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Originally posted by Daniel:
I thought this was particularly good:

"No. This is Democracy, you don't get to tell others that your opinion is the only one that matters. There is a serious debate over this issue with almost half of Democrats (48%) wanting Biden to step aside. Shutting down dissent is the worst approach. Not a single person on either side of this debate is advocating for another Trump presidency."

I'm sure you're entitled to your political opinions when you reach voting age. I was taught voting is a private decision in a Democracy and believe this to this day. And, let's face it, when you're reached a certain age, let's say going on 60, you've survived long enough to have earned your right to an opinion, something that was yours in the first place. I know my opinions aren't always popular here. I don't care. They are only my opinions. Nobody is forced to share my opinions.

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I think it is irresponsible to simply name the source without questioning its veracity.

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According to White House visitor logs reviewed by the New York Post, Dr Kevin Cannard, a Parkinson’s disease expert at Walter Reed medical center, met with Dr Kevin O’Connor, a doctor of osteopathic medicine who has treated the president for years.

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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:

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I think it is irresponsible to simply name the source without questioning its veracity.

from the Guardian article:

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According to White House visitor logs reviewed by the New York Post, Dr Kevin Cannard, a Parkinson’s disease expert at Walter Reed medical center, met with Dr Kevin O’Connor, a doctor of osteopathic medicine who has treated the president for years.

I clicked the link in the article and saw the record myself. I would assume the Guardian confirmed the details as well before this article. So the numerous visits by this doctor to the WH are vetted.

What we don't know is what they mean. But this is very, very distressing.

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If he's going to withdraw, the earlier the better.

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Originally posted by piqué:
I think with something this incendiary, the paper should have taken it upon themselves to independently verify and to find out what it means, before setting off speculations.

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For me as a brain specialist, it was concerning to watch President Joe Biden, and it quickly became clear that I was not alone in my reaction. Over the past week, I received more than a dozen calls, texts and emails from medical colleagues who, like me, specialize in the brain. It wasn’t that what we noticed was necessarily new but that it was particularly pronounced, and right from the start of the debate.

From a neurological standpoint, we were concerned with his confused rambling; sudden loss of concentration in the middle of a sentence; halting speech and absence of facial animation, resulting at times in a flat, open-mouthed expression. To be clear, these are only observations, not in any way diagnostic of something deeper, and none of these doctors wished to suggest that was the case.

The consensus from the doctors reaching out to me, however, was that the president should be encouraged to undergo detailed cognitive and movement disorder testing, and those results should be made available to the public.

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the president should be encouraged to undergo detailed cognitive and movement disorder testing, and those results should be made available to the public.

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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:


Biden needs to do the right thing and step down, get someone else in place with Harris on the ticket, and then put all of his (remaining) energy into getting that ticket elected.