You know what? Go on about Biden's age and debate performance. Me? I'll focus on the existential threat that Donald Trump and his minions represent. We all have limited time and energy. Do you really want to spend July and August talking about Biden's infirmity? Do you really think this is helping?
I'm a brain doc (Consultation-Liaison psych).
For *years* Trump has shown uninterrupted, increasingly severe cognitive symptoms: he's incapable of linear thought *at baseline*.
Whatever disrupted Biden's linear thought in the debate is at worst intermittent.
Bonus: he's not an overt fascist.
The problem with this argument is that you’re assuming people vote rationally. The perception, especially among low information voters, is that Biden is impaired and Trump isn’t and Biden certainly isn’t doing much to dispel that.
And if Biden doesn't step aside and you had 4-6 weeks to use, would you have used it to push Biden to cede the stage or hammer on Trump. That's the question I am asking.
Physician here: we put out the worst fire first and only then look at secondary considerations.
For a third of a century I’ve been honored to care for patients with extremely high risks: including opiate addiction.
Sadly, two perished- both prior to 1995.
Taking extra risks is stupid and deadly.