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Christine (FL)'s avatar

Agree. And exactly why Republican pundits last night decried the president’s talk to the nation as “partisan” or a “campaign” speech. Or even the lack of networks airing the address. Damn straight. His last two words were “VOTE” and “DEMOCRACY”.

There’s no other reason why these egregious talking MAGA heads seem so calm in the rising enthusiasm of the vote for democracy this fall. They think the Republican party, MAGAts and Gnats (tiny MAGAts in name only) included, have already dismantled the most important guardrails in our democracy…the framing of the voice of We the People through fair elections and lawful counts and certifications.

I’ve got news for them. If the President can end an address with the two words he chose, then it is very clear how important the upcoming election is.

Personally, it would be such a dream if the former would have had to drive out of the state into the deep blue Atlantic to find a judge that would even consider a “special master” as a delay ploy for his political demise. But so be it.

Our only enemy now is complacency. And our ally is unabashed enthusiasm.

Fire up the griddle! Sizzlin’, TC. Sizzlin’.

🗽🇺🇸💃🏻💃🏼💃🏽💃🏾💃🏿 Let’s get loud.

P.S. Love the essay title. Currently t-shirts on order. Yesterday, I stuck a post-it note with same message on a street mailbox whose residence displays a gargantuan Brandon sign facing out on their living room window. Just sayin’. Grassroots enthusiasm. 🗽

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David Levine's avatar

very fiery, Tom. another bullseye. watching the "responses" to Biden's speech last night is (after the initial shouting at the tv screen) sorta fun. I noticed that Santorum called it "disgusting." let's remember this is the same guy who brought his stillborn infant home so that the family could hold it and "say goodbye." and I gag a little when I remember that he was a paid "expert" on CNN. and let's not get started on McCarthy's electric blanket of liberty or whatever the fuck it was; that kind of moronic shit gives the lie--at least for a moment--the tradition of Irish folks having the gift of turning a phrase. but he's always been, at very least, grammatically challenged. the intellectually challenged part goes without saying.

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