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I gotta say it. I have now seen enough evidence to conclude for myself that pb nailed it long ago. That Biden is in fact mentally disabled by some form of dementia or derangement. Or at the very least by the onset of debilitation from advanced age. And it seems to have gotten much worse since pb's first alarms about it.
Bill, I owe you an apology. I'm sorry. You were right. 😞
Though I couldn't interpret the signs as you were able to, given your experience and familiarity with the effects of the disease, I have now arrived at the same conclusions about Biden's mental state as you did months and months ago.
I can't stop thinking about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Diane Feinstein and how those two, apparently because of their precious bloated egos, refused to step down when they were obviously well past their "best by dates". But at least in Feinstein's case, the very survival of the United States as a free and democratic society isn't at stake as it was with Ginsburg. And as it is most certainly now is with Biden.
We didn't watch the Stephanopoulis interview. But we have been listening to excerpts this morning with various editorializations. No one seems to be defending him or saying he shouldn't make way for someone else. He seemed to be much more coherent than during the debate. But he still wasn't answering questions posed to him and just came across as a stubborn, blinkered coot who wouldn't listen to a word about him not being up to the job. Far from being encouraging in any way, his bull-headed adamance about being up to the task only served to anguish me even more about the future of this country.
Biden now seems to be doing the same thing that Feinstein and Ginsburg did. Imagining and expressing how he alone is the only one who could possibly do the job he was elected to. When asked about the cavalcade of prominent Democrats who are now openly calling for him to step aside for another candidate (et tu, Hakeem???), he responds with exclamations about those who tell him he should stay in it. Oh he is simply going to beat Trump and there just aren't any two ways about it. Jesus God. Not even the slightest bit of consideration to the opinion of those who can now see how obvious his mental state has become.
If he is still the candidate come election time, I will of course still vote for him. As I have long said I would, Even if he is comatose and in an iron lung. But it feels fairly certain at this point that there are fewer and fewer likely voters who are willing to do the same. Even when the existence of America and our Constitution is absolutely on the chopping block.
I can't take back my bet that Biden is going to win by a landslide I tell ya. But I still, with every molecule of hope in my being, am holding out for such a miracle.
, Bill.