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  • Biden is weak — and unstoppable

    02/23/2024 3:10:21 PM PST · by packagingguy · 69 replies
    MSN ^ | February 23, 2024 | Eric Levitz
    The notion that Biden is less mentally fit for the presidency than Trump is extremely dubious. The president has been involved in public policy for more than half a century and Biden has almost certainly forgotten more about geopolitics and the federal bureaucracy than Trump has ever learned. Age notwithstanding, Biden remains far more cognitively qualified for the presidency than his 77-year-old rival... The president’s mental competence is similarly well established. Last year, then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told allies that he “found the president sharp and substantive in their conversations,” as Politico put it. This comports with the assessment of...
  • Just Say It, Democrats: Biden Has Been a Great President

    02/17/2024 12:55:04 PM PST · by packagingguy · 46 replies
    The New Republic ^ | February 8, 2024 | Stuart Stevens
    A plea to my Democratic friends: It’s time to start calling Joe Biden a great president. Not a good one. Not a better choice than Donald Trump. Joe Biden is a historically great president. Say it with passion backed by the conviction that it’s true… There’s not much I admire about the modern Republican Party, but I find myself wishing Democrats could learn from their eagerness to unite behind a candidate and echo a consistent message. If a Republican president had a record remotely equaling the Biden record, the only debate among Republicans would be if he should be called...
  • America is Blessed Thread

    12/19/2022 6:45:26 PM PST · by ConservativeInPA · 17 replies
    Vanity ^ | December 19, 2022 | ConservativeInPA
    There’s been a lot of negative news lately. When that happens I remind myself of the inherent blessings and potential America has. America is truly unique in the world. The idea of this thread is to add one or more items that contribute to America’s greatness and can be further leveraged in the future. I’ll begin below with one that is often overlooked.
  • Biggest Drop in US Productivity [semi-satire]

    08/16/2022 10:27:16 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 2 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 14 August 2022 | John Semmens
    The Second Quarter decline in GDP met the traditional definition of an economic recession. On top of that productivity fell at its steepest pace on an annual basis since this statistic began being recorded in 1948. The price of labor per unit of output rose at a 10.8% rate. That followed a 12.7% rate of growth in the first quarter. Despite these statistics President Biden continues to insist that "we're not in a recession. A recession is when there are no jobs available, but there are currently over 10 million job openings out there. People aren't taking these jobs because...
  • The Secret US Plan to Make Russia Great Again

    05/24/2022 8:50:21 AM PDT · by ganeemead · 7 replies
    The Saker ^ | Dmitry Orlov
    "It is generally a good idea to avoid ascribing nefarious intent to actions explained by mere stupidity. But this is a case where mere stupidity cannot possibly explain the long, steady procession of foreign policy errors spanning three decades, all of them specifically aimed at strengthening Russia. It is not possible to argue that a surplus of hubris, ignorance, greed and political opportunism and a deficit of competent foreign policy analysts can produce such a result, for that would be essentially the same as arguing that some monkeys armed with drills, mills and lathes can produce a Swiss watch. ...."
  • Maybe We Should Go to War

    03/07/2022 8:41:08 AM PST · by Starman417 · 47 replies
    Flopping Aces ^ | 03-07-22 | l
    Maybe it is time to go to war. Putin "the bully" has invaded Ukraine and is randomly killing innocent civilians. China is salivating over the prospect of consuming Taiwan like a slimy, fat snake eyeballing a tiny white mouse. Korea is flinging rockets around like a 4 year old toddler and Iran, with the moronic help of Biden, is creeping closer to developing a nuclear weapon. Now that I have your attention, I propose that we go to war.........but not with Russia, China, Korea or even Iran. We would be fighting the wrong enemy. WWII ended in 1945. The United...
  • Pete Maravich - The Pistol (highlights)

    04/30/2021 2:13:31 PM PDT · by FLNittany · 20 replies
    youtube ^ | 12-11-2012 | Pete Maravich
    youtube link herePete holds nearly every ncaa career scoring record. He scored 3,667 points (in 3 years because Freshmen weren't eligible back then). That is over 44 points/game for 3 years. Neither the career total or average will ever be even approached. Ever. Dale Brown dug out the old game charts and proved that he would have averaged 57 w/ a 3 point line. I would surmise that average would be well over 60 simply because he would have taken (and made) so many more 3 pointers if there was a line there. He averaged 24+ in the nba for...
  • Trump's greatness versus Biden's brokenness: President Trump understood that our nation's foundation is good — and he is a master builder. Biden is not. He is quite the opposite

    03/11/2021 7:45:19 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 03/11/2021 | Laura J. Wellington
    As we leave CPAC behind and move into the "what now?" phase of current affairs, a reality struck me about President Trump — a stark contrast to Biden. As I watched President Trump take the stage like everyone else at CPAC, the powerful realization uncovering his mass appeal hit me square between the eyes. What President Trump represents to voters is the very thing our nation has thirsted for throughout history: a concrete identity — and, in this case, one that is recognizable and fills us with immense pride. His confidence in who this nation is falls upon our ears...
  • Trump heads south to Florida!!! God bless you POTUS, Trump...while you have flaws as all men & women have...you will go down in history as one of our greatest Presidents as time passes on!!!

    01/19/2021 11:23:09 AM PST · by JLAGRAYFOX · 43 replies
    Attn: POTUS, Donald J. Trump, I have been following POTUS elections and politics since 1948, when Democrat, Harry Truman defeated Republican, Thomas Dewey and from that time until our present time IMHO, we have had two truly great Presidents Ronald Reagan & Donald J. Trump. Dwight Eisenhower & John F Kennedy were also excellent Commanders-in-Chiefs. The rest of the pack was basically useless, "Weak Sisters"!!! We shall soon see how Democrat, Joe Biden fares as POTUS!!! So POTUS, Trump, this avid American History buff, says thank you for your service and your honest and true love for all the American...
  • I Like Ike And Donald Trump

    03/03/2020 6:02:39 PM PST · by Ozguy1945 · 20 replies
    https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com ^ | 4th February 2020 (Australian timezone) | Ozguy1945
    The little movie in this link: https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/2020/03/04/i-like-ike-and-donald-trump/ attempts a fusion of the thoughts of Eisenhower and Trump. Does it work? In the text below the link, I list Republican Peace Maker presidents whom I admire. Any comments? Are there any others I should have included? What Democrats deserve a mention as Peace Makers? Which Presidents have been the best Peace Makers?
  • To Moscow, L'Aquila and even onto Accra

    07/12/2009 12:56:42 AM PDT · by Schnucki · 1 replies · 304+ views
    Times of Malta ^ | July 11, 2009 | Editors
    Nobody watching President Barack Obama talking to President Dmitry Medvedev to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and addressing a university audience could have failed to notice that Moscow was not a pre-Presidential election Berlin audience. The first was courteous, the second displayed no emotion and the third was cool. No chemistry there; added to which his visit was overshadowed by Michael Jackson's funeral. The main achievement was a missile deal that favoured Moscow, which did not go down well with his political opponents at home and has yet to receive the Senate's fiat. But there was also agreement reached to allow...
  • The Greatness of Donald Trump

    10/15/2019 4:48:47 AM PDT · by moneyrunner · 33 replies
    The american Spectator ^ | 10/11/2019 | Dov Fischer
    What makes Trump a man of historic greatness is that he wakes up every morning and continues doing his job with strength in the face of the worst character assassination imaginable, led by the Corrupt Journalist Corps. He still booms the economy. He still dares and stares down China on tariffs and trade. He still shows North Korea that he will not be hoodwinked as Bill Clinton and Obama were by promises devoid of results. He stares down the Iranian Ayatollahs and tightens the vise, despite their bombastic threats and tactical efforts to get the weak-kneed, yellow-livered, gutless and cowardly...
  • Eric Holder: When Was America Ever Great?

    03/28/2019 7:51:03 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 69 replies
    Hotair ^ | 03/28/2019 | AllahPundit
    A leftover from last night via the Free Beacon. This is Democrats’ 2020 message in microcosm, no? Three years ago their riposte to Trump was “America Is Already Great,” a decent enough slogan for liberals invested in Obama’s presidency but an uneasy fit for progressives. A movement dedicated to social justice can’t acknowledge American greatness; to do so would risk encouraging complacency. Progress can only be achieved by relitigating America’s sins unto eternity.With the party having moved left and past Obama, Holder’s free to make that point more explicitly. He’s enough of a neoliberal himself to pull his punches...
  • No Amount of American Greatness Dispels the Left’s Attraction to Socialism

    03/01/2019 6:43:08 PM PST · by Libloather · 23 replies
    Rush Limbaugh ^ | El Rushbo
    RUSH: Back to the phones to Richmond, Virginia. This is David. Great to have you, sir. Hi. CALLER: Hey, Rush. I’m so glad you opened with Ocasio-Cortez’s role in this Democrat debacle, ’cause she proves to continually be the gift that keeps on giving to conservatives who argue against socialism. And she does that whether it be through a lack of understanding of economic growth or a lack of understanding of government deficit spending or more recently, our ultimate fear as what socialists can lead to, is totalitarian government control. So I just love that she keeps giving us these...
  • An Independent America

    02/17/2019 11:41:51 AM PST · by Robert DeLong · 12 replies
    American Greatness ^ | February 15th, 2019 | Emina Melonic
    Who are the friends of America? Who are the real enemies who hate America to the core of its being? In trying to answer these questions, the usual distinctions between conservative and liberal don’t apply anymore, especially since Donald Trump has been president. The idea of America is under assault today from those who inhabit quarters on both the Right and the Left. Trump has chosen to fight for America’s sovereignty and against the bloated beast of globalism, and that beast has champions on both sides of the traditional political aisle. Today, whether we realize it or not, the distinctions...
  • ON THANKSGIVING, I'M THANKFUL FOR TRUMP

    11/22/2018 5:43:09 AM PST · by libstripper · 17 replies
    Frontpage Magazine ^ | Nov. 22, 2108 | Bruce Bawer
    On this Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful that America has a president, and the Free World a leader, who is the most admirable figure to hold this position in my lifetime. I've been of voting age in eleven presidential elections. I voted in most but not all of them. Usually both choices were uninspiring. Whom to pick, a dimbulb D.C. drudge (Ford) or a smarmy phony (Carter)? A charmless technocrat (Dukakis) or an establishment empty suit (Bush senior)? In 1992 I bought Slick Willie's act; the disillusion set in almost immediately after his inauguration. Bush junior and Obama were the...
  • ‘I’ll Never Be the Same’: My Ukrainian Wife’s First Trip to the United States

    11/03/2018 12:06:03 PM PDT · by AFreeBird · 97 replies
    The Daily Signal ^ | November 02, 2018 | Nolan Peterson
    KYIV, Ukraine—How do you measure America’s greatness? By the size of its economy, or the strength of its military? By the height of its city skylines, or the audacity of the moon landings? Perhaps, by the heroism of the Marines who landed on Iwo Jima, or of the Army soldiers who landed on Omaha Beach? Maybe. But America’s greatness is not always measured like in the movies or a campaign speech. Sometimes, an anonymous act of gratitude is proof enough, even if we, as Americans, don’t always see it that way. In August, my wife, Lilya, and I were at...
  • Trump Explains Sovereignty and Ronald Radosh Loses It

    10/30/2018 6:52:41 AM PDT · by Jack Black · 17 replies
    American Greatness website ^ | October 26th, 2018 | John Fonte| October 26th, 2018
    y old friend Ronald Radosh, writing in the Daily Beast about President Trump’s recent United Nations speech, notes, “there was a critical word tucked into Donald Trump’s U.N. speech . . . that word is sovereignty and we should all understand what the president means when he invokes it.” I agree, let us understand what he means. What is sovereignty? I wrote a 450-page book on the subject (Sovereignty or Submission: Will Americans Rule Themselves or be Ruled by Others?) but in the end it all comes down to two words: who decides? Who decides a nation’s tax policy, foreign...
  • Millennials Don't Think America Was Ever That Great

    08/24/2018 9:01:31 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 46 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 08/24/2018 | Rick Moran
    Hitler once said, "He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future." Totalitarians like Hitler and Lenin knew that any opposition by the population to their policies would be erased in a couple of generations if they could capture the minds of young people. Hitler had the Hitler Youth. Lenin, the Young Communist League. In the case of the Hitler Youth, membership was eventually made mandatory. The Young Communist League was seen as a vital stepping stone to the good life for children in the Soviet Union. I bring this up because while conservatives were busy making tons of money...
  • Note to NeverTrumps: Trump's Character Is Admirable

    01/05/2018 7:23:13 AM PST · by libstripper · 20 replies
    American Thinker ^ | Jan. 5, 2018 | Karin McQuillan
    As more and more people who hate Trump are forced to admit his achievements as president, they are doubling down on character assassination. Even Trump voters often preface their satisfaction with Trump's actions by criticizing his tweets or his personality. Here's an alternate take on things: Trump's character is responsible for his outstanding performance in his first year as president. If you want to know who someone is, you look at what he does. What we have: a booming economy, growing jobs, more lawful governance, fewer regulations, more global security. What character traits this took: hard work, focus, commitment, courage,...