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Dave Yell's avatar

The trouble is will voters credit Joe for his NATO appearance? Just like they don't credit him for anything else.

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Oldandintheway's avatar

That is up to us. Get involved in GOTV and telling the truth. Write to all of the media you use to get information. Tell them to report about the Biden resurrection. Tell them that waiting for Joe DiMaggio to save us is a terrible strategy. Tell them to tell the truth instead of just being sharks going for blood. Biden has been the best president we have had for 70 years. He is not much different now from what he was a month ago.

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Dave Yell's avatar

"Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? Our nation has turned its lonely eyes to you." By the way,I agree.

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HistoricalHolli's avatar

That's a big part of what's going on right now. Folks are terrified -- legitimately -- of Trump and want to know that a silver bullet will slay the monster and everything will be all right. Grappling with the fact that there is no silver bullet is creating a lot of panic.

Love your Joe DiMaggio analogy.

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suzc's avatar

The only problem with your last sentence is that it just takes a minute, literally, to have a stroke. A Feb. physical isn't going to cut it after what we saw on stage. At THIS point I'm willing to consider the whole thing was sorcery or voodoo but we SAW what we saw and it was near-fatal. The WH has done NOTHING to tamp down the fear.

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Oldandintheway's avatar

The same is just as true for Trump. He is a heart attack waiting to happen. He is stressed, overweight, eats terribly, and stays up all night ranting. No physical for one without the other. We can all drop dead this afternoon -- especially in the red states where there is no healthcare.

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suzc's avatar

Well, ok, but Trump is the Undead so i don't think it works on him.

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JF's avatar

Oh, I needed a laugh!

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Alex Dash's avatar

Good one!

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Mark P's avatar

Haha, at times I feel the only thing that can save us is Trump finally meeting his maker sometime within the next four months.

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Mark P's avatar

Yep, we all know that Trump and his team will cover up and deny any and all evidence of decline. Asymmetric warfare again.

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Mark P's avatar

Yes, I don't believe the WH is being honest about Biden's health, this is more than just normal aging/lack of sleep/exhaustion/having a cold, etc.

Either he's been this way for several years, meaning there has been a cover-up, or it has come on suddenly, meaning he could get much worse over the coming few months. Neither option gives me confidence that he is up to four more years.

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suzc's avatar

That's exactly my concern too. Not because I think a dead Biden and prez Kamala will harm America but because I think the fear of it will keep their votes at landslide defeat levels -- 35-45 Million maybe. I don't think that is the rational choice this year but the American electorate has shown little rationality the past quarter century.

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Mark P's avatar

Exactly! The Biden administration has shown they are perfectly capable of running the country, but the lack of enthusiasm or confidence in him is really going to hurt him in November at this rate.

If the American electorate was rational Trump wouldn't be the GOP candidate this year, and certainly wouldn't have a fighting chance of winning, argh!

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Sherri Priestman's avatar

The NYT’s piece this morning is about how rattled our NATO allies are.

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Dave Yell's avatar

NATO has been rattled for months. The NYT's piece is not exactly breaking news.

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