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He also quite frankly appears to be on the verge of full blown dementia. And Harris is neither quite, nor nimble. I still believe he (or Harris?) is a better choice than Trump, in the particular situation US is in because of Covid.

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There is zero evidence that Biden has had any type of mental decline. He has battled a stutter for his entire life. His stumbles in his public speaking appearances are almost assuredly related to his speech impediment and not an issue with intelligence or coherence.

The fact that HNers are saying Biden has clear dementia is so embarrassing. At best they're mistaking his speech impediment for cognitive decline, which is a perception they should fix since it is unfair. At worst, they have fallen for falsehoods and propaganda.

Reminds me of when HN was 100.0% sure that there was phosphine on Venus.

What!?! The study was wrong? checks google wow just hearing about it today.

He absolutely has visible decline, compare youtube videos of him from 2016 vs 2020. Obviously, 4 years make difference at his age, but you can easily see how he struggles maintaining even simple conversations, which cannot be explained by abovementioned 4 years. I mean Sanders is of the same age as Biden and he did not decline nearly as much in 4 years, I; say barely changed. There is something wrong with the dude, and lots of people see it.

Youtube, the infallible source of truth.

I've watched Biden live multiple times. He is not as skilled an orator as Obama was, and he indeed clearly has a speech impediment. None of that means dementia.

Either you fell for the old "youtube conspiracy hole", or you're seeing what you want to see.

I like Biden more than Bernie or Trump, and he's not wrong. His then vs now speech and debate performance is clearly not the same. He doesn't have dementia, but he's a lot slower and comes across as less intelligent than before, which is to be expected for a man his age.

The speed he declined is much higher than expected for his age. Neither Pelosi, nor Sanders have shown decline this fast.

I hope you watched Biden's speech tonight and realized how incredibly incorrect you were.

Anyone who watched that speech and still thinks he has dementia has never been around anyone with dementia.

It takes a lot of work and persistent energy to overcome a speech impediment. It will often return at times whenever that energy is sapped such as when tired, stressed, drunk, or yes even when aging. There is no evidence this is anything else.

Do you know what dementia looks like? Did you see Biden in the debates? This is not what a man with dementia looks like.

I remember Biden and Sanders in 2016; Biden actually appeared to be speaking more eloquently than Sanders. Sanders did not change like at all, and Biden - he appears to have declined very significantly, as if if he had stroke or something. Perhaps dementia.

I'd bet it has more to do with how little sleep candidates running for president tend to get. I'll be interested to see if he perks up after a few nights of really good rest. He can take a short break while his transition team does most of the legwork and brings him decisions to be made. He has no need to do any rallies for a bit.

His interview at his home was bad. He was way slower than he was in 2016. Something began to happen to Biden somewhere in 2018. He looks like 2 different people now and then. I do not understand animosity towards what I am saying: he clearly appears having decline, and if some hard-core democrats are willing to give and believe in excuses for that, many regular people are not.

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