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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS: BAD FOR THE ECONOMY? NYT 2.2.21

“Roughly 25% of our total national debt incurred over the last 230 years occurred during the 4 years of the trump. That's right. 25% of our entire national debt, all due to trump. Since 1933, the economy has grown at an annual average rate of 4.6 percent under Democratic presidents and 2.4 percent under Republicans. In more concrete terms: The average income of Americans would be more than double its current level if the economy had somehow grown at the Democratic rate the past nine decades. And that does not include the portion of the Great Depression that happened on Herbert Hoover’s watch.”

Voting in your own best interest is largely ignored in maga world as it is more important “to own the libs.” Many will remain poor absolutely convinced that one day they too will be rich because they are unaware that, “The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor” ― Voltaire

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Grand Hyatt Washington, Washington, D.C. (March 16, 2024). President Biden’s address to the GRIDIRON CLUB. “The Gridiron Club is a renowned organization comprised of journalists and other media professionals that hosts a dinner every year featuring pundits and politicians delivering humorous observations of the state of the media and the nation. Among the regular participants is the President of the United States.”

At the same time Biden is speaking we have, the Grand Potentate of maralargeO making headlines with this threat, ‘Now if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it.’

Bidens speech was largely ignored and of course the Big OrangeLoudMouth got the headlines. Will it make a difference? Here are a few of the Presidents best quips:

“We know not everyone is feeling the progress we’re making. We’re committed to helping the little guy. Ron DeSantis, though, won’t take our calls.

"The big news this week is two candidates clinched their parties’ nomination for president. One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other is me."

"Kamala and I and the members of the administration here tonight are proud — proud of our accomplishments on behalf of the American people: record job growth, wages rising, rigging the Super Bowl for Taylor Swift."

"Our big plan to cancel student debt doesn’t apply to everyone. Just yesterday, a defeated-looking man came up to me and said, 'I’m being crushed by debt. I’m completely wiped out.' I said, “Sorry, Donald, I can’t help you.'"

"I’m running against the same guy that I beat in 2020. But don’t tell him. He thinks he’s running against Barack Obama."

For the Presidents full remarks and the Daily Kos Back Story.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/03/17/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-gridiron-club-and-foundation-dinner-march-16-2024/

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/17/2229983/-Biden-HYSTERICALLY-ROASTS-Mentally-Unfit-Trump-and-Honors-the-Free-Press-at-Annual-Gridiron-Dinner?utm_campaign=trending#comment_88262412

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I’m thinking those idiots in the House are mainly upset that TFG has hogged all the methane from them, not only on their ridiculous efforts to impeach somebody/anybody but also on the gov’t shutdown that’s definitely headed our way. This week is gonna be a series of struggles, it will not go well, and it cannot be wished away.

Jesus fucking Christ on a goddamned fucking bicycle what is so fucking wrong with these people I do not know.

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Unfuckingbelievable. It's mind boggling that TRump still has any supporters at all when he continually says stupid shit that should scare the holy shit out of any normal person. WOW. I'm disgusted that I'm having to breathe the same air as anyone who has been conned by this completely demented fuckwad.

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His absolute lust for power is mainly because of his FEAR. He is afraid of losing all the properties that he stole somehow, spending the remainder of his miserable life in prison, and seeing his children in orange jump suits. He calls on others to do his dirty work because of his FEAR. He needs to be spanked in public with a real arrest for Terroristic Threatening. Start treating him like the criminal he is and not the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. Do away with his Secret Service detail. Give him a sucker.

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AS the former (disgraced) head of CBS said 8 years ago, “Trump is terrible for America, but great for CBS”. As long as corporate media can sell advertising, they will continue to be Trump fluffers.

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“It’ll be a birdbath, the likes of which you’ve never seen!” - Former Guy Grandpa Sundowner

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Mind boggling that a demented one-man crime wave AGAIN qualifies

to be a candidate for President of United States of America

WTF is the matter with us!?

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Merrick Garland should “investigate” any referrals they send over and not release his “findings” until early October. It’s the condom effect.. give them a false sense of security while he’s screwing them. Then they have a month before the election to step on their final rake before we vote them out of office.

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News flash: just saw this notification: Trump can't secure $454 million appeal bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers say. Boo fucking hoo

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Hopefully the latest Slippin’ Jimmies scheme is the final push those additional on-the-fence House members need to jump their rapidly sinking ship. Dan Rather mentioned them last week in the context of Ken Buck’s resignation. I hope he’s correct. I can’t even watch the news right now but I’d tune in to see MTG’s final gasket spring. Or whatever gaskets do when they’re kaput. :)

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I try to be understanding, I really do…but I’m at my wits ends with Jonah Goldberg shaming me for being mad at that things that should enrage me!

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I don't know why I can't explain it for the life of me after seeing all that bloodbath talk I felt some real hope that OK he is so crazy so out there that I'm waiting for him to overdose or some random crazy accident happens and he gets ran over by a bus. Or Maybe people will wake up this time

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“Bring out the gimp!”

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The 2 jimmies Beavis and Butthead show is no longer humorous. It’s boringly predictable. Line up the rakes. Just as tffg loses everything he tries to win, he’s lost this puppet show too. And he is losing money at an astonishing rate. The only show worth noting is watching the losses stack up. He’s the one who is blood bathing. Scrub a dub asshole.

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Yep, that's the fantasy.

'When 👁️ walk into a room everybody sits up and listens!"

Also, LUV Motel-a-Lago!

"Where you can wipe your ass with the nuclear codes."

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