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bigtree

(86,005 posts) Tue Aug 17, 2021, 01:06 AM Aug 2021

Rep. Barbara Lee for the people

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Rep. Barbara Lee for the people (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2021 OP

She was my rep... orwell Aug 2021 #1

I remember Solly Mack Aug 2021 #2

I remember that -- thank you Barbara Lee for being the lone voice of sanity that day cadoman Aug 2021 #3

revisiting bigtree Aug 2021 #4

orwell

(7,775 posts)

1. She was my rep...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Aug 17, 2021, 01:14 AM

Aug 2021

...and I have always been so proud of her.

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)

2. I remember

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Tue Aug 17, 2021, 01:19 AM

Aug 2021

cadoman

(792 posts)

3. I remember that -- thank you Barbara Lee for being the lone voice of sanity that day

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Aug 17, 2021, 01:37 AM

Aug 2021

We were a hurt nation and looking back it was obvious we were putty to be molded by tyrants.

I don't know what about her compelled her to do it, but Barbara Lee kept her wits about her and did right by the nation. Look at the vote:

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/107-2001/h342

It's strange, or maybe simple misogyny, that Obama was able to catapult to the Presidency from his Iraq vote but Lee never got any meaningful credit for this one. Iraq is so strange in being the only foreign policy mistake that political candidates are allowed to acknowledge.

bigtree

(86,005 posts)

4. revisiting

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Tue Aug 17, 2021, 09:53 AM

Aug 2021

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