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TCinLA's avatar

Collins always votes with the majority so it doesn't matter what she says about anything. Romney hasn't changed his status as scum since 2012, he just looks better compared to the guy who came along and made his 1,420 lies in the whole campaign (a record at the time) look like nothing. Murkowski even claimed to work with Manchin to find the 10 Republians.

It's only more true today than it was when President Truman said it back in 1948: "The only 'good Republicans' are pushing up daisies."

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JDinTX's avatar

HST knew them, so did Adlei Stevenson, “… if they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.” Then there is the attempted coup of 1933 (Google Gen. Smedley Butler)

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Ellie Kona's avatar

"Smedley Butler and the 1930s Plot to Overthrow the President:"

"Quickly becoming known as the “White House Coup” and “Wall Street Putsch,” many major news sources derided Butler’s claims, as the committee’s final report was not made available publicly. Those implicated, ranging from the DuPont family to Prescott Bush, the grandfather of future President George W. Bush, laughed off Butler’s claims. Evidence of the validity of Butler’s testimony was not released until the 21st century, when the committee’s papers were published in the Public Domain. No one was ever prosecuted in connection to the plot."

https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcadia-and-THP-Blog/September-2018/Smedley-Butler-and-the-1930s-Plot-to-Overthrow-the

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daria (MID)'s avatar

Of interest may be Butler's very short book "War is a Racket". It is in the public domain, therefore a PDF is available for download, free.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.32000014248506&view=1up&seq=1

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daria (MID)'s avatar

Thanks for this, Ellie. I plan to learn more about this.

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Gregory MacCrone's avatar

Yes! Murkowski, too. I knew there was at least another. And here's one other thing, why is it all these people in these states are voting (for the time being) for these persons who are actively against their own interests? I've read the book, "What's the Matter with Kansas?", but I just can't wrap my mind around it on such existential things like the actual right to vote, access to healthcare, the climate, etc. It boggles the mind to a numbing resignation.

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