Go Back   English Forum Switzerland > Off-Topic > Off-Topic > International affairs/politics  
View Poll Results: Will Biden be a good president
Yes 45 45.92%
No 25 25.51%
He won't live long enough to determine either way 16 16.33%
Define "good" 23 23.47%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 98. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1341  
Old 19.06.2022, 11:23
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kt.Zh
Posts: 12,539
Groaned at 494 Times in 409 Posts
Thanked 19,906 Times in 10,056 Posts
greenmount has a reputation beyond reputegreenmount has a reputation beyond reputegreenmount has a reputation beyond reputegreenmount has a reputation beyond reputegreenmount has a reputation beyond reputegreenmount has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
I want to see age restrictions for people in the most powerful and influential position in the world, because genuinely old men should not be holding such positions when the rest of the Western world has a retirement age of 65 for for less demanding jobs.
And how old you'd say it's too old? After the official retirement age or...? Quite a few people still work after the retirement age especially in the fields where there's a massive shortage and that includes medicine, teaching etc i.e. demanding jobs and with responsibility. (oh well, that doesn't mean all of them are perfect for the job but if they weren't before retirement it's not because of the age)
Reply With Quote
  #1342  
Old 19.06.2022, 11:29
komsomolez's Avatar
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SZ
Posts: 4,436
Groaned at 479 Times in 345 Posts
Thanked 10,412 Times in 4,398 Posts
komsomolez has a reputation beyond reputekomsomolez has a reputation beyond reputekomsomolez has a reputation beyond reputekomsomolez has a reputation beyond reputekomsomolez has a reputation beyond reputekomsomolez has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Are you saying the American people have no commonsense?

It was them alone that voted him in and pretty sure they knew how old he was.

I don't think age should be a bar but ability to do the job perhaps ought to be.

How about a series of tests required for all presidential candidates:
  • An assault course.
  • The Times crossword.
  • Wordle with an answer in less than three words - for a week.
  • Slow bicycle obstacle course (toe straps optional).
  • Arm wrestling contest (to make sure the president is fit enough for all that
    handshaking).
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
Reply With Quote
  #1343  
Old 19.06.2022, 11:37
k_and_e
 
Posts: n/a
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Are you saying the American people have no commonsense?

It was them alone that voted him in and pretty sure they knew how old he was.
Biden won because Trump was his opponent.
Trump won because Hillary was his opponent.
Nothing to do with age

I agree with Chuff that there should be an age limit for a president. It also protects a country against narcists like Biden and Trump that think that the world can't do without them.
Reply With Quote
  #1344  
Old 19.06.2022, 11:52
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kt.Zh
Posts: 12,539
Groaned at 494 Times in 409 Posts
Thanked 19,906 Times in 10,056 Posts
greenmount has a reputation beyond reputegreenmount has a reputation beyond reputegreenmount has a reputation beyond reputegreenmount has a reputation beyond reputegreenmount has a reputation beyond reputegreenmount has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Biden won because Trump was his opponent.
Trump won because Hillary was his opponent.
Nothing to do with age

I agree with Chuff that there should be an age limit for a president. It also protects a country against narcists like Biden and Trump that think that the world can't do without them.
Perhaps even the Royals should retire from their functions at the maximum age of 70 as per Chuffy....running for cover now, he'll come after me with Great vengeance.
Reply With Quote
  #1345  
Old 19.06.2022, 12:43
Tom1234's Avatar
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Kanton Luzern
Posts: 19,053
Groaned at 843 Times in 657 Posts
Thanked 29,447 Times in 11,928 Posts
Tom1234 has a reputation beyond reputeTom1234 has a reputation beyond reputeTom1234 has a reputation beyond reputeTom1234 has a reputation beyond reputeTom1234 has a reputation beyond reputeTom1234 has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
What are you trying to say?
Reply With Quote
  #1346  
Old 19.06.2022, 12:58
marton's Avatar
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Kt. Zürich
Posts: 12,633
Groaned at 765 Times in 646 Posts
Thanked 25,033 Times in 13,098 Posts
marton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
marton if you read my psts I did not specify 'physical infirmity' overall, I said infirmity, and I have already made posts in this thread about how I think he is showing mental and imo fully natural and unavoidable signs of ageing. The latest two incidents just happen to be the physical side.¨

He is too old to be a President and that is not ageism talking, it's just basic common sense.
Just repeating Russian Propaganda.

Quote:
Department of Homeland Security withheld an intelligence bulletin in July warning it had “high confidence” Russia was interfering in the election by attacking Joe Biden’s mental health—much as President Donald Trump has repeatedly done—escalating concerns that the Trump administration is interfering in election security efforts ahead of November.
Reply With Quote
  #1347  
Old 19.06.2022, 13:14
AbFab's Avatar
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Zürich
Posts: 9,162
Groaned at 400 Times in 275 Posts
Thanked 14,006 Times in 4,807 Posts
AbFab has a reputation beyond reputeAbFab has a reputation beyond reputeAbFab has a reputation beyond reputeAbFab has a reputation beyond reputeAbFab has a reputation beyond reputeAbFab has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Just repeating Russian Propaganda.
...and common sense.
Reply With Quote
  #1348  
Old 19.06.2022, 13:20
marton's Avatar
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Kt. Zürich
Posts: 12,633
Groaned at 765 Times in 646 Posts
Thanked 25,033 Times in 13,098 Posts
marton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
...and common sense.
Don't tell the Queen
Reply With Quote
This user would like to thank marton for this useful post:
  #1349  
Old 19.06.2022, 13:40
AbFab's Avatar
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Zürich
Posts: 9,162
Groaned at 400 Times in 275 Posts
Thanked 14,006 Times in 4,807 Posts
AbFab has a reputation beyond reputeAbFab has a reputation beyond reputeAbFab has a reputation beyond reputeAbFab has a reputation beyond reputeAbFab has a reputation beyond reputeAbFab has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Don't tell the Queen
The Queen doesn't have the nuclear buttons though...
Reply With Quote
  #1350  
Old 19.06.2022, 22:13
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: SG
Posts: 10,848
Groaned at 718 Times in 525 Posts
Thanked 14,849 Times in 7,773 Posts
Urs Max has a reputation beyond reputeUrs Max has a reputation beyond reputeUrs Max has a reputation beyond reputeUrs Max has a reputation beyond reputeUrs Max has a reputation beyond reputeUrs Max has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Come on. These f--ing cages are terrible, and this could have happened to anyone. I remember when I was new to riding with cleats, I fell off at a red light.

I think age limits are OK though.
He was already standing still, weight on his left foot. Nothing should happen if you can't uncage the other one, balance and center of weight don't shift materially.

It's hazardous for him to use them in the first place. At his age a fall like this is much more likely because of them, with risk of signigicant injury. Even more so when, like Joe, you lack the mental flexibility to react to an unexpected situation: he doesn't appear to have tried to catch his fall with his right hand, his head doesn't even turn to see where his right hand would land safely. He appears to go down like a stone.

Yes, an age limit is a good idea. Make it 65 for the first, 70 for the 2nd term, something like that, VP and POTUS alike. And limit the total number of years one can hold office (attorney general, POTUS, VP, congress) to something like 20-30 years in total.


FTW:
"Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV." appears to reference Trump's recount of his mental ability test (may be called medical test). It would indeed be interesting to hear Joe's recollection of his.
Reply With Quote
This user would like to thank Urs Max for this useful post:
  #1351  
Old 19.06.2022, 22:21
komsomolez's Avatar
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SZ
Posts: 4,436
Groaned at 479 Times in 345 Posts
Thanked 10,412 Times in 4,398 Posts
komsomolez has a reputation beyond reputekomsomolez has a reputation beyond reputekomsomolez has a reputation beyond reputekomsomolez has a reputation beyond reputekomsomolez has a reputation beyond reputekomsomolez has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Here is The Chosen One for you, passing the test.

Reply With Quote
  #1352  
Old 19.06.2022, 23:10
marton's Avatar
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Kt. Zürich
Posts: 12,633
Groaned at 765 Times in 646 Posts
Thanked 25,033 Times in 13,098 Posts
marton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond reputemarton has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
The Queen doesn't have the nuclear buttons though...
More than enough when Putin does.
Reply With Quote
  #1353  
Old 20.06.2022, 15:58
kiwiguy08's Avatar
Forum Veteran
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Zürich
Posts: 1,468
Groaned at 220 Times in 156 Posts
Thanked 1,805 Times in 996 Posts
kiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond reputekiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond reputekiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond reputekiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
And how old you'd say it's too old? After the official retirement age or...? Quite a few people still work after the retirement age especially in the fields where there's a massive shortage and that includes medicine, teaching etc i.e. demanding jobs and with responsibility. (oh well, that doesn't mean all of them are perfect for the job but if they weren't before retirement it's not because of the age)
US seems to have a high concentration of 65+ age in only two professions. Politics and Wal-Mart greeters. At least the Walmart greeters do something to cheer up your day.
Reply With Quote
The following 2 users would like to thank kiwiguy08 for this useful post:
  #1354  
Old 20.06.2022, 16:45
Rob's Avatar
Rob Rob is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Baden AG
Posts: 465
Groaned at 9 Times in 8 Posts
Thanked 1,367 Times in 528 Posts
Rob has a reputation beyond reputeRob has a reputation beyond reputeRob has a reputation beyond reputeRob has a reputation beyond reputeRob has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Here is The Chosen One for you, passing the test.

Reply With Quote
The following 3 users would like to thank Rob for this useful post:
  #1355  
Old 23.06.2022, 14:41
kiwiguy08's Avatar
Forum Veteran
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Zürich
Posts: 1,468
Groaned at 220 Times in 156 Posts
Thanked 1,805 Times in 996 Posts
kiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond reputekiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond reputekiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond reputekiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Biden now blaming gas station owners for the high prices at the pump

https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status...hew8DG7UlUAiDw


Completely out of ideas and overmatched
Reply With Quote
This user groans at kiwiguy08 for this post:
  #1356  
Old 23.06.2022, 14:57
k_and_e
 
Posts: n/a
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

I really miss the awkward Trump videos. Can't he be president one more time?
Reply With Quote
  #1357  
Old 23.06.2022, 14:57
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Zurich
Posts: 67
Groaned at 14 Times in 9 Posts
Thanked 147 Times in 66 Posts
Pewpewpew has a reputation beyond reputePewpewpew has a reputation beyond reputePewpewpew has a reputation beyond reputePewpewpew has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Biden now blaming gas station owners for the high prices at the pump

https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status...hew8DG7UlUAiDw


Completely out of ideas and overmatched
Yeah he did not say what you claim. He is saying that he needs gas station to reflect the change of product price faster in the pumps. Point 3 in his speech.

But we can't expect anything better from either zero hedge or you

Last edited by Pewpewpew; 23.06.2022 at 15:26.
Reply With Quote
This user would like to thank Pewpewpew for this useful post:
  #1358  
Old 23.06.2022, 15:14
Pancakes's Avatar
Forum Legend
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Zurich-ish
Posts: 6,336
Groaned at 510 Times in 355 Posts
Thanked 14,150 Times in 5,420 Posts
Pancakes has a reputation beyond reputePancakes has a reputation beyond reputePancakes has a reputation beyond reputePancakes has a reputation beyond reputePancakes has a reputation beyond reputePancakes has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
I agree with Chuff that there should be an age limit for a president. It also protects a country against narcists like Biden and Trump that think that the world can't do without them.
I don't think Biden is a narcissist. These are the typical traits of someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, according to the DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria:


A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by 5 (or more) of the following:
  • Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g. - exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
  • Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
  • Believes that he or she is “special” and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
  • Requires excessive admiration
  • Has a sense of entitlement (i.e. - unreasonable expectations of especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations)
  • Is interpersonally exploitative (i.e. - takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends)
  • Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
  • Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
  • Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

Source: https://www.psychdb.com/personality/narcissistic

Trump, on the other hand, actually does exhibit all of the above characteristics.
Reply With Quote
This user would like to thank Pancakes for this useful post:
  #1359  
Old 23.06.2022, 15:24
roegner's Avatar
Moderately Dutch
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Zurich
Posts: 13,217
Groaned at 422 Times in 358 Posts
Thanked 18,009 Times in 8,210 Posts
roegner has a reputation beyond reputeroegner has a reputation beyond reputeroegner has a reputation beyond reputeroegner has a reputation beyond reputeroegner has a reputation beyond reputeroegner has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Perhaps even the Royals should retire from their functions at the maximum age of 70 as per Chuffy....running for cover now, he'll come after me with Great vengeance.
In my home country they do that (maybe not exactly at 70).
Reply With Quote
  #1360  
Old 23.06.2022, 15:35
kiwiguy08's Avatar
Forum Veteran
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Zürich
Posts: 1,468
Groaned at 220 Times in 156 Posts
Thanked 1,805 Times in 996 Posts
kiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond reputekiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond reputekiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond reputekiwiguy08 has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Quote:
View Post
Yeah he did not said what you claim. He is saying that he needs gas station to reflect the change of product price faster in the pumps. Point 3 in his speech.

But we can't expect anything better from either zero hedge or you
Its a rather silly point to expect gas prices to linearly climb up and down as soon as the price of crude oil changes. If he doesn’t like the free market, he should go ahead and put price caps on the gas and see how it works out
Reply With Quote
Reply




Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Trump or Biden .Who you got? Mr. International affairs/politics 4180 20.01.2021 18:49
Will Trump be a Good President? Phil_MCR International affairs/politics 24682 20.01.2021 18:38
Has Trump been a good President? Guest International affairs/politics 61 04.11.2018 12:36
Will Pence be a good President? Guest International affairs/politics 9 22.08.2018 14:56
Mr. President Temer gave a good parcel of Amazonia area to mining industries umakemefeelbrandnew International affairs/politics 7 13.10.2017 00:28


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 10:01.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2023, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
LinkBacks Enabled by vBSEO 3.1.0