[koolba]

> He’s far more physically fit than the Republican candidate. He can ride a bike. The Republican candidate also struggles to speak coherently.

Biden literally cannot walk down two steps unassisted.

Meanwhile Trump appears to be bullet proof.

You can disagree on plenty of policy, but no fair minded person could possibly think he’s mentally or physically more fit than Trump.

[topato]

You seriously think Trump is more physically fit? I'd give you mentally, but avoiding having your head blown off because you gesture so wildly it's hard to get a clear shot does NOT make the man physically fit. He looks like a trash bag full of gelatin when he wears his golf clothes, and golf was Trump's only/best example of a (barely) "physical" challenge he thought he'd beat Biden at.... Sad.

[koolba]

> You seriously think Trump is more physically fit?

Absolutely he’s more physically fit. I don’t think Biden would have survived being tackled by the Secret Service agents. That alone would have broken all kinds of bones.

And as far as stamina goes, Trump regularly gives hour plus standing speeches. Do you really think Biden could stand in the hot sun for an hour?

Here’s Biden unable to descend two (2!) stairs by himself: https://nypost.com/2024/06/28/us-news/jill-biden-helps-joe-o...

You’re seriously going to tell me that guy is more physically fit than Trump?

[trealira]

I think he's experiencing a rapid decline in his health, possibly due to COVID. He had been recorded riding his bike this June [0].

This is anecdotal, but it reminds me of my grandfather before he died. He had always been able to run on a treadmill and lift weights; then, he got cancer, and his health deteriorated to the point that he began to need a walker to get around, until he became bedridden and died.

[0]: https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/joe-biden-goes-for-bike...

[jauntywundrkind]

The former White House staff & people in the administration had incredibly brutal things to say against Trump. Clips assembled recently by the Daily Show, https://youtu.be/ZsioMx6M3UI?si=tpMeD0O_5wUfWm-k#t=16m16s :

"Unfit for office" (Esper) "The greatest threat to democracy that we've ever seen." (Cobb) "he failed at being the president when we needed him to be the president" (mulvaney) "doesn't like to read, doesnt read briefing reports." (Tillerson) "absense of leadership, really anti-leadership" (McMaster) "wannabe dictator" (Kelly) "he shouldn't be near the oval office" (Barr) "a person who admires autocrats & murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, the Constitution, and rule of law" (Kelly) "God help us [if we's reelected]." (Kelly)

And simply, "he's an effing moron" (Tillerson).

Biden has always been a little weird with his vocal stutter, but he makes good points. He knows what's going on. He can talk to issues and hold a point. Trump's logic as he gets up on the podium & drunk uncle rambles is terrifying, both mean and vindictive when coherent but often just totally space case weirdo verbal diaherria. He's never been sharp. He's never been interested in the world, has always lived in his own head & it's only gotten worse & less & less intelligible. He's an effing moron and a mean nasty one at that. Biden is aging yes but he's a put together intelligent engaged listening person who reads his damned briefings & is engaged & interested & has ongoingly shown ability to go on talk shows & rallys & be strong, to talk intelligently to issues, to handle deep conversations well, & make sharp cases.

You don't see anything like this insult against character & intelligence against Biden. I think Biden is sharp, but even if you disagree, at least he started with a full deck of cards and some decency & respect for democracy. The other guy?

I think Bob Woodward really sums it up: "the president has the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader."

[newfriend]

You sound incredibly biased against Trump...

> I think Biden is sharp

and also delusional.

[jauntywundrkind]

> You sound incredibly biased against Trump

So do a very notable fraction of the people who worked for him!

[mcphage]

> Meanwhile Trump appears to be bullet proof.

That’s a weird way to say “Even his own party is shooting at him.”

[andrewinardeer]

Can you elaborate on this comment?

[Hikikomori]

Shooter was republican?

[mcphage]

Someone in Trump's own party attempted to assassinate him last week, and failed. For most people, having someone in your own party try to kill you would be a huge negative, but the person I was responding to attempted to spin it as a positive.

[koolba]

The “who” that pulled the trigger is much less relevant than the reaction of Trump right after it happened. Rising up, the flag waving behind him, with a fist in the air yelling “Fight!”. Followed by a crowd cheering, “USA! USA!”.

That was incredibly iconic and that picture will be in the historic books, and IMHO, alongside a biography of him as our 47th POTUS.

[mcphage]

> that picture will be in the historic books

Yep, next to all of the other failed assassinations.

[johnnyanmac]

I did hear about Teddy being nearly assassinated and then continuing his speech right then and there. Helped with his image as being this stubborn bull who never backs down and comes in swinging.

looking it up, we haven't had a near assassination since Reagan (how... well, poetic isn't the word I want to use). Probably a bit too recent for history books to record at my time. The other presidents who had near assassinations did eventually become assassinated.