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Trekologer

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16. Even if there wasn't the drip, drip, drip of people popping up the media would be focusing on his age

Reply to philf99 (Reply #10)

Thu Jul 18, 2024, 10:54 AM

Jul 2024

Instead of reporting on policies or positions, they'd be reporting on how he looked or sounded, covering and any every verbal and physical stumble. Being sidelined by COVID for a couple days is only going to drive that further.

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Politics is often about a narrative [View all] philf99 Jul 2024 OP

The polls look good for Biden right now. So no it hasn't. I am trashing this...just another anti-Biden post IMHO. Demsrule86 Jul 2024 #1

What polls are you looking at? philf99 Jul 2024 #4

The best known poll aggregator and BootinUp Jul 2024 #8

Need to hitch up our socks and change it. rzemanfl Jul 2024 #2

We can't really change the part about him being old JI7 Jul 2024 #3

Is that going to work? philf99 Jul 2024 #5

The drip drip ITAL Jul 2024 #7

It's not going away philf99 Jul 2024 #10

Even if there wasn't the drip, drip, drip of people popping up the media would be focusing on his age Trekologer Jul 2024 #16

Hillary easily won all 3 debates. We can never be sure something will work or be enough JI7 Jul 2024 #13

I missed the part in the current narrative BootinUp Jul 2024 #6

From my observation philf99 Jul 2024 #9

Biden put on a master class hour long BootinUp Jul 2024 #11

let's try talking about how bad another Trump administration would be eShirl Jul 2024 #12

Yes, because that's the genuine narrative peggysue2 Jul 2024 #17

Media philf99 Jul 2024 #18

Trump is the same age, basically NoveltySocks Jul 2024 #14

I agree philf99 Jul 2024 #15