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Captain: We should definitely be discussing whether the Democrats hid Biden's condition from us. Mate: Instead of the obviously unfit current occupant? Captain: Surely the fact that the Biden administration was one of the most effective and constructive in decades is meaningless if the President was feeling unwell. Mate: Meanwhile the guy who's president right at this moment is clearly demented? Captain: How are we supposed to trust the Democrats again? Mate: How are we supposed to trust the Republicans now?!

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There's a long history of covering up Presidential infirmity in this country. Woodrow Wilson had a stroke and the country was run by his wife and his physician for two years. FDR, of course, used a wheelchair. JFK suffered from chronic pain and was on a large pile of drugs to keep functioning. Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer's (although people are still arguing about whether he showed signs of dementia while still in office, because the cover-up continues). Bill Clinton was a flaming asshole.

So if Joe Biden was diminished during his time in office, well, that's not really news. I think we all saw it. The question is, does it matter? His administration got a lot of good things done. They did some things poorly, too, but here we're outside the realm of "are they competent?" and into the realm of policy disagreement. I'll certainly disagree with some of the policies of any presidential administration, it's the nature of the thing. That's not something we need to focus on when there's a massive fire destroying everything.