A Right Wing Cannot Flap Alone, or, Donald Trump Screwed the Putsch

[Sacred Jellybean]

The legal report wasn't done by a doctor, but by an investigator.

This is true. It's not as rigorous as being examined and evaluated by a professional. OTOH, it seems like a mistake to dismiss the report entirely. What if we feel inclined to do so because the information is inconvenient? Some of this just seems like common sense and not speculation.

No doubt that Bur, a Federalist Society goon, was politically motivated to bring this forward. But along the same lines, it feels self-serving to use this as a basis to dismiss the claim. I can't think of a good way to hand-wave away a person having trouble recalling when they were VP and when their son died. That the Oct 7th just happened and Biden was probably really stressed out feels weak. In the press conference he called to dispute the report, he seemed just as exhausted and meandering as ever. I didn't walk away from it feeling reassured about his abilities.

For the people criticizing John Stewart, it's the same dance that left-leaning people do in every election.

"We have to demand more from our candidates!"
"But we can't let the Republicans win, they're much worse!"

Both are true, and it's a balancing act. I think Stewart walked the line perfectly.

From my limited experience, there seems to be less in-fighting in this cycle. I've seen fewer people than expected who insist that Biden is a war criminal for letting Netenyahu steamroll Palestinians in Gaza. These are the ideologically pure types who refuse to acknowledge that Trump will be far worse. It's more important for their ego to adhere to the rigid ideals they set out for themselves. That has primacy over the actual outcome for the very people they profess to care about.

"Well at least *I* didn't vote for a war criminal! Call me crazy, but *I* don't like war criminals being president and refuse to take part! You can't blame me for what happens, and in fact, it's YOU to blame for voting for a war criminal!" This kind of talk will never not be infuriating to hear.

The most left-wing circles I've lurked in have written off Republicans entirely and dedicate all their talk to bitching about "shitlibs". It's no longer that "they aren't left enough". These days, everything they used to say about Republicans -- that they hate poor people, that they don't care about climate change, that they fight tooth-and-nail to pay lower taxes, that they're bigots -- they now say this about "liberals".
 

Some people are trying to label this as Biden having "eighty years of experience"

lol