{"id":6910,"date":"2024-01-17T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T13:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=6910"},"modified":"2024-01-17T08:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T13:59:22","slug":"lets-go-joe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2024\/01\/17\/lets-go-joe\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Go Joe!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brandon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If, somehow, you missed this \u201ccode word\u201d\u00a0\u00a0lesson from MAGA-world, let me fill you in.\u00a0\u00a0At a NASCAR race back in 2021, the winner was a twenty-eight year old driver named Brandon.\u00a0\u00a0He was doing his post-win interview, live on television, when the crowd behind him began to chant.\u00a0\u00a0The interviewer did his best to \u201ccover\u201d what was going out on national television, and told Brandon that the crowd was chanting for him, \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon!!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0But it soon became clear that they weren\u2019t.\u00a0\u00a0Their cry, for the National audience was:  \u201cF##k Joe Biden!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So when you see a \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d bumper sticker, you\u2019re seeing a MAGA follower profanely declaring their public dislike for the current President of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, for a while in 2022 and into 2023, everything that went wrong in the world was followed by \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Gas prices went up:&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Troops withdrawn from Afghanistan; \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Russia invaded Ukraine \u2013 \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;In fact, every negative thing that happened was appended with the epithet.&nbsp;&nbsp;And since it was in a \u201ccode\u201d that only MAGA-world understood, it became their cute little secret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tack to the Middle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>But the code-secret wore thin in 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;Gas prices were down.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Dow Jones Industrial Average set new record highs, protecting American retirement investments.&nbsp;&nbsp;Inflation rates are now under control.&nbsp;&nbsp;Russia is bogged down in World War I style trench warfare in Ukraine \u2013 estimated Russian deaths 120,000 (more than all the US deaths in all of the wars since World War II).&nbsp;&nbsp;Over $136 Billion of student loan debt forgiven.&nbsp;&nbsp;Health insurance reforms include capping the cost of insulin at $35\/month.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, President Biden is walking a steep path in the Middle East.&nbsp;&nbsp;He\u2019s supporting Israel, while trying to temper Netanyahu\u2019s politically motivated blood lust against the Palestinians.&nbsp;&nbsp;Meanwhile, he\u2019s using US military force to prevent the rest of the region from breaking out in war (the success of that effort is still unclear: finger\u2019s crossed).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are spending dollars instead of blood to support democracy in Ukraine against Russia.&nbsp;&nbsp;And the United States, right or wrong, has learned to \u201clive\u201d with Covid, though 1500 are still dying from the disease&nbsp;&nbsp;each week&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/1500-americans-dying-covid-week\/story?id=106237143\">(ABC<\/a>).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(One of the big \u201ccauses\u201d of Covid death:&nbsp;&nbsp;only 21.4% of American adults took the new vaccine (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/respiratory-viruses\/data-research\/dashboard\/vaccination-trends-adults.html#:~:text=The%20percent%20of%20the%20population%20reporting%20receipt%20of%20the%20updated,)%20among%20adults%20age%2065%2B.\">CDC<\/a>)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MAGA-world, and even the few remaining old-school Republicans; like to characterize President Biden as a moderate being driven by the &#8220;far-left\u201d.  But  the reality is that Biden, a well-seasoned, master politician; tacked left as the Congress and the Courts veered right.\u00a0\u00a0Ultimately he&#8217;s charted a \u201cmiddle\u201d course.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There\u2019s a lot that the \u201cleft\u201d wanted:\u00a0\u00a0voting rights protections, abortion and LGBTQ\u00a0\u00a0rights, environmental protections; left on the table.\u00a0\u00a0If you\u2019re \u201cleft\u201d (like me), that\u2019s unfortunate.\u00a0\u00a0But it not Joe Biden\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thanks Joe!!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There was another little \u201csecret code\u201d of MAGA-world.\u00a0\u00a0When gas prices were soaring in the post-Covid recovery, little stickers of President Biden appeared on gas pumps with the words \u201cThanks Joe\u201d on them.\u00a0\u00a0It was MAGA sarcasm:\u00a0\u00a0gas prices were going up \u2013 thank Joe Biden for that (just after you get done with the Brandon thing).\u00a0\u00a0But those stickers 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