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jwirr

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4. IMO they are grandstanding. They don't care if anything gets passed as long as a black man is

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 01:02 AM

Mar 2015

president. This is a show for their base - they know it is going to get vetoed and they think this will make him look bad because they used a good cause to cover their real goal.

I am sure that Ms Lynch has their number already. I hope she does not back out.

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IMO they are grandstanding. They don't care if anything gets passed as long as a black man is jwirr Mar 2015 #4

they don't want anything passed demigoddess Mar 2015 #5

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