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This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Democrats must drop Joe Biden

As Toby Ziegler said during the TV series The West Wing: “I am tired of being the field captain for the gang that couldn’t shoot straight.”

The Democrats need to stop this craziness with Joe Biden and get a viable presidential candidate such as Pete Buttigieg.

There is no way, no matter how well President Biden has performed as a president, that independents are going to vote for him with any enthusiasm after his debate performance Thursday night.

I believe ex-president Donald Trump will run the table, taking the Senate and keeping the House.

Jim Jordan could be his attorney general. Josh Hawley will be in the Cabinet. Trump could add the Ten Commandments to his swearing-in for president.

Democrats, please stop being the gang that can’t shoot straight.

Philip Styne Orlando

Trump hurled volley of lies during debate

President Biden’s seeming confusion is understandable in the context where his opponent is attacking with an unending volley of lies. The true assessment of presidential ability is in the situation room, where the input is constructive and critique is based on honest disagreement.

Trump’s conduct in or out of office confirms the opinions of his opponents during his initial entry into politics. As a harmonic choir, including Marco Rubio, his opponents in the 2016 primary deemed Trump unfit for any public office.

Trump’s conduct in office confirms that they were correct.

With each of President Biden’s citations of Trump’s malfeasance, Trump’s response was to repeat the same lie he used to win the nomination: that Biden’s open-border policies are allowing hordes of criminals into our country.

James Weatherspoon St. Cloud

The trashing of America

I would go as far as saying that I’m looking forward to moving out of Florida. I initially came here for the weather, nature (the Everglades), low cost of living and cleanliness.

The weather will always be great, but a low cost of living? That’s out the door.

To me, a wildlife photographer, the Everglades are most important. The amount of destruction is unbearable. The building that has gone on since I came here in 1993 is so sad.

Our precious national park is being drained due to housing construction and the population explosion. We read about bears and alligators entering people’s properties, but in reality, it’s their homes that we continue to steal. Then FWC is called to have these precious animals killed for our so-called safety.

My final criticism is the amount of trash dumped everywhere. I can go deep in the Everglades and find plastic bottles and diapers on the roads. We humans are the most destructive creatures in this world.

Hal Kreitman Tamarac

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