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2020-04-18 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Strassel: Here's Why the Democrats Keep Moving the Shutdown Goal Posts

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-18 10:54|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 "Stretch" never ceases to amaze. But, the Dems were always jealous of the robust economy even before COVID-19 and were hoping the economy would go south, again, invoking Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Posted by Clem 2020-04-18 11:29|| 2020-04-18 11:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Several days ago, the wife's newspaper said, in a front-page article, 'as soon as the deaths stop, we can begin to think about re-opening the economy'.

That's the only reason I scan her paper - to look for such gems.

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-18 12:28|| 2020-04-18 12:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Fauci pretty much said that all activity in the US should stop in perpetuity until the deaths stop. How absurd.

Posted by Clem 2020-04-18 12:31|| 2020-04-18 12:31|| Front Page Top

#4 This is spot-on:

What’s missing from the White House reopening plan—and what is urgently required—is management of expectations. The administration needs to keep reminding the country of the original mission—to flatten the curve. And it needs to define quickly its own measure of success

Posted by Lex 2020-04-18 12:33|| 2020-04-18 12:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Define the metric and control the debate.

Posted by Lex 2020-04-18 12:33|| 2020-04-18 12:33|| Front Page Top

#6 The deaths are the price of gerbilization. Say it at every press conference. Tell people the deaths will continue but the living can't stop for the dead. Garnish Gates and Soros money and use it to unwind their sick dream. Take Kochs money too.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-18 16:30|| 2020-04-18 16:30|| Front Page Top

#7 White house needs to remind folks that flattening the curve means extending the end date so that we have fewer folks in the hospital at the same time. It does not mean ending the virus.

There will be additional spikes as they open the economy and the left will turn each into Trump's failure and the end of the world.

Posted by ruprecht 2020-04-18 19:34|| 2020-04-18 19:34|| Front Page Top

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