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Ronald Gersh's avatar

Spot-on, Rich. Just love your concluding line that "tyranny is timeless," and it is. Who cares that Biden is 81 years old? I would rather choose him any day over a bloviating, Alzheimer's-ridden candidate who has screwed democracy big time!

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EuphmanKB's avatar

Nicely said. Thank you. Perhaps calling out the MAGA/GOP/WCN Republican faction as the violent extremists they actually are makes the descriptive process easier. I’m hopeful such a description can separate actual conservative Republicans from the extremists in everyone’s minds.

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Sue Munda's avatar

This is awesome!

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John Bolger's avatar

To understand is not to condone, Putin’s policies. Western media has a track record of propaganda themselves when it comes to NATO/Russia/Ukraine. Twitter files investigations reveal much of it. I also was a lifelong Democrat, first vote regrettably for Bill Clinton. My Democrat friends couldn’t care less what an intellectual, dissident, critic of DC status quo, has to say. I’ve shared talks, lectures by Jeffrey Sachs, John Mearshiemer, Chris Hedges, fmr CIA , military analysts, with them, nothing moves them. They believe a binary only narrative that legacy media presents. It’s just less painful. Biden’s numbers are very low. Trump is a mere symptom, not the cause.

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Martha Olivares's avatar

That musta felt good to write. It was surely cathartic to read! ✌️

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Elvira's avatar

I’m Glad Too, Thank You For Reminding Me Why

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Johnny Rochat - NorCal's avatar

Fabulous. And also thanks go to Bill Clinton for DA/DT, whereby he single-handedly destroyed the careers of nearly 14,000 Americans who actually served in the military... and the home of the brave? Spare me already.

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

That’s a hilarious piece but as for that Nader vote… no, I am NOT over that and I never will be.

Let me take you to the Cotati Accordion Fest in 2000 when St Ralph made a quick unannounced pit stop. He gave a little speech and moved on, but did he say a few words about the accordion? He did not. Is an accordion powered by green technology? It is. Could he have pointed out that his Lebanese people are accordionist, like the poor all over the globe? He could have, but instead he decided to show how thin his veneer of humanism was.

Let me be plain, though, it was hard to get too upset about Bush, because everyone knew he was a liberal dullard who wouldn’t cause any harm, and at the memory of thinking that he started laughing like Heath Ledger in war paint entering a roomful of Gotham thugs teleconferencing with their banker.

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Katy Sheridan's avatar

This is very much like I feel down to my huge disenchantment with Clinton and voting for Ralph Nader. It's been a really long time since I have been so positive about a President although the issue of our support of Netanyahu has me quite distressed.

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Anthony Tom's avatar

Go Giants!

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Papadas's avatar

stellar… & thanks!

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David Greenberg's avatar

Beautifully written and spot on. Unfortunately will not be read by those who need it the most and if for some reason it is, they will never understand it. If they do, they will call you a communist while not understanding they are fascist wannabees who are participating in a heinous effort to destroy our country.

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Jeff's avatar

Me, too. 🤔😉😊

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