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Joe might need some drugs. His mind is really slipping. At a Jewish Heritage Evening, he claimed that one of the Hamas hostages was actually IN THE ROOM with them. Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the hostage in question, is still being held by Hamas. I guess it was just Joe's stutter.

Yes, stunning and brave! Biden courageously agreed to debate IF his conditions were met. Wow. It may backfire though, if team Trump preps their candidate right. That's a big 'if' though. I am most looking forward to the VP debate or debates once Trump picks a running mate. Let's be honest, the odds of Biden actually surviving the entire 4 years if he is re-elected are less than good. Even Trump, given his age and health, might not survive a full term. That makes the VP choices very very important.

Inflation was made worse by Biden throwing money at people when there were no goods to buy or services to use. More money, less to spend it on, equals inflation. And maintaining the level of spending is madness. What reason for a 1.7 TRILLION dollar deficit in 2023? The Ukraine war was made worse by idiots who saw it as a chance to tie up Russia and also attrit Russia's military. There could have been a settlement 2 years ago. Instead, 2 years of stalemate and wasted resources, and disruptions. Thanks, Joe.

No,they are not. Big Ag doesnt need that many workers, and a lot are already on work permits. Most of today's illegals drift into the cities and scramble for a living, and cause huge smoking holes in city budgets. Current cost north of $60 BILLION a year.

Really? Then why are more and more Americans living paycheck to paycheck than ever before? A number that rose 6% in the last year alone? According to Forbes, up to 78% of Americans are doing so; https://www.forbes.com/advisor/banking/living-paycheck-to-paycheck-statistics-2024/

Nice try, won't fly. 20/20 hindsight is pointless and pathetic. You said "Millions more deaths". You were wrong. Just admit that you were freelancing without bothering to check the actual numbers and move on.

It would be hard for Trump to be responsible for "millions more of deaths" from COVID in America when the TOTAL number, spanning both Trump and Biden, is just over a million. Nice try and good use of hyperbole though. I'll give you a "B-".

I don't support it at all. But it is not worth the cost in treasure and possibly blood to eject Putin from a non-NATO, non-democratic, corruption ridden country. Withdraw from NATO? No, not at all. But 'encouraging' the other members to do their fair share? Absolutely. Europe can more than afford to defend itself from Russia- they have well more than 10 times the GDP of the creaky rump of the USSR. They just can't be bothered.

How about looking at the numbers compared by real Americans instead? Cost of a gallon of gas, a carton of eggs, a loaf of bread. Cost of renting/buying a house plus financing. Cost of car loans. Cost of a goddam Big Mac set. Your "real experts" dont live in the real world. And that is why Biden is polling so poorly on the economy.

No, I left out both Presidents' big deficits because they were outliers. Fiscal 2021 was brutal also, under Biden. But there is no excuse now for a 1.7 trillion dollar deficit. And even worse, staying at that level for the forseeable future.

No, I left out the Covid years for BOTH presidents as they are outliers. But you can see that even in 2023, with covid fading away in the distance, Biden STILL nearly doubled the deficit that Trump had pre-covid. 1.7 trillion to 0.98 trillion. I would say that Biden is spending like a drunken sailor, but that would be an insult to drunken sailors. At least the sailors are spending money that they have, not spending money that their children will have to pay back in the future.

No, the revenue increase is a lot to do with extra and needless taxes on people. But it does dispute Tug's false assertion that government takings decreased compared with Trump. More tax is being taken, PLUS more money is being borrowed and added to the yearly deficit. Not a winning combination.

Nope, sorry. Government revenue under Trump was in the 3.4 trillion dollar range. Under Biden, from 4.0 to 4.4 trillion. Source; https://www.statista.com/statistics/200405/receipts-of-the-us-government-since-fiscal-year-2000/#:~:text=The total receipts of the,about 6.8 trillion U.S. dollars. Wanna try again?

Trump's three pre-covid deficits were 0.7, 0.8, and 1.0 trillion dollars. Not great to be sure. BUT... Biden's two post-covid deficits have been 1..4 and 1.7 trillion respectively. So, respectfully, you are talking out your cloaca. Inflation and interest rates are killing average Americans' futures.

True. SO, in that case, the only safe thing to do is to release the entire tape, unedited and uncut, certified by the recording body. That way, any cuts or misuse would be obvious. BUT, release it. To do otherwise looks like the Democrats have something to hide.

Ah yes, the infamous Biden Stutter. Which was never talked about until he began his presidential run in 2020. I guess he was able to control it for his entire political career from Nixon to now, and has just these past few years..... stopped? Come on, man. It defies logic. Stuttering doesn't affect memory or cognitive skill. It also doesn't make you sniff and stroke little girls' hair.

Jeezus. What kind of ghouls kidnap the dead as well as the living? Godspeed to the IDF in removing these monsters from the earth.

What a thin excuse: "oh, the other side might edit it selectively and use it for political gain..." Sure. Like that has never happened before. Remember "very fine people on both sides"? It's all part of the game, sometimes it hurts. I don't think the Democrats really have a problem with cutting and splicing and editing. The announcement that Biden made challenging Trump to a debate was cut and spliced 5 times in just 15 seconds! The reality is that the Democrats don't want audio of a befuddled Biden sounding like, well, an 80 year old man. They are trying so hard to keep up the pretense that he is still lucid that the audio would completely blow that claim out of the water.

Tug, thank you for not addressing your complicity in the needless deaths of thousands of young Ukranians. Instead of trying to come to an agreement, all that is happening is more suffering. Ukraine cannot win. It's really quite simple. They are running out of bodies to use the weapons you want to give them. As for NATO, they needed a wake-up call. They have been riding Uncle Sugar's coattails for too long. With the end of the USSR and the Warsaw Pact, there is no need for the US to be anything more than a simple member state. They have the resources and technology to easily defend themselves. What Europe lacks is the will and the incentive.

Biden's friends seem to forget that Ukraine was only invaded during HIS presidency, and that of his boss. There was no need to stop Putin militarily during the Trump years. And in any case, it is the height of arrogance to suggest that it is OK for the US to fund a war purely to bleed Russia dry. You seem to forget that it is ALSO bleeding Ukraine dry. Your flippant attitude is killing thousands of young Ukranians every month.

EVERYONE stuffed it up, from the bad orange man to the current occupant of the White House. Plenty of blame to go around.

So, at the very least he didn't screw it up, right? And even helped it along. I seem to remember the doom-and-gloom predictions when he took office by various economists and talking heads on the news. Didn't happen.

Trump would be an absolute fool to testify. Which makes it a fifty/fifty chance that he might, just to assuage his ego. But I hope he doesn't, he can only hurt his case. In any case, the result will go to appeal and take a long time to finally be decided.

Yep, run on that. Best of luck. The pre-Covid economy under Trump was fab. Good for everyone, great for minorities (historic low unemployment for blacks and hispanics), low gas prices, etc.

Paul is cherry picking more than George Washington's mother after the tragic 'axe' incident. Looking at trends and longer term paint a far different picture. Eg. Unemployment under Trump fell gradually but steadily until covid- to about 3.9%. Covid saw a spike, then falling to 6.5% when Biden took over. Since then, slowly falling again. Not sure where the 14% number came from. Inflation the same, but kept falling to 1.4% when Biden took office. Now much higher. Plus the disastrous cost of interest rate hikes on home mortgages, car payments and so on. Stock market is irrelevant to most people. Housing prices are very relevant. Up more than 30% under Biden. Rent is similar. So by all means, please PLEASE let Biden run on his economic record.