Sadly, Biden was at the debate. Or his body was there. That is the issue. The debate was beyond a disaster and showed every symptom of Parkinson's. From his gait, and not being able to communicate, not being able to listen, or not able to write notes are symptoms. Unless it is a prepared speech he could read from paper or a teleprompter,…
Sadly, Biden was at the debate. Or his body was there. That is the issue. The debate was beyond a disaster and showed every symptom of Parkinson's. From his gait, and not being able to communicate, not being able to listen, or not able to write notes are symptoms. Unless it is a prepared speech he could read from paper or a teleprompter, there is something seriously wrong with him and those in the middle are not going to vote for an ill candidate.
Ms. Dery. Are you a physician or other medically trained person qualified to make a diagnosis? Are you a neurologist? Have you personally conducted a medical examination and testing of President Biden (or anyone else)? Unless you are so qualified, I am disinclined to heed or respect your comment.
I saw the debate. I've known people with Parkinson's. I suggest you read George Clooney's opinion piece published today. Nancy Pelosi has also suggested Joe retire from the campaign. The undecided will elect the next President. Most of those that saw the debate won't vote for Biden. Although no one should vote for Trump.
The debate did NOT show symptoms of Parkinsons! Have you watched anything besides the debate? Do not believe something is seriously wrong with him just because some people are freaking out.Energy would be far better spent campaigning against Trump!
Are you aware that every time a Party has switched out a candidate, it has lost that election?
I've watched Biden's gait. And the debate is all that counts. No candidate has ever had such a disappointing and shocking performance. Regarding switching candidates, 1968 does not compare. After LBJ said he would not run the end of March, Robert Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey ran in spirited primary's. Kennedy won California and with that the nomination. He was assassinated that night. Vietnam was raging. A riot filled convention in August in Chicago turned off many voters. Yet by election day, Humphrey barely loss. Read George Clooney's column that came out today. Nancy Pelosi also said Biden should consider giving up his candidacy. The dam is breaking. Maybe Biden should consider resigning from the Presidency and Harris would be sworn in. We are in a difficult situation with a Trump presidency as a real possibility.
I agree that the debate was more debacle than debate…..however, I am not a specialist on Parkinson’s, but I do have a great deal of knowledge of feeling intimidated and bullied…..the anxiety and fear it instills in me causes me to behave in much the same way Biden did. Perhaps that ought to be considered …..just sayin
Exactly! It is absolutely terrifying to see these democrats doing the same thing as the republicans have been doing: denying reality and blaming the truth tellers of lying
What you think you saw and what was actually said by Biden are very different. President Biden answered the questions and talked about policy and his record as President.
Convicted felon trump ignored the questions and told lies in between gibberish.
When a member of Joe Biden’s inner circle claims that he “functions capably” between the daytime hours of 10 and 4, it becomes hard to claim that the President is being ringingly endorsed by those who see him most often and closely.
There has been a mountain of commentary from medical authorities and political veterans in the last two weeks. At best Biden is damned with faint praise. More often there is a shuddering fear of his chances to be in a second term that engaged, brilliant and compassionate President we have been so proud of in the first term.
Whether people like it or not, the torrent of criticism that has exploded in the last two weeks did not come from the ether. President Biden imploded on the debate stage against an opponent whose performance was a master class in mendacity. There was no discussion afterwards of who won the debate. The alarm bells were sounding too loudly.
One way or another Biden is finished. He will pull out at the last possible moment when he throws a fresh log on a burning pyre with another unscripted moment of verbal wandering the fog. Or he will be decimated by Trump in November and America’s long era of flawed but energetic democracy will come to an end.
Biden may feel it’s hugely unfair. He is undoubtedly sensing that leaving the Presidency will be akin to falling off the edge of the world. He no doubt feels that he is the best suited to do the job and all the rest is noise.
All of this leaves me infuriated. Millions of people live through the humiliation of forced retirement when they still feel capable but others see otherwise. This is a hard part of life and I have empathy for Biden. It happened to me.
But the fate of the free world did not rest on my enforced retirement. Biden’s is virtually that significant. He is not going to win the Presidency a second time and the Republicans are going to freely dismantle the country thereafter.
I turn away from this car wreck now. The tsunami of accusations and counter accusations no longer interests me. This White House, which did such great work for four years, has gone rogue in its attempts to circle the wagons around a frail octogenarian. I have no interest in further spectacle, and like the condemned prisoner, merely await execution.
No, Beth is probably not a physician or she would be waving that status around like a flag but she is talking about her own eyes. As on January 6, 2021, when I sat in front of my TV for hours and, even then, did not know even 1/2 of what was going going on I saw the debate in it’s entirety. That was not the President I expected. Who cares what a probable exact diagnosis was or is ? The poor man appeared greatly diminished and we have 4 long, hard years ahead of us. I am a native NYC person and I would never vote for Trump , never, never but I don’t go around making excuses for a bare fact.
Sadly, Biden was at the debate. Or his body was there. That is the issue. The debate was beyond a disaster and showed every symptom of Parkinson's. From his gait, and not being able to communicate, not being able to listen, or not able to write notes are symptoms. Unless it is a prepared speech he could read from paper or a teleprompter, there is something seriously wrong with him and those in the middle are not going to vote for an ill candidate.
Ms. Dery. Are you a physician or other medically trained person qualified to make a diagnosis? Are you a neurologist? Have you personally conducted a medical examination and testing of President Biden (or anyone else)? Unless you are so qualified, I am disinclined to heed or respect your comment.
I saw the debate. I've known people with Parkinson's. I suggest you read George Clooney's opinion piece published today. Nancy Pelosi has also suggested Joe retire from the campaign. The undecided will elect the next President. Most of those that saw the debate won't vote for Biden. Although no one should vote for Trump.
Knowing people with Parkinson's does not grant you a license to diagnose it.
His actual doctor says he does not have it. That should end any further discussion.
The debate did NOT show symptoms of Parkinsons! Have you watched anything besides the debate? Do not believe something is seriously wrong with him just because some people are freaking out.Energy would be far better spent campaigning against Trump!
Are you aware that every time a Party has switched out a candidate, it has lost that election?
I've watched Biden's gait. And the debate is all that counts. No candidate has ever had such a disappointing and shocking performance. Regarding switching candidates, 1968 does not compare. After LBJ said he would not run the end of March, Robert Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey ran in spirited primary's. Kennedy won California and with that the nomination. He was assassinated that night. Vietnam was raging. A riot filled convention in August in Chicago turned off many voters. Yet by election day, Humphrey barely loss. Read George Clooney's column that came out today. Nancy Pelosi also said Biden should consider giving up his candidacy. The dam is breaking. Maybe Biden should consider resigning from the Presidency and Harris would be sworn in. We are in a difficult situation with a Trump presidency as a real possibility.
I agree that the debate was more debacle than debate…..however, I am not a specialist on Parkinson’s, but I do have a great deal of knowledge of feeling intimidated and bullied…..the anxiety and fear it instills in me causes me to behave in much the same way Biden did. Perhaps that ought to be considered …..just sayin
Exactly! It is absolutely terrifying to see these democrats doing the same thing as the republicans have been doing: denying reality and blaming the truth tellers of lying
Troller 👿
Read the transcript.
What you think you saw and what was actually said by Biden are very different. President Biden answered the questions and talked about policy and his record as President.
Convicted felon trump ignored the questions and told lies in between gibberish.
Are you a nurse or a doctor with experience working with Parkinson’s patients? Because you are wrong!!!
When a member of Joe Biden’s inner circle claims that he “functions capably” between the daytime hours of 10 and 4, it becomes hard to claim that the President is being ringingly endorsed by those who see him most often and closely.
There has been a mountain of commentary from medical authorities and political veterans in the last two weeks. At best Biden is damned with faint praise. More often there is a shuddering fear of his chances to be in a second term that engaged, brilliant and compassionate President we have been so proud of in the first term.
Whether people like it or not, the torrent of criticism that has exploded in the last two weeks did not come from the ether. President Biden imploded on the debate stage against an opponent whose performance was a master class in mendacity. There was no discussion afterwards of who won the debate. The alarm bells were sounding too loudly.
One way or another Biden is finished. He will pull out at the last possible moment when he throws a fresh log on a burning pyre with another unscripted moment of verbal wandering the fog. Or he will be decimated by Trump in November and America’s long era of flawed but energetic democracy will come to an end.
Biden may feel it’s hugely unfair. He is undoubtedly sensing that leaving the Presidency will be akin to falling off the edge of the world. He no doubt feels that he is the best suited to do the job and all the rest is noise.
All of this leaves me infuriated. Millions of people live through the humiliation of forced retirement when they still feel capable but others see otherwise. This is a hard part of life and I have empathy for Biden. It happened to me.
But the fate of the free world did not rest on my enforced retirement. Biden’s is virtually that significant. He is not going to win the Presidency a second time and the Republicans are going to freely dismantle the country thereafter.
I turn away from this car wreck now. The tsunami of accusations and counter accusations no longer interests me. This White House, which did such great work for four years, has gone rogue in its attempts to circle the wagons around a frail octogenarian. I have no interest in further spectacle, and like the condemned prisoner, merely await execution.
Beautifully written. I completely agree.
So women, Black, Hispanic, LBGTQ people and me are going to vote for 45 because President Joe Biden is old???
You mean, Trump?
No, Beth is probably not a physician or she would be waving that status around like a flag but she is talking about her own eyes. As on January 6, 2021, when I sat in front of my TV for hours and, even then, did not know even 1/2 of what was going going on I saw the debate in it’s entirety. That was not the President I expected. Who cares what a probable exact diagnosis was or is ? The poor man appeared greatly diminished and we have 4 long, hard years ahead of us. I am a native NYC person and I would never vote for Trump , never, never but I don’t go around making excuses for a bare fact.