In looking at the debate I see a president with a stuttering handicap and not someone with cognitive issues. Joe knew the topics and the facts, but, his verbal expression was a bit halting at times. I find it interesting that it is his family that is rallying around him and in criticism of his staff. They know Joe on a personal basis better than anyone else and I think they can speak to his stuttering disability better than anybody else.
In a video following the debate, immediately following the debate, his message and speech was mostly clear with some acknowledgment to his age. He was asking the American people to continue to contribute to his campaign and that of his fellow democrats. A man with a cognitive disorder would not be able to do that. The cognitive disorder doesn’t disappear just because he is alone in a room with a camera.
What I believe occurred was that Trump was talking fast and throwing one lie after another to the audience. President Biden didn’t know where to start and when he was formulating his statements he was also realizing his stuttering disability was acting up as well.
I think what resulted on a couple of occasions was a word soup of what his stuttering would allow while entire grammatically correct statements were lost in the pauses everyone believed was an age related cognitive decline. I don’t believe it was. Yes, President Biden had a poor debate performance, but, he is not cognitively deteriorated or deteriorating.
At this point I think the Democratic Party and supporters need to ask for professional interpretation rather than a rush to judgement.
A cognitive deterioration as being discussed does not turn on and off like a light switch. Either there are brain issues or there aren’t. This would be a physical deterioration of the brain, not just age related changes if any at all. Yes, there is some help with medication, but, the medication would result in a steady state of being, not emotional fits and starts. So, I think a lot of the discussion surrounding Biden in this debate, which he requested for his own reasons, is inappropriate and short sighted.
Being completely honest, what I see in the debate is a president with a stuttering disability while cognitively wanting to address all the lies Trump was stating without remorse and frequently.
