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TCinLA's avatar

Stealing a line from a great movie with a bit of modernization: "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy 76 nights." It's gping to get worse and worse and worse, and we'd best be willing to do what Thomas Friedman wrote in today's NYT (can't believe I am quoting him):

“Personally, I will walk, I will jog, I will skip, I will crawl, I will slither, I will bike, I will hike, I will hitchhike, I will drive, I will ride, I will run, I will fly, I will roll, I will be rolled, I will be carried, I will trek, I will train, I will trot, I will truck, I will strut, I will float, I will boat, I will ramble, I will amble, I will march, I will bus, I will taxi, I will Uber, Lyft, scooter, skateboard or motorcycle — and I will wear a face mask, a face shield, gloves, goggles, a hazmat suit, a spacesuit or a wet suit — but I damn well will get to my neighborhood polling station to see that my vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is cast and counted.”

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Cathy Learoyd (Texas)'s avatar

President Obama gave a somber, powerful speech that left me frozen and speechless in its implications. It was the speech of a senior statesman, not a politician. It was a speech of someone who loves this country and its people. It reminded me of President Lyndon Johnson's speech where he said he would not run for reelection and would focus on ending the Vietnam War. He became a statesman in that moment. President Obama became a true statesman this evening. We need him.

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