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You guys talk about Biden like he's running the show. You've seen him lately, right?

Yes, I fondly recall his speech he gave calling out the MAGA republicans as a danger to the country and right wing media losing their mind over the “fascist” speech.

Is the guy a doddering old fool or a dangerous demagogue? It can’t be both simultaneously

...which he apparently forgot all about the very next day. I don't know what they had him juiced up with (maybe Pervitin, appropriately?) but that's the most coherent I've ever seen him before or since.

The simple solution to the contradiction you propose is: He is a doddering old fool, who is controlled by dangerous demagogues. (And actually, this might describe his predecessor as well.)

But that doesn't mean we can't appreciate when they occasionally do something good (regardless of their motivations), and this is one of those times.

Well we’re have to agree to disagree then. I also don’t think trump was being controlled. These guys are not always on, but you can see that both of them are making decisions and those decisions taking place.

There’s no drug in the world that makes someone go from doddering to able to give long speeches and stay on point.

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