In 2017 I wrote about The Stink Test. While it doesn't REALLY need updating, the references are dated and require looking at (but not longing for) the past. So as we head into the home stretch of this election, let me revisit the concept:
The Stink Test refers to applying the same standards of judgment for one person (in our current situation, DJ Trump and/or JD Vance) that you would for another, whether that person is Joe Biden or Kamala Harris or some as yet to be named politico.
The most recent application comes from Thursday's debate and former President Trump's assertion of Haitian immigrants eating pets. Had President Biden offered such an absurd statement, would you have shrugged it off? Was your reaction to Biden's obvious cognitive decline (he's probably still more knowledgeable and competent than the majority of people his age) applicable to the same evidence in the former President Trump's frequent word salads and lack of focus or direction? If you thought Biden was too old, why isn't Trump, who would be the oldest president ever should he win the election, too old? Or have you conveniently ignored that because, well, you have your reasons?
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