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Culture War Roundup for the week of September 9, 2024

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As a partisan Democrat, my issue with Joe Biden was he could not win the election. He can still do the job of President, at the very least no worse than 2nd term Ronald Reagan, he just couldn't be President & run an effective campaign due to his age.

I think it might be worth examining your biases re: Ronald Reagan.

Here is a speech from Reagan towards the end of his second term. A balloon pops and he reacts on his feet, quipping "missed me", which causes the audience to erupt in laughter.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2IGDYGroToY

Here's Reagan giving a 36 minute speech in 1992, four years AFTER the end of his Presidency.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WxL3OU1dwmI

In this video we can see signs of decline, but he's still quite a bit more functional than Biden today. Will Biden be giving speeches at the 2028 convention? Will he even be alive?

There's a lot of sane-washing that's being done on Biden's behalf. People are trying to claim "both sides". It's simply not true. His current decline is far beyond what we've ever seen for a President.

The reason he could not win the election was that he is a senile old man, which impacts his ability to be president quite a bit as well.