[Steely Tom]

Whenever a pub was in the White House, the lib controllers of the clock always managed to move the hand a bit closer to midnight. Catering to the dem base.

Yes, exactly. Just an indicator of how the highly educated elites were feeling about things political at the time.

Kind of like "fact checking," in a way.

[No name given]

Now that we have grandpa Xiden in the Oval Office, it’ll be closer to midnight.