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Sandbox – 27nov21

[While not overflowing, the last Sandbox was getting a bit dated.  So here's a fresh one that you can fill with holiday cheer, or not.  gjr]

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402 responses to “Sandbox – 27nov21”

  1. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    The fbi gets slapped down again as it should be especially when they are running interference for the biden crime framily –
    Federal judge grants Project Veritas’ request for third party to review James O’Keefe’s phones seized by FBI
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/judge-project-veritas-special-master-james-okeefe-phones
    😉

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  2. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Now what did Biden say about Trump ?
    Oh Yes….
    “Biden hits out at Trump, says anyone responsible for so many Covid-19 deaths ‘should not’ be President”
    https://www.deccanherald.com/international/biden-hits-out-at-trump-says-anyone-responsible-for-so-many-covid-19-deaths-should-not-be-president-905841.html
    Someone should remind Biden.
    More dead with him as prez.,, than with Trump.

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  3. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    re: WSJ poll
    GOOD NEWS ON THE LATINO VOTE, POLL SHOWS IT’S EVENLY SPLIT [UPDATED]
    “It looks like Latinos don’t like violent crime, inflation, and mass illegal immigration appreciably more than the rest of American voters.
    All of the usual caveats associated with one poll apply, especially since the 2022 election is eleven months away and there are so many undecided voters. But if this poll accurately reflects sentiment among Latinos, even eleven months out, it’s very big news.
    UPDATE: A new YouGov/Economist poll finds that Biden’s approval rating among Latinos is only 40 percent, with 47 percent disapproving. In the Wall Street Journal poll, the split was 42-54.
    So the news from the YouGov poll isn’t as good (from my perspective) as that from the WSJ poll. But it’s pretty good.”
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/12/good-news-on-the-latino-vote-poll-shows-its-evenly-split.php
    ———-
    That’s good news indeed…..considering the YouGov/Economist poll is pretty much a lefty-leaning poll, lol.
    IMHO, the American public (voters) think the Democrat Party spends too much time on social issues and not enough focus on economic issues. Well, economic issues are not the Dem strong points. Each time those voters go to the pump or buy a pound of grounded beef, they see and are immediately reminded of the economic issues staring them right in the eyes. When the Rev Jesse Jackson starts chastising the Woke, you know he smells a damaged brand comets…which is bad for his brand.

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  4. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    A real good vid of some UFOs taken by a pilot.
    https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/08/pilot-captures-footage-ufo-fleet/
    Never seen flairs in formation,and traveling dead flat.
    Kiss that explanation goodbye.

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  5. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Here’s a nice little story.
    https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/12/07/reps-greene-and-gohmert-finally-met-the-j6-political-prisoners-what-they-saw-isnt-pretty-n1539714
    No comment really needed here.

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  6. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    News you may or may not use:
    ‘Gap narrows in attempt to recall Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant”
    https://mynorthwest.com/3271313/seattle-city-councilmember-kshama-sawant-recall-results-december-2021/
    —————————
    Lips that belong to a Righty will never touch my lips
    ‘Young Dems more likely to despise the other party’
    https://www.axios.com/poll-political-polarization-students-a31e9888-9987-4715-9a2e-b5c448ed3e5a.html
    —————————————-
    ‘National Education Association board member wished death on those seeking exemptions from COVID mandates’
    https://thepostmillennial.com/national-education-association-board-member-wished-death-on-those-seeking-exemptions-from-covid-mandates?
    ———————————
    Leaving NR (PBS) for NBC is a very short distance to travel.
    ‘Remembering Yamiche Alcindor’s Greatest Hits’
    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/remembering-yamiche-alcindors-greatest-hits/?

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  7. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    On a slow news night (except Ted Cruz’s speech on the Senate floor), let’s watch “Going home to Mommie’s house.”
    https://rumble.com/vq28em-theyre-very-scared-antifa-hilariously-trolled.html?

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  8. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    ‘The Coronavirus Attacks Fat Tissue, Scientists Find’
    The research may help explain why people who are overweight and obese have been at higher risk of severe illness and death from Covid.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/health/covid-fat-obesity.html?

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  9. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    BillT@10:12
    This might help get around the paywall.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20211208211304/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/health/covid-fat-obesity.html
    The odd thing here is why this wouldn’t be a well known ‘feature’ of fat for the last 100 years. I can’t believe that COVID acts differently than other viruses.
    Oh well, put it in the same bucket as ‘just how effective are these different types of masks’, ‘what are my odds of catching the plague outside’, ‘what are my odds of catching the plague inside in a non-ventilated area in x minutes at y feet away’, ‘what interior areas have proved to be most dangerous (bars? grocery stores?), ‘what are detailed demographics of COVID deaths’, ‘why does Pfizer want 75(!) year secrecy on their internal reports’, etc. etc.
    Lotsa secrets. Fairly useless county health departments filled with arbitrary opinions.
    The real lesson from all this is that if things get slightly sketchy, you are on your own. Plan and act accordingly.

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  10. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: link.
    Once again I forgot that typepad is the ‘Worlds Worst Software'(tm).
    Let’s try this.
    https://tinyurl.com/3fzd7t8v

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  11. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Good lovely morning Scenes. It’s a great morning for those who do not have to chain up.
    The NYT was not behind the pay wall on my end. Odd. Of course, I had to delete two-3 lines of the URL and take it back to the question mark…..a suggestion Dr. Rebane asked me to do when moi used to post long URLs. I was surprised as anyone that there was no paywall.
    The kid dropped by a few weeks ago and presented me with a brand new I-pad air cause the old one was running on faith and fumes, long past it’s planned obsolescence date. Think the Fatty Cell story from NYT came through Apple News. Just finally got around to setting up the new machine manually cause I never used the Cloud on the old one or used saved passwords. I don’t like it.
    Was going to go back to a laptop for printing and such, but the gift arrived first. Darn. Oh well, never look a gift horse in the mouth nor buy a bull with one testicle. Good thing the kids don’t read RR or know my handle Bill Tozer. 🙂

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  12. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    TEACHER: LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE
    Abstract
    “There is a severe mental health crisis among graduate students in political science. We present findings from an original survey on the mental health of political science PhD students at seven US universities. Our results are concerning: 15.8% expressed thoughts of suicide in the two weeks prior to taking the survey. About 30% of respondents met the criteria for depression and only a third of those were receiving treatment. Approximately 32% met the criteria for anxiety and fewer than half were receiving treatment. We also found that students with poorer mental health were more isolated, had fewer friends in their department and fewer people to turn to for help, and were more likely to contemplate dropping out of their program. Our study raises important questions about the experiences of graduate students during the PhD program and serves as an urgent call to action to address the well-being of our colleagues.“
    Gee I wonder what might be behind this? Maybe too many graduate students are stuck starving on the intellectual desert island of most universities today, but don’t know it.
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/12/teacher-leave-those-kids-alone.php
    —————
    https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-11-29-at-9.22.39-AM.png?
    https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-01-at-9.38.11-PM.png?
    https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/12/download-16.jpg?w=640&ssl=1

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    What a great name for a Sheriff.
    ‘Let’s Go, Brandon’ boat wins – and then loses – holiday boat parade contest
    “Another judge, Sheriff J.D. Diggs, also stood by his vote for the political vessel. “If there had been a boat out there with some kind of content that I personally didn’t like, do I penalize that person because they were exercising their free speech, and I just didn’t like it? The answer is no,” Diggs said.
    One unnamed judge apparently voted for the boat without realizing what the phrase meant.”
    https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/lets-go-brandon-boat-wins-and-then-loses-holiday-boat-parade-contest

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  14. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “There is a severe mental health crisis among graduate students in political science.”
    Not surprising given the ‘talent’ pool at this point in time. Crazy people used to sign up for the Psychology Department.
    The only thing more irritating than an activist is a dead battery. Well, maybe Guinea worms.

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    quite the imagine you left us with, scenes.
    Guinea worms is the new catchphrase of the day.

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  16. Radicchioniglio Avatar
    Radicchioniglio

    President Potato getting some decent press today. I wonder if a visit from Nevada City’s most notorious guitar botherer is on the agenda?

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  17. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    When it comes to creepy grampa joe how low can it go is a never ending dive –
    https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/12/09/majority-of-americans-dont-believe-bidens-claim-that-build-back-fights-inflation/
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/09/npr-poll-just-16-percent-americans-strongly-approve-joe-bidens-job-performance/
    😉

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  18. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Direct quotes from Trumps team leaders Steve Bannon and Mike Gaetz. Check out the provided You Tube link
    Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday talked with conservative broadcaster Steve Bannon about a plan to use “4,000 shock troops” to take over the jobs of federal government employees.
    Bannon has previously said that the so-called “shock troops” need to be prepared prior to Republican control of the executive branch.
    “People didn’t like that Donald Trump raised his voice but sometimes you’ve got to raise your voice to raise a ruckus and to raise an army of patriots who love this country and will fight for her,” Gaetz said on Bannon’s War Room program. “We’re going to operationalize the performance to go right after the people who are imposing the vaccine mandates, who are enriching themselves and who are selling out the country.”
    “Understand, this is a theory of governing,” Bannon agreed. “It’s fresh and it’s new. This is Trumpism in power. That’s when we went to the 4,000 shock troops we have to have that’s going to man the government. Get them ready now. Right? We’re going to hit the beach with the landing teams and the beachhead teams and all that nomenclature they use when President Trump wins in 2024 — or before.”
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    “You’re going to have those as the 4,000 political appointees,” he continued. “No more powderpuff derby. This is going to be hardcore accountability at every committee [in Congress].”
    “Yes,” Gaetz replied. “And we’re going to go after this administrative state and we’re going to start at the Department of Justice and the FBI. That’s the job I want. You know, send me over to the Judiciary Committee and their sphincters will tighten because they have been doing a lot of corrupt things over there.”
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    “I don’t need a new committee, I just need a gavel,” he said.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0uJWLsvamI&feature=emb_title

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  19. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    And Paul? So what?

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  20. squashniglio Avatar
    squashniglio

    …..and right on cue. I understand why he wants to continue focusing on Trump though.

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  21. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    … what does rawstory report?

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  22. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    What an interesting day, jucy got juiced on 4 counts and the polls show that if the election were held today Trump would beat creepy grampa joe, the kakkler and buttedgeedge in heads up matches! LOL
    😉

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  23. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Right on cue the lamestream ignore the jucy convictions –
    https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/msnbc-avoidance-of-jussie-smollett-story-during-primetime-politically-biased-journalistic-choice-expert-says
    😉

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  24. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Well Barry I guess that’s what you support. “Shock Troops to man the government”. Direct quote from your guy Bannon.

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  25. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    4,000 lawful political appointees? I don’t see the fake outrage here.

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  26. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    You would think in his free time away from RR that Paul would develop a new style, but no.
    “So, Barry – you want all the small children to die. Good to know.”
    They are talking about having a cadre of qualified top managers to be ready in the next admin to sweep out the corrupt bureaucrats as much as possible.
    I guess Paul is FOR corruption in Washington.
    Good to know.

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  27. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Well look who comes from the crypt.
    Was it Hillary’s acceptance speech for prez?
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/us/elections/hillary-clinton-speech-election.html

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  28. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    So now even titlest is going woke you cant get personalized golf balls with lets go brandon but –
    Certain political and vulgar messages that Fox News Digital tested on the website did not receive the same error message including “F Trump”, “ACAB”, “Antifa”, “Kill Cops”, “Impeach Trump” and “Kill Trump.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/titleist-blocks-customers-from-personalizing-golf-balls-with-lets-go-brandon
    😉

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  29. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    BTW Emery,, Biden’s poll numbers are great,, ain’t they??🤣

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  30. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    Don 4:21 – Now, will they go for the obvious charges of perjury? He lied repeatedly under oath.
    It will be interesting to see what actual punishment he gets. Probation, a fine and ‘community service’ would be as if he had done nothing wrong.
    The man dumped a mega-tanker of gasoline on the racial fires in this country. He needs to have the book thrown at him. He is a menace to our country.
    The only good to come of all of this is the ongoing expose’ of the lefts’ racist mindset.

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  31. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    Walt 5:11 – Yes, but Biden has complained about that.
    It seems the leftists in the news media haven’t done a good enough job to cover up all of his failures.

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  32. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    hmmm Scott don’t the “400O shock troops” you advocate have to go through some congressional approval process?

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  33. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    SO @530 Saw one article that said 10-12,000 investigative hours went into the investigation gathering all the video from the route, finding the ubers etc who were in the area and gathering their video.
    Jucy should have to pay that cost on top of whatever the probation report recommends.
    😉

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  34. Jose Peyote Avatar
    Jose Peyote

    ‘Get them ready now’: Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon discuss plan to take over government with ‘shock troops’
    https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-steve-bannon-shock-troops/

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  35. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Here is one for the po’ ol’ pollhead –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/09/npr-poll-just-16-percent-americans-strongly-approve-joe-bidens-job-performance/
    😉

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  36. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Those “shock troops” are FBI agents.
    Just like they were the instigators before. They will track down Granny and Gramps, but not the entrappers. Funny how that works.
    The FBI is now the Proggy KGB.

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  37. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Hummm. Trillions spent in one bill. and Emery financial LLC has nothing to say.
    Now out to out spend that.. Oh.. Won’t cost us a penny… Says placeholder Biden. It’s all good.

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  38. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Free money? I better go and get a student loan for my quantum
    engineering degree.
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/democrats-biden-cancel-student-loan-debt-payment-restart

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  39. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Bod Dole laying in state looked more alive and cogent than creepy grampa joe –
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/09/joe-biden-reads-the-words-end-of-message-off-of-his-notes-during-bob-dole-eulogy/
    😉

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  40. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    ‘Pay Your Own Darn Bills’: AOC, Who Makes $174,000 Per Year, Blasted For Complaining About $17k In Student Loans
    “Ocasio-Cortez’s $17,000 in student loan debt sounds like a lot, but it probably only involves a monthly student loan payment of $100-$200. It’s hard to know exactly what her payment is without being familiar with the specifics of her loans, but $100-$200/month is a reasonable estimate given that the average graduate owes $28,400 total, which equates to a $297 monthly payment.”
    In response, Daily Wire commentator and bestselling children’s author Matt Walsh observed that student debt forgiveness is a glorified form of “welfare” for the affluent.
    “She’s [Rep. Rashida Tlaib] aperfect example of why we shouldn’t forgive student loans,” Walsh tweeted. “She makes $175,000 a year and wants the tax payer to assume her debts? No, pay your bills you deadbeat. Student loan forgiveness is upper class welfare.”
    “Half of all student debt is held by people with graduate degrees,” he added. “The idea that this is some kind of persecuted class of people who deserve tax funded debt forgiveness is absurd.”
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/pay-your-own-darn-bills-aoc-who-makes-174000-per-year-blasted-for-complaining-about-17k-in-student-loans
    Hmmm. If you make $174,000/year WITH benefits, that would place you in the top 10% of income earners. The rich are not paying their fair share. The game is rigged!

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  41. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Wokesters going wild –
    Biden CBP hosts seminar on ‘unconscious bias’ amid border crisis
    Border agent said the upcoming event is ‘more woke bull—‘
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-cbp-unconscious-bias-seminar
    😉

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  42. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    from Paul – “…don’t the “400O shock troops” you advocate have to go through some congressional approval process?”
    Back to outright lies again, Paul?
    I didn’t ‘advocate’ any such thing. I was explaining to the slow thinkers like you what Bannon and Gaetz were talking about. Not that I would mind a thorough house cleaning of the FBI, IRS, etc of the filthy players.
    And I never claimed that anyone who needed vetting and approval by congress would be able to elude any legal requirement for their placement.
    It seems Paul’s ability to read and comprehend English has fallen even further than I had thought.
    Taken any cognitive tests lately, Paul?

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  43. Scott O Avatar
    Scott O

    Bill 6:40 – from AOC “…I knew that getting another degree would drown me in debt that I would never be able to surpass.”
    And yet others do on a regular basis and have no problems.
    This speaks loudly of her inability to provide value to society.
    The one degree she has is obviously useless as far as providing her with any real knowledge of the real world. I guess that’s why she ran as a Dem for office.

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  44. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Polls, polls, polls…..with the usual caveats and disclaimers.
    The last two big polls (surveys in IMHO) have differing results. One says the most important issue on people’s minds is inflation. Inflation. WSJ big poll.
    The other poll which made headlines dovetailing with the WSJ poll sez immigration is the number one issue on people’s minds.
    Inflation, immigration. I say tomatoe, you say tomato. Either way, Brandon owns the whole kit and caboodle.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIX6F7xCsRY

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  45. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    LIB radio (NPR) did a poll on Biden. I better not give the results. Emery might stroke out. (Gotta keep him alive long enough to watch the elected mules go to the glue factory come Nov.) Even National Progressive Radio think Biden SUCKS.

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  46. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Why am I not surprised?
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/09/democrats-block-requiring-states-to-remove-foreign-nationals-from-voter-rolls/
    LIBS like their illegal votes. HELL!.. They got Biden elected.

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  47. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Scot
    Making it simple, do you or do you not support the Bannon and Gaetz proposal to bring in “4000 shock troops” if Trump were to regain the Presidency in 2024 or earlier as they suggest could happen?

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  48. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Walt
    Glancing at the polls Biden is nowhere near the negative job approval trump had in the same date of his Presidency. RCP Job Approval Consensus has Biden down by 9.7. T.rump on the same date in the same poll was down 15.5.
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

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  49. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    You keep believing that Emery. Make all the excuses that make you feel better.
    Hear the latest Ol’ Chap? Biden wants Ukraine to surrender to Putin. That’s how a LIB defends our allies. That’s worse that what Obummer did.( his little worthless red line.)
    And your hero has done just what? OH YES!!!!!!! Gas prices came down TWO CENTS!!!!! Yup, that will get him re-elected.

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  50. Walt Avatar
    Walt

    Some just don’t see it your way Emery.
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-polling-doldrums-no-letup
    “Miringoff sees red flags for the White House and Democrats in the latest numbers. “He’s (Biden) got his work cut out for him,” he emphasized. “Obviously these are not the kind of numbers Democrats are going to celebrate.””
    As for your comparing Trump, It’s meaningless. Your LIB press NEVER gave Trump the credit he was due.
    Your LIB press lied through their teeth day in, day out.
    And you took the bait. You believed the LIES and spread them yourself.
    Where do we send the case of Russian dressing Emery?
    Care for a signed copy by Adam Schiff of the pee pee papers?
    He might even throw in his rock solid evidence of Trump’s collusion. (Bigfoot has been seen more.)

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