This year hasn’t been one of my favorites, but if Donald Trump was president, that certainly would’ve helped. I knew Joe Biden was going to be a disaster. Intelligent people knew that. He’s a divisive swamp creature, and I hope he gets thrown out on his wrinkled ear in November. In 2020 during the scamdemic, Biden was sawing wood in his cellar while President Trump spoke at rally after rally. But liberals assured me that Biden was competent and empathetic. I knew they were lying to me, of course, because liberals always lie. They tell me Republicans are bigots while many on their side support the genocide of Jews. They tell me boys can be girls and girls can be boys. They tell me masks keep me from spreading viruses. They tell me everything’s fine when prices keep going up. They tell me abortion saves lives. They tell me there’s no invasion at the southern border while millions of men, women, and children enter this country illegally. They tell me we’re experiencing a climate catastrophe while John Kerry flies here, there, and everywhere on his private jet. (The Democrat says, “It’s the only choice for somebody like me who is traveling the world to win this battle.” What a bunch of malarkey!)

I really do hope that 2024 will be a good year, a better year than 2023. I’d like to be a happier person and not get so irritated with people. Here’s what I should do: shut off the “news” and stop reading this “newspaper.”

Walt Gorman

Turners Falls