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[url]https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2022/01/10/biden-good-president-compared-trump/9149813002/[/url]
Unlike Trump, Biden is a statesman. And also unlike Trump, Biden truly cares about this country. He isn't capitulating to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin or urging treason. He isn't calling Mexicans terrorists between rounds of golf or banning an entire religion from traveling to the country, like Trump's Muslim ban. Instead, Biden is actively trying to work on bipartisan legislation that will make the everyday lives of hardworking Americans easier. Maybe that's the best America can hope for after such a traumatic four years. I agree with this , now do I think Biden is a great President hell no and yes I would like younger blood in Office. |
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Jesus, what a bunch of fluff bullshit…a statesmen, that’s the type of thing you say to prop up a politician like Biden who’s had zero policy wins and has folks within his own party calling for him not to run again.
- Afghanistan debacle - spending policies which directly lead to record inflation - record high energy cost due directly to energy policy and heavy regulatory environment - failed to stop Covid, more died under his watch with multiple vaccines handed to him - war in Ukraine, couldn’t deter Putin from a second invasion. Cost the US billions and Russia is fully embedded. - record high food prices which are up 20% since he took office - record high fentanyl deaths - open border which has lead to a flood of fentanyl and child trafficking. Cartel or Mexican terrorists have made billions in smuggling. When it comes to decency…whether he’s saying you ain’t black if you don’t vote for me, comparing losing his car to hundreds of children burnt to ashes, not acknowledging his own grandchild born out of wedlock, refusing questions and interviews to explain his choices in policy, or his record vacations days during his presidency…he’s a bumbling, weak leader who has no decency to speak of. [IMG]https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/08/640/320/GettyImages-1234946450.jpg?ve=1&tl=1[/IMG] Checking his watch while remains of soldiers were transferred home as a direct result of his decisions and actions in Afghanistan. |
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[QUOTE=sdskinsfan2001;1343938]If you like Joe Biden, please share with me what you like about him.[/QUOTE]
That he isn’t a cult leader. |
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[quote=punch it in;1343944]That he isn’t a cult leader.[/quote]
So you like anyone that isn't a cult leader? For example, you like Glenn Youngkin? Punch, you can do way better than this response. We both know that's not why you like Biden. I doubt you do like him altogether. I didn't ask why does anyone like/dislike Trump. |
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[quote=Giantone;1343940][url]https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2022/01/10/biden-good-president-compared-trump/9149813002/[/url]
Unlike Trump, Biden is a statesman. And also unlike Trump, Biden truly cares about this country. He isn't capitulating to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin or urging treason. He isn't calling Mexicans terrorists between rounds of golf or banning an entire religion from traveling to the country, like Trump's Muslim ban. Instead, Biden is actively trying to work on bipartisan legislation that will make the everyday lives of hardworking Americans easier. Maybe that's the best America can hope for after such a traumatic four years. I agree with this , now do I think Biden is a great President hell no and yes I would like younger blood in Office.[/quote] Do you think he's a even a decent president overall, in our nation's history? Not solely compared to Trump. Compared to all President's that came before him. |
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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1343948]Do you think he's a even a decent president overall, in our nation's history? Not solely compared to Trump. Compared to all President's that came before him.[/quote]
LOL, comparing him to all is BS way of just being a dick. Yeah he was the better of what was out there and he isn't trump. He isn't as good as some but he is a million times better then the alternative. |
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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1343947]So you like anyone that isn't a cult leader? For example, you like Glenn Youngkin? Punch, you can do way better than this response. We both know that's not why you like Biden. I doubt you do like him altogether. I didn't ask why does anyone like/dislike Trump.[/quote]
Of course you didn't ask about trump it would show your BS. You attempt to control the conversation except you can't . This didn't last long.................. [url]http://www.thewarpath.net/showthread.php?t=65203[/url] or this one................ "I just turned 40 eleven minutes ago and I'm drunk. I somehow blocked the political threads from popping up on my home page about a month or two ago. I'm going to finally take advantage of this fortunate mistake and quit these liberal propaganda threads until I'm 41. Bye-bye fuckers. I still love all you Redskins/Commanders fans though. See ya'll in all the other threads." |
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[quote=Giantone;1343957]LOL, comparing him to all is BS way of just being a dick. Yeah he was the better of what was out there and he isn't trump. He isn't as good as some but he is a million times better then the alternative.[/quote]
Every president gets thought of historically. That's why there are lots of articles with rankings of president's. Not sure why asking a historical question was being a dick, but OK. |
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[url]https://news.yahoo.com/jeanine-pirro-shocks-critics-perfect-110038937.html[/url]
HuffPost Jeanine Pirro Shocks Critics With Perfect Summary Of Trump... With Just 1 Problem Social media users thought Pirro’s description was perfect ― for a certain other president, who tossed paper towels into a crowd while visiting Hurricane Maria-ravaged Puerto Rico in 2017, delayed billions in federal aid to the island, undermined public health guidance during a pandemic that killed more than a million Americans, misled the public about the path of Hurricane Dorian to save face after making a mistake (aka Sharpiegate), attempted a coup and told tens of thousands of lies and mistruths during his tenure. |
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[quote=Giantone;1343958]Of course you didn't ask about trump it would show your BS. You attempt to control the conversation except you can't .
This didn't last long.................. [url]http://www.thewarpath.net/showthread.php?t=65203[/url] or this one................ "I just turned 40 eleven minutes ago and I'm drunk. I somehow blocked the political threads from popping up on my home page about a month or two ago. I'm going to finally take advantage of this fortunate mistake and quit these liberal propaganda threads until I'm 41. Bye-bye fuckers. I still love all you Redskins/Commanders fans though. See ya'll in all the other threads."[/quote] A. Punch can speak for himself B. We've already had this conversation. We all knew I wasn't going to completely be able to stop posting in these threads. I've definitely greatly reduced my number of posts since then. Some progress. C. Again, your self-awareness is non-existent. You lecturing anyone on trying to control the narrative is laughable. You are the king of projection. This meme was created for you: [IMG]https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/mFiywP9BUHDC8AIRBDYJvXdfQiA=/1400x1050/filters:format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23265504/Spider_Man_meme.jpg[/IMG] |
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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1343962]A. Punch can speak for himself
B. We've already had this conversation. We all knew I wasn't going to completely be able to stop posting in these threads. I've definitely greatly reduced my number of posts since then. Some progress. C. Again, your self-awareness is non-existent. You lecturing anyone on trying to control the narrative is laughable. You are the king of projection. This meme was created for you: [/IMG][/quote] Punch gave you and answer and you try to spin it to "anyone not a cult leader", JHC that's grade school shit! You know it's not what he said. |
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[QUOTE=sdskinsfan2001;1343947]So you like anyone that isn't a cult leader? For example, you like Glenn Youngkin? Punch, you can do way better than this response. We both know that's not why you like Biden. I doubt you do like him altogether. I didn't ask why does anyone like/dislike Trump.[/QUOTE]
Chill it was said sarcastically. The point of my answer was just to shed a little light on the fact that if it comes down to Candidate A vs Candidate B who is a wanna be autocrat and the leader of a cult ill go with A. Easy decision there. I know your question wasn’t who do i prefer between the two, but remember the whole “any functioning adult 2020” thing when Trump was in office….well that’s where i was going with that. There are dozens of Democrats Id rather see in office than Biden. I remember a time, not to long ago, when blind love and devotion didn’t get behind any presidential candidate or president. I remember a time when liking a president because he was from your own party was reason enough. It didn’t mean you had to follow him blindly and like everything he said or did. This is not about dems vs republicans anymore. This is about democracy vs an autocracy- trump is a wanna be autocrat, and besides Christie a bunch of other wanna be maga kings who still will not condemn Trump publicly. Maga has completely hijacked the GOP. The game has changed. Hence my sarcastic but true answer. Lol |
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[quote=punch it in;1343968]Chill it was said sarcastically.
The point of my answer was just to shed a little light on the fact that if it comes down to Candidate A vs Candidate B who is a wanna be autocrat and the leader of a cult ill go with A. Easy decision there. I know your question wasn’t who do i prefer between the two, but remember the whole “any functioning adult 2020” thing when Trump was in office….well that’s where i was going with that. There are dozens of Democrats Id rather see in office than Biden. I remember a time, not to long ago, when blind love and devotion didn’t get behind any presidential candidate or president. I remember a time when liking a president because he was from your own party was reason enough. It didn’t mean you had to follow him blindly and like everything he said or did. This is not about dems vs republicans anymore. This is about democracy vs an autocracy- trump is a wanna be autocrat, and besides Christie a bunch of other wanna be maga kings who still will not condemn Trump publicly. Maga has completely hijacked the GOP. The game has changed. Hence my sarcastic but true answer. Lol[/quote] I don't think Biden qualifies as functioning at this point. I'm dreading the 2024 elections. Wish I could take a power-nap in a cryogenic chamber until 2025. Wake up super refreshed and pretend like 2024 didn't exist. |
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[QUOTE=sdskinsfan2001;1343970]I don't think Biden qualifies as functioning at this point.
I'm dreading the 2024 elections. Wish I could take a power-nap in a cryogenic chamber until 2025. Wake up super refreshed and pretend like 2024 didn't exist.[/QUOTE] But he does. Presidents of the US have very little impact on the economic activity of the country. Why people assign praise or blame to one guy on a 25 trillion economy is beyond me. whether it’s an R or a D. When you drop marginal taxes rates by 20 or 30 percent like Reagan sure, that’s a step function change. Tinkering by 2% does relatively nothing. Even then there are so many other drivers that have nothing to do with what a president does. (Republican friend of mine texted me this earlier). I just want someone who isn’t a misogynistic, egotistical, crass, racist, nuclear code stealing, con artist. So Biden will do just fine for me. |
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Great job by DeSantis last night. Him and Haley were the standouts
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[quote=Chico23231;1344034]Great job by DeSantis last night. Him and Haley were the standouts[/quote]
Biden is going to win again, easily. Unless Kamala Harris is the VP candidate again. He has to drop her. That might be the only thing to cost him. She's truly fucking stupid. I can't believe 1 person wants her to be president, and Biden is old, zero guarantee he can complete a 2nd term. Replace Kamala Harris with Michelle Obama, it's a landslide. |
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[quote=Chico23231;1344034]Great job by DeSantis last night. Him and Haley were the standouts[/quote]
Pence did pretty well as well (I disagree about DeSantis I don't think he did well). That said it is all irrelevant the cult is going to nominate their guy. My worry is how many election cycles will the cult effect before they break-up. |
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DeSantis has a huge likability problem.
Dude is awkward AF. Did someone really have to hold up a cue card to remind him to smile? And this was the best he could do? He’s so fucking weird [url]https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/08/ron-desantiss-smile-meme-is-going-supernova.html[/url] |
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Haley and Christi did well.
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I've been sitting on this since the news about Jacksonville broke yesterday, how to discuss it here. It broke my heart and also free'd my heart. It broke my heart, how someone can be filled with such pure hate and absolutely terrorize 3 families he'd never met. It free'd my heart because I'm letting all my anger, frustration, resentment, animosity, etc., go, towards people on this site, every where else in my life, and even people I haven't met. I'm getting rid of it. That's a path to destruction.
I'm hoping y'all can do the same thing towards me here, and I'm going to pray that people that aren't on this site, can forgive me as well. Note - I won't respond to any replies to this post. I'll see everyone I'm Week 1 gameday thread. |
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[QUOTE=MTK;1344063]DeSantis has a huge likability problem.
Dude is awkward AF. Did someone really have to hold up a cue card to remind him to smile? And this was the best he could do? He’s so fucking weird [url]https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/08/ron-desantiss-smile-meme-is-going-supernova.html[/url][/QUOTE] That is weird even for that moron. |
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Jacksonville…just another extreme right maga nazi wingnut hate crime. Seems like only yesterday that we were hearing from our resident fox news mouthpiece about how the radical left was enlisting transgender assassins to do their dirty work. Lol.
The gun toting, racist rhetoric loving, extreme right , paranoid, hate filled MTG Desantis Trump championing cunts who hide behind patriotism, conservatism, and a bible are the most dangerous group of people in the country and they need to be sent back under their slimy rocks again for good. |
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[QUOTE=sdskinsfan2001;1344035]Biden is going to win again, easily. Unless Kamala Harris is the VP candidate again. He has to drop her. That might be the only thing to cost him. She's truly fucking stupid. I can't believe 1 person wants her to be president, and Biden is old, zero guarantee he can complete a 2nd term.
Replace Kamala Harris with Michelle Obama, it's a landslide.[/QUOTE] Just curious what it is about Kamala Harris you don’t like? Obviously she is up Against it being a black woman who is a democrat. But I know that isn’t what you don’t like about her because you aren’t maga. So just curious. |
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[quote=punch it in;1344185]Just curious what it is about Kamala Harris you don’t like? Obviously she is up
Against it being a black woman who is a democrat. But I know that isn’t what you don’t like about her because you aren’t maga. So just curious.[/quote] I dislike her for the same reasons I dislike most politicians: I believe she's a dishonest, power-hungry, flip-flopping, will say anything that benefits her, no standard having, liar. Then she just blames ALL criticisms of her on the fact that she's a woman and black. Black, brown, purple, neon-green and man, woman, transgender, ect., does not absolve you from any criticisms. In fact, it's racist, sexist, transphobic or whatever, to do that. That's not being treated equally, if you're not allowed to be criticized for valid reasons just like everyone else. We've got to be about equal treatment under ALL situations/conditions. And no, that's not to say there aren't racists white people out there, that dislike her solely for that reason (being racist). The thought of her being president terrifies me. She is not good at anything that isn't pre-planned with a speech. That's why when she's speaking in public, it's just a word-salad with all that awkward laughing in it. I don't think she has what it takes to be the president in a pinch. And Biden is way too old to just assume he can complete a 2nd term. There are plenty of other minority candidates that Biden can choose from. I even recommended one, that clearly I don't agree with politically. |
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[quote=punch it in;1344185]Just curious what it is about Kamala Harris you don’t like? Obviously she is up
Against it being a black woman who is a democrat. But I know that isn’t what you don’t like about her because you aren’t maga. So just curious.[/quote] The interesting thing that hurt the perception of Harris across the US was how Biden and his administration treated her in the first year. It came across that Biden (and or his administration) didn't trust her with anything and that mistrust transferred to the populous in general and stuck. |
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Yeah everyone, well the right , just acts like she is the scariest person on earth but i never hear anything concrete. Like what has she actually said ir done that you disagree with? Not just well she sucks. Lol
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[QUOTE=sdskinsfan2001;1344199]I dislike her for the same reasons I dislike most politicians: I believe she's a dishonest, power-hungry, flip-flopping, will say anything that benefits her, no standard having, liar. Then she just blames ALL criticisms of her on the fact that she's a woman and black. Black, brown, purple, neon-green and man, woman, transgender, ect., does not absolve you from any criticisms. In fact, it's racist, sexist, transphobic or whatever, to do that. That's not being treated equally, if you're not allowed to be criticized for valid reasons just like everyone else. We've got to be about equal treatment under ALL situations/conditions. And no, that's not to say there aren't racists white people out there, that dislike her solely for that reason (being racist).
The thought of her being president terrifies me. She is not good at anything that isn't pre-planned with a speech. That's why when she's speaking in public, it's just a word-salad with all that awkward laughing in it. I don't think she has what it takes to be the president in a pinch. And Biden is way too old to just assume he can complete a 2nd term. There are plenty of other minority candidates that Biden can choose from. I even recommended one, that clearly I don't agree with politically.[/QUOTE] I don’t necessarily disagree with any of this but there isn’t one policy or statement she has made or law she has passed in it. Just that she is a politician like literally everyone else but she gets the devil horns for some reason. Lol |
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[quote=punch it in;1344213]I don’t necessarily disagree with any of this but there isn’t one policy or statement she has made or law she has passed in it. [B]Just that she is a politician like literally everyone else[/B] but she gets the devil horns for some reason. Lol[/quote]
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That is fair. Lol. But my point is that she garners more hate than anyone on either side. Its lunacy. Its bias. White man steals nuclear codes …. Electable. Black woman speaks in a scripted way….scary as hell. Wait. What? Not directed at you but the right in general. |
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[quote=punch it in;1344221]That is fair. Lol. But my point is that she garners more hate than anyone on either side. Its lunacy. Its bias. White man steals nuclear codes …. Electable. Black woman speaks in a scripted way….scary as hell. Wait. What?
Not directed at you but the right in general.[/quote] I don't know. I try to spread my disdain as equally as possible. As I'm conservative, it's always going to lean more to the left in general. Here are some white politicians I dislike as much or more, even much more, than her. Not in any specific order. 1. Biden 2. McConnell 3. Crazy GA Lady 4. Crazy CO Lady 5. Eric Swalwell 6. Mitt Romney 7. Lindsey Graham 8. Elizabeth Warren (although she might qualify as Native American lol) 9. Lisa Murkowski 10. Susan Collins 11. Dick Durbin 12. Sherrod Brown 13. John Fetterman 14. Bernie Sanders 15. Nancy Pelosi 16. Adam Schiff 17. Darrell Isa 18. Debbie Wasserman Schultz These are just people currently in office, if this includes people no longer in office, have been in my adult life, this list would be much much longer. Note - I don't hate anyone anymore. I'm done w/ all that non-sense. But you can't like everyone lol. |
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3 and 4 lol. You just hate Schiff cus his bug eyes. And take Bernies name out your mouth! Lol
You forgot Jim Jordan. |
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[quote=punch it in;1344227]3 and 4 lol. You just hate Schiff cus his bug eyes. And take Bernies name out your mouth! Lol
You forgot Jim Jordan.[/quote] I knew you were going to mention ole J.J. Jim Jordan was on the cut-line. But I decided he's in my tier 2 group lol. But I absolutely would not vote for him to be president and wouldn't want him to be V.P. either. Adam Schiff is definitely one ugly son of a bitch. |
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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1344226]I don't know. I try to spread my disdain as equally as possible. As I'm conservative, it's always going to lean more to the left in general. Here are some white politicians I dislike as much or more, even much more, than her. Not in any specific order.
1. Biden 2. McConnell 3. Crazy GA Lady 4. Crazy CO Lady 5. Eric Swalwell 6. Mitt Romney 7. Lindsey Graham 8. Elizabeth Warren (although she might qualify as Native American lol) 9. Lisa Murkowski 10. Susan Collins 11. Dick Durbin 12. Sherrod Brown 13. John Fetterman 14. Bernie Sanders 15. Nancy Pelosi 16. Adam Schiff 17. Darrell Isa 18. Debbie Wasserman Schultz These are just people currently in office, if this includes people no longer in office, have been in my adult life, this list would be much much longer. Note - I don't hate anyone anymore. I'm done w/ all that non-sense. But you can't like everyone lol.[/quote] LOL, but not Jim Jordan or Matt Gaetz |
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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1344226]I don't know. I try to spread my disdain as equally as possible. As I'm conservative, it's always going to lean more to the left in general. Here are some white politicians I dislike as much or more, even much more, than her. Not in any specific order.
1. Biden 2. McConnell 3. Crazy GA Lady 4. Crazy CO Lady 5. Eric Swalwell 6. Mitt Romney 7. Lindsey Graham 8. Elizabeth Warren (although she might qualify as Native American lol) 9. Lisa Murkowski 10. Susan Collins 11. Dick Durbin 12. Sherrod Brown 13. John Fetterman 14. Bernie Sanders 15. Nancy Pelosi 16. Adam Schiff 17. Darrell Isa 18. Debbie Wasserman Schultz These are just people currently in office, if this includes people no longer in office, have been in my adult life, this list would be much much longer. Note - I don't hate anyone anymore. I'm done w/ all that non-sense. But you can't like everyone lol.[/quote] Can't believe I forgot about this asshole. Epic fail on by part: 19. Gavin Newsom |
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It is a never ending list.
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Explosive piece in the Washington Post (by @JStein_WaPo assisted by @BudgetHawks ) showing that the budget [B]deficit is set to 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 to $2 trillion this year[/B]. This is basically unprecedented in U.S. history during relative peace and prosperity. What happened was falling revenues as inflation came back down, a [B]massive spending spree by President Biden and Congress, and soaring interest rates that *doubled* Washington's net interest costs in just two years[/B] But really, the bill is coming for past decisions - massive Social Security & Medicare costs for retiring baby boomers, and continued fiscal expansions by politicians who believed that government borrowing was free because interest rates would keep falling forever. So wrong. This chart doesn’t include the attempted illegal tax payer bailout student loan Biden tried. |
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Cracks me up when hard right talks about the budget. Not as much as when they talk about social issues but still hysterical.
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[quote=punch it in;1344414]Cracks me up when hard right talks about the budget. Not as much as when they talk about social issues but still hysterical.[/quote]
There ain't nothing funny about this: [url]https://www.usdebtclock.org/[/url] |
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Rape
Attempted coup Paying hush money to pornstars Stealing nuclear codes Referring to eliminating student debt as illegal. Come on that’s funny. Once again the economy is not controlled by the President. The biggest problem we got in Congress is the magas refusing to do anything except defend some two bit con artist. Until they are all weeded out there will be a major problem. And anyone who thinks Trump, the king of fiscal irresponsibility, is going to fix it needs to give me that weed they are smoking. |
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[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/04/tommy-tuberville-military-promotions-eric-smith/[/url]
This is definitely not funny. |
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