Eisenhower had a decorated military history, excellent for commander in chief. As did Grant.

That wasn’t the question.

But Michelle Obama has basically no relevant qualifications.

What qualifications should be relevant? And why does close confidant and advisor to a president for 8 years not count in your mind?

Eisenhower would like a word. As would Hoover, Grant and the orange man.

has absolutely zero qualifications

This is completely false.

As some have touched on, this also means that the MAGA crowd will believe that by extension they are also entitled to immunity and will act accordingly.

Kling is the one “making drama”

I have news. This “rapid technological change” thing? It’s window dressing. At the end of the day it’s how humans relate to and interact with technology that matters, and humans haven’t changed. The core principles, that you develop a deeper understanding of with experience, really haven’t changed appreciably.

When professions are protected from competition by government, those participating in those professions get lazy.

Congrats! I know it’s early but this is definitely the silliest take I’ve read so far today.

I see orange man knows his Goebbels well.

You don’t disagree with Kling enough to object. This is clearly demonstrated here.

Edit: Let me a little more clear. Kling is the one bringing politics into it. The change was simple (one word!) and technically correct. It would be like if I said “I want our new logo to be red” and you said “don’t bring politics into it” when really I just like tomatoes and sunsets.

people can have different views. you might not like them but it’s their views, not yours

Yes, they can. And I can also view their views with disdain… or even horror and choose not to support their efforts, whatever they may be.

What you are really saying here is that you to some degree don’t disagree with Kling and so it’s this particular view you find acceptable to let pass. If it were something like “people should be fine eating small children” you might react differently.

Can you provide some context?

This Mastodon post discusses it and has links to the PRs: https://ruby.social/@denis/112718132053579597

This one for SerenityOS shows Kling’s response to a very minor and neutral change.

He’s only unpopular because of bots, trolls, and the likes of fox “news”.

And a years-long campaign by Republicans to tap into people’s prejudices against old people. Never mind they’d struggle to name one actual policy position they’d disagree and haven’t bothered to learn of all the things they’d wholeheartedly support if they were just aware of them.

If Biden was 15 years younger he would be ahead of Trump.

So IOW people are just ageist.

Which one is the drag queen?

Meow.

Sure sure ok there bud

It’s not one mistake. It’s four years of obvious decline being put on stage where people have a harder time covering it up.

He’s an old man. Congrats on figuring that out.

As I can attest, older people in general are a little bumbly but that’s not a predictor of mental acuity or ability. It’s certainly not an indicator of dementia on it’s own.

I’ve watched many of his speeches, press conferences, etc. and I see little to no evidence of cognitive decline. What I do see is people buying into that narrative because, like all good propaganda, it taps right into their preexisting biases.

They could run newsom or Harris. It’s not too late.

1. Actually it very likely is. The DNC’s and a few key states’ rules may not allow that.

2. Newsom is an extremely savvy political operator and will not run for several reasons, but mainly he knows he’s likely up next and needs to play nice with the DNC establishment. He doesn’t need to take chances on a run against a toxic candidate when he can run in 2028 and have a much much easier time. Likely he sees the consequences of a Trump 2nd term and knows the tide will swing dramatically toward a more progressive candidate.

3. IMO: Harris will never in a million years run against Biden but more importantly, as fucked up as it is, a huge segment of stupid 'Mericans will never vote for a woman. So neither Harris nor Whitmer are viable options at this five-alarm fire stage.

Gaslight, deny, deflect. Anything to avoid facing how fucked we are.

I didn’t say were weren’t fucked to some degree of fucked. But I’m also not gonna blow it so out of proportion that I’m paralyzed and do nothing. Or worse, cry and moan and cause others to do nothing. Literally people are taking one fuck up and forgetting everything else. It’s completely buying into the false narrative pushed by the GOP and ignores all the good Biden has done and the fact that 99% of his other speeches and debates have been completely fine. Many people have been… well, played.

The only reasonable course of action at this point is to stop whining, vote for Biden, and then raise hell to demand accountability from the DNC. Make it 100% clear that we will accept nothing less than a stellar candidate in 2028. At that point the danger from Trump will have largely passed and we can move forward.