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[–] aaaa@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The biggest thing people are complaining about was Biden was a little hoarse against Trump's booming nonsensical rambling.

I don't care if Biden was hoarse. At Trump's best, he made no sense, and at his worst, he was pushing terrible ideologies

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It seemed a lot worse than being a little hoarse. He was conflating issues, mid sentence. And getting confused regularly in addition to seeming really feeble and not being able to answer what is asked of him. Listen if this was the first i was seeing this from the president, then i might buy this is just him mid fever. But it’s not and is expected from a man at his age. Still voting for him, but i am thinking Kamala Harris is going to have to take over the presidency before long.

[–] Blackbeard@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In all honesty I think negotiating with Kamala for her to step into the AG role and open up the VP slot for Newsome or Buttigieg would be the game changer.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I don’t see our current trajectory as being successful, so this seems the only winning play. Not changing things risks everything for no good reason

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 18 points 4 months ago

I hardly saw any mentions of him being hoarse reading through the megathread comments last night.

Stuff like, winning the war against Medicaid, on the other hand, as well as his general just got out of bed demeanor, is absolutely going to erode confidence in him and quite potentially cost progressives the election if they don't pick a different horse.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The biggest thing people are complaining about was Biden was a little hoarse

Who is saying that?

It's not in the article you're commenting on, and I haven't seen a single complaint about his voice being "hoarse".

Can you link what you're talking about where the main complaint about Biden was he seemed hoarse?