The ageism really troubles me. Biden didn't do a superb job, but neither did he totally fail. He had a cold, he was tired, he was over-prepared, he was under-prepared. Whatever it was, I think it's fixable if he commits to it _and_ we let him. Right now, we're creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I'm not an ageist. I know what I saw on the tee-vee. Biden had a spectacularly bad debate performance. Historically bad. Absent a time machine, it is not "fixable." And, sadly, we'll be racing each other to get the first Trump 47 Football shot on 1/20/25.
Yes someone replied to me (38 years old) that having a cold doesn't make you fatigued and something like unable to concentrate and I told them that is a very youthful take on it. I'm definitely fatigued by a cold, if not taken out for a day or two.