r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 • 4d ago

'Chill The F**k Out': John Fetterman Urges Democrats To Stick With Joe Biden | The Pennsylvania senator reminded panicked Democrats on Friday that he too had a bad debate once, yet he went on to win his Senate seat.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-debate-john-fetterman_n_667ea850e4b0415858d6a2f1
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u/Plunderberg 4d ago

Obama's already questioned mental health and lucidity wasn't called into doubt as a result of the debate, though.

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u/MuffLover312 4d ago

Yeah this isn’t really about a “bad debate” it’s that he barely looked lucid or coherent. He reaffirmed the biggest fear people had about him.

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u/crythene 3d ago

It's a fear of the unknown too. We're not just voting for "We beat medicare." We're voting for that, plus five more years of the most stressful job on Earth.

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u/crawling-alreadygirl 3d ago

Exactly. If he's capable of looking like that in June 2024, what shape will he be in by January 2029? If it's Biden, I'm voting Biden, but that's a very real issue we can't ignore

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u/Kerblaaahhh Colorado 3d ago

He already looks worse than Reagan at the height of his dementia-presidency. At this point I doubt he'd survive another 4 years in this job.

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u/jameslake325 3d ago

I’m in the same boat. However he will lose this election, many people will not be voting for him based on his physical and mental condition and I can’t blame them.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

He will be in elder care or dead.

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u/ridauthoritarianism 3d ago

Lets worry about now. Its obvious Biden won't run in 2029.

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u/crawling-alreadygirl 3d ago

I'm talking about his physical ability to complete another term. As I've said, I'm voting for the democratic nominee regardless, but it's a valid concern.

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u/ridauthoritarianism 3d ago

As an old persom who has cared for an old person. The ability to retreave certain words takes a minute. But you do not lose your ability to analyze and think. Biden is just having trouble retreaving words timely, which is part of a stuttering problem. He has not lost his abi.ities to thin k and reason. Back off he is OK.

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u/oldmanjasper 2d ago

If he wins this election he'll still be president in January 2029. That's the point.

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u/ridauthoritarianism 2d ago

what makes you think so. He will definitely be too old to run again.

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u/Arkzend 3d ago

I mean it would be fine. We also got Harris

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u/crawling-alreadygirl 3d ago

Harris is even less popular

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u/Rusty_Empathy 3d ago

IMO, the solution here is to replace Harris with Newsom/Pritzker/Whitmer someone that people would support running for President in the next cycle.