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Joe Biden - Key gaffs from Memorial Day speech "Democracy has never been good".
Torric Rodas Newswire ^ | 28/5/22 | Joe Biden

Posted on 05/30/2022 2:22:45 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

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To: Eleutheria5
The ancient Athenians couldn’t even manage pure democracy in a city state where everyone knew each other. It degenerated into demagoguery and civil war with Sparta, followed by invasion and destruction at the hands of the erstwhile-vanquished Persians.

You are correct! I myself see the fall of Rome and Greece happening today in my nation and nations of Free Europe. I am not optimistic based on history.

21 posted on 05/30/2022 3:25:09 PM PDT by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
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To: Eleutheria5

Democracy has never been good, which is why the founders founded a Republic.
The Constitution they wrote specifically restricted the office of President to natural born citizens, forbidding foreigners from the office.

Anyone born with a foreign nationality is NOT a natural born citizen.

We lost the Republic because that was ignored.


22 posted on 05/30/2022 3:47:25 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cpdiii

“Oddly on this Biden is correct.”

Only by mistake.

“Mr. Biden - The USA is a republic.”

“C’mon man. Republic!!?? Them places in Africa like The Republic of the Congo and Georgia are. America is a democracy!”


23 posted on 05/30/2022 4:01:03 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Eleutheria5

He means it, that why Dems use vote mules.


24 posted on 05/30/2022 4:01:46 PM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I wonder how much they paid the clapping Seals to applaud that babbling mess?


25 posted on 05/30/2022 4:03:21 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Vision

So then when he says that Trump is a threat to democracy, it’s a compliment?


26 posted on 05/30/2022 4:03:21 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (All Hail the MAGA King, beloved of Ultra MAGAs and Deplorables!)
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To: Eleutheria5

He probably has different definitions for the word is my guess. Democracy to him means Democrats win.


27 posted on 05/30/2022 4:14:13 PM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I would expect a lot more. but it’s a start.


28 posted on 05/30/2022 4:18:52 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: Eleutheria5

Every year at our local Memorial Day event the President’s proclamation is read out. Except for today. Whether by design or by mistake, I’m glad it wasn’t. It was listed in the schedule of events. And when Lisa Murkowski’s proclamation was read by one of her lackeys, I turned my back. Our other senator showed up and read his own.


29 posted on 05/30/2022 4:35:32 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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Athens was rebuilt after it was destroyed by the Persians. Sparta had a chance to destroy it again in 404 B.C. but refrained from doing so. Our Athenian sources tend not to be very positive about democracy (Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, etc.). Xenophon portrays the trial of the generals in 406 as a mob gone wild.

Herodotus implies there were 30,000 adult male citizens in Athens in 499. That suggests a citizen population around 120,000. There were also resident aliens and an unknown number of slaves. It's unlikely that everyone knew everyone else. Perhaps citizens knew the other citizens of their deme (village) at least by sight. But some citizens who lived a long way from Athens may have rarely come to the city.

30 posted on 05/30/2022 5:00:06 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1531382431177121794

Remember the 13 soldiers lost in Afghanistan.

For 13 families, this is their first Memorial Day with that heavy loss weighing on them.

May God bless those families!


31 posted on 05/30/2022 5:52:11 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Eleutheria5

Look at that; the old weirdo said something true by accident.


32 posted on 05/31/2022 5:31:19 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Black Ukrainian Coronavirus Vaccine Abortions Matter. It’s called democracy, folks. It’s who we are.)
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Better wash his mouth out with castor oil.


33 posted on 05/31/2022 10:01:40 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (All Hail the MAGA King, beloved of Ultra MAGAs and Deplorables!)
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To: Eleutheria5

In dementia veritas...


34 posted on 05/31/2022 10:02:41 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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Et in corruptio vide.


35 posted on 05/31/2022 4:25:21 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (All Hail the MAGA King, beloved of Ultra MAGAs and Deplorables!)
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