Tomi T AhonenJul 18, 2024

So once again for those sitting in the back row

EVERY cycle for incumbent President, his approval ratings are BELOW 50% (check the numbers, EVERY one)

The NORMAL for an incumbent is 37% approval. Obama was at 40%. Clinton at 37%. Reagan was at 35%. They all were re-elected - Reagan by landslide

Show threadGeoff BernerJul 18, 2024
@tomiahonen you clearly were watching a different debate than I saw. I saw a man who was losing it, mentally and electorally. Nixon lost the 1960 election because he looked a bit sweaty. Whatever weird theories you may have, it's cruel and wrong to make a frail man whose memory is clearly failing, do the hardest job in the world. It's gonna kill him.
Show threadTomi T Ahonen
@Geoffberner Geoff? SRSLY? Did you watch the debate or only select highlights by a media desperate to feed a story Biden failed? If you watched the debate, you heard Biden catch his feet on the economy question, towards end, calling Trump Hoover. Then Biden reminded audience Trump tax cuts cost Trillions. Next they moved to Roe - the biggest driver this cycle, when Biden said Trump would sign a bill outlawing abortion - split camera - showed Trump nodding. Biden won the Roe argument right there
Jul 18, 2024 at 7:45pmWeb
Show threadGeoff BernerJul 18, 2024
@tomiahonen you've gone Trumpy for Biden if you think he did anything but make himself look senile at that debate.
Show threadGeoff BernerJul 18, 2024
@tomiahonen it was the single worst performance in a presidential or vice pres debate since the invention of television. You don't bounce back from that.