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George II

(67,782 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2019, 05:52 PM Sep 2019

This historic moment was broadcast live on national television:

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This historic moment was broadcast live on national television: (Original Post) George II Sep 2019 OP

That's when the GOPee decided they needed a fascist-style takeover of gummint sandensea Sep 2019 #1

The gravity of the rollcall makes a lump in my throat. ffr Sep 2019 #2

The current pResident has no peers. He is in a subclass of his own. erronis Sep 2019 #3

Every one of those voters were dead serious, almost solemn. No grandstanding like we see today. George II Sep 2019 #5

Kick dalton99a Sep 2019 #4

New Jersey representatives-- from the sublime (Peter Rodino) to the rediculous (Carl Sandman). 3Hotdogs Sep 2019 #6

I remember how sleazy Sandman was during the hearings. It cost him, he was voted out in 1974..... George II Sep 2019 #7

sandensea

(21,624 posts)

1. That's when the GOPee decided they needed a fascist-style takeover of gummint

Reply to George II (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 06:24 PM

Sep 2019

They had tried it before 40 years earlier - the 1934 (Prescott Bush-led) 'business' coup that failed thanks to Smedley Butler's whistleblowing.

How history repeats itself.

ffr

(22,669 posts)

2. The gravity of the rollcall makes a lump in my throat.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 06:33 PM

Sep 2019

Judgement by your peers, sort of. Yikes!

erronis

(15,241 posts)

3. The current pResident has no peers. He is in a subclass of his own.

Reply to ffr (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 08:34 PM

Sep 2019

Altho there are still the compromised (r)epuglicon senators and house members that have no personal ethical code or honor to their country.

George II

(67,782 posts)

5. Every one of those voters were dead serious, almost solemn. No grandstanding like we see today.

Reply to ffr (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 08:40 PM

Sep 2019

dalton99a

(81,455 posts)

4. Kick

Reply to George II (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 08:36 PM

Sep 2019

3Hotdogs

(12,374 posts)

6. New Jersey representatives-- from the sublime (Peter Rodino) to the rediculous (Carl Sandman).

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Tue Sep 24, 2019, 11:31 PM

Sep 2019

George II

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7. I remember how sleazy Sandman was during the hearings. It cost him, he was voted out in 1974.....

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 11:46 PM

Sep 2019

He wasn't my Congressman, but I lived in New Jersey (Fort Lee) at the time and his performance was big news in the state.

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