[adorno]

A wartime president, or a president during a REAL crisis (not a fabricated one), gains popularity and gets increased ratings.

Therefore, the threat of nuclear war becomes the issue of the day, even if it’s not. And democrats hope to benefit from the phony threat in their midterm elections.

[alloysteel]

Joe Biden is NO John F. Kennedy, and lacks the necessary strength of will and discipline to “stay the course” in the face of rising resistance within his own caucus, let alone attract support from others who may not be in agreement with the rest of the program agenda. In the runup to the missile crisis, Kennedy had also had a spectacular fail earlier with the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, which fell apart in the early hours. Castro’s attitude was only hardened from that point on.

[hardspunned]

Nuclear saber rattling is not new. It has been used quite effectively before. It’s a little less stressful if Eisenhower and Dulles are doing the rattling rather than President Vegetable though.

[GOPJ]

A wartime president, or a president during a REAL crisis (not a fabricated one), gains popularity and gets increased ratings. Therefore, the threat of nuclear war becomes the issue of the day, even if it’s not. And democrats hope to benefit from the phony threat in their midterm elections.

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!

[clintonh8r]

This time feels different. So far only hard core Ds are showing Xiden any kind of support about this. And maybe Linda Graham.