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As we keep finding ways and words to fixate upon Joe Biden's personal attributes rather than focus on his record as President, someone please remind me: a) how old Donald Trump is; b) what Donald Trump's physical health appears to be; c) what Donald Trump's state of mind is; and d) what level of respect Donald Trump shows for democracy, human rights, and fundamental decency. Not all necessarily in that order.

Count me among those who are growing more than fatigued at seeing the so-called political experts keep holding Biden to a different level of scrutiny than Trump on fundamental matters of age, health, and biology, at the expense of what Biden has been done since January 2021 to make our lives better and what the Democrats' plan is for the future (compared to the GOP roadmap of ... more Trump).

If it's a Kamala Harris issue, let's say it out loud and make it an objective point of analysis. Same if it is about left- to far left-leaning policy proposals, as opposed to the GOP's roadmap of ... more Trump. And so on. But the incessant ageism thing without equal time on Trump's own personal geriatric and health issues, and the lack of focus on what the GOP isn't offering the rest of us for the future, is becoming a "look, squirrel!" moment for those of us who want balance and a higher sense of perspective to what is shaping up to be perhaps the most important presidential election in American history next year. Let's go there instead, please and thank you.

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Can someone explain to me how The Bulwark/tenured pundits like Joe Klein and Bret Stephens' aimless wishcasting for somebody other than Biden is any different than Conservative Inc.'s aimless wishcasting for somebody other than Trump?

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