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17 Oct 2019, 4:20 am

Civil rights icon and champion for the poor and disenfranchised in congress, Elijah Cummings, has passed away at age 68. He'll be long remembered.


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17 Oct 2019, 8:27 am

Sorry about my post,I did not see yours when I posted mine.


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17 Oct 2019, 8:59 am

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17 Oct 2019, 4:50 pm

vermontsavant wrote:
Sorry about my post,I did not see yours when I posted mine.


S'okay! 8)


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17 Oct 2019, 4:51 pm

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17 Oct 2019, 7:22 pm

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17 Oct 2019, 7:36 pm

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I concede I'm rather surprised that Trump could be so kind to a deceased political rival. Very different from his response to John McCain.


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17 Oct 2019, 7:45 pm

I noticed the flags in front of the courthouse are at half mast.



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17 Oct 2019, 7:50 pm

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I concede I'm rather surprised that Trump could be so kind to a deceased political rival. Very different from his response to John McCain.


You mean this?

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17 Oct 2019, 7:55 pm

Trump called McCain a dunce, basically, for being captured and being made a prisoner of war.

That wasn't very nice.

He does this to all his political opponents. He makes them out to be worse than they actually are. He doesn't fight fair.



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17 Oct 2019, 8:14 pm

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Trump called McCain a dunce, basically, for being captured and being made a prisoner of war.

That wasn't very nice.

He does this to all his political opponents. He makes them out to be worse than they actually are. He doesn't fight fair.

Maybe focus on all the positives TRUMP does.


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17 Oct 2019, 8:36 pm

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Trump called McCain a dunce, basically, for being captured and being made a prisoner of war.

That wasn't very nice.

He does this to all his political opponents. He makes them out to be worse than they actually are. He doesn't fight fair.


That seems to be a two way street.



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17 Oct 2019, 8:38 pm

Yeah....they were opponents.....but Trump went over the top with this, as far as I'm concerned.

A true leader doesn't seek to screw others all the time. A true leader acknowledges the good aspects of a person, too.

We don't have enough of this "acknowledgement" in the political discourse these days.



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17 Oct 2019, 8:39 pm

LoveNotHate wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
Trump called McCain a dunce, basically, for being captured and being made a prisoner of war.

That wasn't very nice.

He does this to all his political opponents. He makes them out to be worse than they actually are. He doesn't fight fair.

Maybe focus on all the positives TRUMP does.


I think it's best to weigh the positive with the negative. I don't see any practically in only focusing on one or the other.



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17 Oct 2019, 9:02 pm

EzraS wrote:
LoveNotHate wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
Trump called McCain a dunce, basically, for being captured and being made a prisoner of war.

That wasn't very nice.

He does this to all his political opponents. He makes them out to be worse than they actually are. He doesn't fight fair.

Maybe focus on all the positives TRUMP does.


I think it's best to weigh the positive with the negative. I don't see any practically in only focusing on one or the other.

That's true.


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17 Oct 2019, 9:09 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Yeah....they were opponents.....but Trump went over the top with this, as far as I'm concerned.

A true leader doesn't seek to screw others all the time. A true leader acknowledges the good aspects of a person, too.

We don't have enough of this "acknowledgement" in the political discourse these days.


No argument there. But again I see that going both ways.