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Kamala did me a huge favor and liberated me from having to finish writing the dreary "no matter who it is, we all have to stick together" piece that I had started

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I had said something like that when people on my DAG local listserve were saying they hoped it was Walz. And, it is true, I do stand by whomever she can win with and work with. Still, I think Walz is a perfect fit for obvious reasons. I found out her VP announcement while sitting in a cafe in Germany, meeting a friend who was handing me a Kamala as Rosie the Riveter Poster, to put in my window (it is already up). A young woman behind the counter told me she liked the poster and approves of the choice. I am planning on getting a t-shirt of it too as I try to recruit Americans living abroad to sign up to Vote from Abroad and vote for the Harris-Walz ticket.

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Well done, Linda! I lived overseas for quite a few years (Tokyo) and voting from abroad was a bit complicated, but worth the trouble to vote against Shrub Dub. I still need to get my Kamala's Cat Ladies shirt & this other one -- as an avid DYI builder, I love the idea of Kamala as Rosie the Riveter!

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Hi Linda, I want one of those posters! Where do I get one?

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You can get them here Joel.

https://kamalaharrisofficial.store/products/kamala-rosie-the-riveter-posters

I am in Germany so someone printed them out from a website onto glossy photo paper. It looks really good on my front door, which is glass. I am going to order a t-shirt with this image too, so I can wear it at an event later this month. I have to order it to our US address and hope it comes before my husband comes here so he can bring it. I love the picture. I just got a Vote From Abroad.Org/ You're Here to Vote. We're Here to Help. shirt from my friend who is also my Democrats Abroad city Precinct Captain. I have a poster on my other door. I will stand out here in Germany because people usually do not put up election posters on their homes, but the party puts it up on the streets. So, I am always living a bit of both whichever country I am in.

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Just ordered my “Kamala’s Cat Ladies” Rosie the Riveter shirt in pink! Kamala's Cat Ladies - Rosie The Riveter T-Shirt https://a.co/d/5JKotBA

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Thank you, Becky!!!!!!!!!!!

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@demsabroad Yay, hello Germany! X has their general page (see above). It splits out to many various countries. What a great reminder to remember Americans abroad are voters too! I was hoping for Walz, but would be all in whoever she chose.

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👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️👍

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Exactly Jeff. I wanted Walz so I just assumed he would NOT be picked. That seems to be the way it has worked with the DNC wanting to “balance” the ticket with a Centrist. I cannot say enough how happy I am with this phenomenal team for president and VP. We have to give them a BLUE CONGRESS to see real quality back in our country! 🎉🌊🌊

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I'm a Petenik, but if it wasn't going to be him, Walz was my next preference. Pete will probably get a higher-ranking Cabinet slot anyway.

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In the meantime, I wish he'd mandate a universal toll transponder.

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I was big-time for Walz! Covering so many constituencies. I LOVE pigs, so the pic is 🐽🐷💙

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hahaha…she was thinking of you, probably! 😊

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in my mind, everyone is always thinking of me

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My grandpa used to say, "I used to wonder what people thought about me... until I realized they didn't." 😊

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We would make less fuss

What others think of us

If only we knew

How seldom they do

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Of course it’s true. Last night at dinner, hubs found this video of the French pole vaulter whose pole didn’t clear the bar. I watched it like 10 times before I realized he actually knocked the bar down with his “pole”. I said to hubs, I wonder if Jeff T. will work this into his morning article, because … he has to, because comments should be hilarious … BTW, I’m super happy about Kamal’s VP choice too!

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….so true! :)

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Yay! So happy it wasn’t Shapiro! Great song! Thanks for sharing.

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ESP since that who the Bulwark folks wanted…😏

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Let's just keep it in your mind. OK No need to wash your hands.

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You're my favorite scribbler.

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🤣😂🤣 in your mind..just kidding 😆

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To be fair, many of us are, with a big smile on our faces

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😂😂

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Because we are! 😊

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Just another reason to love her!

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I would have been surprised if it hadn't been Gov. Walz. He makes so much f☺king sense. Picks up Minnesota, lots of Midwest votes and a shit-ton of "Fargo" jokes. What's not to like?

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There is literally nothing not to like. Living in the Twin Cities, literally my only quibble is maybe they could have found a better way to handle the George Floyd verdict than putting half the state's population under curfew. That quibble has been offset xs a million by a baller legislative session where we got so many good things - feeding kids! A sanctuary state for Trans kids & families! Legal weed! Reproductive protections!

I could drone on...

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I had no idea what great legislation has been going on in MN. Feeding kids at school!!! OG The Dude (Jeff Bridges must be chuffed!!! His MSNBC ads run regularly on MSNBC "NO Kid Hungry". Now THAT'S a family value!!

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Yah! You betcha!

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I love Tim Walz, he’s been my choice ever since I read a bit about him!

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It was a very nice melding and it works well!

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Starting to see the naysayers about Walz. Putin (RT.com) and Murdoch (WSJ and Fox News) are already attacking Tim Walz. Their cyber teams are impersonating Dems and they will troll like crazy. A flood of dirty propaganda and tricks are coming.

Try this when you encounter them. (Thanks to David Sedaris.) There are two entrees at the Election Restaurant this November. A chicken dish and a bowl of dog shit. The naysayers and undecideds ask, "How is the chicken cooked?" Putin and Murdoch are questioning the chicken recipe and trying to sell us the bowl of dog shit.

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Add Elon and X to the Putin/Murdoch side.

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Jumped on X to see @TimWalz right after announcement. Freaking 💩show. Trolls 90% of posts against Kamala and Tim (can we call him Tim yet?!). 🌊🌊💙 #Harris/Walz #YesWeKam

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They had propaganda ready to go, on whoever she picked, it is what they do, and the republicans gargle their swill and ask for more.

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LOL! Harris has proven such an incredibly-strong choice (yes, I was wrong to freak out originally—I can own that now) that I wasn't that worried, no matter who she picked.

::Unless it was Hillary Rodham Clinton, who GAVE us "President Donald Trump"!::

Walz seems like a near-ideal choice—progressive-populist, folksy, and not afraid to hit the bullying Trump/Vance ticket right back. If he can handle the rigors of a national campaign, he provides that reassuringly Old White Man presence for skittish independent voters.

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But those of us white people ARE DONE with old white. men! But Tim's gonna rock it!

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Walz isn't for us, he's for those voters who hate Trump...but aren't sure about a Black Woman in the White House.

He's to Kamala Harris was Joe Biden was to Barack Obama—an Old White Dude to keep the "regular voters" from spooking.

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I just know it would have been glorious in its dreariness!!❣️🇺🇸💙❣️🇺🇸💙

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Just as a really nice added bonus, with Lt. Governor Flanagan stepping up, Minnesota (AND the US) will get their/our first Native American governor.

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But why does Walz have to be a pro-gun idiot? Anyone pro-gun is not good. I will always be a Democrat; but it really hurts that we are so afraid to be against guns out loud

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After the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas killings, he did take the $18K in lifelong donations from the NRA and donate it to a charity for vets and began supporting tighter gun control measures. I don't think we shift the love for guns in this country all at once. A hunter as a choice (yes, ugh, but there are families who live all year on the one deer they shoot) is an open door to the never-Trumpers.

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If the families are "living all year," on the deer they slaughtered; then they are starving and probably very sick from parasites. Any hunting shows poor character. Mankind/women/kind; must EVOLVE. Let us start with the Democrats

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At Ft Benning, GA, when I was in Basic Training, and right after, in Advanced Training (United States Army), the Command Sergeant Major of the battalion I served in was an absolutely awesome person! He was tough as nails, but his heart was overflowing with love for the troops! His relationship with the Colonel who was the commander of the battalion was as solid as a granite rock. I know this because I served at Battalion HQ’s. (Although I was only an E2, the Command Sergeant Major referred to me as the Battalion’s “Command Private Major” (LOL). Tim Walz (soon-to-be Vice President of the United States of America) served 25 years in our nation’s military, retiring as a Command Sergeant Major. Walz, a solid choice as (soon-to-be President of the United States of America) Harris’ running mate, is smart, humble, and dedicated to serving our nation. He is from a rural background, he is a former educator, a former US Congressperson, a two-term Governor of the State of Minnesota, and a champion of the middle class.

HARRIS-WALZ 2024 !!!

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I have been here since Truman and I liked Ike. He led the Allied forces to victory in Europe. He knew that it was the hard work and sacrifice of the American people that gave him that victory.

When those in our government start thinking that they are smarter or better than the American people, then we are in trouble.

I am thankful for Harris and Walz as they will work for the American people.

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Ike was the last honest Republican president. That was a long time ago. Harris/Walz y’all!

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I like that slogan! I hope it catches on!

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I was born under Ike’s second term …..little did I know that I’d never see another

Republican that I could be proud of,68 years and counting Ike might be the only one !🤔🇺🇸

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Amen, Amen!

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Thanks for that and thanks for your service.

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Sounds like a great fit that will be an amazing team. Go Harris Walz!

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I’m copying and posting on my FB and Threads pages. 😁

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In other words a rock solid citizen. I’m overwhelmed with positive strong feelings about her choice after reading your post, Joel.

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Hi Robin, "rock solid citizen" perfectly describes Walz!

Harris/Walz 2024 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crush and Flush Liar Fraud Con Trump !!!!

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You bet!

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Waltz into office u 2!

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Love this, and thank you for your service!

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He's also a hunter and fisherman.

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You would be a perfect spokesperson!!

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YAY FOR THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN GOV!!!

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In my mind, this is a very smart choice. The ticket has balance and we need the Midwest. Walz has done an excellent job in Minnesota, never lost an election, and by all accounts, is a decent human being. (Glad Shapiro stayed put, for now...we need him in Pennsylvania!) I can only hope people are getting tired of the racist name calling and BS Dump keeps putting out. I know I am. YAY! LET'S WIN THIS DAMNED THING! 💙💙💙

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We had so many wonderful choices...I think ALL of them were my favorite for a bit, but to tell you the truth, I saw fewer negatives with Tim Walz . Don't get me wrong, the negatives weren't really negatives to me or most of us, but they could be exploitalbes to cruel MAGAs.

Unlike JD, I think the more Americans get to know Tim Walz, the more they're going to fall in love with him. Now we have 2 candidates who smile and exude hope and caring!💙

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The picture Jeff posted of Tim Walz holding a piglet melted my heart. That man has a smile that can bring anyone home to the Democrats.

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That baby pig was falling asleep in his arms! ❤️🥰❤️

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🐷🐷🐽🐽💙💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊

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I hear you, Deb! The other options will go far in their careers...all great choices. Tim feels like someone "everyman" will relate to. I hope someday, we can all relate to each other because we're humans, not shunned for our religious beliefs or sexual orientation. The human race has a ways to go... this ticket can demonstrate goodness and competence. 💙💙💙

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I think it's time feel good about our country again,and hope for a brighter future!!! 💙💙💙

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🎯🎯🎯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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I liked how they gave them all maximum publicity during this stretch - great PR for the long run…! Everybody likes a chance to kick the tires :)

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Yep, and he's a hunter, so they can't rule up maggots with "She's coming to take your guns!" Love that Tim takes that card away from them!

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David Hogg supports Walz 100% / Gun Rights Activist (Parkland survivor)

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*rile

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Rebecca Solnit on Walz:

"Someone just compared Tim Walz to Ted Lasso--obviously he's not a man in the middle of a marital breakdown with a tendency to panic attacks who's over his head coaching a UK pro team, but the folksy midwestern pithiness and sweetness are there, and he is in fact an ex-football coach, and this is all so fun."

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A Command Sargent Major is the National Guard, an educator, a State Champion football coach. Excellent choice!😀😀

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I like him too, Charlie. He's a real Midwesterner who has a brain!

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Harris/Walz Let's continue a Democratic Republic for the people by the people.

We must never give up!

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God what happy news! Pessimist that I am I see no downside! Where is that downside? Where? Oh, and I am informed that Minnesota just got its first Native American governor.

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Their first Native American Governor!! YES! Isnt that fantastic? 👏👏👏👏

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He's my governor. He's just a good man, who's compassion for humanity is unwavering. 🥰

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GREAT CHOICE! :)

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OMG he & wife couldn't get pregnant -- had daughter via IVF. #SoMuchWinning

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Could the end of The trail of tears finally be insight ?😀🙏

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The times, they are a’changin’! Thank Goodness!

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If/when Harris-Walz wins. I’m still too frightened to count any chickens before they’re hatched. We still got a long road ahead of us. But of course now we have plenty of reasons to be optimistic!

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Exactly! Orange Hitler's stooges are planning to do the fake elector thing again. Maybe even resort to violence again.

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The opposing ticket looks so ‘unwholesome’ now!!!?

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tRump is looking completely dissipated.

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Nah, he always looks terrible. Oh, you mean more terrible than usual? Then yeah

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He's decomposing.

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Oh they will! Frump will do ANYTHING because jail would be worse. They can only jail him once. He will do ANYTHING.

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I’d suggest holding still the next time 💥 no brain no pain !🤴🤯

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I am concerned about the possibility of violence as well. I have no doubt that Dark Brandon will crush any of that shit if the derangement cult attempts anything. Biden has Kamala’s back.

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Yes, I won’t be able to breathe until she is sworn into office 🙏🏼

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Walz, of Minnesota, nice 😉

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I get to experience some “Minnesota nice” next month. 🥰

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The land of ten thousand lakes.

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And millions of mosquitoes.

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I looked like I had pink freckles all over my body when I was a

a girl, from all the mosquitoes, then I developed Excema, I was an itchy mess.

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But great fishing.

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No poison ivy?

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You forgot about the black flies.

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I’m anti-cockamamie clusterfuck, myself so I'm glad it turned out this way. Now let’s win this thing!

Balls to the Walz, baby!

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Well said 👏🏽! That would be an awesome tshirt, "Ballz to the Walz!"

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Oh that's perfect!

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I'm filled with helium! Harris/Walz is a winning ticket. Reminds me of Obama's pick, who also has blue collar roots and (at the time) a lethal mouth on him.

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Yeah, whatever happened to that nice guy? Did he ever end up doing anything, like restoring decency to the office, boosting the economy and getting an infrastructure bill passed? Just curious.

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I heard that he was the best VP in US history, then had personal tragedy so took a break from public life. When he saw the worst threat to our union ever to happen, he got off the bench for the good of the country and went on to accomplish many great things, only to walk away from power, which few have ever done, and ride off into the sunset leaving America in an inestimably better place than when he came to the rescue.

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I heard he actually did something about the healthcare coverage thing, too. What was it? Obamacare, I think it’s called.

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I have a Joe Biden magnet with his great words: Will you shut up man!”

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I have the ball cap version!

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I got the T-shirt!

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That was one of his best!!

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Helium is right....the last time I felt this good was the Clinton/Gore young guns ticket....1992

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Primum non nocere (first, do no harm). Wise choice on her part. I’ve really come to like and respect him over the past two weeks. Teachers rock!

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And his background in education will be a force to reckoned with by the Project 2025 idiots who want to abolish the Department of Education. Waltz us back to reality, Sir, and

congratulations. 🎈

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oh Carole good point....he will dissect that thing...

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And he and Kamala will put a smile back on the American people’s faces.

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The more I've heard of him the last few weeks the more I've liked him,Dems are playing chess,the MAGAs are trying to swallow the checkers.

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Here’s hoping they choke on every last one of them too! I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired of all their traitorous BULLSHIT!

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🤣

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Yes they do!

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Well, Harris/Walz just makes us happy when we see their faces. You have no idea how light and optimistic I feel just because of that.

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The optics are fantastic, and then they speak! Both great on the stump.

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Trump/Vance duo are nattering nabobs of negativity....mysogenistic, morose fascistic ideologues...

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The best thing that's happened to our fight against fascism is Walz calling Vance "weird." It's pithy, easy and immediately robs the Republikkkans of their veneer of unbeatability. It makes them assailable, brings them down to human size, AND feeds our understanding of them. Fascism isn't so easy to get, for those of us who truly give a shit about others. "Weird" makes them odd and just outside normalcy, not super-human.

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Oh! No! A Spirochete ,protect yourselves ,ear plugs for all! Speaking of convict Repugnant kin’s!🤪😅😂🤣

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Yes, both are easy on the eyes and mind.

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Yes! And doesn’t it feel great! ❤️🇺🇸

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Something to be said for calming optics!

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"Calming" - MN legalized weed!! 💥💥💥

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Ohio's recreational dispensaries opened today.

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Ohio?! Wahoo!!

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Yes, me too ! I ! I !

It's like with some people. Instant recognition lifts and draws that smile response.

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Obama’s VP’s VP’s VP!!! 💙🇺🇸

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Decency and laughter are nice for a chance, aren’t they? And honesty. The weirdos, as Walz has said, will get their asses kicked to the curb. And the piglet?

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Compare and contrast that with RFKJr chowing down on a barbecued dog carcass.

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Or putting a dead baby bear in Central Park

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I can't even listen to that insane screeching fuckdonkey in Florida anymore,just all hate and conspiracy theories,just like 2016,off to irrelevance, obscurity and a jail cell for you Orange Fuhrer.

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We hhave more than a few insane screeching fuck-donkeys here in fL, like the gov, who is termed out in 26. but only one that has been bronzed.

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😂😂 I have a sneaking suspicion that Gov. White Boots will be "persuading" the legislature to do away with the term limit. That move is right up his alley.

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Yes, except they all hate him, and know he’s too weird to be president, or any office outside of FL really. So the donors will move on.

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The oinker can do a remake of Green Acres ,looks a lot like Arnold Ziffel! Probably more intelligent than the opposition too!😆😅

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"What would it be like to have joyful people in charge?" -- Rebecca Solnit, captioning two joy-full photos of Harris and Walz in PA.

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The media can, once again, fuck all the way off. This is a great pick! Can't wait to see Walz crush couch boy.

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Lotsa media wanted a DNC Chaos Convention - but Joe headed them off at the pass… makes them even more pissed at him ☺️ Joe = 3D Chess 🇺🇸

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Can you imagine part of your legacy being having engineered the election of the first woman President? My g-d, Joe. The most UNIQUE (and consequential) 4 years in presidential history?! NOT bad… and you can reflect on that at the beach house w/the family…☀️

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Not bad for a working class kid with a lisp !😀👍🇺🇸

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The Adolph Hitler loving rag NYT never did get their interview did they?? I wonder if they'd interview Biden post presidency....Probably not since ya can't do a hit job on a retiree...

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Joe: “Welp, if we’re gonna do this, we’re gonna do it MY WAY…”. Oh hell YES. Srry PodBros & everyone who wanted to skip over her…💅🏽🇺🇸

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They exist to protect the status quo. And to look down on the rest of us.

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Bwahahaha

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Yup, couldn't agree more.

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They should not try playing checkers with a Grand Master in Chess !🤣😂

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Putin probably told the guys in his pocket (monetarily) to say that.

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Fuck them! Actually, Joe let them fuck themselves.😂😂😂

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‘Couch Boy’ will make me giggle for a long time.

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Maybe Orange Stain is trying to combine Kamala and kombucha? 🤔

Waking up to a Nick Offerman parody is a great way to start the day

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That parody is wonderful. I laughed so hard. I hate that song (the original one.)

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It’s a national embarrassment. Very cringe.

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Not for MAGAts. Isn't that song standard fare at Dumpy's rallies, up there with the national anthem?

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Yeah. That tells me is a shitty song.

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Oh yes, me too and he 'wrote' the same song for Canada so it's not even sincere.

"Great time to remember that Lee Greenwood recorded variations of "God Bless The USA" for other countries and one of them was just about Canada, our immediate neighbors deseret.com/1989/4/22/1880"

https://x.com/FredSmith914/status/1772663385533894958

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That's so absolutely grade school 💩 to intentionally misname someone.

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That was good. Somewhere, Lee Greenwood's head is exploding.😂😂

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Tim Walz was my choice ..I was hoping for a progressive voice ..

He is the image of a " REGULAR" GUY. Not an Elitist..Ivy League Alumn. who very likely would favor the rich donor class..( I know those types...lived among them for a while)..not bad people...but leaning too far RIGHT for my taste & ISM..

I am a FOREVER LIBERAL..AGED HIPPIE, FULL OF VINEGAR ..HAHAHA

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Same. When he was a young adult he was teaching and coaching football not swilling wine with billionaires and the tech VC overlords. He went to a tiny state college. His ruralness is unmatched by Shillbilly.

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Breaking News! Trump sucks! Everyone's lives will be much better when we no longer have to deal with him, see him on TV, hear his voice, vote against him, or even spend part of a second of our day thinking about him.

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Darrell I think of that often....the last 9 years have been a daily dominance of this fascist....vital issues confronting the nation are being ignored cause HE sucks up all the oxygen. And the world shall be a better place in Feb 2025.

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Jeff is right! We need to hang together because if the Orange Traitor gets in we will all hang separately. It is a well reasoned choice and doesn’t do any political damage to Minnesota.

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Minnesotans will keep it Blue there!

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Two people who bring joy and laughter instead of doom and gloom. Makes me feel like dancing to the Harris Walz.

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MAJA--Make America Joyful Again!

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