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Rhiannon12866

(205,494 posts) Thu Oct 5, 2017, 11:47 PM Oct 2017

The Daily Show: "Pro-Life" Congressman Tim Murphy Aborts His Career

Pennsylvania Representative Tim Murphy, who voted on a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks, resigns when it's revealed he pressured his mistress to terminate her pregnancy.

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The Daily Show: "Pro-Life" Congressman Tim Murphy Aborts His Career (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 OP

Hypocrisy has become a repuglican's first name mdbl Oct 2017 #1

I've wondered that, too - especially since they're in the national spotlight. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #2

mdbl

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1. Hypocrisy has become a repuglican's first name

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 06:44 AM

Oct 2017

How do they get up and look in the mirror?

Rhiannon12866

(205,494 posts)

2. I've wondered that, too - especially since they're in the national spotlight.

Reply to mdbl (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 12:49 PM

Oct 2017

I sometimes see these elected representatives on the news and have a hard time imagining that people actually voted for them. Does the "Washington bubble" cause them to think they're above what passes for acceptable for the rest of us? Larry Craig comes to mind - but there are so many more...

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