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Was the Debate a Setup to Push Biden Out?

from Presidential Debate Reaction | The Tim Dillon Show #397 · #397

3 min

Tim discusses Biden's fluctuating lucidity during the debate, media outlets quietly reporting his decline for months, and floats the conspiracy (via a Louis CK conversation) that the debate was engineered to force Biden out, comparing it to a dying man's last party.

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  • Biden's been declining for a long time, but he has moments of sharpness where he can still go on the attack before receding back into confusion.
  • Tim describes watching Biden as abuse — the president gets confused, scared, doesn't know where he is, then remembers he's in a debate and has a lucid moment.
  • For a man at the end of his life, the fact that Biden can stand at a debate podium for any length of time is remarkable.
  • The Washington Post and New York Times have written articles for months saying he's not really present in meetings — he'll suddenly interject about Ukraine and then disappear again.
  • Tim explores the conspiracy theory that the debate was engineered, comparing it to a late-80s scenario where a dying man would put on makeup for one last party.
  • Did the White House trot Biden out to feed him to the dogs, or bring him out to see what happens and make the debate a certain thing?
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