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I partially think Biden looked like he short circuited did was because he was trying to process Trumps lying in real time.
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Exactly, OP. And he was trying to formulate responses to the questions asked at the same time. To be totally honest with you, I can't say I would have been able to do all that mental processing in the seconds allowed either. And I'm a way younger generation from Biden.
I think this is a really good point. I've been in similar "debates" with my parents, who both voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, and their "debate style" is similar to Trump's. It's just a constant (and loud) barrage of nonsense and it is difficult to form coherent thoughts to rebut what was previously said while also trying to keep up with the nonsense they continue to say. I'm a politics/history junkie and more informed than they are, but it's easy to be overwhelmed and shocked when you hear claims and lies like these coming out of someone's mouth.
My opinion is Biden’s campaign team did a terrible job of preparing him to deal with Trump. Filling Biden up with facts and figures and talking points — which he certainly has the intelligence to stick to and present eloquently — backfired because of the sheer volume and cynical audacity of Trumps endless, outrageous lies. There was just no way to keep up.
You can’t win a “debate” against someone spouting a firehose of lies by using facts, figures and calm talking points. It’s not a debate at that point and the only way you will “win” is by being louder and more forceful than them.
Biden’s campaign team is making a classic mistake here. They want Biden to win a “normal” debate by being calm and sticking to talking points. But that strategy simply will not work against Trump. Trump is not normal. His campaign is a bunch of fascists playing by Nazi rules.
Biden was also obviously overworked, exhausted, sick and drained by the time he hit the stage. I doubt he got more than a few hours of sleep a night through two weeks of debate prep. And perhaps someone gave him some cold meds or something.
The good news is this will hopefully push Biden’s campaign to much more forceful denouncements of Trump, MAGA and Project 2025.
And while Biden didn’t put up a great image, he still came across as an honest, sincere and sympathetic character. Conversely, Trump came across as a raving psychopath, which will turn people off of him
Biden was also obviously overworked, exhausted, sick and drained by the time he hit the stage.
I saw somebody else, elsewhere on reddit, say that biden's face, as soon as Trump started his spiel, was eloquently saying "Man, I have to deal with this again?"
Yup. You can beat people with just a smidge of sanity with nothing but facts, but.... well, we see where that statement is heading, I assume lol!
Still at this point in time, stinky is a known quantity. He will lie, he will not follow any rules or conventions. And in the last election President Biden dealt with him. So not sure why he frooze up, as per the accounts I read.
Same here, and I'm even on the same meds that they are accusing biden being on and half his age. I couldn't keep up either just watching.
Seriously? Was that the adderall bs??
For one, maybe he is and either has adhd (stimulants make most of us with it CALM AND RELAXED, not wired) or it helps with daytime sleepiness/brain fog (often treats narcolepsy and severe brain fog due to many conditions).
So either way, he'd be not having issues due to adderall. If he didn't and was on it, he DEFINITELY would not be that tired/calm lol.
Yeah. It's great makes my brain quiet. Sometimes I'll let my husband have one and it doesn't make him smarter, hes just more efficient doing laundry.
Me, either. I'm only days away from 36, and I know I'd choke in that situation.