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Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social |
Friendly reminder that Ronald Reagan was called senile so often it became a running gag on SNL and the late night shows. He then won 49 of 50 states in the 1984 election.
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@dmhirsch.bsky.social
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It does make Minnesota look pretty good.
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@flattop100.bsky.social
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Minnesota: the last bastion of political sanity.
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UncannyKyle
@uncannykyle.bsky.social
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I’m trying real hard to not make plans to panic move to Minnesota but apparently they were the only ones who knew what was up.
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Nega Luis
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Reminder that the collective hive mind we call society is NOT, in the slightest, like it was back in 1984. We've become dumber, and I'm fucking terrified of what's to come. (I might be a bit of a catastrophist, though...)
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Ned
@thewesterhazys.bsky.social
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I thought I was the only one that remembered this. Mondale was thought to have roundly won the first debate where Ron looked old and confused. [AR narrator:] Walter was unable to capitialize on this advantage.
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Ric Steinberger
@ricst.bsky.social
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Totally wrong analogy. Dem challenger in 1980 was weak, far too liberal for the country, and ran a very poor campaign. Reagan was over a decade younger than Biden and very well liked by the right and center
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Claire 🐝
@isolinearchip.bsky.social
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DC keeping it real
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Fergus Ryan
@fergus.bsky.social
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Is there video footage of his brain failing on the debate stage?
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Davide Aversa
@davideaversa.it
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Yes. But unfortunately this works if you are senile AND a piece of shit.
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jay (bluesky kazekage) 🇵🇸
@starpowerj.bsky.social
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lol, lmfao.
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Lornography
@truffleshuffle.bsky.social
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Yeah, but that was fucking scary. Trump is scarier, but there is definitely a scenario where something happens after 7PM and our president is unable to act coherently, very much to the peril of American lives. We’ve never had two worse choices. This is so super fucked up. Terrified over here.
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Oh god, oh fuck. My skeets are public!?
@sekoku.bsky.social
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And fucked over the nation for generations in the process, sadly.
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Amadeus
@amadeus.bsky.social
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I don't even know what to make of this. You apparently don't realize that Turd is the Reagan in this analogy? The Dems need some sort of Force majeure moment here to swap candidates. Otherwise, we're looking at a lot fascism about to bubble up like a clogged septic tank.
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Becky's So Hot (In Your Modern Heat Dome)
@vixenine.bsky.social
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We will never see anything even close to this kind of US election result in our lifetimes. I was 9 when this election took place, so I can assure you, the country was an INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT one (for reasons both good and bad) back in '84. Reagan would be way too liberal for the modern GOP.
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Triox
@pmtriox.bsky.social
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And he was still medically senile.
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Robert David Sullivan
@robertdsullivan.bsky.social
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And had such a great second term!
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Tim (bluesky edition)
@timybarrett.bsky.social
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Reagan had a 52% - 58% approval rating in 1984. Biden currently has a 37% rating, the worst for a Democrat president since Carter lol come on now
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Mitsuda Madoy - Forensituber and Translator
@mitsudamadoyvt.bsky.social
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He also actually did have a severe degenerative brain disorder and did irreparable damage to the human race, so...
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Jackal Gleason
@jackal-thought.bsky.social
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What else happened?
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Jackdaw(mcthic)
@jackdawmcthic.bsky.social
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Minesoda unexpectedly based
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Craig Prentiss
@cprentiss.bsky.social
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Friendly reminder that Reagan's approval ratings were above 50% the entire year of 1984, and in the upper 50s by June.
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King of Trains.
@exoid.bsky.social
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It is true Ronald Reagan managed to counter-attack the concerns for his age, being 73 during the election. However I think Mondale’s vague campaign platform and choice of vice president did more major harm to his chances at the white house.
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Jonny Worldbeater
@jonnyworldbeater.bsky.social
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Comparing Biden to Reagan does not foster confidence.
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Scott #ACAB Black Lives Matter Menor 🍉
@smenor.com
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Aron Oliva
@junglewarrior26.bsky.social
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I’ll bet all states except the dakotas can vote blue!!!!
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@wyominghippie.bsky.social
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this is erasing that jimmy carter loved little yellow booties.
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NovaSonic
@novasonic.bsky.social
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What’s your point? It’s the 21st century.
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Diana Morningstar
@dianamorningstar.bsky.social
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With a big boost from a limp dishrag of a campaign from Mondale who walked on eggshells around Reaganism and would not challenge some pretty egregious stuff. He was going to lose anyway, he should have been outspoken.
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Public Universal Ally
@returnofmccarthy.bsky.social
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So Biden's the new Reagan
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Gloria!
@smilodonichthys.bsky.social
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It if a problem when they're both senile tbh
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princesscore
@succutease.bsky.social
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friendly reminder that joe biden will lose this fall
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Benjamin D. Hutchins
@zgryphon.bsky.social
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Even though - and I feel this is very important to keep in mind - he actually was senile.
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Dawisco
@dawisco.bsky.social
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Turns out we were the senile ones for voting for him
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Freddy.
@fbnxyz.bsky.social
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Rules are different for Republicans. Trump could shit himself on live TV and the coverage the next day would be about how Biden looked after smelling it.
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Armando Bayolo
@armandobayolo.bsky.social
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I lived through this (though I was a minor and technically in another country) and I still don't know how the hell this could've happened. Especially knowing what we know about Reagan and how people felt about him. How?
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Nerd
@babayaga25.bsky.social
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I don't think Biden has Reagan's '84 approval rating
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Daniel Aegan - Hot Villain Summer
@danielaegan.bsky.social
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Yeah, but he ran against fucking Mondale.
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Gringo Starr
@theonewhomocks.bsky.social
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they only said that because he was, though
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Gar57
@gar57.bsky.social
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FFS. That was after his reelection. It became apparent soon after he was declining rapidly and was not fit for the job. I’m afraid you just reinforced the opinion that Biden is too damn old and should step aside.
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alt.rec.lauren (32 bit) 🥥🌴🏳️⚧️
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oh great, more "friendly reminders". i'm starting to think these reminders aren't so friendly!
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Symbo1ics
@symbo1ics.bsky.social
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what a shame
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Mach
@machminotaur.bsky.social
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that's right. I love to compare my candidate of choice I'm trying to defend with ronald reagan. please do not ask me why I'm comparing my candidate of choice with ronald reagan because every answer I could give would not be great
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@dmgerstein.bsky.social
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I do not recall his senility being prominent in major news coverage. I remember thinking it was wildly under reported. He was also the candidate of the oligarchs. So this friendly reminder offers little comfort.
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Mr. Pauly Mac
@mrpaulymac.bsky.social
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Reagan never, in public, showed his Alzheimers until he was out of office. Became clear at the 1992 convention but he never looked like Biden while in charge. There's a whole thing that went on in his 2nd term, regarding his competence.
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Cat
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Yeah look I like the idea of democracy, dictatorship is bad, everyone getting a vote is good, but we don't seem to be properly educating people on the political system, voting policies not people, and large scale economics/benefits of immgration etc etc
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Jenny Griffee
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That’s the first election I was old enough to remember (I was six). Neither of my parents were pleased at the outcome, let me tell you — especially my mother, Minnesotan from birth. Her DFL loyalties clearly stayed intact.
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WAP
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He was senile like he had aggressive alhzeimers. And the democrats lost to him that bad, some things never change.
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Not Malcolm
@knowiser.bsky.social
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And then what happened? Was he senile? Did that lead to positive, or negative outcomes? "My heart tells me that we did not give weapons to Iran and the Contras."
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chonkydergtrebor
@treborthederg.bsky.social
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And then he did the worst damage to the United States ever done.
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johannbratwurst
@johannbratwurst.bsky.social
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what is the point here brother. what are we doing
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Jenni, Champion of the Mahjong-cule
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lol famously good president ronald reagan...
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@immanent.bsky.social
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not going to happen with Biden unfortunately
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Tully Quinn
@tullyquinn.bsky.social
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Yeah, and he WAS senile and destroyed the fucking country because Wall Street pulled his strings
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Matt Hodgson
@mhodgson6.bsky.social
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Pre-social media. Pre-Fox News. People actually got real news, and there was a shared reality. We live in a different world now. Not analogous.
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@aliasann
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Oh yes, I had totally forgotten about that!! And how everyone said Nancy was running the Country!
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Beer Cheese 🏴🍻
@beercheese.bsky.social
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I hardly call my state a sane place though.
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@felesvana.bsky.social
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Cope
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GrumpyBen
@grumpyben.bsky.social
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America loves itself a senile, rubber-faced man.
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Vinchenzo the Jackal
@vinchenzojackal.bsky.social
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Not sure how to feel about this post, since both Biden and Trump are called senile very frequently and it is a running gag for both of them in political media... either this is a warning to brace for a Trump win if people don't up their game or to relax and not panic Biden has great odds to win.
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Shrimp Fandango
@cranqdis.bsky.social
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Famously good President Ronald Reagan
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Ran
@ranjad.bsky.social
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meat-shaped stone (free Palestine)
@jikukeiseki.bsky.social
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is this good or bad
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OttoTanoshiiNeko
@ottotanoshiineko.bsky.social
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Bleeper shut down the mental hospitals in California & that’s when homelessness numbers skyrocketed.
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@lilsulli.bsky.social
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And? What a terrible example. Ronald Reagan was a piece of shit. Personally, I think we need a strong candidate to beat Donald Trump but who knows maybe I’m wrong and we can just put forward senile old man who can barely talk and barely walk. I’m sure that’ll work out fine.
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Shad Murasaki
@shadumura.bsky.social
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I'm trying to understand if you're using Reagan as a favorable comparison to Biden or not. If so.... REAGAN, of ALL FUCKING PEOPLE?!? I don't want 4 more years of "Enables Israel's genocide of Palestinians, continues to allow Cop Cities to be built and doesn't do anything for the people."
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Bill Stewart
@billstewart.bsky.social
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Yes, but he got shot 3 months into his first term, and never really recovered, mostly stuck to making speeches while VPBush did most of the work. Which is why I decided in 1984 that instead of voting third party I needed to vote for the very disorganized Dems who only had Walter Mondale to offer us.
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James
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In the one state Reagan didn't get electoral votes from, Minnesota, he was roughly 0.25% away from winning the state, and this is with the Democratic Party's nominee being from Minnesota. He was nowhere near winning in DC, so it wouldn't have been a sweep.
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ikarius
@ikarius.bsky.social
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Hopeium. 40 years have passed
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JThomasAlbert
@jthomasalbert.bsky.social
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Nixon won every state but Massachussettes.
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Kevin Nicholas
@kevinn.bsky.social
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Polls don’t matter. Pundits don’t matter. It’s a vote for the party in the White House so long as they govern well and aren’t orange pieces of shit
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MindCrime
@mindcrime.bsky.social
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Were they calling him senile before he was elected?
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Zeroisanumber
@zeroisanumber.bsky.social
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Fun fact: MN hasn't voted GOP for president since 1972. We're better than all of you.
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Finnegans
@finnegans.bsky.social
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And then, it was absolutely true.
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@indepinla.bsky.social
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The main difference was that he was senile, and the American people were idiots!
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Jam Max
@butlisten.bsky.social
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He's no jack kennedy
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Your Honor, pls
@mrmambo.bsky.social
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Ronald Reagan and Joe Biden in the same sentence is a sentence I never thought I’d see, but hopium is a strong, powerful
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Ron Lewis
@ronzonola.bsky.social
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That did happen. His ability to do the job wasn’t as widely questioned before the election though.
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@jurgenhissen.bsky.social
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He was 73. Much younger than either of today's candidates.
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Priscilla King
@priscillaking.bsky.social
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He had Alzheimer's Disease, which is how many define senility. He also presided over years when prices stayed the same between one trip to the store and the next one.
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@therealmgf.bsky.social
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Still does not mean he was not. Because, guess what? He was.
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Diego C.Frades
@diek.havent.org
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Yeat, he was...
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Benjamin K. Gathright
@benkgathright.bsky.social
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And cracked jokes during debates to that effect.
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Phil McDuff
@mcduff.bsky.social
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Yeah man and how did that work out?
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Ellz
@ellz.bsky.social
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Hey Ho Way to go Minnesoto ..For real
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Green Blue Sea
@greenbluesea.bsky.social
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That night sucked big time.
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Mike Keating
@mikekeating.bsky.social
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wow neat. the democratic candidate in 2024 is just like ronald reagan. things are going really well.
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Roy Huerto
@royhuerto.bsky.social
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Ronald Reagan was suffering from Alzheimer’s at the time.
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Bobby Williams
@bobbywilliams.bsky.social
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Respect to Minnesota and DC.
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coop, quite tired. (any/they)
@coopquitetired.bsky.social
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using ronald reagan as your example is doing the opposite of what you want it to do.
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Miles
@milestoowild.bsky.social
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Rumpole the Brief
@rumpole-brief.bsky.social
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Also, almost every sitting prez has a crappy first debate. Something about actually having a day job. Obama was a sure loser after his first debate vs Romney.
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Robert Sfarzo
@robertbob.bsky.social
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Any which way, it will be the usual nail-biter. So, leave it be. Heck, we might even get a President Harris out of this. Hail Mary!
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Beardie Fett
@beardiefett.bsky.social
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This is what happens whenGenX keeps waiting for their parents (Boomers) to bail them out, rather than taking responsibility and seizing the reins of power.
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Bible Blackbelt
@estrusflask.bsky.social
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I do not believe that American politics are the same as they were in 1984, he *was* senile and was one of the most evil men in history, and also the Republicans do not care about such things, they just want an evil racist, not a man with a good brain.
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@brobuntu.bsky.social
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5wf... it was the source of their skits of him being malicious as being absurd ex:
"President Reagan (Phil Hartman) acts hopeless and clueless in public, but in private he's an evil mastermind who knows every detail about everything happening in his administration."
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Aliera
@alierakieron.bsky.social
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That is not the example you want it to be.
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dxmnkd316
@dxmnkd316.bsky.social
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Leaded gasoline was a helluva drug
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Vinayaka
@vinayaka.bsky.social
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This year we have two senile candidates. So they will vote for the asshole, I guess!
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Grateful Human
@gratefulhuman.bsky.social
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Not even close to being remotely comparable
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JB
@jbonbluesky.bsky.social
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Unfortunately (?), Democrats have higher standards.
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Lost Turntable
@lostturntable.bsky.social
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I don't know what pro Biden point you're trying to make here but I don't think it's working.
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🦬 AudeS, Wrath Month is upon thee
@audes.bsky.social
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The single biggest mistake the USA ever made... I mean outside of capitalism in on itself.
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Jason Harris
@lmcboy.bsky.social
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Let’s hear it for Minnesota!
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Gurahk Weavile
@gurahkweavile.bsky.social
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Was his opponent also senile?
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Stern
@invaliduser.bsky.social
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Ahh yes the great Ronald Reagan who everyone loved and who did a great job that we can still feel the repercussions of decades later 🤔🤔🤔
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New Leaf
@newleaf.bsky.social
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Ronald Reagan did not show the nation and the world a confused and weak debate performance. No. This is a false equivalency. We all know what we saw and how it made us feel. "Trust your gut".
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Mr. Wednesday
@mrwendsday.bsky.social
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Nancy ran the whitehouse for 6 years, basically after he got shot.
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Lizardguy64
@lizardguy64.bsky.social
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And America has been worse ever since.
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Quickotter
@quickotter.w3irdolabs.com
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The force is strong in MN
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David Kane, Secretary of Official Acts
@championhack.bsky.social
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Neat. Now do one where both candidates brains are turning into pudding
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IzanamiC⛩️
@izanamic.bsky.social
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Exactly
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