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It was a good day. And the obviously sharp President Joe Biden made it happen. Respect.

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I'm wondering if the old fox timed it like this on purpose... I mean, stepping down in favour of Kamala has given an enormous positive upswing in energy for the Democrats, and a punch in the face for D.J. Rump, and now Joe deals him another one. All his bragging about making this prisoner deal with Putin ("he'd do it just for me") was just an air balloon, and Joe punched a needle in it. I swear, if Joe did this on purpose, he's a real master of timing...

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I don't think Biden uses people as political pawns. If he was that sort of person....just waiting for the perfect political timing to bring them home, he'd have done it when the media was asking him to step down.

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Hmm, not a bad point you're making.

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I think it took Kamala Harris's incipient presidency to make Putin come to heel. He could have done this swap years ago, Joe has been working on it from the beginning. It is always Putin who is the monster, and I think he fears Harris more than Biden. He thought he was going to get his toady drumpf, and is watching him slide into senility.

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Sometimes тАЬtimingтАЭ is just karma!

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Heh, Brer Rabbit would be proud of Uncle Joe

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Brer Rabbit, indeed. Just had the book (third printing, probably present from my father) out last week and felt its pull again.

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Hold on to that book. The Disney film Song of the South was pulled from the public due to racial stereotypes. I understand that but come on what great lessons.

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I donтАЩt think Joe timed it, he doesnтАЩt play games. Maybe it was divine intervention.

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I think heтАЩs more than thatтАФsympathetic to prisonersтАФ but his Irish wit makes your take entirely plausible.

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Perhaps the best news of all. From the W.S.J., an article on Vice President Harris's role in these negotiations. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/evan-gershkovich-free-russia-hostage-exchange/card/kamala-harris-played-role-in-prisoner-swap-GJOISZWY48oePDmuhvY6

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This is a HUGE win for Biden and a REAL blow at Trumps lame rhetoric...

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