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b_b  ·  164 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 12, 2024

For real if they want to neutralize the "he's old" attacks, all they have to do is run a series of ads that highlight Trump's obvious early stage dementia. The garbled speech, the replacing of names or objects by unrelated words, the rambling, unconnected thoughts...it's all part and parcel of a man whose gray matter is deteriorating quickly.

In a way, doing that would be an admission of how old and slow Uncle Joe is, but it's not like they're fooling anyone anyway. Just have to lean into the fact that when you're in a race, you're not racing an ideal. You're racing the other guy. So as long as you can say, "I'm shitty but he's worse," you will always have a point.And in many ways it would be a more honest and resonant point than trying to pretend he has any vim and vigor left in him.