Why is Biden still the President

I think many of us are of an age to have experienced what cognitive impairment actually looks like in our parents' generation. I used to have lunch occasionally with the residents of the elderly housing where my mother lived. Some were as sharp as tacks, others couldn't remember their families or what they did for work, others couldn't speak sense about anything, and others seemed to be living in some other world than the one around them.So I think I know what cognitive impairment looks like, and to me Biden is not cognitively impaired. However, he has definitely lost a step mentally. He pulls out the wrong name or fact more often than he used to. Same for losing his train of thought. His energy level is down. Four years ago he looked old but vigorous. Now he just looks old.But if you watch his press conferences, an interactive activity as opposed to one where he only has to read from a teleprompter, he seems fine. He's more halting, his answers are brief, but he seems fine. Just old. I posted a video of a recent press conference a few messages ago.--Percy

Maybe his campaign was going poorly because his gognitive impairment was becoming obvious. I'm still not clear what you are referring to. I only made the point that if Biden is cognitive impaired and left office then Harris becomes president. Again, assuming Biden is cognitively impaired wouldn't it be preferable to have Harris as president who is not cognately impaired. I have no problem admitting if I'm wrong and if I am then I'm sorry. I hope that my statement above explains the problem.

The point again is that I would argue that he was doing badly in the polls because many people saw him as being cognitively impaired. Neither one of us know and we are both expressing our opinion.

Good point. The Democratic membership had no say in it but it was a decision taken by those who hold power in the Democratic party. I agree. I conflated the two terms and I shouldn't have. My own unevidenced belief is that Biden isn't really calling the shots now anyway. I'm guessing that it is people like Obama and Pelosi. As I said, I was wrong to do that.

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Maybe his campaign was going poorly because his gognitive impairment was becoming obvious.

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Speculation - especially speculation on matters you considered irrelevant to your original point - hardly establishes your opinion as fact, nor justifies presenting it as fact.

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I'm still not clear what you are referring to. I only made the point that if Biden is cognitive impaired and left office then Harris becomes president. Again, assuming Biden is cognitively impaired wouldn't it be preferable to have Harris as president who is not cognately impaired.

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No that is not true. You claimed that I “made assumptions” and implied that the fact that Harris would normally succeed Biden some contradicted that. So what are these assumptions I supposedly made ? And where did you find them in my posts ?

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I have no problem admitting if I'm wrong and if I am then I'm sorry. I hope that my statement above explains the problem.

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The problem is obviously that rather than admit that something you said was untrue you’ll try to pretend that you didn’t say it - and you expect me to believe that.Here’s a simple question did you write Or not? If you admit that you did - despite the denial above then will you finally explain what these assumptions were and where you found them in my posts? Or will you go on insisting that you can’t understand that?I’ll also note that it’s hardly the only example of you having a problem admitting that you are wrong in this thread. Nor is it unusual behaviour for you.

I have no idea what you are specifically referring to in that thread. Religious belief is based on the conclusions we come to based on what we experience and what we understand about our existence and what it means to us. My point with that thread is that what is important is not the name that we apply to a deity, or the faith that we adhere to but the nature of that deity, (even if one is secular following personal beliefs), and how we are to apply it to our lives. The thread, as usual got drawn off track. However the American public is able to measure for themselves how they feel about Trump's failings but Biden was elected as a president when ho one was questioning his mental state. Now he is still president and people are questioning his mental state and he is refusing to be tested.

I'm just a year younger that Biden and I have volunteered with a music program for seniors for 45 years. I too have witnessed cognitive decline in thousands of people over the years first in Montreal, Toronto and now out here on Vancouver Island. (Being a year younger than Biden I am still considered to be part of the youth movement in this area. )Bottom line is though why is Biden not agreeing to an assessment in order to put concerns to rest.

Let's grant you that point.Does this mean he is actually impaired? No.Does this mean other Democrats deemed him to be impaired? No.Therefore, it is wrong to claim that Democrats should have used the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office because they had already deemed him to be unfit when they forced him off the ticket.Politics is sales. One of the first things taught to me in my short sales career was "Perception is Reality". It doesn't matter how good your product is, if the product is perceived as being crap then the reality in sales is that it is crap, and you need to fix it. Biden was poorly perceived by the public, and he was getting his ass kicked, so they chose a new candidate. One wonders if the Democrats had changed the ticket sooner if the Republicans would have done the same. Trump was about the only viable person Biden could beat, and vice versa. If Nikki Haley were running on the Republican ticket I wouldn't be surprised if she wins.

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I'm sorry you've had such a bad experience here, but I'd be surprised if you didn't have the same experience everywhere after your performance in the Choosing a faith thread.

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I have no idea what you are specifically referring to in that thread

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Review the thread - there’s no shortage of examples there. And obviously you’ll have no problem admitting to them, will you?

The President gets a full annual physical exam which includes a cognitive assessment. So the response to your request is "already been done and he passed." And it's an actual exam unlike Trump's which are all just being pencil-whipped (pencil-whipping is when you just sign off officially that maintenance work or a visual inspection had been performed when it in fact hadn't been).Normally, the public is told in general how well the President did. Of course, under Trump that information was kept highly secret (eg, we can't even get a straight story on how his ear went straight from being "half blown off" to fully healed). Trump just dictates the medical report and has the doctor sign it. Pencil-whipping at the highest level of government.Again, why are you so eaten up about Biden while we watch Trump fall apart before our eyes. It's eventually going to get so bad that none of the conservative media (which is most of the media) will no longer be able to sane-wash it away.

The conservative media is *Not* most of the media! Other than that sentence, nothing else caught my eye. Trump is the best that the conservatives could come up with which is sad. Why can't someone smart take the lead?

So tell us what media is not conservative and why? Is this another word you don't understand?

Phat claims i have an old chart, if I could post a picture. Maybe google it and post the link?
ah, they have a new chart:

Not a great source. Basically created by one person who is a patent attorney.

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A similar effort is “The Media Bias Chart,” or simply, “The Chart.” Created by Colorado patent attorney Vanessa Otero, the chart has gone through several methodological iterations, but currently is based on her evaluation of outlets’ stories on dimensions of veracity, fairness, and expression.

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We can probably measure media bias. But do we want to? - Columbia Journalism Review

but it still is a usable chart. No?with the caveat.