[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

The word on the street is he will be gone by tomorrow

Just like Sunak.

[arista]

ABC USA will have an Interview
With Joe Biden, today

But it is Recorded,
not Brave and Live.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

what is the reaction from people over there in your world of acquaintances. Have people noticed, do they care?

People do notice things and Biden's mental status is known, but I'd say most are checked out. We can only laugh. You do get the occasional person that still seems to be emotionally invested in current narratives, especially social media fodder, but it's less common now. Polled husband also and with what he does (works in criminal justice), they do talk politics and it's more or less the same. It really does not feel like an election year. The debate felt a special program, a popcorn hour if you will, but nothing substantial was going to happen. More like a comedy hour or a football game of sorts. "What silly things are we up to now" sort of thing.

Other things I've noticed... more and more people are turning to Local news. They are still through the affiliates, but are usually more subdued and less offensive to the masses. We have about 4-5 news stations here where we are that compete with pretty good coverage and when I do talk to people, they're quoting local and not national. During COVID times, we could walk into a doctors office and other businesses, a national news station would be playing, which used to be reserved to airports, etc. Many more are tuned to local news and even radio and paying less attention to national media.

Corporations seem to have caught on because in shops where political slogans, propaganda, etc were flooding in hardcore through product and displays has died way down. It's not as common now to find anything overt. Even though it's pride month, I've only seen an endcap or two, but nothing that screams at me.

It's more like normal times. I love it. I don't think about politics hardly at all. Nobody seems that stressed about it, either. Yes, things are more expensive now, inflation has fully kicked in, the deficit is worrying. I hear more about local concerns, like the power grid or issues with our water, issues that actually impact people and they feel they have a say. National though? It's not like much can be done about it, so people have accepted their past voting choices and seem to be focusing more on getting their own stuff in order. For example, we lost power for nearly a week from the Derecho storm that came through and in that time I realized most of our neighbors have purchased generators. Everyone seemed much more prepared. The feeling I've been getting when out and about is that people take less for granted, seem less rushed and take things slower, and thus have less to complain about. We still enjoy a decent living standard even with all that's wrong in the world and I think the moaning has really worn thin with some. They'd rather do something about it than sit on Twitter and complain, I guess.

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

The word on the street is he will be gone by tomorrow

I had this horrible image of a party of interns watching from around a corner for him to walk down the hall so they can jump out and shout "Surprise!!!". Maybe they were going to congratulate him on having a great debate and offer him some ice cream... then we find through CNN later about how his party murdered him. "The last thing he ever saw was his ice cream. He was so happy"

[Crimson Dynamo]

Latest Wall Street Journal poll finds 80% of Americans don’t think President Biden fit to
serve a second term.

[bots]

a CNN poll put Biden 6 points behind Trump, and Kamala 2 points behind Trump so it's not difficult to predict what's coming next, it's just a question of whether the dem machine and Biden are only interested in beating Trump or actually want to cling on to power

[arista]

LBC Live now
Debate on Biden.

[bots]

Biden has said that he won't be doing any engagements after 8pm from now on. Strange timing to announce that

[Ninastar]

That’s a relief to hear… nothing crazy ever happens after 8pm in the USA

[Maru]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Biden has said that he won't be doing any engagements after 8pm from now on. Strange timing to announce that

They claimed it was a joke. They're not wrong. It is all a joke at this point.

This was today:

"Biden's bad week just got worse after he said he was the 'first Black woman to serve with a Black president'"
https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-...ip-2024-7?op=1

[bots]

Originally Posted by Maru

They claimed it was a joke. They're not wrong. It is all a joke at this point.

This was today:

"Biden's bad week just got worse after he said he was the 'first Black woman to serve with a Black president'"
https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-...ip-2024-7?op=1

omg

[Gusto Brunt]

First black woman.

[arista]

On the ABC News interview
Biden refused to take a cognitive test

Taking the test would mean
he would have to stand down.

[arista]

Already on USA TV

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Edits of Mumbling Biden
from the CNN Live Debate

With Trump on the Split screen.