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totodeinhere

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22. I don't give Roberts and Kennedy any credit. Yes they got this decision right but

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:46 PM

Jun 2015

IMO it was purely politics. Both were smart enough to realize that the wrong decision would have doomed GOP chances in 2016. If that were not the case there is no doubt in my mind that they would have gone the other way. And once the 2016 election is settled look for them to veer back to the right.

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