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loyalsister

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8. I think so too

Reply to Agschmid (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 1, 2015, 06:13 PM

Mar 2015

I wish they would get this whole story straight quickly.
His family is trying to make sense out of it and find some almost understandable motivation. I think it is horrible for this one to be promoted in the press. For his kids to hear that their dad killed himself because of his - and their heritage would pile on the trauma.

By all accounts, Tom Schweich was an honorable man. I find it difficult to imagine that anyone but a completely self absorbed monster would want to leave his children with that. My first guess is that he was experiencing a level of despair that prevented him from seeing the pain others would experience.

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ReTHUG candidate for Governor Tom Schweich committed suicide after Chairman of Missouri [View all] malaise Mar 2015 OP

Hey, you are pretty close to a C-word T-word. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #1

This was covered on MTP earlier malaise Mar 2015 #4

There is more to this story, I can't imagine a whisper campaign would cause that kind of reaction... Agschmid Mar 2015 #2

I think so too loyalsister Mar 2015 #8

He was an AUDITOR. think about that. What else was he going to expose? nt kelliekat44 Mar 2015 #24

Kind of puts the lie to all that Judeo-Christian hogwash the conservatives keep on blithering about Fumesucker Mar 2015 #3

That was Goldwater's background exactly. No? Smarmie Doofus Mar 2015 #5

They like sending them to Israel to bring on da pocyclypse. Thor_MN Mar 2015 #13

GOP and the Mafia OldRedneck Mar 2015 #6

They actually told people he had Jewish blood? MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #7

Yeah, Manny. Maybe it is... PCIntern Mar 2015 #9

I wonder if this sentiment contributed to Eric Cantor's primary defeat? Zambero Mar 2015 #10

I don't get it. V0ltairesGh0st Mar 2015 #11

Good point. Kud bee. nt PCIntern Mar 2015 #12

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4876857708_cee21e7e67.jpg blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #14

I can't help but think.. sendero Mar 2015 #15

Folks Missouri especially central to the eastern part of the State has gone off the deep end. gordianot Mar 2015 #16

Thanks for this post malaise Mar 2015 #17

I heard many racist epitaphs growing up, I did not succumb. gordianot Mar 2015 #18

Nope, it was something else alcibiades_mystery Mar 2015 #19

I actually hope that you're right malaise Mar 2015 #20

You may not want it, actually alcibiades_mystery Mar 2015 #21

I do feel sorry for the wife and kids malaise Mar 2015 #23

This seems off. My RW christian relatives love Israel, more than this country. The bible tells them Autumn Mar 2015 #22