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Hugin

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15. In the same spirit...

Reply to BlueDawn (Original post)

Sun Feb 14, 2021, 09:58 AM

Feb 2021

You might want to give former Vice President Mike Pence a nod.

In spite of a very real and immanent threat to his life and limb, he held to democracy on Jan 6th 2021. An act which we learned only yesterday is very uncharacteristic of modern Republicans.

It has become clear that he may be a goob, but, at least he's an American goob.

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If you would like to contact any of the 7 Republicans who did vote to convict: [View all] BlueDawn Feb 2021 OP

For once, Collins did more than treestar Feb 2021 #1

LOL! BlueDawn Feb 2021 #2

They did the right thing, but they knew damn well that there weren't enough votes to convict MiniMe Feb 2021 #3

I totally agree with you. BlueDawn Feb 2021 #6

Thank you Blue Dawn... LuvLoogie Feb 2021 #4

Thank you very much. BlueDawn Feb 2021 #8

Kick and Rec! Hekate Feb 2021 #5

k and r Stuart G Feb 2021 #7

Cool, thanks! Saves me time. BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #9

Yeah, the vast majority of my praise and gratitude is reserved for... Hugin Feb 2021 #16

i just messaged burr and thanked him. he is one of my, generally not good for much, senators. bullimiami Feb 2021 #10

nope. they knew how it would go down. They are republicans. fuck em. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2021 #11

Thanks, BlueDawn. Bill Cassidy, for one, deserves some credit & thanks. nt crickets Feb 2021 #12

You are very welcome! BlueDawn Feb 2021 #13

I see no reason to contact them to tell them to fuck off. They put on a show. So... Autumn Feb 2021 #14

In the same spirit... Hugin Feb 2021 #15