Posted on 11/07/2022 5:20:36 AM PST by george76
The Biden Administration will be known to history for many things: an open border and its deadly consequences, the abandonment of Afghanistan, weakness that led to catastrophe in Europe, skyrocketing inflation, and the use of federal law enforcement to target political opponents.
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American people must deliver to Joe Biden an unequivocal message: that they refuse to be gaslit, that they are not buying what he is selling.
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Biden’s open border. The reversal of Trump-era border enforcement, and his effective encouragement of illegal border crossings, has led to widespread human suffering. ... Americans are dying, too, as toxic fentanyl pours into the nation.
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As Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal policy went into effect, and as the Taliban reconquered that country, the American people were treated to a veritable buffet of gaslit falsehood... the deaths of 13 American service members
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Democrats who claim to be “independent” of the national party, or who hedge their support for Biden, should be challenged. For example, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly claims to have been critical of Biden’s border policy. But, as his opponent Blake Masters noted, Kelly in fact “voted for more IRS agents, not more Border Patrol agents” when given the chance.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s .. in her recent debate with Republican Lee Zeldin — a candidate committed to ending New York’s cashless bail and other soft-on-crime Democrat policies — Hochul .. wondering aloud why the issue was “so important” to her opponent.
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In Pennsylvania, where debate continues over Democrat John Fetterman’s health and fitness for office, one thing remains certain: Fetterman will double-deal on the issues most important to voters. After all, he was against fracking before he was for it. And he is “for” it now only because there is an election on the line
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I particularly don't like words and phrases newly created when there is already a perfectly good one, but I don't know of any word that can be substituted for gaslighting. If you can, please let me know.
gaslightverb (gaslights, gaslighting, gaslighted)
[with object] manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity: in the first episode, Karen Valentine is being gaslighted by her husband.[from the storyline of the movie Gaslight (1944), in which a man psychologically manipulates his wife into believing that she is going insane.]
Thanks for that
"I'm not the guy to run with
'Cause I'll throw you off the line
I'll break you and destroy you
Given time
He's King Midas with a curse
He's King Midas in reverse"
Well worth a viewing; occassionally comes up on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on cable.
It may even be on youtube !
I made a cursory check and it seems there are three or four versions. Maybe I can locate one for free. Amazon charges $1.99 for the 1949 original.
He had the nerve to say that he “inherited a terrible terrible economy” or some such nonsense! He lies with impunity. Trump should change biden’s nickname from sleepy Joe to “faux liar in chief”
One needs some semblance of credibility to gaslight effectively. What he is , is a senile old prick who doesnt even care anymore about his lies.
“ …that they refuse to be gaslit,”
Wouldn’t that be “they refuse to be gaslighted” as that is a thing in itself. Not the same as saying your house is gaslit.
An alchemist, who turns gold into sh!t.
Their opening gambit is slander, and nothing they say can be taken at face value.
watch the movie... the husband tries to convince the wife she is crazy... one of the tactics is to keep turning the gas light off that she has turned on... thus the term... gas lighting. oops. spoilers.
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No, it’s ok
now I know what to look for
Thanks
I aggree.
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