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cilla4progress

(25,622 posts)
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:25 PM Feb 2021

APPRECIATION THREAD

for the amazing Rep. Jamie Raskin.

Hell...all the House Managers.

And hell - all the staff and employees of the Capitol - police, legislative staff, cafeteria and janitorial staff.

I am inspired and uplifted by their competence, patriotism, service.

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APPRECIATION THREAD (Original Post) cilla4progress Feb 2021 OP
we really have great people.... and smart as hell IcyPeas Feb 2021 #1
Yes! FM123 Feb 2021 #2
⭐️⭐️⭐️K&R ⭐️⭐️⭐️ spanone Feb 2021 #3
K & R! Proud to be a Democrat! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2021 #4
Thank you Rep. Jamie Raskin! FakeNoose Feb 2021 #5
Bravo, Patriots of our nation! CTyankee Feb 2021 #6
I just wrote to my Dem Representative cilla4progress Feb 2021 #7
Now THERE'S a fabulous idea! calimary Feb 2021 #56
Lots to be proud of! Maeve Feb 2021 #8
THANK YOU wonderful Democrats! Zoonart Feb 2021 #9
Jamie Raskin is trending in the USA on twitter. and great comments too: IcyPeas Feb 2021 #10
Too damn bad his son, Tommy, cilla4progress Feb 2021 #15
Hear, hear!!! StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #11
Bravo Congressman Raskin DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #12
Thank you to ALL of them. pamela Feb 2021 #13
Those Congressmen and women are the FUTURE of the Senate Generic Other Feb 2021 #14
OUR TOWN ATE CROW and APOLOGIZED in the 1970s Generic Other Feb 2021 #17
RIP cilla4progress Feb 2021 #16
Beautiful. ancianita Feb 2021 #32
KnR sarchasm Feb 2021 #18
A 1000 R's Duppers Feb 2021 #19
They make me proud, once more, to be a Democrat. BadgerMom Feb 2021 #20
He's definitely the star of the team. Well done Rep Raskin! jalan48 Feb 2021 #21
Our government may not always be perfect, but there sure are a lot of damn good people in it. Fla Dem Feb 2021 #22
Here's to Raskin and all of the managers wnylib Feb 2021 #23
I applauded Karma13612 Feb 2021 #24
I hope they see this. CaptYossarian Feb 2021 #25
Thank you all bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #26
Amen. nolabear Feb 2021 #27
Great job, that sadly should not have been required relayerbob Feb 2021 #28
Outcome be damned - THEY CRUSHED IT!!! lame54 Feb 2021 #29
Ty, Rep. Raskin * alp Dem Managers! SheltieLover Feb 2021 #30
It was sheer perfection. 🍾 Native Feb 2021 #31
Personally, if I were in legal trouble, Oldem Feb 2021 #33
So so proud of all of them Tumbulu Feb 2021 #34
Our conservers of democracy, the magnificent impeachment managers of the people's House! ancianita Feb 2021 #35
nice (visual) presentation 👍 electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #52
KnR cate94 Feb 2021 #36
ABSOLUTELY! mrsadm Feb 2021 #37
Couldn't agree more. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #38
A big thank you to the House Managers MustLoveBeagles Feb 2021 #39
Hear, hear! Blue Owl Feb 2021 #40
The Presentation, Argument and Conclusion to your case was one of the best evers. OldManTarHeel Feb 2021 #41
They all brought a tear to my eyes many times. flying_wahini Feb 2021 #42
It was finally said, out loud today, calimary Feb 2021 #43
The Dems are Brilliant! Cha Feb 2021 #44
Let's show appreciation by helping to make our nation's Capitol Martin Eden Feb 2021 #45
KNR spooky3 Feb 2021 #46
Thank you !!! yellowdogintexas Feb 2021 #47
Absolutely! denvine Feb 2021 #48
Rep Raskin and all our Managers MontanaMama Feb 2021 #49
The amount of work they did in a very short time....truly impressive. Amaryllis Feb 2021 #50
I am also inspired by their courage, Cilia Trueblue Texan Feb 2021 #51
k&r DesertRat Feb 2021 #53
They've put it all together for the history books . . . OneBlueSky Feb 2021 #54
K & R!! 58Sunliner Feb 2021 #55
Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #57
Here Here! jimlup Feb 2021 #58
Good on you Jamie sheilahi Feb 2021 #59
The entire team of impeachment managers has made us all proud. Danmel Feb 2021 #60
Bravo! Roisin Ni Fiachra Feb 2021 #61
Kudos, All! electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #62
Agreed, a masterful presentation; each one was superlative. northoftheborder Feb 2021 #63

CTyankee

(64,789 posts)
6. Bravo, Patriots of our nation!
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:34 PM
Feb 2021

Our House Managers and Rep. Raskin, I toast you all. You have done a MAGNIFICENT job!

cilla4progress

(25,622 posts)
7. I just wrote to my Dem Representative
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:35 PM
Feb 2021

and asked her to pass along my thanks!

I wish there could be a formal process to thank the staffers and employees. I mean, Members is one thing - they get the glory of their position. But staffers and employees have no security force, work in the shadows, somewhat.

Who knows if they are paid a living wage?

True American heroes.

calimary

(83,904 posts)
56. Now THERE'S a fabulous idea!
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 04:29 AM
Feb 2021

Two! Two! Two mints in one!

You tell your rep to pass along your thanks and compliments to Raskin & Co., and not only is that positive reinforcement for Raskin & Co., but it doubles as a bank shot for your rep: “THIS. THIS GOOD. DO THIS.”

IcyPeas

(22,506 posts)
10. Jamie Raskin is trending in the USA on twitter. and great comments too:
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:38 PM
Feb 2021
https://twitter.com/search?q=%22jamie%20raskin%22&src=trend_click&vertical=trends

When people study 100 years from now how the United States began to find its way back from the mob violence, destruction, and death that Donald Trump unleashed on this country, they will recall the words of Representative Jamie Raskin





"If you don't find this a high crime and misdemeanor today you have set a new terrible standard for presidential misconduct in the United States of America."



cilla4progress

(25,622 posts)
15. Too damn bad his son, Tommy,
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:46 PM
Feb 2021

didn't make it.

I blame the fascists for this, too*. Someone like Tommy Raskin sounded to be, is too good for the evil in this world.






*Disclaimer, I don't have any expertise in suicide, and it is no doubt more complicated than this one factor.

Generic Other

(28,999 posts)
14. Those Congressmen and women are the FUTURE of the Senate
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:46 PM
Feb 2021

I believe this. I live in a town that drove the Chinese from town in 1880s Chinese Exclusion Act. The town fathers: mayor, sheriff, preachers, newspapers, dog catcher, business leaders, fire chief -- all involved in that dreadful night. Burned the China town shacks down, cut the fire hoses as a priest screamed at them to have charity for the CHinese who ran laundries, sold veggies, cleaned houses, undercut Labor because they were forced to work for half wages. They were the enemy. They who brought the railroad to the West -- our town the Western terminus of the Great Northern railroad. Their blood and tears...their coolie hats and rice bowls... their actions and black men with TNT blowing up passes no white man except an Irish one -- expendable too -- was ever asked to do. Labor riots between Irish and management. Vicious. WOBBLY wars. SUNDOWN TOWNS for blacks. That is history.

It was so ugly. No Asians in my town for years after. Except Japanese herded up later in WW2. And me with my military father...

My point? NONE of the ones who did the deed ever thrived. They slowly lost their positions, were treated like pariahs, embarrassments to their descendants hid their crimes...I only re-covered these stories in library stacks of old articles and microfiesh (sp?) rolls...NEVER forget.. HISTORY is brutal. It does not ever forget because we don't let it... The pendulum of history will swing back...

Our Democratic managers are heroes... Make no mistake...Marc Antony's Ides of March speech, "THEY came NOT to praise Caesar but to BURY him..."

Generic Other

(28,999 posts)
17. OUR TOWN ATE CROW and APOLOGIZED in the 1970s
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:52 PM
Feb 2021

because China refused to send a single ship here for 100 years...

BadgerMom

(2,939 posts)
20. They make me proud, once more, to be a Democrat.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 06:00 PM
Feb 2021

And their Republican counterparts leave me gobsmacked about who would identify as a Republican at this point.

Fla Dem

(25,545 posts)
22. Our government may not always be perfect, but there sure are a lot of damn good people in it.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 06:05 PM
Feb 2021


OTOH, it's too bad some just don't measure up.

wnylib

(24,103 posts)
23. Here's to Raskin and all of the managers
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 06:07 PM
Feb 2021

and Dem members of the House and Senate, and their staff. You do us proud.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
25. I hope they see this.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 06:12 PM
Feb 2021

We aren't always on the winning side, but at least we're always on the correct side.

History will always be kind to us. Clinton's impeachment will make eye-rolling an Olympic sport in about 25 years.

bottomofthehill

(8,766 posts)
26. Thank you all
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 06:20 PM
Feb 2021

The managers have been amazing and those supporting them deserve a lot of credit too.
Short of armed rebellion, the thought was that the House and Senate would be out and those supporting them would have some down time, does not mean not working, just means Down Time. That was lost to all, for a very important, necessary and valid reason.

Oldem

(833 posts)
33. Personally, if I were in legal trouble,
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 06:58 PM
Feb 2021

and if I could afford them, I'd want Mr. Raskin or Mrs. Dean to represent me.

ancianita

(38,090 posts)
35. Our conservers of democracy, the magnificent impeachment managers of the people's House!
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 07:05 PM
Feb 2021

David Cicilline, Stacey Plaskett, Madeleine Dean, Eric Swalwell, Ted Lieu, Joaquin Castro, Joe Neguse, Diana DeGette and leader, Jamie Raskin -- thank your for your brilliant work, moving, deep patriotism, love of America that shines on us all. We will never forget your great service.






BobTheSubgenius

(11,764 posts)
38. Couldn't agree more.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 07:51 PM
Feb 2021

Of course, Eugene Goodman occupies a special place in that pantheon, and in my heart. Jamie Raskin has done a superb job, Mr. Goodman should be wearing a cape.

OldManTarHeel

(435 posts)
41. The Presentation, Argument and Conclusion to your case was one of the best evers.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 08:01 PM
Feb 2021

I salute you all . . ! Thank you for your hard and dedicated work.

calimary

(83,904 posts)
43. It was finally said, out loud today,
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 08:14 PM
Feb 2021

what the Capitol janitorial staff had to clean up - that those disgusting jackass mobsters left behind. The word “fecal” came up.

My heart’s with the janitorial staff, first. They’re where the humility and true nobility are.

After all, we’ve heard the Capitol referred to, many times, with the word “sacred.” They’re the Capitol’s caretakers. They look after a widely-acknowledged sacred space.

Martin Eden

(13,375 posts)
45. Let's show appreciation by helping to make our nation's Capitol
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 08:48 PM
Feb 2021

... a place that Raskin's daughter wants to visit again.

denvine

(825 posts)
48. Absolutely!
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 10:47 PM
Feb 2021

They did an incredible job of making a case for conviction. It was masterful. I am so proud of them. They have strengthened my pride of being a Democrat.

OneBlueSky

(18,536 posts)
54. They've put it all together for the history books . . .
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 01:41 AM
Feb 2021

no matter the outcome of the trial, the story the managers told will be what future history students will read about for as long as we still have a United State of America . . . which, we can only hope, is a long, long time . . .

thank you, managers . . . you did an extraordinary job! . . .

northoftheborder

(7,602 posts)
63. Agreed, a masterful presentation; each one was superlative.
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 03:46 PM
Feb 2021

Well prepared, organized, carefully presented; could not have been made more clear and decisive;

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