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scipan

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13. Thanks.

Reply to walkingman (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:52 PM

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I don't see the American people the same way anymore either.

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Does anyone remember this after Biden's debate? [View all] scipan Thursday OP

Don't remember hearing that, Haggard Celine Thursday #1

I almost got banned here for suggesting that a little nerve gas, Putin-style was deployed. usonian Thursday #3

Putin is definitely capable of anything. Haggard Celine Thursday #12

I don't want to open up old wounds. But he is a man with integrity and ethics. scipan Thursday #15

Yeah, it's a tragedy that he wasn't able to serve two terms. Haggard Celine Friday #17

Putin's reach was evident on DAY#1 of his first term when Ruskies were in TWH! czarjak Friday #21

Putin has agents who visited the White House usonian Friday #22

He was taking it at night. I never heard that he took it before the debate. LeftInTX Thursday #6

I took Benadryl for years too. Haggard Celine Thursday #14

Did you notice aftereffects? Like brain fog, memory issues, aphasia? nt scipan Friday #19

It is possible that Ambien can cause these issues the next day. LeftInTX Friday #30

I took Benadryl the night before my wedding. I couldn't follow directions...LOL LeftInTX Friday #29

I remember, this is what google says..... walkingman Thursday #2

Thanks. scipan Thursday #13

Nope ornotna Thursday #4

I heard he was taking it for jet lag, but not just before the debate LeftInTX Thursday #5

Ambien taken for jet lag works by knocking you out. mr715 Thursday #8

Yes it was tied to jet lag I think. scipan Thursday #9

I really doubt that POTUS would take the wrong med before a debate. He has SS around to assure these types of LeftInTX Friday #32

Yes I remember that. mr715 Thursday #7

Can I ask, how long does it take to work? scipan Thursday #11

It is remarkably fast acting mr715 Friday #16

Thanks. I must be misremembering. I probably read that he was taking it in the days before. mt scipan Friday #20

I read he had been given an Ambien before, but that is ambiguously worded mr715 Friday #24

Biden was fine in public events afterward. yardwork Friday #27

No he wasn't. mr715 Friday #37

I recall predictions here prior to the debate that Trump would cancel and not show up, or become enraged and walk out MichMan Thursday #10

I think he had a cold and took something for it that didnt Figarosmom Friday #18

He said he had a cold and took cold medicine. yardwork Friday #28

Thanks everyone. It just doesn't make sense that he would take one just before. scipan Friday #23

He was sick with a bad cold or flu and was on meds for that, he also had been on Ambien for jet lag. FascismIsDeath Friday #25

After he said "We finally beat Medicare", I knew we were in trouble MichMan Friday #26

Not nearly as much trouble as we Americans are in now. W_HAMILTON Friday #34

I remember people ignoring Trump's performance Johonny Friday #31

That is bettr than cutting a line of coke on a toilet seat. republianmushroom Friday #33

Also Obama did not do well during his first debate in 2012. LeftInTX Friday #35

They should have jacked him up on Adderall. BlueTsunami2018 Friday #36