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Cenk Uyger says Biden is not going to win against Trump due to his mental decline and due to his lies being called out by the [[Right-wing|political right]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsVB47jvok Cenk's 2020 Prediction After Super Tuesday]</ref> | Cenk Uyger says Biden is not going to win against Trump due to his mental decline and due to his lies being called out by the [[Right-wing|political right]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsVB47jvok Cenk's 2020 Prediction After Super Tuesday]</ref> | ||
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Joe Biden's life has been greatly shaped by grief and he indicated that he has "wounds that don't ever really heal".<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/02/joe-biden-age-media-227499 Is Joe Biden Too Old?]</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/05/31/joe-bidens-heartfelt-thoughts-on-grief/ Joe Biden’s heartfelt speech on grief], Washington Post</ref><ref>[https://www.apnews.com/e5a1e70314eb44219448eeb850c65f1e Biden’s prism of loss: A public man, shaped by private grief], Associated Press</ref> | Joe Biden's life has been greatly shaped by grief and he indicated that he has "wounds that don't ever really heal".<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/02/joe-biden-age-media-227499 Is Joe Biden Too Old?]</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/05/31/joe-bidens-heartfelt-thoughts-on-grief/ Joe Biden’s heartfelt speech on grief], Washington Post</ref><ref>[https://www.apnews.com/e5a1e70314eb44219448eeb850c65f1e Biden’s prism of loss: A public man, shaped by private grief], Associated Press</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:43, March 4, 2020
Joe Biden (born November 20, 1942) is turning 77 in November 2019. He will be nearly 78 years old on Election Day 2020. Biden hasn't disclosed his medical history since 2008, when physicians found he had an irregular heartbeat.[1] Biden has long been troubled by health issues.[2][3] Biden has promised to release his medical records in the next several months.[4]
According to the British Medical Journal, "The brain’s capacity for memory, reasoning and comprehension skills (cognitive function) can start to deteriorate from age 45, finds research published on bmj.com today."[5]
According to Politico:
| “ | The New York Times, the Washington Post, Politico, CNN, the Atlantic, the Associated Press, Slate and just about every other.. outlet you can name has crossed the ageism line to ask the “too old” question in recent articles about Joe Biden, age 76, often in the headline itself.
...after tallying Biden’s repeated stumbles, miscues and mental lapses, journalists tend to retreat from calling Biden too infirm to run the White House. The greater press taboo, it seems, isn’t asking the question about Biden but answering it.[6] |
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Matthew Walther, a national correspondent for The Week, wrote about Biden's age:
| “ | These days, Biden is confused about everything and everyone virtually all the time... He routinely says things that are absolute gibberish... These are not ordinary slips of the tongue. They are signs of cognitive decline that will be familiar to anyone who, like me, spends a good deal of time in the company of people who are roughly Biden's age."[7] | ” |
The columnist Michael Goodwin wrote about Biden's performance during the Democrats’ third presidential primary debate: "Nearly all his efforts to make a point were swamped by a sudden change of direction mid-sentence, and then another change a few words later as a random thought popped into his head and out his mouth. None of his rivals needed to interrupt him — he did it to himself."[8]
After Biden's poor performance in Iowa, a Democratic county chair told The New York Times, "He’s pressing against Father Time, who is a very tough competitor."[9]
Cenk Uyger on Joe Biden's mental decline
The progressive Cenk Uygur, who is a supporter of Bernie Sanders is angry that the mainstream doesn't point out Biden's mental decline and does not call out Biden's lies (Joe Biden lying about being arrested with Nelson Mandela, etc.).[10]
Cenk Uyger says Biden is not going to win against Trump due to his mental decline and due to his lies being called out by the political right.[11]
Joe Biden's life has been greatly shaped by grief and he indicated that he has "wounds that don't ever really heal".[12][13][14]
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry in a journal article entitled Prolonged Grief and Cognitive Decline: A Prospective Population-Based Study in Middle-Aged and Older Persons indicated that individuals with prolonged grief disorder (PGD) compared with a reference group "showed a decrease in global cognitive function".[15] See: Prolonged grief disorder and cognitive decline
See also
References
- ↑ Biden's eye fills with blood during CNN climate town hall, Washington Examiner
- ↑ Surgeon who operated on Biden: He's better now than before brain surgery, Washington Examiner, 2019
- ↑ Biden's eye fills with blood during CNN climate town hall, Washington Examiner
- ↑ As Joe Biden proves a durable candidate, opponents delicately raise his age, Washington Post
- ↑ Cognitive decline can begin as early as age 45, warn experts, British Medical Journal press release
- ↑ Is Joe Biden Too Old?
- ↑ What will it take for the Democratic establishment to abandon Biden? by Matthew Walther, The Week
- ↑ Goodwin: Trump the real winner as Biden again proves he’s not cut out to be nominee , New York Post
- ↑ Can Anyone Catch Joe Biden? by Lisa Lerer, Sydney Ember and Reid J. Epstein, The New York Times
- ↑ Cenk's 2020 Prediction After Super Tuesday
- ↑ Cenk's 2020 Prediction After Super Tuesday
- ↑ Is Joe Biden Too Old?
- ↑ Joe Biden’s heartfelt speech on grief, Washington Post
- ↑ Biden’s prism of loss: A public man, shaped by private grief, Associated Press
- ↑ Prolonged Grief and Cognitive Decline: A Prospective Population-Based Study in Middle-Aged and Older Persons