President Joe Biden will hold a closely watched news conference on Thursday, marking another high-stakes moment for the president to show off his ability to answer questions in an unscripted setting.

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    well, i’m sad to say it, but this seems to be for all the marbles. so many are calling on joe biden to quit the race, and then make way for a nominee to be determined at the convention, unless he scores a definitive shut yo mouf turn at this news conference, he may just have to do it. i love joe biden, he’s a great public servant, a great president, and a good man, but i think time may have just simply ran out on him. i’d say it was at the worst possible time, but that’s not true, the worst possible time would have been during the last election, when he needed to save democracy itself, and he did. cold comfort we’re facing the same threat personified in the same villain again now. this is all so disastrous.

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      “I want to apologize to the American people, it took me too long to process all the bullshit that candidate Trump was spouting from what I assume was his face. Nothing he said was coherent, and I tried to figure out what he was actually saying. Turns out, when translated, it amounts to pppptptptptptpt. Knowing that, I’m much better to respond now”

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      The worst possible time would be this fall. Imagine if Biden had that debate performance a couple of weeks before election? At least if he drops out now he can be replaced. Problem is, if he stays in, what are the odds he’s going to have another episode of “jet lag” or a “cold” or whatever excuse they are using now? Unless they keep Biden in a bunker till November, chances are good he’s going to have another episode and freak out swing voters right before votes get cast.

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        chances are good he’s going to have another episode

        An episode is a random, one-time thing, though. Biden’s debate performance matches his past several years of behaviors perfectly. The fucker is 81 years old FFS, his age-related cognitive decline is well past the point of speculation. Let him rest FFS