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RandySF

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11. I'm sorry to hear that

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Sun Apr 28, 2019, 01:33 PM

Apr 2019

He seemed like a genuinely good person.

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Former Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, a foreign policy giant, dies [View all] CatWoman Apr 2019 OP

Why do we have to get to the 12th paragraph to find out he was Republican? csziggy Apr 2019 #1

You don't remember him? Polybius Apr 2019 #4

Vaguely, but I did not have much time for politics in the 1990s csziggy Apr 2019 #6

Fair enough Polybius Apr 2019 #7

Obama also worked with him closely on nuclear disarmament DrToast Apr 2019 #22

...because, up to that, it read like he was a decent person. Dennis Donovan Apr 2019 #5

More decent than any rethug alive today. Duppers Apr 2019 #20

A good Republican. murielm99 Apr 2019 #2

Aww, that's sad. An honorable rethug; few and far between now. nt babylonsister Apr 2019 #3

Michael McFaul: Senator Lugar was a great, great man, vital to enhancing the national security... demmiblue Apr 2019 #8

sad to hear this. he was a good decent man JI7 Apr 2019 #9

i dont remeber but wasnt the guy that defeated Lugar in the primary defeated by Evan Bayh INdemo Apr 2019 #25

Bayh lost the election. he might still be there is he had never retired JI7 Apr 2019 #26

now i remember Richard Mourdock defeated Lugar in the primary ..he lost to Donnelly in the General INdemo Apr 2019 #27

yes, I think Mourdock was one of the rape is not rape candidates JI7 Apr 2019 #28

No he was defeated by Joe Donnelly karynnj Apr 2019 #32

The only republican I've ever voted for. Jokerman Apr 2019 #10

Yes, me too! n/t AwakeAtLast Apr 2019 #17

I'm sorry to hear that RandySF Apr 2019 #11

Defeated by the Tea Party radical noodle Apr 2019 #12

Stop right there. jmowreader Apr 2019 #15

That was pretty much my point radical noodle Apr 2019 #23

You're right about Goldwater, but wrong on Helms Polybius Apr 2019 #29

Or Trump. jmowreader Apr 2019 #30

Yes Trump is racist too Polybius Apr 2019 #31

In the olden days.... LakeArenal Apr 2019 #13

The Albatross Lugar Carried DallasNE Apr 2019 #14

A Republican I actually respected. AwakeAtLast Apr 2019 #16

I agree - a republican I respected. NBachers Apr 2019 #18

I'm An Indiana Native--There Are No Richard Lugars Left In the Repuke Party. DoctorJoJo Apr 2019 #19

Damn. The last sane Republican, and a giant of nonproliferation Recursion Apr 2019 #21

Senator Lugar (R) traveling with Senator Obama to secure nuke sites in Ukraine... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2019 #24

RIP. They don't make Republicans like they used to IronLionZion Apr 2019 #33