advertisement


Is it too late for Biden to retire?

PaulMB said:
Do The Times crossword in less than 4 hours, run 100 yards and then make a speech, 20 press-ups, play chess against the computer and survive for at least 5 moves.
Click to expand...
And be able to spell their own name of course.
 
palindrome said:
* Citation needed.
Click to expand...
10-1055-s-0035-1555115-i00674-1.jpg



It's pretty well established.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The Impact of Age on Cognition

This article reviews the cognitive changes that occur with normal aging, the structural and functional correlates of these cognitive changes, and the prevalence and cognitive effects of age-associated diseases. Understanding these age-related changes ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 
Despite Biden's lapses in sentences I still feel he is a far safer bet on foreign policy than Trump. Just study the Trump supporters it will reveal why they were chosen by Trump and why they are so easilly manipulated; reminds me of certain person who rose to power in Europe in the 30's...
 
gez said:
It's pretty well established.
Click to expand...

I'm a psychologist and BPS authorised psychometric test user and if you look at the data for Raven's Matrices, a common IQ test, it shows that the higher your IQ in the first place the longer it lasts into old age. It's not a level playing field. Explains why many brilliant minds were still active in their 80s in all sort of fields like the arts and sciences. Plenty of musicians and conductors, Verdi etc.
 
Yank said:
London Times or New York Times?
Click to expand...
Good question! Either? Both? 30 years ago The Times would have been harder than the NYT, but with The Times' decades of dumbing-down maybe the crossword is easier these days? I don't know, I tried a few times and was completely baffled.
 
I don't often agree with the NYT's Ross Douthat, but this seems to be a reasonable idea:

www.nytimes.com

Opinion | The Question Is Not If Biden Should Step Aside. It’s How.

Condense the nomination into the format that was originally designed for handling intraparty competition: the Democratic convention.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

If the Democrats stick with Joe, only a miracle will save the USA and the world from Trump, Mk.II, and miracles tend to be somewhat in short supply these days.
 
tones said:
If the Democrats stick with Joe, only a miracle will save the USA and the world from Trump, Mk.II, and miracles tend to be somewhat in short supply these days.
Click to expand...

Not a miracle needed, but fewer drama queens responding to every right wing scare story would help. Trump is in for a very difficult couple of weeks and old bone spurs himself has started slagging off those who serve again. Trump is not going to win and may not even get that far.
 
SteveS1 said:
Not a miracle needed, but fewer drama queens responding to every right wing scare story would help. Trump is in for a very difficult couple of weeks and old bone spurs himself has started slagging off those who serve again. Trump is not going to win and may not even get that far.
Click to expand...
I desperately hope that you're right, Steve, but it seems to me that this business about his memory, which, while it may be a bit of a hatchet job, will have a big effect on the US population, many of whom (Democrats included) were starting to worry about Biden's age. Trump says much more nonsense, but he gives the impression of more energy in these hour-long tirades. And an article in today's FT says that Trump leads Biden by 11% on who would better at handling the economy. It's nonsense, but individual perceptions are everything.

Biden would have been better being a one-term President and leaving the job to younger folk.
 
SteveS1 said:
Not a miracle needed, but fewer drama queens responding to every right wing scare story would help. Trump is in for a very difficult couple of weeks and old bone spurs himself has started slagging off those who serve again. Trump is not going to win and may not even get that far.
Click to expand...
You seem to be forgetting that the West is losing it's mind. Reason and rationality are going out the window...
 
Nick_G said:
You seem to be forgetting that the West is losing it's mind. Reason and rationality are going out the window...
Click to expand...
I disagree. A portion of the electorate has gone down the right wing / social media rabbit hole - but it was not sufficient to re-elect Trump in 2020 and there's no reason to believe 2024 will be any different. The UK electorate seems to have finally woken up to the damage done by the Tories (about f'n time too). The EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine is still robust.

I think we've (temporarily?) lost about 30% of our electorate, but that is not sufficient to win national elections.
 
sean99 said:
I disagree. A portion of the electorate has gone down the right wing / social media rabbit hole - but it was not sufficient to re-elect Trump in 2020 and there's no reason to believe 2024 will be any different. The UK electorate seems to have finally woken up to the damage done by the Tories (about f'n time too). The EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine is still robust.

I think we've (temporarily?) lost about 30% of our electorate, but that is not sufficient to win national elections.
Click to expand...

I really hope you're right Sean, but I have a very bad feeling about November 2024.
 
tones said:
I desperately hope that you're right, Steve, but it seems to me that this business about his memory, which, while it may be a bit of a hatchet job, will have a big effect on the US population, many of whom (Democrats included) were starting to worry about Biden's age. Trump says much more nonsense, but he gives the impression of more energy in these hour-long tirades. And an article in today's FT says that Trump leads Biden by 11% on who would better at handling the economy. It's nonsense, but individual perceptions are everything.

Biden would have been better being a one-term President and leaving the job to younger folk.
Click to expand...
Everyone who works with President Biden in private says his mental acuity is just fine.

Everyone who worked with President Trump in private says he is a deranged sociopath.
 
Suffolk Tony said:
Everyone who works with President Biden in private says his mental acuity is just fine.

Everyone who worked with President Trump in private says he is a deranged sociopath.
Click to expand...
I'm trying to imagine a TV debate between the two, and I'm afraid that Trump, with his energy, simple logic and arrogance, might make mincemeat out of Biden.
 
SteveS1 said:
Not a miracle needed, but fewer drama queens responding to every right wing scare story would help. Trump is in for a very difficult couple of weeks and old bone spurs himself has started slagging off those who serve again. Trump is not going to win and may not even get that far.
Click to expand...

I’m with you, Steve. i think Biden has a much better chance of winning than many people think.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.


advertisement


Back
Top