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tblue37

(65,218 posts) Wed Feb 17, 2021, 07:10 PM Feb 2021

John Fugelsang tweet quotes Hubert Humphrey:

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“Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.” ~Hubert Humphrey

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Jeffrey Eyges 🌊 #BLM #M4A #FreeRealityWinnerNOW
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"concern for the unfortunate is not socialism"

Yeah - they used to call it the Judeo-Christian tradition.

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John Fugelsang tweet quotes Hubert Humphrey: (Original Post) tblue37 Feb 2021 OP

K&R n/t FSogol Feb 2021 #1

Hubert Humphrey was the first political campaign I ever volunteered for. Midnight Writer Feb 2021 #2

+1 c-rational Feb 2021 #3

FSogol

(45,446 posts)

1. K&R n/t

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2021, 07:22 PM

Feb 2021

Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)

2. Hubert Humphrey was the first political campaign I ever volunteered for.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2021, 09:38 PM

Feb 2021

Door to door canvassing in a small town.

I couldn't believe anyone would vote for Nixon over Humphrey.

I did not, however, storm the Capitol to stop the vote from being accredited.

c-rational

(2,588 posts)

3. +1

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 17, 2021, 09:52 PM

Feb 2021

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