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As a young boy I had to walk through many snowstorms alone to get to school. Our American Serviceman in WWll fought the battle of the Bulge in the most Horrendous weather. My father after being shot down in a B-17 at the end of the war was forced to march 300 miles in the coldest winter in German history. So our congressman cannot make an essential meeting for the good of the country because of the threat of snow. Does the speaker of the house feel a pea under 27 mattresses. Apparently!

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Yes, Christopher, decent people will endure -- and go on living, winning -- for decency.

Let's note above all that Dems are not yet at all running for the November elections later this year.

Republicans seem to be running, but as they have no realistic programs, we might rather say that, like a dead carcass, they are only putrefying.

Take the southern border. Republicans want no realistic program there. They just want to amplify their hatreds of brown people. Nothing more.

They have their crook, rapist, fraud, stoker of stochastic terrorism, grabber of private parts, he himself in layers of orange cosmetics and diapers.

That's all they have. It's continuous. Spiraling only deeper in poisons of their own making.

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Well done! Thank you, Christopher Groesbeck. These are reminders we need.

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Republicans don't want to do the hard work of governing. They just want to get paid for doing nothing.

What can we expect from a group of traitors and seditionists? What should we expect from a party that has fallen in with a shallow grifter and charlatan that has sold his soul to the devil, and apparently Putin, as well?

Take a step back, and see just how far governance has fallen in the U.S. over the last 30 years. 100% of the blame falls on the Republican Party with a huge assist from the MSM.

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Christopher...that's not why. If that's what he said, it's not the real reason. He is getting short on r votes because he is losing members to illness and other leave issues (think Santos). I laughed hardily at this ny times article about rep luna and the proxy vote. Gifted:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/us/politics/anna-paulina-luna-house-proxy-voting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OU0.a6oX.GwPyEj3s2H9-&smid=url-share

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MK, it would seem that perhaps especially when "the shoe is on the other foot," would be a superb time to look hard at opportunities for bipartisan cooperation. Cooperation in the service of governing our country would seem to be precisely the antidote to the party-over-country dilemma we have continually faced ever since Newt Gingrich organized the legislative R's. ...and THANK YOU for the NYT article!

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A wimp. In looks and actions

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My dad was also in the Battle of the Bulge. He said that it was the coldest winter on record and it was 6 weeks before he saw the inside of a building.

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This is resilience!

Thank you for sharing.

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He doesn’t have the votes

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