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Hope you're all happy about pushing Biden out. Damn you all to hell.

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Thank you Kamala 😭🩷

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Kamala, as you observed, mirrored what it means to be an American, a common American I mean. Coming from an average family of mearger means is a huge win. Even if she won't win, she has already won our hearts. I wish her all the best

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Great piece. Besides Jim Gaffigan, I love it that SNL brought in Dana Carvey. I feel like he’s vastly underappreciated 😂

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dear michael,

thank you michael for "thank you, kamala"!

love

myq

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Great piece, Mike, and I really enjoyed your sharing of the anxieties, concerns and limited joys of this election cycle. We’re all exhausted, we just need to push the QB into the end zone this final drive. Better days are coming.

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Michael, don’t you long for the days when you wrote about things like annoying surveys from cheap hotel chains?

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Don't even get me started on surveys for cheap hotel chains! Ok, you can get me started. Starting tomorrow.

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Thanks Kamala!

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Are you trying to make me cry? Ugh. Feelings are so icky.

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That’s a great read…

Thanks For Saying What Many Of Us Truly Believe 🙏🏼

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I think you are on pace to beat DiMaggio’s record with 56 consecutive Substack hits. At this point you appear unstoppable. Great piece yet again.

(How I wish now that I hadn’t lost that copy of My Custom Van about a decade ago. I still laugh about that college admissions essay. )

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Love this. Thanks Michael.

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Schrödinger’s candidate! Genius.

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Thank you Michael. Well said, as always.

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Do we REALLY need to keep bashing Joe Biden? Other than continuing to send arms to Israel (not a small matter, I know), he has done an amazing job. Rallying NATO, getting the economy going, supporting UNIONS and American manufacturing jobs. And stepping back when it became clear that was best for the country. We owe him a debt of gratitude, not a kick in the ass on the way out the door.

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I'm not bashing him at all, but praising Biden (who deserves much praise, as you rightly said) wasn't the point of this piece.

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Thanks for the reply. I understand Biden-bashing wasn't your point. Biden gave me back optimism, after 4 looooooong years of insanity. Harris is keeping it going. But to say Harris brought back hope--to me, that discounts four years of great work from this administration. ✌🏻

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I see a lot of folks talking like the last 4 years were bad, and I feel compelled to comment!

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Yes to this! To the promise of a better future. We are NOT going back!

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