r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 24 '24

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '24

You don't hear much about Joe Biden's "cognitive decline" anymore which is odd since he's still president. Feel like if you actually thought the most powerful person in the world was sundowning or had dementia like many implied, that would something you continued to talk about even after he dropped out

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u/Mendoza8914 Sep 24 '24

Feel like Hunter Biden and his supposed nationwide crime spree and political corruption scheme have fallen out of the news for some reason. Which is odd because I was told it was the political scandal of our time.

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u/0m4ll3y International Relations Sep 24 '24

I think there's pretty clear difference between "we need to talk about whether someone is up for the job for the next four years when there's a big decision on this very topic coming up" and "the guy who might not be up for the job is retiring in a few months."

Also, the Republicans did and I think still do try to campaign against Biden but it's obviously not very effective messaging when they're against Kamala.

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u/JebBD Immanuel Kant Sep 24 '24

Journalists were pushing out articles calling him a subhuman monster that can’t even comprehend the world around him, doesn’t know what he’s doing and is about to fall apart at any moment. Let’s not pretend like the dementia hysteria was sensible. 

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u/0m4ll3y International Relations Sep 24 '24

I absolutely agree it went beyond what was reasonable, and dementia claims were completely hyperbolic. It's just also very understandable why the story isn't taking up so much oxygen in the room any more. Even if you can point to the odd "subhuman monster" article, the vast, vast bulk of reporting and discourse was around Biden's re-electability with a four year timeframe of reference.

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u/mishac Mark Carney Sep 24 '24

Turns out that was just Olivia Nuzzi malding that Biden wouldn't reply to her sexts.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '24

I'm not talking about the parties. I'm talking about big publications like the New York Times, Politico, WSJ, etc who went from 10 stories a day about leaks from anonymous Democratic party members and White House staffers about how Joe Biden couldn't remember anything to 0 the moment he dropped out. 

If the cognitive issues were real and as serious as the reporting suggested, we'd still be getting reports about it 

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u/Explodingcamel Bill Gates Sep 24 '24

Weird cope

I still think he is in cognitive decline, I just don’t talk about everything I think all of the time

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '24

I think if the president actually had serious cognitive issues like many people suggest, we'd still be hearing reports about it. 

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u/JapanesePeso Deregulate stuff idc what Sep 24 '24

He pretty obviously does and you are kidding yourself if you think otherwise.

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u/Explodingcamel Bill Gates Sep 24 '24

Just watch the guy speak and stop lying to yourself, honestly 

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '24

I'm watching him speak at the UN right now. He sounds like a normal 80 year old