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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Joe Biden in trouble? Not so much -- but the rest of us definitely are
https://www.salon.com/2023/01/19/is-joe-biden-in-trouble-not-so-much--but-the-rest-of-us-definitely-are/We are in trouble.
It's not just that Marjorie Taylor Greene, a known supporter of the insurrection, is on the House Homeland Security Committee.
It isn't just that Joe Biden is under investigation by the DOJ for having classified documents in his possession some of them found in the same garage as his beloved vintage Corvette.
It isn't that Donald Trump has yet to be indicted for any of the many criminal activities he is believed to have orchestrated as president.
It isn't that George Santos is a habitual liar and con artist who has been called on to resign by members of his own party showing there's even a depth to which some Republicans will not sink.
It isn't the fact that the U.S. continues to get drawn into a war in Ukraine that Russian despot Vladimir Putin wages with little care for life, liberty or the continued existence of the human race.
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myohmy2
(3,168 posts)...that they've mentioned it...
"It's the appearance that the voting public is more emotionally involved in the NFL playoffs rather than anything resembling news events which actually affect life on the planet."
...I've always had a hard time grasping the concept of millionaires playing a kid's game for billionaires as people spent their hard earned money to watch...
...maybe it's just me...
TheRealNorth
(9,497 posts)If Fundamentalist Christians were being fed to lions in the Colosseum (like back when Rome was Great Again), I might be entertained - at least for a while.
I find the worship of corporate sports more than a little juvenile
...when I was younger (still do) I loved playing sports but had a hard time getting into watching sports...
...sort of like porn, I'd rather be doing it instead of watching it...
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Skittles
(153,174 posts)it's the WORSHIP I don't get, like coworkers who talk as if they literally play the game - "WE won this weekend!"....alrighty then
betsuni
(25,588 posts)"As usual, the Democrats have been ineffective in pointing out the difference between appearance and reality." No, Democrats have been very clear about this.