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mr715

(4,171 posts)
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:45 PM Aug 2025

I'm not brave enough to say that!

He was my senator for a long time - I remember when he lied and said Closing Time was his favorite song and went on to beat D'Amato which was a tall ask.

I do not he even has been particularly good to NY from a pork perspective, which was one of the arguments for having a Daschle or a Reid.

I think Reid was the best leader of my lifetime.


Edit: For the record my senators are now Rick Scott and some other person. It used to be Rubio, who has amassed a near Kissingerian level of power for himself. However, I am at heart always a New Yorker despite my temporary ties to the state of Florida.

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