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I’m seriously praying for good health, for Joe and Jill Biden, and all of the folks that were in the debate hall working behind the scenes. That is all.

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I’d like to think this would give him pause to reflect on the horrible things he’s done and make an attempt to be a better person, but fuck, who am I kidding?

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is it wrong of me not to believe this for a second? Gets him out of future debates. Allows him to really wallow in his victimhood. Can condemn Biden for “campaigning”. Knocks proud boys and whatever other financial bombshells the NYT’s may have had out of the news.

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So…someone else tweeted the message since they used the phrase Covid-19.

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Nah…this flies in the face of all his lies about the disease. He would never want to admit to this.

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Pence Says He And His Wife ‘Send Our Love And Prayers’ To Trump

Right.

Trump’s Heirs are praying too…

In fact I’m sure we are all praying the same thing.

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I’m at ‘wait and see where it goes.’
The lies – about everything – are thick and fast in this administration. There’s just no way I can give them any credulity about anything. I need outside confirming evidence. A trip to the ER in Walter Reed, for example, with or without intubation.

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He will survive and claim he got sick protecting us. His supporters will claim it a miracle, sent by God and be fired up all the more.

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When Ms. Karma was contacted at her office phone number by The New York Times for her opinion on this matter, her chief-of-staff replied, “Madame Karma cannot come to the phone right now. She is much too busy laughing her ass off. But please send all of her thoughts and prayers to the Trump family.”

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What’s that old saying? “Sometimes you eat the bear. Sometimes the bear eats you.”

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This Democratic hoax is off the chain.

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You eat a bull. The bear eats you.

The adage refers to bull and bear markets.

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My first reaction was suspicion. But the only reason to do that would be to get out of the debates. I can’t see that is worth undermining everything he has ever said about COVID-19, his disregard for proper protocols and protection, and his utter lack of regard for human life and the practices and policies one would even minimally expect from a sitting President for the protection of the citizens of the US. Not to mention taking him off of the campaign trail now. And possibly undermining the hearings on ACB.

Then again…maybe the internal polling is SO bad he doesn’t dare show his face.

Who knows? It’s Trump. Nothing matters, and there is no reality with them.

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If I was a believer I would be praying for Trump’s recovery, though it would be nice if he had to spend some time on a ventilator thinking about all the others who suffered because of him. But I want him to lose the election and then face justice, not take the easy way out like Epstein did.

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It doesn’t matter whether he lives or dies. The important thing is that he is unable to tweet or go on TV Election Day and at least the week after. Preventing any of his planned fuckery gives the best chance of preserving our democracy and innocent lives.

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No, that’s a different saying.

Eat%20the%20Bear

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Yes, but I prefer a sure thing.

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“What if the most famous person in the world gets it and in 10 days is back out.,” Kilmeade said. “Doesn’t that also send a message…"

Yeah, to the congenitally stupid, the same folks who volunteer for a spin at Russian roulette 'cause they want the bragging rights, don’t ya know?

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I don’t get the concern that Trump won’t be doing his job. I know when I am sick I generally lay around in bed all day and watch TV. For Trump this is every day, so I see no need for him to change anything, the only thing he will miss is campaigning

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