LEARN FROM HISTORY!
This was the case exactly 100 years ago, when Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge ran on the theme of a return to normalcy ( at the height of the Spanish flu ).
In 1920, Americans had a lot that seemed abnormal, and the parallels with 2020 are uncanny. America had recently exited the first truly modern war, and many soldiers had returned in shock. The great flu epidemic of 1918–19 had killed 50 million people worldwide, and the effects of the flu lingered. America was in the midst of a severe economic recession caused by unbridled wartime spending and economic regulation, and the president, who had suffered a paralyzing stroke, was governing “from his basement,” out of view of the public.
It’s not surprising that President Trump has hit upon the same theme that elected Harding and Coolidge. It’s surprising only that he has not pressed harder on the issue. Americans are tired of the abnormal riots, the coronavirus restrictions, an economy running at less than full speed, the disrespect for our flag and anthem — and for the police — and tired of a presidential candidate who ducks out of view and refuses to answer questions.
When biden spit out that dark winter line I turned to my wife and predicted it was gonna come back to bite him. Looks like it has helped define Biden as gloom and doom. In this climate and the mood that a lot of Americans are in that’s the last thing they want to here.