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Biden Administration ally urges Americans to ‘consciously lower [their] expectations’
American Thinker ^ | 16 Dec, 2021 | Eric Utter

Posted on 12/16/2021 4:13:40 AM PST by MtnClimber

Dare to be mediocre has never been a winning argument.

The Biden administration, through state-sponsoring media outlets like the Washington Post, has instructed Americans to “consciously lower expectations.” For their own good.

As evidenced by the Washington Post itself, it would be well-nigh impossible for mainstream media outlets to lower their standards. It’s a good thing the Founders -- and vast majority of later American presidents -- didn’t believe we should just “lower our expectations” (and standards) like the Biden administration does.

Imagine Washington at Valley Forge saying, “Lower your expectations, boys.” Or Ben Franklin standing up during a long and difficult impasse at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 stating, “I think we all just need to lower our expectations of what is possible to achieve here.”

Here’s Lincoln at Gettysburg: “We must learn an important lesson from those who died here. That lesson is: it is imperative that we lower our expectations.”

FDR in 1933: “All we have to fear…is higher than warranted expectations!” Inspiring!

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: communism
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1 posted on 12/16/2021 4:13:40 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Similar to the Great Reset crowd talking points. It is probably all the same plan.


2 posted on 12/16/2021 4:13:50 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Trump = MAGA

dopey jao = BBB = DADA (Dismantle And Destroy America)

They should make hats for these DADAists.

3 posted on 12/16/2021 4:18:44 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: MtnClimber

Another ‘new normal’ ……
The most recent democrat illicit resident foists stale crumbs.
Or eat your peas in cute speak


4 posted on 12/16/2021 4:19:32 AM PST by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count..)
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To: MtnClimber

Fed speak with forked tongue. Big Dollar Chief lie about controlling inflation. Can’t control inflation and keep economy going well so Democrats can win mid-terms. Dollar turn into peso. No good to buy anything.


5 posted on 12/16/2021 4:19:39 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MtnClimber

I don’t know how much lower my expectations can get.


6 posted on 12/16/2021 4:21:03 AM PST by BusterDog
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To: MtnClimber

Maybe Biden should change the name of his proposal to “Buld Back Lesser.”


7 posted on 12/16/2021 4:22:25 AM PST by djpg
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To: MtnClimber

Was he wearing a sweater while saying this?


8 posted on 12/16/2021 4:23:24 AM PST by fruser1
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To: MtnClimber

I guess it’s ‘look to the inner cities’ for the way forward. While odungo and the rest buy giant mansions on the beach.


9 posted on 12/16/2021 4:24:45 AM PST by Track9 (Agamemnon came home to a HRC type party. )
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To: MtnClimber

You can bet our ruling class won’t be lowering theirs...


10 posted on 12/16/2021 4:25:44 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: MtnClimber

How about this expectation? Instead of the Border Patrol protecting our borders, they are funded by the Federal Gov’t to aid the Mexican Cartel in smuggling illegals and drugs into the USA.


11 posted on 12/16/2021 4:26:32 AM PST by chopperk
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To: fruser1

Days of Malaise 2.0


12 posted on 12/16/2021 4:26:35 AM PST by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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13 posted on 12/16/2021 4:26:57 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: fruser1

Yeah, he’s definitely channeling Carter. I expect a Malaise speech in the future.


14 posted on 12/16/2021 4:27:01 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Mass hypnosis of society. So many people are blind to the Truth which is in front of them.)
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Title :" Biden Administration ally urges Americans to ‘consciously lower [their] expectations’ "

Since when has the "Land of Opportunity " come to accept the fictional idea of "Lower Expectations" ??
Our Southern border is not being over-run by illegal people expecting "lower expectations."
This administration should lead by example
and "the BIG Guy" should give back 'his 10% '!!
What a Clown Car this entire administration has become !
Our enemies don't fear us,
and our allies don't trust us !
This administration is the joke of the world ...

15 posted on 12/16/2021 4:34:38 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: MtnClimber

‘You will own nothing and you will be happy’


16 posted on 12/16/2021 4:35:41 AM PST by cranked
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To: Recompennation

More like, “Eat your synthetic peas from a Bill Gates factory, get used to owning nothing, and be happy as long as you’re still alive.”


17 posted on 12/16/2021 4:35:55 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: MtnClimber
Some random WAPO opinion writer is now the Biden Administration?

More quality work from American Thinker.

18 posted on 12/16/2021 4:38:47 AM PST by semimojo
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To: MtnClimber

‘Why breadlines are the new buffets’

Thanks a lot BRANDON!!


19 posted on 12/16/2021 4:40:59 AM PST by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: MtnClimber

Isn’t that what Obama did?


20 posted on 12/16/2021 4:45:08 AM PST by tbpiper
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