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pandr32

(11,579 posts)
1. We need to give him more Democrats in Congress
Thu May 13, 2021, 12:47 PM
May 2021

These midterms late next year will require every one of us.

NNadir

(33,512 posts)
2. I absolutely agree. The White Supremacist Party needs to be driven from our country...
Thu May 13, 2021, 12:52 PM
May 2021

...on which it is a cancer.

pandr32

(11,579 posts)
3. They appear to be going for broke
Thu May 13, 2021, 01:04 PM
May 2021

You're right--let's break their hold on our democracy and future.

NNadir

(33,512 posts)
6. The President is an aged, but vibrant man who gives us old folks...
Thu May 13, 2021, 02:22 PM
May 2021

...an appreciation of the one strength we have over our impressive younger brothers and sisters and our children.

That thing is experience.

This is not true of all of us. The former guy is old, and probably more than a little senile but since the former guy is a mindless sybaritic bigoted parasite who has not done a useful thing in his regrettable long life, he brought nothing to the table in terms of experience or capability.

One more thing...

The President is doing, as all wise (and decent) men and women do as the lives approach their ends, which is sharing the benefit of their experience with younger folks.

Our President is doing exactly that using the Mondale model with our Vice President.

Despite our many obvious failings of late, I still have faith in Americans to so the right thing when doing the wrong thing comes home to roost.

Towlie

(5,324 posts)
7. I wasn't even thinking about that, I meant keep the Republicans out of power.
Thu May 13, 2021, 02:53 PM
May 2021

 
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For any age-related issues we have excellent backup.

NNadir

(33,512 posts)
8. My last sentence should cover what concerns you.
Thu May 13, 2021, 02:59 PM
May 2021

I forget - I'm old - who said it, but someone said, " Americans always do the right thing after exhausting all other options."

The Republicans are terrified and increasingly powerless and all their actions show it. Like the greater racists before them, they're stuck in the trenches outside Petersburg, waiting for a miracle that will not come, and are well on their way to their private Appomattox.

John ONeill

(60 posts)
9. 'You can depend upon Americans to do the right thing.
Thu May 13, 2021, 09:08 PM
May 2021

"..But only after they have exhausted every other possibility" - Winston Churchill. Not sure if he stole the line. One of New Zealand's Prime Ministers said " New Zealanders who leave for Australia raise the IQ of both countries". He stole that of one of his critics, who had swiped it from Will Rogers talking about Okies moving to California.

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