Thursday, July 11, 2024
It's Not Age, It's Medication
If Biden had said "I'm sorry I have a cold" at the start of the debate THAT might have changed everything. His physician told him "You look exhausted" after the debate. Biden must have taken a strong antihistamine just before the debate. His doctor must have ignored the research that, over 65 patients show symptoms of confusion, weakness, and sleepiness. Biden says he almost fell asleep during the debate. Confusion was obvious during the first third of the debate, then as the drug wore off, Biden got noticeably better. But first impressions are devastating. Biden looked like the Edvard Munch painting "The Scream" because he was overwhelmed by Trumps many absurd lies. How do you handle 30 lies that CNN cited? The creepy bully that Trump is, he kept talking over Biden even when his mic was off. The moderators let him get away with that. Ageism plus endless use of the word "senile" by the Fox propaganda network has falsely slandered Biden, just as the crazy convict running against him dominates the news cycle pushing his crazy while Biden's normal progress reports are ignored. Efficiency is boring while crazy gets press.
Trump's Physiology 6 Years Worse Than Biden's
Trump obesity reduces his life expectancy three years from the age only estimate of age of death to 84. Biden regular exercise extends his age only life expectancy by about three years to an estimated date of death of age 90. Assuming a fifty/fifty chance of dying either before or after life expectancy, that gives Trump an estimated 5/7 of 50% is a 36% chance of dying a natural death by the time of election of his successor in November 2028. Biden, on the other hand, has a 5/10 of 50% or 25% chance of dying a natural death by the time of election of his successor in November 2028. If you look at only the second term (four years), it is Trump 29% to Biden 20%.
Trump's obesity turns his chronological age of 77 into a physiological age of 80.
Biden's regular exercise turns his chronological age of 80 into a physiological age of 77.
Appearances
Trump looks like a football lineman while Biden looks like a tennis player. Life expectancy for football players is 55 to 59, while life expectancy for tennis players is 80. Trump is loud and outspoken while Biden is soft spoken and professorial. Trump is performance art with little to show for results, Biden is clearly showing the great results of his fifty years of government experience. But thanks to endless repetition of the word "senile" with little or no evidence, FOX news and talk radio have used coordinated daily talking points to fool the less educated voter about Biden. When White House staffer Amarosa compared TV show Trump 2003 to presidential Trump 2017, she saw noticeable mental decline. Trump exudes energy while Biden looks thin and frail. Each has some stumbles and word slurs. Trump is hot while Biden is cool. Trump is one-sided while Biden has achieved several bipartisan deals on infrastructure, gun control, chip manufacture, and other matters in summer 2022. Trump never works with Democrats the way Reagan or Bush did. What do you want, retribution or results? Bombastic "perfection" or quiet determination?
Economics
Trump claims the best economics ever, yet if you compare pre-pandemic results, the last three years of Obama had 25% more annual job growth than the first three years of Trump. The Dow rose about 11,000 under Trump with a trillion-dollar tax cut 85% for the rich. Biden's 4,000
Dow increase comes with a more middle-class approach. The National debt went up 8 trillion under Trump and 3 trillion under Biden, roughly proportional to the respective Dow increases.
Compression
Reagan's 60% cut of the top tax rate in 1981-1983 propelled the top 1% into quadrupling their income by 2007, and even higher since then. Thanks to similar anti-union Reagan policies, the bottom 99% have been frozen in place in real terms ever since, creating a lord and serf economy like that of the stagnant Middle Ages. The oligarchs and their Republican allies have used a divide and conquer strategy to focus middle class frustration on immigrants, blacks, and affirmative action, pretending that spending on the middle class must be cut to balance things, ignoring the absence of taxation of most top 50 corporations before the Biden 15% minimum tax. Rebalancing the tax structure to a high tax rate on the rich is the only way to pay off the national debt without depriving the middle class the way Republicans want to do.
Ukraine War
If you want Ukraine to survive the Russian onslaught, Biden must be allowed to finish his masterful foreign policy effort. If you want to help Putin complete his genocide of Ukraine, just put Putin's best friend Trump back in the presidency. Trump destroyed Afghanistan by excluding from the table the Afghan government when he negotiated turning over the country to the Taliban. The same Kurds that helped destroy ISIS were turned over to Turkey by Trump's trip wire troop withdrawal. 10,000 Kurds were slaughtered. Trump would pull out of NATO and let Ukraine die. Trump believes in loyalty and is eternally grateful that the illegal Russian aid put him over the top against Hillary. Biden's age also means extraordinary foreign policy knowledge and skill.
Military Presidency:
https://www.academia.edu/20604100/POLITICAL_Military_Presidency_1999_7p
Please cite this work as follows: Reuschlein, Robert. (2024, July 11), "Medication Explains Debate" Madison, WI, Real Economy Institute. Retrieved from: https://www.expertclick.com/NewsRelease/Medication-Explains-Debate,2024305381.aspx
Dr. Peace, Professor Robert Reuschlein, Real Economy Institute, Nobel Peace Prize nominee 2016-2024 with growing interest from the deciding Norwegians. "Hard looks daily" per year went from 2 to 3 to 48 to 128 to 200 to 322 to 346 to 349 last year, this year's date, October 11th, 2024 is the Nobel Peace Prize announcement time. Events of the last three years particularly suggest I've reached a very high level of consideration by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Top five or higher.
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