Pre-match: Can't believe it took this long for this thread, the 2024 Presidential election thread!

An analog is staring us right in the face: Biden's age. The media seemed fully capable of addressing, even obsessing on, the broad topic of whether Joe Biden was too old to be an effective president for a second term. But it seems not able to talk about whether Trump is too mentally and emotionally unstable to do so. Leaving aside his obvious anti-democratic statements and policies or that he's a convicted felon and was found civilly liable for sexual assault, he can't speak in coherent sentences, he's a serial liar, his public appearances have become increasingly untethered and combative. He rants instead of speaks.

 

I’ve been saying for ages on here that Trump’s been straight up saying things that should have been ringing alarm bells. That, and I wonder how much his mental health was affected by the assassination attempt. He’s not gonna talk about it because he’s Trump. And he’s not going to get the care either.

I’ve mentioned before I spent a lot of time in nursing homes, Biden may not be youthful or sound vigorous, but the man is in his 80s and he’s out biking. At 81. Not an easy feat at that age. He also mentioned sleeping from midnight to 7 A.M. like damn man.

 

Every four years I get a wave of media that says "Why can't we all just be cordial?" or "What we need now is mutual respect" or "How to achieve civility" or whatnot. To these arguments, I have but one small response to the pundits. That response is "Go fück yourselves."

 

Or more precisely, "OK, I will be happy to be civil once Republicans stop nominating people who think that Democrats are shapeshifting pedophiliac lizard people who worship Satan and use a fork to eat pizza."

 

Wut?

 

Talking about the NYT......look at this garbage posted today.....



Kamala Harris Has a Personal Connection to ABC News

“On paper, the potential for a conflict of interest seems obvious: ABC News, the host of next month’s high-stakes presidential debate, falls under the purview of a top corporate executive at Disney who happens to be longtime friends with the Democratic nominee,” the New York Times reports.

 

That's in Holland, I presume. A lot easier and safer to bike there.

In most US urban areas, you take your life in your hands unless you bike on the sidewalk, which is usually illegal.

Not an activity for 80 year olds.

 

Bro, that is definitely not in the US of A.....I ride a bike regularly and I have never met anyone from that age group around even leisurely riding. The fact that Biden still does it at 81 is pretty remarkable, and using a sport bike as well.

 

I know there’s an ignore function, but can we please get a forum ban for this stuff?

 

I second.....This thing is so bad that it deserves to just be banned forever. This is truly Neanderthal level thinking.

 

These 90210 memes have gone too far!!!!!

 

Ignore is working for me.

 

Oh. That.

Jitty's a moderator. He cannot be ignored. How those guys got such Grimesian powers, I don't know. But they have them.

 

Ignore function worked too well for you! It was a joke redirect. The gilbertson guy posted some really stupid stuff. I’m convinced the guy posts after he huffs a bunch of paint thinner.

I guess this kinda disproves @Phillyspur ’s argument.

 

I just looked. He's ALWAYS been like that. He'll disappear in awhile, for those of you who don't ignore him (yet).

 

Yeah. He drifts back in when he is either on or off his meds, whichever it is.

 

Or Germany. My grandparents rode bikes until they fucking died. Garden, bakery, or just a Sunday ride in the woods - you name it.

 

Disagree. Brandon Walsh was a legendary and beautiful american icon and should be admired as such.

 

No.

I'm expecting your usually excellent play by play [he said hopefully.]

 

They could have done that here.

True, they would have died sooner because some asshat on his phone would have hit them with his SUV, but it’s do-able.