After a Disastrous Year, Joe Biden Vows
to Hold the Same Course - Let's Hope So
Posted By: SurferLad, 1/23/2022 1:30:43 PM
“We don’t think the government can solve all the problems and we don’t want the Democrats telling us from Washington that they know what is right about everything.” [Snip] That was Democrat Bill Clinton candidly assessing the punishing verdict voters gave him and his party in the 1994 midterm elections. “I didn’t over-promise,” Joe Biden said about his over-promising to cripple COVID and restore national unity and comity, “I’m going to stay on this track.” Republicans can only hope he does. In just 41 weeks, that invites another historic midterm shellacking in Congress like voters levied on Democrats in 1994 and 2010. Historically, the
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“We don’t think the government can solve all the problems and we don’t want the Democrats telling us from Washington that they know what is right about everything.” [Snip] That was Democrat Bill Clinton candidly assessing the punishing verdict voters gave him and his party in the 1994 midterm elections.
“I didn’t over-promise,” Joe Biden said about his over-promising to cripple COVID and restore national unity and comity, “I’m going to stay on this track.”
Republicans can only hope he does. In just 41 weeks, that invites another historic midterm shellacking in Congress like voters levied on Democrats in 1994 and 2010. Historically, the
I’m Not Overweight. You’re Overweight.
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Did you ever have a dream that was fun and entertaining and made perfect sense in the moment? Then you woke up and said, What the hell was that about? That’s what has so intrigued me so long about dreams. They occur suspended in a world of unconsciousness untethered by reason and logic, unpredictable and therefore intriguing. And mostly delightful, at least for me. I’ve had dreams that were
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As often seems to happen, Joe Biden lost his train of thought the other night.
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