EDIT: we all know that anyone's faculties diminish with age. What the G.O.P. overlooks here is the value of experience. The situation is analogous to an ageing baseball pitcher. His primary pitch is a fast-ball. By the age of thirty or thirty-five at most (without steroids), that fast-ball has lost its edge and now can be whacked into a Star Trek episode. So, the great pitchers develop other pitches, like change-ups or knuckle-balls, to remain winners.
Here, the question is not the binary one of whether or not President Biden's mind is as quick as it was twenty or more years ago but whether he has expanded that mind with wisdom and other traits like magnanimity. Of course, all of this talk of wisdom remains lost on the dominant voices of my erstwhile Party; they know not what wisdom is. Narcissists or bullies rarely do.
My daughter (who notoriously disrespects my mental capacity) blithely told me the other day that both are too old and demented to earn her vote. I told her not voting for Biden is a vote for Trump. I also pointed out that even though I'm slower in all ways than I was x years ago, it doesn't mean I'm slow. It's all relative. She says that because she lives in Texas it's a moot point. She's right about that.
I am somewhat sympathetic with your daughter. I would have preferred President Biden to step aside as he is frail. As to your mental capacity, I can say only one thing: ┬бKIDS! She appreciates you, already, or will appreciate you, imminently, I am sure. After the performance of President Biden and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee over the past ten days to two weeks, I have little hesitation anymore in voting for the Democratic ticket this autumn.
I am fifteen years his junior and I may be more 'demented' than President Biden. Ooops.
Unlike tRUMP and his buddies, at least you admit it.
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EDIT: we all know that anyone's faculties diminish with age. What the G.O.P. overlooks here is the value of experience. The situation is analogous to an ageing baseball pitcher. His primary pitch is a fast-ball. By the age of thirty or thirty-five at most (without steroids), that fast-ball has lost its edge and now can be whacked into a Star Trek episode. So, the great pitchers develop other pitches, like change-ups or knuckle-balls, to remain winners.
Here, the question is not the binary one of whether or not President Biden's mind is as quick as it was twenty or more years ago but whether he has expanded that mind with wisdom and other traits like magnanimity. Of course, all of this talk of wisdom remains lost on the dominant voices of my erstwhile Party; they know not what wisdom is. Narcissists or bullies rarely do.
My daughter (who notoriously disrespects my mental capacity) blithely told me the other day that both are too old and demented to earn her vote. I told her not voting for Biden is a vote for Trump. I also pointed out that even though I'm slower in all ways than I was x years ago, it doesn't mean I'm slow. It's all relative. She says that because she lives in Texas it's a moot point. She's right about that.
I am somewhat sympathetic with your daughter. I would have preferred President Biden to step aside as he is frail. As to your mental capacity, I can say only one thing: ┬бKIDS! She appreciates you, already, or will appreciate you, imminently, I am sure. After the performance of President Biden and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee over the past ten days to two weeks, I have little hesitation anymore in voting for the Democratic ticket this autumn.
I love that name