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Vanity: The Most Incredible Eight Days in Contemporary American Politics?
FreeRepublic | July 21, 2024 | DoodleBob

Posted on 07/21/2024 6:56:33 PM PDT by DoodleBob

We may have just witnessed THE most incredible eight consecutive days in contemporary America from a political standpoint.

Since July 13 the Nation - nay, World, has seen:

- assassination attempt on Trump,
-Biden asks for calm, then calls Trump a threat to democracy,
-Judge tosses out the “documents” case, declaring Jack Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional,
-RNC convention with Trump appearance with bandaged ear,
-Secret Service under fire,
-Biden rambles thru a Lester Holt interview that digs a deeper hole,
-Dems from Pelosi on down demand Biden steps aside from the nomination,
-Vance selected as VP candidate,
-Biden comes down with Covid, retreats to Delaware,
-Trump delivers a magnificent Presidential acceptance speech,
-Biden surrenders the Dem nomination, recommends Harris gets the nomination.

And I’m skipping over a lot of stuff.

With the possible exception of

-Lee’s surrender/end of the Civil War on April 9 and Lincoln getting shot by Booth on April 14 and dying April 15, 1965, or

-Kennedy’s assassination/LBJ taking the oath November 22, Oswald’s arraignment on November 23, Jack Ruby kills Oswald November 24, and the funeral on November 25, 1963,

I can’t think of anything that comes close. And those weren’t “political” in the same sense as the past eight days.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: debate; eightdays; failedassassination; replacingjoe; trumpshooting; vanity
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To: MayflowerMadam

I found this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwHjFg6w8f4

It’s not a good video of people lining up for Ronald Reagan. I didn’t find much.


61 posted on 07/21/2024 8:20:54 PM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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To: Purpleperson

“China must see the timing is perfect for taking over Taiwan”
They have to get out from under water. Plus figure out how to do an amphibious assault under fire.

“Iran now has the bomb, Israel is the target”
Got any evidence? Israel would be the first to know and the first to bomb them.

“Heck, I would believe that North Korea make make some moves.”
They can’t feed their soldiers. Nothing will happen.


62 posted on 07/21/2024 8:21:46 PM PDT by Forgiven_Sinner (Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
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To: TomServo

Yeah, the debate really teed up what has happened.


63 posted on 07/21/2024 8:29:34 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (I don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I am stealing that


64 posted on 07/21/2024 8:33:30 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (I don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either)
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