Posted on 09/19/2020 7:09:42 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
In 1987, Newsweek ran a cover story by Evan Thomas against George H. W. Bush called “Fighting the ‘Wimp Factor.’” Thomas essentially declared that this World War II fighter pilot was a weakling. (Like ol’ Daddy Bush or not, the man was jumping out of airplanes with a parachute just a couple of years before his death at 92!). Newsweek claimed Bush “lacked the inner fortitude to lead the free world.” Of course, Thomas would praise Bush’s “courage” in reneging on his “Read My Lips—No New Taxes” pledge, but that’s how Washington elites define courage…the willingness to abandon your principles to vote with Democrats.
Biden appears to wave at no one as he deplanes in Florida Fast forward to 2020: Is Joe Biden facing the Wimp Factor? Here is a man who is not seen in public without a China Virus mask, even when there’s no one within yards of him. Known child offenders are closer to schools than ordinary voters can get to Biden. He looks frail, unsteady, and, of course, sounds far worse with his rambling, incoherent gibberish that passes for answers to pre-canned questions from pre-selected reporters, all assisted by note cards, teleprompters, and earpieces.
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In 1987, Newsweek ran a cover story by Evan Thomas against George H. W. Bush called “Fighting the ‘Wimp Factor.’” Thomas essentially declared that this World War II fighter pilot was a weakling.
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Not only was he a courageous fighter pilot but I think I read that he was the youngest WW-II pilot at the time he began flying combat missions.
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