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Fist bump to face: Hey, President Joe Biden, it probably would have been better if that fist bump (with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman) would have been run across his jaw. Knock ’em out. Show me you got the nerve, that you’re the man, not him. But you’re weak. Go back to sleep.
Biden had no choice: The criticism of the president for doing a fist bump with the Saudi prince is ridiculous. What was he supposed to do? Put his hands in his pockets and insult the head of state?
GOP cult: The Republican Party was buried with American hero John McCain. It has been replaced by a fascist cult.
Murder question: To all those concerned about a woman’s reproductive decisions and think that abortion is murder, I have a question for you. How do you feel about banning all assault weapons so that we don’t have actual murders of already living people in this world, in our country? Something tells me I already know the answer that question.
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Vast majority guilty: As soon as the death penalty is mentioned, people are quick to mention that there are innocent people in jail. Yes, there are some innocent people in jail, but the vast majority are guilty. The physical evidence against them is overwhelming. I particularly liked how John Wayne Gacy claimed he didn’t know anything about the 33 bodies buried in his crawl space. I guess when he was taking a bath or a nap, the real killer must have dragged each body down into the crawl space without his knowledge. That is why I support the death penalty.
So, which is it? Joe Biden said over and over that there was nothing he could do about rising gasoline prices. He blamed Trump, Putin, the war in Ukraine, oil companies, Republicans and even gas stations. Now that prices have dropped around 50 cents per gallon, the White House says prices are going down thanks to Joe’s hard work and tireless effort on behalf of the American people. Sorry Joe, but you can’t have it both ways.
Looking forward to 2024: What’s ludicrous and delusional is thinking Donald Trump is being falsely accused. I’m not for partisan politics. I vote for the person. The Biden administration is not doing very well. That said, anyone trying to pick up the pieces of a further divided Congress and nation left by the apprentice President Trump would be struggling to get our country back on track. We need better choices in 2024.