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Biden's plain-spoken appeal for unity might be contagious in a new Washington
NBC News / Comcast ^ | January 20, 2021 | By Jonathan Allen (D-NBC)

Posted on 01/21/2021 6:58:30 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden heralded the restoration of respectful republican governance Wednesday, simultaneously paying tribute to the power of American democracy and warning that its survival is tenuous.

In an inaugural address short on specifics and long on calls for solidarity, the newly sworn-in 46th commander-in-chief promised, as presidents do, to be a leader for all Americans - those who voted for him and those who did not.

Two aspects of Biden's appeal made it uniquely authentic to him: context and consistency. The speech was elegantly humble in delivering a single, inoffensive thought into the collective conscience of the nation: Biden wants unity.

Biden's message Wednesday, delivered in his plain-spoken style, tracked with his repeated election-year pledge to view political opponents as friends who disagree.

Whatever the fate of his presidency, Biden started off with a basic premise about what it means for the problems afflicting the country.

"To overcome these challenges, to restore the soul and to secure the future of America requires so much more than words," he said. "It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy: unity."

For one day, at least, much of Washington seemed ready to give him that.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; biden; biteme; dementia; election2020; journalism; mediabias; tfjba
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1 posted on 01/21/2021 6:58:30 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There is no version of this under which this usurper is my leader.


2 posted on 01/21/2021 7:00:28 AM PST by JamesP81 (The Democrat Party is a criminal organization.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden’s plain-spoken appeal for unity might be contagious in a new Washington.............................. and pigs might fly out my butt at noon, but I won’t count on it....................


3 posted on 01/21/2021 7:00:44 AM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dream on, oh media asshats.
Your time will come.
And you will not like it at all.


4 posted on 01/21/2021 7:01:09 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thanks for the effort that went into posting this but I’ve already reached by BS quota for today. Please try again tomorrow.


5 posted on 01/21/2021 7:01:25 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

NMP


6 posted on 01/21/2021 7:01:35 AM PST by skimbell
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It's not the "new" Washington. It's back to business as usual. That means the whores, thieves, drunks and traitors once again have free reign.

Like the meme said, they weren't after Trump. They were after us, and Trump was in the way.

7 posted on 01/21/2021 7:01:38 AM PST by LouAvul (The wheels of America are coming off and the media have stolen the lug nuts.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Might work in Washington, but it ain’t working in the rest of ‘Merica.

Heck, even the people in Seattle and Portland don’t want him!


8 posted on 01/21/2021 7:01:50 AM PST by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh there’s already plenty of “unity” amongst the Democrats and Rinos apparently..


9 posted on 01/21/2021 7:02:01 AM PST by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

LOL cause if you Beg for unity and then go on and call 75,000,000 AmeriCANS “white supremacists and Racists” well...


10 posted on 01/21/2021 7:02:20 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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“Biden’s plain-spoken appeal for unity might be contagious in a new Washington”

Theres no way i can digest this article. Im a diabetic and it has too much sugar on it.


11 posted on 01/21/2021 7:02:20 AM PST by lowbridge
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Laughing that the author mentioned..”Bidens Appeal”......hahahaha! ...He has none.


12 posted on 01/21/2021 7:03:14 AM PST by caww (“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion”’ - Edmund Burke)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"unity"

To the Left, that means "compliance".
On another note, the FBI arrested Dr. Simone Gold. Yes, she was in the Capitol on January 6, but she also has been an outspoken critic with respect to the Covid vaccine--lets she how she gets treated versus the Antifa punk who was with an embedded CNN reporter.

13 posted on 01/21/2021 7:03:34 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wishful delusions on the part of globalists who want no effective opposition. There simply is no reasonable consensus of commonly held values as a basis of true unity. Biden can preach “unity” and much will be made of some “bipartisan” votes but in the end the Biden Administration will be very coercive.


14 posted on 01/21/2021 7:03:35 AM PST by allendale
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To: JonPreston

lol


15 posted on 01/21/2021 7:03:54 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: lowbridge

Disgusting how the news networks and authors are trying so hard to convince the public there’s anything appealing about what just took place in the installation of this demented fool and his crime family.


16 posted on 01/21/2021 7:05:03 AM PST by caww (“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion”’ - Edmund Burke)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Xiden’s unity will come out of the barrel of a gun.


17 posted on 01/21/2021 7:05:18 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Red Badger

Unity?

I’m wondering when the turf war starts between the crime families in the District of Corruption. Don’t know if the Clinton crime family or the biden crime family would be the stringer.


18 posted on 01/21/2021 7:05:58 AM PST by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Of coarse it will unite Washington. Not so much the rest of the country.


19 posted on 01/21/2021 7:07:00 AM PST by McGavin999 (biden is not my president )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

FU NBC-Goebbels.


20 posted on 01/21/2021 7:07:45 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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