Short Summary

  1. Hosts discuss President Biden’s declining popularity, noting challenges in maintaining positive coverage even among Biden-friendly media outlets.
  2. A “Meet the Press” segment reveals voters trust Trump more than Biden on economic issues and border security.
  3. Biden’s job rating is mentioned as the lowest of his presidency and the lowest for any president in an NBC poll since Bush Jr.'s second term.
  4. Concerns about Biden’s mental fitness for the presidency are raised, including a reference to a deceased French president during a campaign stop.
  5. Biden’s reluctance to do interviews and his decision not to participate in pre-Super Bowl activities for the second year are highlighted.
  6. The hosts argue that the Democratic Party has not seriously addressed concerns about Biden’s mental fitness, despite widespread concern among Americans, including Democrats who voted for him.
  7. Some criticism of Biden’s gaffes is acknowledged as bad faith, but a substantive argument about his cognitive state is deemed legitimate.
  8. The lack of attention to the age factor in Biden’s candidacy is criticized, mentioning Dean Phillips as a younger alternative dismissed by liberal pundits.
  9. The speaker criticizes Democrats for not allowing a primary, which could have facilitated open discussions about the party’s policy platform, suggesting vulnerability for the Democratic Party.
  10. The potential blame game if Democrats lose the election is mentioned, with voters, Russia, and Mark Zuckerberg identified as possible targets.
    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.worldOP
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      9 months ago

      How is it propaganda, if you are not under a rock you should know this was a concern for many since the start, only Vote Blue No Matter Who people see it as a non-issue, when it comes to Biden’s mental decline.

      Reporting on it is better than people sticking their head in the sand and believing everything is fine with Biden 2024.

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          9 months ago

          Ah, okay, hahaha.

          I was not expecting it to be a big deal, I was quickly adding more on my views on the subject.

          It is true that people will take it differently and not everyone will come eye to eye on subjects that concern politics.

          Thanks for the reply, made me search and learn!

          Projection is a psychological phenomenon where feelings directed towards the self are displaced towards other people. Psychoanalysts regard projection as a defence mechanism of alterity concerning “inside” content mistaken to be coming from the “outside” Other. In psychoanalytic thought, it forms the basis of empathy by projecting personal experiences to understand someone else’s subjective world. In its malignant forms, it is a defense mechanism in which the ego defends itself against disowned and highly negative parts of the self by denying their existence in themselves and attributing them to others, breeding misunderstanding and causing untold interpersonal damage. Projection incorporates blame shifting and can manifest as shame dumping. Projection has been described as an early phase of introjection. Wikipedia

  • distantsounds@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    He has not been mentally fit for a while, but he is still better than the alternatives. Depressing times to be in

    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.worldOP
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      9 months ago

      I agree, he has not been mentally fit for a while.

      I disagree on it being better than the alternative, in the end status quo will continue and civilians will keep on dying.

      The Democrats made their bed…

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      9 months ago

      Not OP, but calling someone a stooge and choosing to not engage with valid criticism is kinda how we landed in here in the first place. Here’s for better times