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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: Biden was never in charge
Date: 01/18/25 4:03 PM
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I’ve been telling for years that Biden was senile and not up for the job. You folks contended that he had all his marbles, choosing to believe the White House spin.

It’s fascinating that you’re holding on to the gaslighting. Why?


Because you're wrong.

Someone can be a poor choice to run for President again and not be senile. It's not binary - that Biden has to be either as sharp as he was fifty years ago or he has to be senile and thus "never in charge."

This little anecdote is a perfect example of how people who hold enormously complex jobs with dealing with massive numbers of different issues can make mistakes. Mike Johnson is completely in the wrong here. This was supposedly a critical issue for him, and he kept falsely insisting to the President that he had signed an EO when none existed. Yet you're not saying that Mike Johnson is senile and not up for the job.

I don't believe that Biden was senile in January 2024. I don't believe he's senile now. I also don't believe that he would be up for serving a full four year term starting on Monday, and I'm glad he withdrew from the race. Because there's a huge range between "good choice to start a term as POTUS" and "senile."
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