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Favorite US Senator of all-time? [View all] MortSahlFan Dec 2018 OP
Paul Wellstone mindem Dec 2018 #1
Yes, he was against the Iraq War MortSahlFan Dec 2018 #75
Paul Wellstone. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2018 #2
Al Franken nt doc03 Dec 2018 #3
Russ Feingold milestogo Dec 2018 #4
+1 treestar Dec 2018 #66
Sam Houston El Supremo Dec 2018 #5
One serious resume. NT WeekiWater Dec 2018 #8
Barbara Boxer lapfog_1 Dec 2018 #6
Sen. Dianne Feinstein shenmue Dec 2018 #7
Paul Wellstone NickB79 Dec 2018 #9
Senator Robert F. Kennedy TeamPooka Dec 2018 #10
+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #12
Dedicated, incredibly skilled, courageous Senator Frank Church. Judi Lynn Dec 2018 #11
Frank Church yonder Dec 2018 #50
Just thinking yesterday where we would have been without his reforms to FBI, CIA MaryMagdaline Dec 2018 #88
He was a close personal friend of my dad's DFW Dec 2018 #90
RFK...my eternal political hero, first on list lastlib Dec 2018 #13
RFK and John Glenn EffieBlack Dec 2018 #14
You must have stopped paying attention to McCarthy after 1968 grantcart Dec 2018 #15
You say erratic, I say independent, which I prefer. MortSahlFan Dec 2018 #70
Have to recuse myself DFW Dec 2018 #16
Your list is terrific. I like all those people. StevieM Dec 2018 #22
I never met him, but heard he was an interesting man. n/t DFW Dec 2018 #24
Had A Pal Who Took His Classes At SIU ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #83
Bobby killed John? Hamlette Dec 2018 #44
By the way, welcome to D.U., MortSahlFan. Judi Lynn Dec 2018 #17
Thank you :) MortSahlFan Dec 2018 #78
THANKS for the question, 'Mort,' and welcome. elleng Dec 2018 #18
Thank you :) MortSahlFan Dec 2018 #79
Me too. I worked for Clean Gene when I got back wasupaloopa Dec 2018 #19
I bet it felt good MortSahlFan Dec 2018 #74
I had turned against the war while I was in Vietnam. I got out in March 1968 and McCarthy was saying wasupaloopa Dec 2018 #92
Bobby Kennedy Raine Dec 2018 #20
Daniela Kaniela Akaka mahina Dec 2018 #21
I think Al Gore has to be number one for one simple reason: StevieM Dec 2018 #23
Frank Church jmowreader Dec 2018 #25
Strong second for Sen. Church CabalPowered Dec 2018 #49
George Mitchell mainer Dec 2018 #26
Ted Kennedy Va Lefty Dec 2018 #27
Yes! Ted Kennedy. Had all the riches in the world Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2018 #38
Teddy Kennedy, the Lion of the Senate Raine Dec 2018 #63
Too many to list! Lifelong Protester Dec 2018 #28
Mine is Hillary Clinton .... CatMor Dec 2018 #29
She was a terrific senator. (eom) StevieM Dec 2018 #36
HHH brooklynite Dec 2018 #30
Lyndon Johnson. muntrv Dec 2018 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Dec 2018 #55
We lost that election...sounds kind of divisive...Sherrod Brown although he is in office. Demsrule86 Dec 2018 #32
Thaddeus Stevens. raging moderate Dec 2018 #33
he wasn't a senator Hamlette Dec 2018 #45
Ted Kennedy ooky Dec 2018 #72
Wellstone dae Dec 2018 #34
The Dean of Senate Women of both parties: Barbara Mikulski. Stinky The Clown Dec 2018 #35
William Proxmire of Wisconsin Poiuyt Dec 2018 #37
My vote also. He spent $250 dollars on one reelection campaign. FSogol Dec 2018 #86
Russ Feingold lordsummerisle Dec 2018 #39
Wayne Morse, Oregon jalan48 Dec 2018 #40
He's my favorite as well. WheelWalker Dec 2018 #58
ditto n/t blitzen Dec 2018 #61
I'd add Morse, Gruening, Mansfield MortSahlFan Dec 2018 #76
I agree. Difficult to understand how so many on both sides of the aisle fell for the Vietnam War. jalan48 Dec 2018 #81
Paul Wellstone, with ease Polybius Dec 2018 #41
Jay Rockefeller. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #42
George Mitchell bluedigger Dec 2018 #43
Very grateful for his contribution to the Northern Ireland peace agreement LeftishBrit Dec 2018 #71
Paul Wellstone. n/t akraven Dec 2018 #46
Mike Mansfield, Montana OregonBlue Dec 2018 #47
You got to tip your hat to Adlai Stevenson's one genuine zinger Brother Buzz Dec 2018 #48
Another Adlai zinger MortSahlFan Dec 2018 #77
Shivers? Brother Buzz Dec 2018 #84
Wayne Morse...Oregon Thunderbeast Dec 2018 #51
Yep. My favorite, easily. WheelWalker Dec 2018 #59
HIllary Clinton apcalc Dec 2018 #52
Senator Beauregard Claghorn Kablooie Dec 2018 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Dec 2018 #54
Senator Alan Cranston, Senator Scoop Jackson, Senator Kamala Harris.. Tikki Dec 2018 #56
Al Franken 2020 ! stonecutter357 Dec 2018 #57
John Kerry AwakeAtLast Dec 2018 #60
three sitting u s senators have been assassinated in us history rampartc Dec 2018 #62
I have no answer... Mike Nelson Dec 2018 #64
Frank Church. MrScorpio Dec 2018 #65
Great Senator, Great Committee MortSahlFan Dec 2018 #69
Wellstone. JNelson6563 Dec 2018 #67
Harry Truman KBlagburn Dec 2018 #68
Harry Truman it is! dubyadiprecession Dec 2018 #87
Robert C Byrd. kentuck Dec 2018 #73
I've always had a soft spot for Sam Ervin. He was great during the Watergate hearings. catbyte Dec 2018 #80
Al Franken. He caught Sessions in a lie and caused the recusal. dem4decades Dec 2018 #82
Lloyd Bentsen. TexasTowelie Dec 2018 #85
George W. Norris Sneederbunk Dec 2018 #89
Al Franken MrGrieves Dec 2018 #91
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