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Sound Off: July 29, 2024

Did President Joe Biden do the right thing by dropping out of the presidential race? A majority of voters said yes in a new poll.
Did President Joe Biden do the right thing by dropping out of the presidential race? A majority of voters said yes in a new poll. Photo from Joe Biden, Facebook

Poor Donald

As was easily predicted, Donald Trump thinks President Biden ending his re-election bid is all about Donald Trump. Witness all the talk about how his campaign will have to “start all over.” Aww, poor Donald, the perpetual victim. This schtick got old many moons ago.

Sound problem?

The audio on WLOX 5 p.m. news is terrible. Watching becomes a chore turning the volume up and down. Every different news event the volume is different.

Border problem

How can we have a secure country with our borders wide open? How can we make ends meet with prices the way they continue to rise, when wages don’t? Biden’s done nothing.

Big difference

President Biden should get a Nobel prize for his selfless act of trying to save this country. Donald Trump should have been thrown in jail years ago.

Border czar

What a shock. Many liberal mainstream media outlets are busily trying to rewrite VP Harris’ political history to deceive America as she begins her quest for the Oval Office. For obvious reasons, they are now disowning their own claims and past misuse of the term “border czar” in reporting on the primary mission President Biden gave her. They dubbed her with the inflated title, but she failed miserably since his administration has presided over the illegal influx of millions of immigrants in just four years. Now they would like to pretend that never happened.

Unqualified

Why Republicans chose the least qualified candidate for VP is astounding. He hasn’t even been a Senator for two years and has practically zero experience in international relationships and politics. He was chosen because he and Donald Trump’s eldest son are good friends. Guess that’s all it takes in Trump’s dominance of the entire Republican party. You’ll remember Trump removed almost all of his initially chosen expert Cabinet members after they disagreed with him.

On masks

If you don’t want to wear a mask, don’t wear one. I recently wore a mask for a week after getting COVID, to protect others. What a concept: Thinking of someone else.

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