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madamesilverspurs

(15,805 posts) Tue Oct 8, 2013, 09:30 PM Oct 2013

A question of conscience:

Today eight Democratic members of Congress were arrested for standing up for others.

When was the last time a Republican member of Congress stood up like that for anyone?

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A question of conscience: (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Oct 2013 OP

Try never Warpy Oct 2013 #1

Warpy

(111,274 posts)

1. Try never

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 09:36 PM

Oct 2013

A cornerstone of what passes for Republican thought is the fiction of the rugged individual who stands alone and neither takes nor extends help. Add to that their lock step marching in their game of follow the leader and you realize why they're all going crazy.

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