10. Lethargy and Slow Movement
Dementia will commonly cause general tiredness and lethargy, which may often go alongside poor motivation and a lack of interest in usual activities. This can also appear as generally slow movement, as those who suffer with the condition appear to walk more slowly, reach for things more slowly and even talk more slowly. This can sometimes be frustrating for friends and family who don’t know the condition that their friend or relative is struggling with.
Biden was breathing hard when he tried to answer a friendly question the other day; he took seven seconds, told his staff to push the teleprompter closer to him and appeared to be badly out of breath while sitting behind a podium. My impression is that his campaign staff and backoffice Politburo will try to run out the clock with a few public appearances in which he reads something short and takes no questions but put in effect a strategy which makes the “press” the main adversary to Trump, which it was in particular the past ten days with the lies and slanders from Goldberg of the Atlantic “magazine” and the execrable Bob Woodward. I don’t see Biden debating; I know people have pointed out that he did ok in the Dem primary debates but that was: 1) among 7 or 8 so he had limited talk time; and 2) was more than six months ago and he has visibly deteriorated since then. So I expect them to cancel his debate a week before and let the damned “press” cover for him. I would imagine that if Biden in some way gets elected (God forbid but there is a ton of dirty money being poured into this election), there will be an enormous reaction against the press for having orchestrated the coverup of the true condition of a man with dementia being elected to the presidency.