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The State of the President

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Posted By: Garnet, 3/11/2024 12:28:11 AM

It was inevitable that the corporate media would applaud President Biden’s State of the Union address if he had the vitality to stand upright for two hours and the vision to read a teleprompter. For ordinary voters who aren’t paid to praise him, Biden’s performance last Thursday night probably confirmed many of their fears about leaving him in office for another term. This, for example, is how he described the current state of our domestic politics: “Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault here at home as they are today.”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Trigger2 3/11/2024 5:41:38 AM (No. 1675028)
I've got news for Joey. He's done more to destroy freedom and democracy in the USA than any other President outside of Barry.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: privateer 3/11/2024 9:14:53 AM (No. 1675126)
Senator Warnock: ‘I don’t know if that was Joe Biden or Joe Lewis!’ Sorry, Ralphie! It was Joe Isuzu.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: JimBob 3/11/2024 10:58:28 AM (No. 1675213)
I turned on the TV. The SOTU was on. I IMMEDIATELY changed the channel..... I just cannot stand the sound of that LIAR's voice any more.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: FLCracker 3/11/2024 1:10:31 PM (No. 1675339)
FTA: "‘I don’t know if that was Joe Biden or Joe Lewis!’" Well, since Joe Louis* has been dead for 43 years, I can go with that comparison. *Assuming they are referring to the boxer, Joe "The Brown Bomber" Louis and not some guy named Joe Lewis.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: FJB 3/11/2024 1:21:55 PM (No. 1675360)
Obama and Biden should never go anywhere without American Patriots shouting, “Traitor!” MAGA-FJB
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Reply 6 - Posted by: cor-vet 3/11/2024 1:27:30 PM (No. 1675365)
"Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault here at home as they are today, under the Democrat party"! There, fixed that sentence.
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