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6. the times call for a new fdr. biden is an unlikely fdr junior. but the times make the man.

Reply to Sympthsical (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2020, 10:15 AM

Oct 2020

my sense is that biden knows a strong political wave when he sees one and will ride it as he comes into office.

with both houses of congress and a nation eager for reform, i think biden will fix a whole lot.

i certainly hope so. if we don't make huge strides fast, republicans will be right back at it. assuming we win the trifecta in 2020, we can't lose either house in 2022. two years is not nearly enough to fix the damage.

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Does anyone else feel like America hit its limit? [View all] Sympthsical Oct 2020 OP

I have watched the political process damaged from the days of Newt Gingrich and foxnews beachbumbob Oct 2020 #1

People are waking up to the fact that Trump is an existential threat to America dalton99a Oct 2020 #2

But it's not just Trump; it's the fascist republican party Yeehah Oct 2020 #5

Yes and no. SoonerPride Oct 2020 #3

I want to believe this, but it's more difficult if you live in a deeply red Mike 03 Oct 2020 #4

I saw a Blue Lives Matter shirt the other day Sympthsical Oct 2020 #11

Idiots suckered in by repug marketing to buy more and more signs. brush Oct 2020 #13

the times call for a new fdr. biden is an unlikely fdr junior. but the times make the man. unblock Oct 2020 #6

I agree with you entirely n/t Sympthsical Oct 2020 #12

I think the Nazi Republican Party of AmeriKKKa has reached its apex,... magicarpet Oct 2020 #7

I think the Woodward book and interview was the proverbial straw Shermann Oct 2020 #8

There's been so many straws lately... Arthur_Frain Oct 2020 #22

Has marijuana decriminalization even come up much of late? Shermann Oct 2020 #23

It wasn't up on any debate topic lists. Arthur_Frain Oct 2020 #24

not there yet, but it is very simple to lay out what would get the nation there Celerity Oct 2020 #9

I don't think that worst case scenario is going to happen. Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #16

we do not even have the votes now to eliminate the filibuster, let alone expand the SCOTUS Celerity Oct 2020 #20

Oh hell no.. we will get this done.. Joe knew it was an uphill battle from the get go Peacetrain Oct 2020 #10

And I'm here for him Sympthsical Oct 2020 #19

I have noted a lot less crowing from the usual suspects on social media. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2020 #14

It hasn't been that difficult to pull a man as fundamentally decent as Joe Biden Aristus Oct 2020 #15

I can feel it here where I live in KCMO. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2020 #17

We need the country engaged in politics SlogginThroughIt Oct 2020 #18

Insanity limit. sarcasmo Oct 2020 #21