Editorials & Other Articles

appalachiablue

(43,531 posts) Wed Sep 18, 2024, 12:57 PM Sep 2024

'Shut Up Man' I Believe Harris Will Win for the Exact Same Reason Biden Did

'I Believe Harris Will Win for the Exact Same Reason Biden Did,' Daily Kos, Sept. 17, 2024.
(725 Recs, 242 Comments).
--------
I remember the moment Joe Biden won the presidency. It wasn’t Election Day in November, nor was it January 6, when momentarily abashed Republicans decided to complete their largely ceremonial duty after Trump’s failed coup.

No, Biden won that election on September 29, when, in the first debate, he became exasperated by Trump’s continued interruptions and blurted out, “Will you shut up, man?”

In my neighborhood, you don’t have to watch the game to know how the Saints are doing, just open the windows. You’ll hear the cheers on every score or great play. When Joe Biden sputtered out that sentence, the hood sounded just like Kamara had bulldozed one over the goal line.

We all cheered, because, in that moment, Biden literally spoke for all of us. “Will you shut up, man?

As we approach this November, the nonstop, abject lunacy of the former Republican party has doubled, trebled its usual volume. Haitians make chat l’orange. The girl with the pearl radio transmitter earring (don’t forget the mysteriously-dead whistleblower). Schools that can’t fix the air conditioning are fixing your cisgender kids. It’s exhausting just trying to shovel your way through the crap. And I get the sense my fellow Americans are exhausted, too...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/17/2270908/-I-Believe-Harris-Will-Win-for-the-Exact-Same-Reason-Biden-Did

3 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

'Shut Up Man' I Believe Harris Will Win for the Exact Same Reason Biden Did (Original Post) appalachiablue Sep 2024 OP

The era of Republican lunacy began in 1994. Thirty years ago. Aristus Sep 2024 #1

Great post and I hear you. It's a very troubling reality we're living but appalachiablue Sep 2024 #3

I would vote for a ham sandwich if they ran it against Trump Skittles Sep 2024 #2

Aristus

(70,032 posts)

1. The era of Republican lunacy began in 1994. Thirty years ago.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2024, 07:59 PM

Sep 2024

I’ve been more or less exhausted since then. It’s draining knowing that one is living in a failing nation, being driven into the bedrock by demented pseudo humans who were raised on anti-government propaganda, and think Russia is a model for how a country should be.

They have robbed us of our vaunted optimism; the birthright of every American to believe that we can craft a better future for ourselves, our children, and everyone who comes here wanting a new life.

They can’t control an optimistic people. So they created hate media. Mainlining anger, resentment, and spurious grievances into the substandard minds of those who thought the promise of America was to be theirs alone.

Having to live in the same country as these malcontents has been utterly exhausting.

We need the joy of a Kamala Harris Presidency…

appalachiablue

(43,531 posts)

3. Great post and I hear you. It's a very troubling reality we're living but

Reply to Aristus (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 07:07 PM

Sep 2024

the light, positivity and joy brought by Kamala Harris and Coach Walz are helping to dim some of the dysfunction and hate. All the best.

Skittles

(164,469 posts)

2. I would vote for a ham sandwich if they ran it against Trump

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2024, 10:25 PM

Sep 2024

I like VP Harris but I STILL feel the same way.

Reply to this discussion