It's sad to say this, but a couple of more like this morning's and The Bulwark will go the way of the Weekly Standard. Kristol's column was not well received by the regular readership, most of whom had spent last week bidding Charlie goodbye.
I plead innocent by reason of ineligibility in the '68 election, but Humphrey (a modest man who h…
It's sad to say this, but a couple of more like this morning's and The Bulwark will go the way of the Weekly Standard. Kristol's column was not well received by the regular readership, most of whom had spent last week bidding Charlie goodbye.
I plead innocent by reason of ineligibility in the '68 election, but Humphrey (a modest man who had a great deal to be modest about) was not a great candidate, and given that the Democrats were saddled with responsibility for the war, probably wasn't going to win anyway. I admit to guilt in thinking that once we'd gotten rid of Nixon we had also solved the problem he represented and will do whatever I can to ensure 4 more years of Biden-Harris. I wish there was more I could do to ensure 20 to life for the failed insurrectionist, but will have to leave that in the hands of Mr. Smith, Ms. Willis, and their teams.
Humphrey lost to Nixon by 511,944 votes. Nixon had 43.4% of the popular vote to Humprey's 42.7% - it was a close election. Like I say, if those of us who surrendered to self-righteousness had remembered that Nixon was always a crook, Humphrey would have won. He would definitely have won if a breakthrough in negotiations had been announced the week before the election as might have happened other than Nixon's treason.
To learn that Nixon and Kissinger were as immoral as we suspected and sabotaged peace negotiations was a blow. To learn it was kept secret for so long on the grounds that it would “tear the country apart,” ( or was it that it would destroy our Americans’ faith in government) was even worse.
Interesting that Humphrey lost IL and CA, both arguably Democratic strongholds via Daley and Pat Brown. I think you're right about the peace agreement, but a little better handling of the Convention might have made a difference in Illinois and you know better than I do what happened in California.
Mr. Conant, I'm feeling that way as well about Mr. Cillizza's sermons about the problems of President Biden's age and apparent frailty (blah, blah, blah). Yeah, President Biden is 81. He speaks very carefully and deliberately (because of his stutter, people). He stumbles (hey so do I and I'm more than a decade younger than President Biden). He occasionally mis-speaks because he has A LOT on his mind. I'd still far rather have Joe Biden at the helm, than the unhinged fascist dictator-in-the-making with his mysterious funk and his surrounding MAGA sycophants.
I read somewhere that President Biden's biggest liability (to the Repubbies) is that he may hand us our first female (and POC) President. The MAGAts are apparently in a panic at the very thought. Good.
You, me, and about 81 million other Americans at last count prefer Biden over the failed insurrectionist. With any luck at all, the panic will continue for another 10 months and build in intensity the whole time.
It's sad to say this, but a couple of more like this morning's and The Bulwark will go the way of the Weekly Standard. Kristol's column was not well received by the regular readership, most of whom had spent last week bidding Charlie goodbye.
I plead innocent by reason of ineligibility in the '68 election, but Humphrey (a modest man who had a great deal to be modest about) was not a great candidate, and given that the Democrats were saddled with responsibility for the war, probably wasn't going to win anyway. I admit to guilt in thinking that once we'd gotten rid of Nixon we had also solved the problem he represented and will do whatever I can to ensure 4 more years of Biden-Harris. I wish there was more I could do to ensure 20 to life for the failed insurrectionist, but will have to leave that in the hands of Mr. Smith, Ms. Willis, and their teams.
Humphrey lost to Nixon by 511,944 votes. Nixon had 43.4% of the popular vote to Humprey's 42.7% - it was a close election. Like I say, if those of us who surrendered to self-righteousness had remembered that Nixon was always a crook, Humphrey would have won. He would definitely have won if a breakthrough in negotiations had been announced the week before the election as might have happened other than Nixon's treason.
To learn that Nixon and Kissinger were as immoral as we suspected and sabotaged peace negotiations was a blow. To learn it was kept secret for so long on the grounds that it would “tear the country apart,” ( or was it that it would destroy our Americans’ faith in government) was even worse.
Interesting that Humphrey lost IL and CA, both arguably Democratic strongholds via Daley and Pat Brown. I think you're right about the peace agreement, but a little better handling of the Convention might have made a difference in Illinois and you know better than I do what happened in California.
all true
Mr. Conant, I'm feeling that way as well about Mr. Cillizza's sermons about the problems of President Biden's age and apparent frailty (blah, blah, blah). Yeah, President Biden is 81. He speaks very carefully and deliberately (because of his stutter, people). He stumbles (hey so do I and I'm more than a decade younger than President Biden). He occasionally mis-speaks because he has A LOT on his mind. I'd still far rather have Joe Biden at the helm, than the unhinged fascist dictator-in-the-making with his mysterious funk and his surrounding MAGA sycophants.
I read somewhere that President Biden's biggest liability (to the Repubbies) is that he may hand us our first female (and POC) President. The MAGAts are apparently in a panic at the very thought. Good.
You, me, and about 81 million other Americans at last count prefer Biden over the failed insurrectionist. With any luck at all, the panic will continue for another 10 months and build in intensity the whole time.