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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: NY Times Editorial Board -- Biden Must Exit Race
Date: 06/29/24 8:07 PM
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Albaby, you're being hysterical. So, you think it's physically impossible that a confluence of lack of sleep, a cold, cold medicine, poor preparation from his advisors, and debate rules that ultimately favored Trump's Gish Galloping couldn't disorient an otherwise highly capable man?

Exceedingly unlikely, yes. Go back and look at the video. That's not a person of ordinary competence dealing with some poor debate prep or a cold (which was never mentioned before the event, and which didn't show up in his performance the next day). It wasn't a person having trouble responding to a Gish Gallop. It's a person who's deeply struggling to meet the moment.

It's not hysteria. There's a reason that virtually every political observer is acting as though his performance was catastrophic, well beyond the ordinary range of a bad debate. This was a crippling display.
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