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From JFK to Joe Biden

Democrat presidents promise miracles and deliver — not much.

by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

April 13, 2021, 11:39 PM

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris after signing of COVID-19 stimulus bill, March 10, 2021 (Lawrence Jackson/Official White House photo)

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In predicting what we can expect to be the achievements of President Joe Biden, let us consider what his modern Democratic predecessors have achieved. There is a pattern in the president...

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R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is the founder and editor in chief ofThe American Spectator. He is the author of The Death of Liberalism, published by Thomas Nelson Inc. His previous books include the New York Times bestseller Boy Clinton: The Political Biography; The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton; The Liberal Crack-Up; The Conservative Crack-Up; Public Nuisances; The Future that Doesn’t Work: Social Democracy’s Failure in Britain; Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House; The Clinton Crack-Up; and After the Hangover: The Conservatives’ Road to Recovery. He makes frequent appearances on national television and is a nationally syndicated columnist, whose articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Washington Times, National Review, Harper’s, Commentary, The (London) Spectator, Le Figaro (Paris), and elsewhere. He is also a contributing editor to the New York Sun.

From JFK to Joe Biden Democrat presidents promise miracles and deliver — not much.

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From JFK to Joe Biden

Democrat presidents promise miracles and deliver — not much.