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Meet the New House Democrats: They May Not Toe the Party Line
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They'll get in line soon enough. Here's how it works: the freshmen congressmen are sat down by the old guard and told, "You say what we tell you to say, and you vote how we tell you to vote, or we'll see to it that your political career is over." Those who resist find themselves without camaign funds and party support making it almost impossible to be reelected.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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That's what Dave Brat said when he got elected as a TEA Party member.That's what
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Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
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Do you really think Cortez will listen to that addled windbag Pelosi?
Dozens of protestors with the groups Sunrise Movement and Justice Democrats were staging a sit-in and greeted Ocasio-Cortez with raucous applause when she entered the office.
https://ntknetwork.com/alexandria-oc...elosis-office/Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View PostDo you really think Cortez will listen to that addled windbag Pelosi?
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Originally posted by JimL View PostYou mean will she listen to the best speaker ever to hold the position?Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View PostDo you really think Cortez will listen to that addled windbag Pelosi?Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostShe will if she wants to have a future in Washington. However corrupt and addled Pelosi might be, she holds a lot of power and can end a young political career with a snap of her fingers.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostYou mean will she listen to the best speaker ever to hold the position?
That's what
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Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by JimL View PostI think you are mistaking "listening" for "obeying". You see obeying is what you do when repeating without question, like an automaton,...
Of course the new class of reps will listen to Pelosi, unlike you conservatives who fear her so much, they respect her.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostYou have just proven you don't know what "obeying" really is.
Fear her? She's not even all there, Jim.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostWell maybe your political frauds have you believing that she isn't all there, but they know she's all there, and they are scared to death of her.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostShe will if she wants to have a future in Washington. However corrupt and addled Pelosi might be, she holds a lot of power and can end a young political career with a snap of her fingers.Last edited by Terraceth; 11-13-2018, 05:50 PM.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostI thought this was interesting...
The freshman House Democrats are the most diverse, most female class in history
I leave you to ponder who percentage of the US is both white and male by contrast, and the extent to which this means the Republican party is now a party of identity politics that runs to the White Evangelical Male identity while the Dems are the party of "everybody else"."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
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