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      You see, unlike his predecessor he did divest himself of his personal businesses before taking office.

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        Why do their houses have so few and such small windows? They’re stockpiling the glass to build a huge lens that will focus the sun’s rays to destroy the moon. The resulting storm of superheated asteroids pelting the Earth will destroy many homes, allowing them to swoop in and build new ones for everyone.

        You heard it here first.

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      It’s hilarious that he sold his peanut farm so people wouldn’t worry he was self dealing as President. Which is funny because HW Bush just changed the laws so he COULD self deal without divesting in actual wealth.

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      In my experience there just isn’t that much variation in peanut sizes tbh

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    How about shut up about this until elections are over? Yes, you’re all right about this, Biden is an old fart that should not be president. President should not be older than 65, period.

    But there is Trump, and that, well, trumps all. Trump CANNOT become president afian, period

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      You cannot will away reality. No amount of willful ignorance will make undecided people vote for Biden.

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          Sure, that’s not the point though. If someone is opposed to voting for Biden because of his age then ignoring the problem will not make them magically more inclined to vote for Biden.

          If we’re fighting for our future then we should have the best candidate, not the default option.

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        And so they’ll vote for a guy who said multiple times he’ll turn the US into a dictatorship? The guy who has project 2025 for his policies to make it a theocratic dictatorship?

        Yeah Biden is demented and senile but at this point I’d prefer a soft boiled egg over trump.

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          To be fair, Biden is not demented. He is showing signs of senility though. Which is why he should step down and allow any well functioning Democrat to take his place. Because if undecided voters considered anything Trump said to be a disqualifying statement, they would not be undecided. And polling in Pennsylvania, they state Democrats really really need to win the Electoral College, is going the wrong way. There’s a moment in every presidential campaign season where the polling trend lines diverge and do not come back together. It’s usually when the independents/undecideds break for one candidate or another.

          But it’s also seen when a candidate has a structural issue they cannot fix, or cannot fix in time. Swiftboating for Kerry, Palin as VP for McCain, Binders full of Women for Romney. And now that debate in June for Biden. He’s had the scandal recovery period and he hasn’t patched it up, instead it’s just getting worse. So yes. You cannot let the echo chamber keep you all fuzzy and warm. We don’t have to repeat 2016, it’s not too late.

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      So you’re okay with attempting to elect a demented old man? When democracy is on the line? That’s crazy.

      He could be replaced. If only we were allowed to have that conversation……………………………………………………

      How about YOU shut up and let us have the conversation. Your way gets Trump elected. We are trying to save America here.

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        Save America by making people too apathetic to vote for the only thing that could save America?

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        It’s ultimately Biden’s decision. If he doesn’t want out, he has the power to dig in and make it difficult.

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        I’m saying that if he doesn’t want to step down, you don’t have the option. Yes, he should have never pushed himself for reelection, he should never gone in 2020 even. But here we are, and you WILL get the option: Trump or Biden. Yes, it’s chosing between a turd and a shitshow, but I’ll take a turd over a shitshow any day.

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      President should not be older than 65, period.

      Why 65 specifically? Why not 64 or 66?

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      Yes, Caligula’s horse would be a preferable vote to cast over Trump.

      That doesn’t mean a wise opposition to Trump would choose to run Caligula’s horse.

      The question of “who to vote against in the general election” and “who is the best candidate to put forward as nominee in the general election” are very different questions.

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        Trumps health really isn’t better than Biden. Save for mental state (where he isn’t very far behind biden) Trump is in a much worse state, physically, than Biden. There is a good chance both of them aren’t around anymore 4 years from now

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    The next presidential debate is September 10th. We won’t find out until then whether this was just some unlucky fluke or if Biden should truly be moved to a residential care home for his own good.

    By then it’ll be far too late to field another candidate…

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    Woody Guthrie at the height of his ALS would be a better choice than Trump (TBH, with his attitude towards fascism, he would probably have been a better choice than Biden too).

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    He’ll be 100 by Nov. 2nd, so he’s only 24% older than Biden. I like those odds! Maybe his running mate can be Buzz Aldrin

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    He would probably do better than Biden at debating Trump too.

    Trump: "And what I did is I put three great Supreme Court justices on the court, and they happened to vote in favor of killing Roe v. Wade and moving it back to the states. This is something that everybody wanted. "
    Carter: “Eh…coughtwheeze
    Audience: “Yup Carter won that round”

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    We get it, you’re looking for approval for wanting to vote for Trump because he’s a little younger than Biden.