• zante@lemmy.wtf
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    2 months ago

    Politics is so basic

    1. Polling shows electorate are concerned about age of candidates
    2. ditch aged candidate
    3. attack opponents aged candidate
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      2 months ago

      Yup. One side proved they were actually concerned about the age of the candidates and did something about it while the other digs their heads in the sand and ignores reality.

      Sure seems to be a super common theme these days…

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        2 months ago

        So when did this “actual concern” begin ?

        It was never mentioned until the Hur report raised doubts. Then Biden received fulsome support from the party.

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            2 months ago

            Why so aggressive?

            Hur said of Biden “he’s and elderly man with a poor memory”

            Following that, he was roundly supported by the party.

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              Did you ignore the congressional hearing where it was demonstrated that Hur lied and omitted facts to spin that narrative?

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                2 months ago

                You just said he alleviated doubts ……but now you say he was found to be lying ?

                What are you trying to say ?

                Look, a few weeks ago, the democrats went out of their way to defend a doddery old man and told you everything was fine. Then when polling data changed, They kicked him out him, and started using age and infirmity as an attack line.

                If you don’t see hypocrisy in that, and you don’t see the lack of integrity in that, and the general cheap shittery in that, then you are part of the great unthinking electorate .

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, its bizarre. Its almost as if the sections of electorate that complained about age never really cared about i the first place.

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      1. Parties attack either other for having aged candidates.
      2. Party ditches aged candidate, since electorate doesn’t want aged candidate–other party doubles down on old/mentally declining candidate and refuses to reconsider
      3. Party attacks aged candidate
      4. Omg who could have seen that coming