equivalences do not work.

There are many right-on points being posted here but you just ignore them and keep driving the same tired idea that ‘God is the ultimate authority that there is no room for moral relativism, Just doesn’t work.

You called me “low-brow” because I wrote that you were “full of shit”.. Well you’re not much if any better. Your arguments are practiced, they are rehearsals, your writing has zero style. Your thoughts are mundane, you ignore the potential influences of the Castro brothers from Texas and the positive influences they’ll have for this country if given the chance. PSfB won’t do that but guess what, Biden will.

You wrote about lowering the bar of what’s presidential, you plainly ignore the substandard reprobate occupying the White House just to bad mouth a stutterer. Get off it man and be truthful with yourself.

I’m reminding myself of this notion of Obama being the “deporter and chief “ Isn’t it more humane to send people back home than some freaky, indefinite period of incarceration?

I could be wrong but one does seem better than the other.

Whiffle-balls what a poor idea of logic.

Biden is a nag running full tilt for the glue factory. The Dems know it but won't do the decent thing and put him down, because he has an empty saddle on his back. It will be interesting to see who's been picked as his vice-presidential running mate. She (he said it'll be a woman), she will inherit the presidency almost immediately, and in a kind of satanic ceremony Ol' White Joe will be sacrificed via the 25th Amendment. The new Prez will then make a commemorative blood sacrifice. It's what the mob will expect. Biden said that anywhere from 10% to 15% of Americans "are just not very good people," so that's 40 million, give or take. I think the Powers That Be might slap Elizabeth Warren's bony ass in the VP saddle. That withered old Bolshy could kill 40 million Americans without a backward glance.

At any rate, yes, Biden's a gibbering fool.

The Look on Obama’s Face Says it All – Biden Makes Absolutely No Sense During Virtual Fundraiser
Biden: “Stop the cold war future that we’re talking about. We’re talking about a peaceful cold war. What are we talking about?”
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DWill wrote:

ant wrote:

DWill wrote:Biden has speech problems, namely, he is a chronic stutterer. That can explain some of his lack of verbal performance. But I'm not sure I understand Chris's friend's objection to Biden not holding press conferences. Is that normally expected of a candidate? Isn't that more a function of an executive in office? And as geo noted, it isn't really true that Biden has been bottled up; he's made speeches and given interviews. Keep in mind that he hasn't even received the acclamation of his party. It's early yet for him to be in full campaign mode. I see perhaps a little bit of envy in the criticism that Biden isn't saturating the airwaves, instead playing a measured game, and taking advantage of his opponent's recent misfortunes.

what audiences has Biden given these alleged conferences and what was the extent of the interaction at the time?

Did I say Biden had held press conferences?

You'd be wise to agree that he hasn't given press conferences. In fact, today was his first in the past 89 days.

That is woefully pathetic when you consider the current political climate, the anarchy happening in democratic run cities, and during the worst pandemic of the past century.

It's unfathomable some people think it's some sort of good strategy.
It's weak.

Please go back and reread my post. I was questioning whether press conferences are an expectation of candidates for office. Those are the affairs where the official responds to questions from the press, the ones that have been rare for President Trump, if you exclude the virus briefings he held for a while. Do candidates normally do that? Did Trump himself, as a candidate, give press conferences in 2016? I didn't know, but it seemed perhaps unlikely that they would. Anyone with information could chime in, and we all would learn something.

DWill wrote:Please go back and reread my post. I was questioning whether press conferences are an expectation of candidates for office. Those are the affairs where the official responds to questions from the press, the ones that have been rare for President Trump, if you exclude the virus briefings he held for a while. Do candidates normally do that? Did Trump himself, as a candidate, give press conferences in 2016? I didn't know, but it seemed perhaps unlikely that they would. Anyone with information could chime in, and we all would learn something.

I will go back and reread it.
Sorry if I was offbase with you here

Ii get it that voters need to have confidence that Joe Biden has the mental competence for a job as demanding as the presidency. I don't know what they'll be able to see that wasn't revealed in the many debates Biden was in, but ok, it's not out of line to want to see him in action more. This has been an unusual election season, with the nomination wrapped up early, and of course a pandemic to hamper everybody getting around as usual. There is a certain rate and rhythm to a campaign, and I just think Biden's activity level isn't out of the ordinary, especially considering the pandemic, and will ramp up after the convention.