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This man is NOT lucid even at midday and he is currently running for a presidential term that will not even end until 5 years from now

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[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 68 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Good thing Signora Mussolini was there to rein him back in

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But also it was funny watching everybody but Scholz react to him leaving with some panic. Scholz was in his own world

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago

they don't call him teflon-scholz for nothing

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[–] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 65 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Obviously there is zero chance this mummy makes it another four years, but I'm starting to lean towards a scenario where the Dems send him away to live on a farm before the convention. Grandpa's brain has to be like 75% pudding at this point and Trump is going to take him for a walk, even if he's far from his former power levels.

For a while I was really believing what seems to be the more popular leftist commentator prediction that Biden will somehow win in November despite how terrible of a candidate he is, but I don't think he will survive five more months of this kind of exposure. The administration is doing a terrible job of hiding him from cameras.

[–] pumpchilienthusiast@hexbear.net 52 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Chapo is predicting sleepy joe wins ergo he is going to lose

[–] FungiDebord@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Their "normal whites" thesis predicted 2022's historical dem showing.

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[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 44 points 4 months ago (6 children)

No way they do it before the election.

Their argument for the last 4 years has been "you may not like literally anything about him but he's the only person that can beat trump"

Sticking in another equally unpopular person with the same policies might even get your average blue Maga to feel a sense of confusion.

He's gonna be head of the ticket and be replaced immediatly after the election is called (assuming he wins).

Like votes happen Tuesday, election is officially called Friday, kamala replaces him in time to make the rounds on the Sunday shows.

[–] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

I'm sure this is what the Dems are planning and hoping for at the moment, but to get to that stage they still have to win the election and therefore must have some confidence that the current ticket can beat Trump, which is the part that surprises me.

Obviously the reality is that those with enough power to do anything about the situation don't really care who wins either way, it's not like their lives will be negatively impacted by it.

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[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago

I think they're going to start using an AI representation of Biden, even with all the obvious issues like him clipping through the podium. They'll drag his bed-ridden corpse across the finish line and we'll get whoever the VP is.

(This is how Hilary can still win hillgasm )

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 63 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Shakily putting on the sunglasses like some kind of dementia David Caruso

[–] MaxOS@hexbear.net 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Seeing him put on the sunglasses with a sustained facial expression of horror reminded me of glasses-off

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 32 points 4 months ago

ARM NEO-NAZIS glasses-on

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was going to crop that part out too because I watched the video in 2x speed and then realized that he was putting on his sunglasses HALF as fast as I was seeing lmao

[–] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I thought for a second that it was in slow motion as an artistic touch added to the video, but then I noticed that everyone else was moving normally and lost it lmao

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[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 63 points 4 months ago

Thank god there was a Mussolini there to turn him back to the right.

[–] Des@hexbear.net 60 points 4 months ago (5 children)

at this point are libs just covering their eyes to shit like this? or are they still making increasingly twisted explanations or "buuuut trump poopy diaper!"?

im dying to know

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 47 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

imo, both dems and reps are ignoring it because they know if they call out the other guy, they can't ignore their own. its like a gentleman's agreement to ignore senility.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 39 points 4 months ago

Yup

"Lmao, this dude just literally shit his pants on national television" should be a pretty open and shut case in a presidential election unless the entire crowd you're saying it to has been desperately ignoring the fact you shit yourself 10 minutes ago.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 43 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think they are mostly covering their eyes. And if they've watched that vid and/or the Juneteenth video - they make a comment like they'd vote for Biden even if he were dead.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 44 points 4 months ago

they'd vote for Biden even if he were dead.

Maybe we can compromise here

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[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago

"It's a stutter!"

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

Literally yes.

If you try to say he's experiencing rapid and obviouscognitive decline they will say "he's always had a stutter"

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 59 points 4 months ago (2 children)

To be fair, to his regressing, child-like brain, going to give the cool parachuting guy a thumbs up was probably more entertaining than a photo shoot.

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 44 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Listen Mack. This fella over here has the gym class parachute. We could all lift it up and then try to sit under it before it deflates

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 37 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yo you just unlocked my gym class memories in elementary school of that. The teacher used to call the parachute his pajama pants.

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[–] save_vs_death@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago

he needed to warn him about the cannibals

[–] buh@hexbear.net 57 points 4 months ago (2 children)

tbh awkwardly milling around at the family function is kinda relatable

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 55 points 4 months ago

"Fuck these boring assholes I'm gonna go check out this guys parachute kit." Would absolutely be a wining strategy.

Hell, he could say he'd rather hang out with the people who beat the fascists than the fascists granddaughter and every late night host in the country would die because all their blood went to their erection.

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[–] btfod@hexbear.net 55 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is he not just the perfect living metaphor for the decline of Empire?

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

New Sick Man of Europe just dropped biden-horror

[–] AbbysMuscles@hexbear.net 53 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I know it's lawbrained and relying on muh institutions and so on, but holy fuck. Every day this man is in office is a violation of the 25th amendment. This man deserves the elder abuse tbh, I'm not at all upset that he's not being allowed to retire somewhere. But this Weekend at Brandon's charade is only allowing ghouls like Blinken to act like a corrupt vizier in some Ottoman fable about power-seeking assholes.

On the plus side, his debate with Trump is going to be fucking awesome

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[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 53 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Love that a popularity contest between two melty-brained geriatrics decides who becomes the most powerful person in the world

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[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 47 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I wish the video was higher resolution because I’d love a Biden distracted emote

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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 43 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Cognitive function looks to have fallen off a cliff in the last couple of weeks. This and the Juneteenth video are really bad.

I guess they're hoping to get him over the line then 25th him immediately?

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 32 points 4 months ago (3 children)
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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I feel like an ambitious general could pull off a coup right now with little resistance. This is just so farcically bad. Trump too.

The military is the most trusted institution in the US

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[–] operacion_ogro@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He's moving like a claymation figure

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[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

well if we're going to be ruled by a senile mummy, at least there's nothing important going on in the world. right?

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago

What’s important is that you vote

[–] muslimmarxist@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I dunno, I know his brain is cooked, but this isn't really a good example. It seems more like they were done taking a picture and he decided to go check out the parachute guy. And then they called him back and said "hey we gotta take more pictures." I can understand being annoyed with standing there to take a picture and wanting to get the fuck out.

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[–] dkr567@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That ol' boy ain't right.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Forget election, he might not make it to that first 'debate' later this month lmao

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can't wait to see all the media coverage after both camps agree to not have a debate and both sides use it to attack the other while completely ignoring the fact it was a mutual agreement.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I really hope they do hold it just because I want to see how zooted Biden, and to a lesser extent Trump, become

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[–] ZZZZedong@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

His brain is just melting at this point

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[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

And look at all the loyal vassals eager to cover for the king.

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