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To: koan who wrote (495738)	8/1/2022 9:13:40 PM
From: cosmicforce	4 Recommendations Recommended By Alex MG epicure M. Murray Terry Maloney Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542970

>>His thoughts are not organized. He rambles. Having a son with a language disability has made me keenly aware of how people sound versus what is inside their head. I can see him struggle with a word and its nuance. I've asked why he will "self-correct" which leads to nonfluency. He tells me that he is rethinking his word choice in real time. I tell him - he's better off not doing what I do in writing - constant streams of edits that leave odd sentences that are like Frankenstein's monsters of language. We didn't see FDR playing tennis because he had polio - in fact - he went out of his way to NOT be seen in his wheel chair. Comparing Biden who really has a life long language issue to someone who seems to have "acquired one" - is like mixing apples and oranges. There was a time when the Orange Menace could seem superficially glib. He's not that today. Given his age and diet, it is more likely brain disease than Biden who doesn't have the physical frailties. Physical frailty often presages mental decline though we can see from Steven Hawking, it is not a given. If we expect everyone to be glib and be able to answer complex questions off the cuff - well that is a certain kind of skill. Not having it may make them seem duller - and maybe they are. But not always. It's a cheap shot when in the hands of cultists or those with an agenda. Compare any live segment of the DementedCrimeBoss with one twenty plus years later. It is evident that something broke bad in his head . Still dumb as a rock and just as hostile... but now much less fluent. He could hold a glass of water then.

To: koan who wrote (495738)	8/1/2022 9:14:48 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542970

I agree with CF and Alex, especially about inflation. With D friends like you, Biden doesn't need R enemies. = "We can do better." Can we, or is that just a bedtime story progressives like to tell to their kids? Warren: Biden 'should be running' in 2024 washingtonexaminer.com 4 days ago — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) signaled that she has no plans to run for president in 2024 while urging President Joe Biden to run for ... == Ro Khanna, Gavin Newsom, and J.B. Pritzker deflect 2024 chatter, telling CNN they're for Biden: 'We need to have our president's back' businessinsider.com

To: koan who wrote (495738)	8/1/2022 10:55:39 PM
From: epicure	4 Recommendations Recommended By Doo Eric L M. Murray Wharf Rat Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542970

You really have been turned into a mouthpiece of the right. Biden has a speech impediment, but he's a hell of a lot more cogent than any fuckwad in sHitlerland. And you, carrying water for the propagandists of the right, seems bizarre. Lots of old guys seem kind of out of it, partly because they're old, and they slow down a little and ramble (but my GOD, did anyone ramble like Trump? And yet, did his guys bitch and moan?)- but unless they're doing weird shit and making weird decisions, I don't think we need to count them out. If Biden was doing all kinds of weird shit that was crazy, sure, we could bitch about that, but all I'm seeing is stuff I want. Biden's walking a tightrope down the middle of this shit ass crazy country. He's not catering to the nuts on the right and he's not kowtowing to the asinine out of touch lefties, either. You might think we could do better, but we really can't right now, and you torpedoing your own guy is just stupid. You moan and kvetch about the right, but mostly they don't shoot their own leader- not even if he's a criminal shit. Maybe you could avoid doing a hatchet job on your leader who is actually doing a decent job.