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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/troubles-biden-age-reelection-campaign-poll/story?id=103436611

30% job approval on economics lol, the thing this bozo is running on

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[–] SHD_Agent@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No one is measuring Biden by age and considering a 77 year old Donald Trump as an alternative. That’s fiction.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

I don't know about you, but I'm going to bed. whywhywhywhywhy

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There’s a big difference there in cognitive function

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They're both useless turds, this isn't a real argument.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean yes and no. Trump is a demon, but he’s lucid. When you consider how far right the American electorate is substance may matter less than delivery. Betting on the fundamental decency of the average American is probably a losing bet lol

But maybe you’re right and I should be giving people more credit. Either way we lose, hence the title of the post.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Trump appears lucid but I don't think he has been since like 1994

[–] Maoo@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The real question would be what the material difference is between a geriatric whose kneejeek responses are to do whatever the NatSec and neoliberal ghouls want, or the one that fights with them occasionally in the dumbest way possible.

IMO, very little policy-wise.

Trump was good for recruiting though. Libs absolutely went to sleep under Biden despite promises to "push him left" and there being almost no policy differences between them outside of Biden running a more effective imperialist state and cutting COVID benefits.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

Useless. Turds.

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

yeah. instead what they're doing is measuring biden by age and deciding that it really isn't that important who wins so why bother voting? this may come as a shock, but in a democracy, it's usually good to demonstrate that you're receptive to the concerns of the voters.