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Comment on Our Fickle Culture and Joe Biden by Stephen Ritchings
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<p>A week has passed since this piece was written; in the July 22 issue of "The New Yorker" is an editorial by Evan Osnos comparing the present moment with the final months of the prolonged administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. We are reminded that the President's direction his aides protected him from public awareness of his rapidly declining physical and cognitive health. Like Biden at present, Roosevelt felt that he was the rightful one to complete his mission and was determined to win reëlection. Two months after struggling to keep up at the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt suffered a stroke and passed away, a shell of his former self. What a shame it would be for Biden to succeed at the polls but fail in a prolonged presidency--much less to flub the election itself ?</p>
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21.7.2024 01:07Comment on Our Fickle Culture and Joe Biden by Stephen Ritchings
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