Maybe the Democrats Can’t Tell the Difference Between a Demented and an Undemented Leader?

[nanana]

My mom suffered from dementia and died last October. She progressed from forgetting how to make coffee to chasing the little real versions of NaNaNa that were 2 years old. Even though I became the pretend NaNaNa last year, I knew that mom loved me. You can still love someone and not lie about them. Democrats, were you really not able to tell? If you couldn’t, do you really think Jill  Ashley Hunter and Camilla (and of course, closer to home, Kamala) were unable to tell? How do you think your ability to tell or not reflects the trustworthiness of 1) your judgement; 2) the judgement of your preferred media; and 3) the trust anyone would put in your party going forward?

am I just being mean. or does credibility have a value outside of the partisan chorale (yes chorale with falsetto cows mooing in high octaves)?

would you invite Jake Tapper to moo at your funeral?

maybe it’s time for a Whig revival…

[tallslenderguy]

i don't  think you are being mean, but perhaps overly general and simplistic.  i question whether the majority of people in this country would have selected either Biden or Trump as candidates. i feel like both were forced on me as 'choices,' and i wonder how many other people feel the same way?  

There are tests that are done to diagnose dementia, it's not an armchair diagnosis any of us can make.  i have a lot of experience with dementia  in patients as a critical care nurse, and there are lots of cross over symptoms. For instance, many of the same symptoms that present with stress also present with dementia.  my individual opinion is that neither Trump or Biden was fit to run or serve as president of the US.  

That said, i do believe that Biden listened to and followed his advisors more than Trump does.  I.e., with Biden, i felt a wee bit more confident that others of more sound mind were helping make decisions. I don't have that same feel or confidence with Trump. One of the things that bothers me about Trump is how he wants to be in control of everything.  To me, Biden had partners in the governing process where   Trump has minions doing his bidding.