Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

@TonyStark @Acronymesis Or it's a sign that one party actually cares about merit and results and walks the talk while the other is a cult of personality.

Biden isn't entitled to our support; He needs to earn it. And letting Trump walk all over him in the debate is the opposite of that.

@TruthSandwich No, I was specifically referring to Trump in 2020, in direct response to you bringing that election up.

@TruthSandwich The only history I'm describing is the last 24 hours.

@TruthSandwich I would, but after Joe set the bar so low, Trump walked over it and out of the room.

I'd like to avoid another weak incumbent losing a winnable election, not repeat it.

@TruthSandwich How's he supposed to do that when he can't even run his own mouth for two straight minutes?

@farbel @lionelb Yeah, I'd rather have someone on the ticket who can drive us forward to beating Trump over someone who acts as a shackle slowing us down by forcing us to do their work for them.

@TruthSandwich It doesn't matter if he supports democracy or not if he's incapable of saying so.

His job right now is to get out the vote, and he's very clearly not up to that job.

@farbel @lionelb Except that convincing people to vote for him is the exact job Biden no longer seems fit to do.

@Vaniaji@toad.social I disagree. In 2020 he was able to call Trump on his bullshit in real time while smiling and joking.

This time around he was just confused and sad.

@Vaniaji@toad.social Right, I'd vote for a ham sandwich over Trump, but we're not who Biden needed to reach in the debates.

The people in the center will only show up to vote if they have a viable choice, and Biden's performance last night was the opposite of viable.

@theusasingers Biden also seems to be unable to focus or hold a train of thought long enough to deliver a fully-coherent 2 minute prepared response to prepared, expected questions.

To attribute that merely to a cold and a stutter is to bury one's head in the sand.

@Colarusso @icymi_law Yeah, I noticed that too, lol

@slightlyoff I'm a NoScript user, so you're preaching to the choir, but I don't think regular users would like that.

They still get pissed off when a browser tries to protect them from a bad SSL cert.

@IgnatiusJReilly @volkris So you're happy that he kept Trump's border policies and tariffs intact?

@slightlyoff Right, but the problem is that 98% of users will then think "this browser broke this web site" instead of "this web site is breaking the web". How do we fix that?

@MaryAustinBooks @DrPsyBuffy
> If they can do it, why can't Dems?

I think that's a fundamental misunderstanding. If you ask the many people who are currently calling for a new lead on the ticket if they'd still vote for Biden should he remain the candidate, I think damn near 100% would say yes.

We can criticize and call for change but still fall in line when the chips are down.

@ThinkingSapien Either yesterday or the day before. They're extending this term one day into July. Most seem to agree it's to drop the Trump v USA case as late as possible this term.

@ThinkingSapien You don't think they'll save the worst for their new Monday drop?

@peterdrake Same. Tried to sleep for a few hours, but just not tired. At least not the kind of tired that allows me to sleep.