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July 4, 2025—What Could Have Been

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Posted By: mc squared, 7/4/2025 10:29:36 AM

What could have been. A year ago this month, Democrats were scrambling for their footing. A few months before that, Joe Biden had been awakened from his afternoon nap, handed a script and told to read some words. It took fifteen takes to complete the video. When it was done, Team Autopen had produced a video challenging Donald Trump to a debate. Bad move. Trump quickly accepted. [snip] On this July 4th, I am most thankful for a Trump presidency because of the cultural implications of a Harris presidency would have been, well, a Harris presidency.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bpl40 7/4/2025 12:43:44 PM (No. 1972941)
May 2024 Border Security let in 62000 aliens. May 2025 the number was zero. As in less than one. Among other things that is what I am most thankful for.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Italiano 7/4/2025 12:46:17 PM (No. 1972942)
Apropos of nothing, there is another thread dealing with the possibility of a Second Civil War.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: konocti95 7/4/2025 2:11:13 PM (No. 1972967)
How about the DOJ and FBI doubling down on prosecuting political opponents, increased illegal immigrants flights, nuclear war between Israel and Iran and increasing adventurism in the (anything but) Pacific Ocean by the Chinese Communist Party. I'm sure I'm missing several other disasters-in-waiting. But isn't that what Democrats are all about: creating and expanding problems rather than implementing solutions?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: john56 7/4/2025 5:26:16 PM (No. 1973012)
The Biden cabal figured that no way Trump would have agreed to the terms and were stuck when he said "okay, I'll do it." I joke that Biden's team should have required Trump to wear a clown costume, fake red nose, and oversized shoes. But I'm not sure Trump would have said no to that, either.
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