Posted on 10/27/2020 10:55:56 AM PDT by LisaFab
HELLO HELLO HELLO. WHAT A MAGNIFICENT SETTING. IT IS HARD WHEN YOU DRIVE IN HERE NOT TO THINK OF CIRCUMSTANCES PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FACED AND HOW HE OVERCAME SO MUCH FOR SO MANY. GOOD AFTERNOON. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I SPOKE AT GETTYSBURG ABOUT THE NEED TO UNITE OUR NATION. TODAY, I AM HERE AT WARM SPRINGS BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO HEAL OUR NATION. OVER THESE PAST FEW MONTHS, THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING AND LOSS IN AMERICA. OVER TO HER 25,000 PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO A VIRUS. MANY OF THOSE LIVES LOST IN THE CRUELEST WAY POSSIBLE. ALONE. ALONE IN A HOSPITAL ROOM, NURSING HOME, NO FAMILY, NO FRIENDS, NO LOVED ONES BESIDE THEM IN THE FINAL MOMENTS. IT HAUNTS SO MANY OF THE SURVIVING FAMILIES. FAMILIES WHO WERE NEVER GIVEN A CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE. I AND MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT LOSS FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEONE YOU LOVE. YOU FEEL THE DEEP, BLACK HOLE OPENING IN YOUR CHEST AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE BEING SWALLOWED INTO IT. THE TRAGIC TRUTH OF OUR TIMES IS THAT COVID HAS LEFT A DEEP AND LASTING WOUND IN THIS COUNTRY. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, AND WE SEE THE EMPTY STOREFRONTS AND SHUTTER BUSINESSES. THE VISIBLE SIGNS OF LOST HOPES AND BROKEN DREAMS. WHAT WE DON’T SEE IS THAT ALL OF THOSE PARENTS STARING AT THE CEILING LATE AT NIGHT WONDERING HOW MY GOING TO PAY THE MORTGAGE? HOW AM I GOING TO PAY THE RENT? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO IF ONE OF MY KIDS GET SICK NOW THAT I HAVE LOST MY HEALTH INSURANCE? GROWING UP LIKE MANY OF YOU, I WATCHED MY FATHER STRUGGLE TO FIND WORK. HE MADE WHAT I CALL THE LONGEST WALK ANY PARENT COULD MAKE UP A SHORT FLIGHT OF STAIRS TO HIS CHILDREN’S BEDROOM TO TELL A CHILD YOU CAN’T PLAY ON THE LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM ANYMORE. YOU CAN’T GO BACK TO THE SAME SCHOOL. WE CAN’T STAY HERE, WE CAN’T STAY IN SCRANTON ANYMORE. WE HAVE TO MOVE. THERE ARE GOOD JOBS IN DELAWARE. WHEN I GET ONE, I WILL COME BACK FOR YOU, YOUR SISTER, YOUR BROTHER, AND YOUR MOTHER. IT IS ONLY 157 MILES AWAY. MY FATHER CAME HOME EVERY WEEKEND FOR THAT YEAR OR MORE. HE ALWAYS SAID WHEN WE FINALLY GOT SETTLED IN DELAWARE, HE USED TO SAY JOBS ARE ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN A PAYCHECK. MY SISTER HEARD IT AS WELL. VALERIE. HE SAID IT’S ABOUT YOUR DIGNITY. IT’S ABOUT RESPECT. IT’S ABOUT YOUR PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW, ON THIS AUTUMN AFTERNOON, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY FEEL THEY HAVE LOST ALL OF THAT. THE SEASON OF PROTEST HAS BROKEN OUT ALL ACROSS THE NATION. SOME OF IT IS SENSELESS BURNING AND LOOTING AND VIOLENCE AND IT CAN’T BE TOLERATED, IT WON’T. MUCH OF IT IS A CRY FOR JUSTICE. FROM A COMMUNITY THAT HAS LONG HAD A NEED OF INJUSTICE — THE KNEE OF INJUSTICE ON THEIR NECK. GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHERS WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN BY ME, BY US, NOT BY THIS COUNTRY. THEY ARE GOING TO INSPIRE A NEW WAVE OF JUSTICE IN AMERICA. THESE ARE HISTORIC, PAINFUL CRISES. THE INSIDIOUS VIRUS. THE ECONOMIC ANGUISH. SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION. ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE ROCKED THE NATION. ANYONE OF THEM. YET, WE HAVE BEEN HIT BY ALL THREE AT ONCE. THE PAIN STRIKING AT THE HEART OF OUR COUNTRY GOES BACK MONTHS, NOT MONTHS BUT YEARS. OUR POLITICS FOR TOO LONG HAVE BEEN MEAN AND BITTER AND DIVISIVE. YOU CAN HEAR IT NOW IN THE DISTANCE. WE HAVE STOPPED SEEING DIGNITY IN ONE ANOTHER. WE HAVE STOPPED SHOWING EACH OTHER RESPECT. TOO MANY AMONG US SPEND MORE TIME SHOUTING THAN LISTENING. MORE TIME FIGHTING THAN WORKING TOGETHER. MORE TIME DEMONIZING AND DENIGRATING OTHERS THAN LIFTING THEM UP. THE DIVISIONS IN OUR NATION ARE GETTING WIDER. ANGRY PEOPLE ARE UPSET. ANGER AND SUSPICION ARE GROWING. OUR WOUNDS ARE GETTING DEEPER. MANY WONDER, HAS IT GONE TOO FAR? HAVE WE PASSED THE POINT OF NO RETURN? AT THE HEART OF THIS NATION, HAS IT TURNED TO STONE? I DON’T THINK SO. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT. I KNOW THIS COUNTRY, I KNOW OUR PEOPLE, AND I KNOW WE CAN UNITE AND HEAL THIS NATION. WARM SPRINGS IS A GOOD PLACE TO TALK ABOUT HOPE AND HEALING. WHEN FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT CAME TO USE THE THERAPEUTIC WATERS TO REBUILD HIMSELF. STRICKEN BY POLIO IN 1921, HE SUFFERED FROM PARALYSIS. LIKE MANY OTHER AMERICANS OF THOSE PRE-VACCINE DECADES, FDR LONGED TO LIVE AN INDEPENDENT LIFE. A LIFE THAT WAS NOT DEFINED BY HIS ILLNESS. TO HIM, AND TO SO MANY OTHERS FACING PHYSICAL CHALLENGES, WARM SPRINGS OFFERED THERAPY FOR THE BODY AND THE SOUL. IT OFFERED SOMETHING ELSE AS WELL. FDR CAME LOOKING FOR A CURE. IT WAS THE LESSONS HE LEARNED HERE THAT HE USED TO LIFT A NATION. HUMILITY, EMPATHY, COURAGE, OPTIMISM. THIS PLACE REPRESENTED A WAY FORWARD. A WAY OF RESTORATION, RESILIENCE, HEALING. IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, FDR WOULD COME BACK OFTEN. TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO HEAL THE NATION AND THE WORLD. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE DID. HE LIFTED US OUT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. DEFEATING TIERNEY. SAVING DEMOCRACY. IT WAS HERE ON APRIL 12, 1945 THE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DIED. A CASUALTY OF WAR SURE IS ANY THAT FELL IN COMBAT. THE FREE WORLD MOURNED. AMERICAN LEADERS WEPT. MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY, WAS THE REACTION OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ONE NAVAL CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, A BLACK MAN, CRIED AS HE PLAYED HIS ACCORDION AND TRIBUTE TO FDR NOT FAR FROM HERE. THE STORIES TOLD THAT WHEN FDR’S FUNERAL PROCESSION WENT BY, A MAN COLLAPSED IN GRIEF. THE NEIGHBOR ASKED HIM, DID YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT? HIS RESPONSE WAS NO, BUT HE KNEW ME. HE KNEW ME. FEW WORDS BETTER DESCRIBE THE KIND OF PRESIDENT OUR NATION NEEDS RIGHT NOW. A PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT IN IT FOR HIMSELF, BUT FOR OTHERS. PRESENT DOES NOT DIVIDE US, BUT UNITES US. A PRESIDENT WHO APPEALS NOT TO THE WORST OF US, BUT TO THE BEST. A PRESIDENT WHO CARES LESS ABOUT HIS TV RATINGS AND MORE ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. A PRESIDENT WHO LOOKS NOT TO SETTLE SCORES, BUT TO FIND SOLUTIONS. A PRESIDENT GUIDED NOT BY A WHISTLE THINKING BUT BY SCIENCE, REASON, AND FACT. THAT IS THE KIND OF PRESIDENT I HOPE TO BE. I AM RUNNING AS A PROUD DEMOCRAT . I WILL GOVERN AS AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. I WILL WORK WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. I WILL WORK AS HARD FOR THOSE WHO DON’T SUPPORT ME AS FOR THOSE WHO DO. THAT’S THE JOB OF A PRESIDENT. A DUTY OF CARE FOR EVERYONE. THIS PLACE, WARM SPRINGS, IS A REMINDER OF THAT. THOUGH BROKEN, EACH OF US CAN BE HEALED. THAT AS A PEOPLE, AND A COUNTRY, WE CAN OVERCOME THIS DEVASTATING VIRUS. WE CAN HEAL SUFFERING WORLD AND YES, WE CAN RESTORE OUR SOUL AND SAVE OUR COUNTRY. IN HIS LAST HOURS, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WAS AT WORK ON A SPEECH TO BE DELIVERED THE NEXT DAY. IN IT, HE WAS TO SAY THE DAY WE MUST CULTIVATE THE SCIENCE OF HUME AND RELATIONSHIPS. THE ABILITY OF ALL PEOPLE, ALL KINDS TO LIVE TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER IN THE SAME WORLD AT PEACE. TO LIVE TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER. THAT’S HOW I SEE AMERICA. THAT’S HOW I SEE THE PRESIDENCY. THAT’S HOW I SEE THE FUTURE. I TELL YOU THIS FROM MY HEART. I BELIEVE AMERICA AND AMERICAN HOPE, NOT FEAR. UNITY, NOT DIVISION. LOVE, NOT HATE. THE PRESIDENCY IS ONLY ONE PART OF THE AMERICAN COURSE. HISTORY IS NOT ONLY A STORY OF THE GREAT INTO THE FAMOUS, OUR HISTORY IS A STORY OF WE THE PEOPLE. OF ALL OF US, TOGETHER. I HAVE LONG SAID THE STORY OF AMERICA IS THE STORY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE — ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. CHANGE IN OUR COUNTRY COMES WHEN THE VOICES OF THE POWERLESS REACHED THE EARS OF THE POWERFUL. WHEN THOSE WHOSE NAMES WE WILL NEVER KNOW WOULD RISK THEIR LIVES TO BEND THE ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE TOWARD JUSTICE. BENDING THAT ART IS THE WORK OF OUR TIME. IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US. RED STATES, REPUBLICANS, BLUE STATES, DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS. I BELIEVE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT WE CAN DO IT. PEOPLE ASK WHY ARE YOU SO CONFIDENT? BECAUSE WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THERE IS NOTHING, NOTHING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN DO. — NOTHING WE CANNOT DO IF WE PUT OUR MINDS TO IT. WHEN NEWS OF ROOSEVELT’S DEATH WENT OUT ON THE WIRES, SOMEONE SAID CLEAR THE DECKS FOR ACTION. I SAY TO YOU TODAY, IF YOU GIVE ME THE HONOR OF SERVING AS YOUR PRESIDENT, CLEAR THE DECKS FOR ACTION. WE WILL ACT ON THE FIRST DAY OF MY PRESIDENCY TO GET COVID UNDER CONTROL. WE WILL ACT TO PASS MY ECONOMIC PLAN THAT WILL FINALLY REWARD WORK NOT WEALTH. WE WILL ACT TO PASS MY HEALTH CARE PLAN TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE FOR EVERY AMERICAN AND DRUG PRICES THAT ARE DRAMATICALLY LOWER. WE WILL ACT TO PASS THE BIDEN CLIMATE PLAN. MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF A CLIMATE CRISIS WHILE PROVIDING MILLIONS OF HIGH-PAYING LABOR JOBS. WE WILL ACT TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM IN OUR COUNTRY. TO GIVE PEOPLE A FAIR SHOT AGAIN. WE WILL ACT TO RESTORE OUR FAITH IN DEMOCRACY AND OUR FAITH IN ONE ANOTHER. TODAY, WE ARE FACING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF HISTORIC PORTIONS. WITH WINTER AT HAND, IT IS GETTING WORSE. JUST LAST FRIDAY, 83,000 NEW CASES IN ONE DAY. SATURDAY, ANOTHER 83,000 CASES. NEARLY 1000 PEOPLE PER DAY ARE DYING. ANOTHER 200,000 DEATHS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. THE PRESIDENT KEEPS TELLING US NOT TO WORRY. HE KEEPS TELLING US WE ARE TURNING THE CORNERS. HE SAYS — HE IS REMOVED FROM REALITY AND IT WAS OFFENSIVE WHEN HE TOLD US THE VIRUS AFFECTS VIRTUALLY NOBODY, JUST THE ELDERLY WITH HEART CONDITIONS. VIRTUALLY NOBODY. JUST THE ELDERLY WITH HER CONDITIONS. — HEART CONDITIONS. AS IF THEY DON’T MATTER. WHAT HE SAID IN RESPONSE TO THE NUMBER OF DEATHS REACHING 1000, HE SAID IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE HE IS WHO HE IS. IN THE SPRING, THE PRESIDENT DECLARED IN HIS VOICE AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, THAT HE WAS GOING TO WAGE WAR ON THE VIRUS. INSTEAD, HE SHRUGGED AND HE SWAGGERED AND HE SURRENDERED. AS CHIEF OF STAFF, THIS LAST WEEK, MADE A STUNNING ADMISSION THAT I BELIEVED BUT NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD SAY. SAYING WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONTROL THE PANDEMIC. WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONTROL THE PANDEMIC. IT IS A CAPITULATION. IT IS WAVING A WHITE FLAG, IT IS A WINDOW INTO THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT THIS WHITE HOUSE. THEY HAVE NEVER REALLY TRIED. THINK ABOUT THE FRONTLINE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE RISKED AND SOME HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC. THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS. INC. ABOUT ALL OF THE GROCERY STORE CLERKS, THE DELIVERY DRIVERS OF TRUCKS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, THE KIDS HOME FROM SCHOOL. THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS. THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY THE VIRUS. THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. THEY WERE GIVING THEIR ALL WHILE THEIR PRESIDENT WAS GIVING UP. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, WE CAN AND WE WILL CONTROL THIS VIRUS. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL NEVER WAIVE THE WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER. JUST IMAGINE WHERE WE WOULD BE IF THE PRESIDENT HAD EMBRACED WEARING MASKS INSTEAD OF MOCKING IT. IMAGINE THE PRESIDENT HAD PRACTICED SOCIAL DISTANCING INSTEAD OF HOLDING SUPER SPREADER EVENTS. IMAGINE WHERE WE WOULD BE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF TESTING AND TRACING. I FIRST PUT FORWARD A DETAILED PLAN ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS VIRUS BACK IN MARCH. THIS ADMINISTRATION IGNORED IT. THEN I RELEASED SEVERAL MORE DETAILED PLANS IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED. THE MOST RECENT JUST LAST WEEK. THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS YET TO OFFER A SINGLE PLAN. THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS MEDICAL JOURNALS IN THE WORLD, THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE CALLED THE PRESIDENT DANGEROUSLY INCOMPETENT. IT WENT ON TO SAY THE PRESIDENT TURNED A CRISIS INTO A TRAGEDY. I AM READY TO ACT. I KNOW WHAT TO DO. STARTING ON DAY ONE OF MY PRESIDENCY, WE WILL DO IT. I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA. SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS CAMPAIGN. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR IN THESE CLOSING DAYS ABOUT WHAT I MEAN. AND ABOUT WHAT I INTEND TO DO IN THAT BATTLE. TO ASSURE THAT OUR BETTER ANGELS PURVEYOR OVER OUR WORST INSTINCTS. I BELIEVE THIS IS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A NATION, WHAT WE BELIEVE , AND MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHO WE WANT TO BE. IT IS ABOUT OUR ESSENCE. IT IS ABOUT WHAT MAKES US AMERICANS. IT IS THAT FUNDAMENTAL. TIME AND AGAIN THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, WE HAVE SEEN CHARLATANS , CONMEN, PHONY POPULISTS WHO SOUGHT TO PLAY ON OUR FEARS, APPEAL TO OUR WORST APPETITES, TO PICK AT THE OLDEST SCABS WE HAVE FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL GAIN. THEY APPEAR WHEN THE NATION HAS BEEN HIT THE HARDEST AND WE ARE AT OUR MOST VULNERABLE. NEVER TO SOLVE ANYTHING, BUT ONLY TO BENEFIT THEMSELVES. POPE FRANCIS WARNS US AGAINST THIS PHONY POPULISM THAT APPEALS TO THE BASEST AND MOST SELFISH INSTINCT. HE GOES ON TO SAY POLITICS IS MORE NOBLE THAN POSTURING, MARKETING, AND MEDIA SPIN. THESE SO NOTHING BUT DIVISION, CONFLICT, AND A BLEAK CYNICISM. HE SAID FOR THOSE WHO SEEK TO LEAD, WE DO WELL TO ASK OURSELVES WHY AM I DOING THIS? WHY? WHAT IS MY REAL AIM? POPE FRANCIS ASKED QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE WHO SEEKS TO LEAD THIS NATION SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER. MY ANSWER IS THIS. I RUN TO UNITE THIS NATION AND TO HEAL THIS NATION. I HAVE SAID THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. IT IS BADLY NECESSARY. THE BIBLE TELLS US THERE IS A TIME TO BREAK DOWN AND A TIME TO BUILD UP. A TIME TO HEAL, THIS IS THAT TIME. GOD AND HISTORY HAVE CALLED US TO THIS MOMENT AND TO THIS MISSION. WITH OUR VOICES AND OUR VOTES, WE MUST FREE OURSELVES FROM THE FORCES OF DARKNESS, FROM THE FORCES OF DIVISION, AND THE FORCES OF YESTERDAY. FROM THE FORCES THAT PULL US APART, HOLD US DOWN AND HOLD US BACK. IF WE DO SO, WE WILL ONCE MORE BECOME ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE. A NATION UNITED COMBINATION STRENGTHENED, A NATION HEALED. THAT IS MY GOAL. THAT IS WHY I AM RUNNING. THAT IS WHAT WE MUST DO. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS. STAY SAFE AND WEAR YOUR MASK. [APPLAUSE] (music) (music)
THE BIBLE TELLS US THERE IS A TIME TO BREAK DOWN AND A TIME TO BUILD UP. A TIME TO HEAL, THIS IS THAT TIME. GOD AND HISTORY HAVE CALLED US TO THIS MOMENT AND TO THIS MISSION. WITH OUR VOICES AND OUR VOTES, WE MUST FREE OURSELVES FROM THE FORCES OF DARKNESS, FROM THE FORCES OF DIVISION, AND THE FORCES OF YESTERDAY. FROM THE FORCES THAT PULL US APART, HOLD US DOWN AND HOLD US BACK. IF WE DO SO, WE WILL ONCE MORE BECOME ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE. A NATION UNITED COMBINATION STRENGTHENED, A NATION HEALED. THAT IS MY GOAL. THAT IS WHY I AM RUNNING. THAT IS WHAT WE MUST DO. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS. STAY SAFE AND WEAR YOUR MASK. [APPLAUSE] (music) (music)
Is that an auto translation?
Why is he out and about when he declared LID until after the election?
“Joe has been saying 200k more deaths since September.”
Bill Clinton went to Warm Springs in hopes of curing his hyper-gonadism.
This was long (so to speak) before Lewinski, even before Juanita, Paula, et al. (so to speak.)
Draw your own conclusions.
At the beginning of the video you see him “jogging” past a “crowd” of perhaps 20-30 people. There is also a small group of “dignitaries” off to his left.
See this spry young man bouncing down the stairs and watch as he ascends to his podium two stairs at a time. (Vomit) And they have to be playing Midnight Train to Georgia, I love that song. Ugh.
Video here posted by Bongino:
https://twitter.com/dbongino/status/1321157762445922305?s=21
Joe makes his entrance like he’s Johnny Carson. Did you catch that hop onto the stage with the hands out like he just stuck the landing on his high bar routine? Jeeze, Joe! Give-it-up!
Average deaths per day have been under 1000/day since mid September. There are about 70 days between the 3rd debate and the end of the year. 70,000 is a lot less than 200,000.
He’s reading again.
The portion I heard of Obama’s talk made it sound like Trump manufactured and then spread the Wuhan Flu. Dear Lord these shameless Democrats with their righteous finger pointing is tiring.
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