The Q&Q For 6/29/24

This week’s quote comes to us from Pres. Joe Biden, who said at Thursday night’s debate:

“We’d be able to right wipe out his debt. We’d be able to help make sure that all those things we need to do—childcare, elder care, making sure that we continue to strengthen our health care system, making sure that we’re able to make every single solitary person eligible for what I’ve been able to do with the—with—with—with the COVID. Excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with—look, if—we finally beat Medicare.”

1. Which of the following things has Joe Biden NOT done as president?

A) Passed a much-needed infrastructure bill after decades of inaction.

B) Passed the most aggressive climate change bill in history plus another 300 actions in support of clean energy.

C) Strongly supported Ukraine and stood up to the expansionist dictator Vladimir Putin.

D) Paid off a porn star.

2. In his career which of the following things has Donald Trump NOT done?

A) Defrauded his business partners of hundreds of millions of dollars.

B) Sexually assaulted a woman in a department store.

C) Pressured elections officials to produce enough votes to overturn the results of an election.

D) Honored the office of President.

3. According to CNN, how many outright lies or false claims did Trump tell on Thursday night?

A) 12

B) 24

C) 30

D) 42

4. Even before the debate, according to a roundup of polls, in how many of seven key states did Trump hold a lead?

A) 7

B) 5

C) 4

D) 3

5. Even before the debate, which of these groups of voters were supporting Biden in the same numbers as 2020?

A) Black voters.

B) Young voters.

C) Hispanic voters.

D) Blue collar voters.

6. Even before the debate, what percentage of all Americans thought Biden was too old to be president?

A) 58%

B) 64%

C) 75%

D) 86%

7. What percentage of Democrats thought he was too old?

A) 24%

B) 32%

C) 54%

D) 73%

8. Given all this, and based on his debate performance, Biden should:

A) Shrug it off and fight on.

B) Gracefully depart the stage and free his delegates to choose a stronger candidate.

Answers

1: D

2: D

3: C

4: A

5: Trick question. All these groups are less supportive of Biden now.

6: D

7: D

8: B

No jokes in the Q&Q today because this isn’t a joking matter on any level. Joe Biden is a good man experiencing the diminished capacity we all will someday if we’re lucky enough to live that long. Donald Trump has the clear upper hand now in winning back the presidency. And it’s an open question as to whether or not the Democratic Party has the capacity to stop a train wreck they can see coming.