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Yes, that sounds like some sort of dark-colored mail to me, and I thought that was a crime.

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Yep, they're both chock-full of poetical backstory.

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Hey, at least he has the grace to blush. You'd never see that on a 'Murkin Republican.

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Kid Charlemagne was the first SD track where I identified Larry Carlton as the monster player he is, and is one of my favorite Larry solos. He was responsible for nearly all the great guitar work of the Dan in their seminal period from '75 to '80. However, I heartily recommend that you get yourself caught up on the Dan and Donald's more recent oeuvre, as there is a wealth of wonderful music to he listened to and enjoyed over and over again. Here's another of my faves, this one from Donald's 1993 Kamakiriad:https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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so can antisocial personalities...the master manipulators

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Governor being arrested rule 1.Don't pick at an ingrown hair just before being booked for blackmailing your best mistress.

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Sure. We could have Rupert Murdoch edit all of their textbooks, and provide free cable Fox News for all current events. Home schooling is ineffective, but easy, since very few women with children are employed outside the home, right?Since more than half of our country identify as Democrats, this should pose no problem because your kids would never in their lives come into contact with people gave us things like the 5 day work week, civil rights, and stuff like that.Then, all children could learn to spell "sch9ools" like you.

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Fortunately, the state does not make the victim public in cases like this, so you don't get to pounce on her for being a "librul shill" or something. This is a case of BLACKMAIL, a type of felonious invasion of privacy. Dude is in a lot of hot water. probably prison time.

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Whatever that law is prohibits 'third party' from photographing the action. So the Gov's chosen defense is that he and the blindfolded/bound girlfriend were the only two in the room? One can only hope that even folks from MO can see through that batcrap.

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Gee, a DFL legislator turning GOP to get elected governor of MO? Someone who immediatley made it a "Right to work for slave wages" state?Someone who used the Jesus route to convince his scorned wife to stay?How could anyone like that possibly be mean?Here, he stands REVEALED as the asshole he is.

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I thought I read that rule had been repealed, so waterfowl can again die from lead poisoning.

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Why in the name of the Ascended Madoka did Governor Bondage Boy think it would be worse for her, rather than him, if he released those pictures? She's not a politician.

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Once again we see the GOP bending over backward to say that what their guy did was not that bad at all. I am surprised that "What about Clinton HNNNGGGGG?" Was not point one (though I am sure it has come up a few times and I am sure Fox put D next to his name if they covered this at all).

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I am going to address your points in reversish order, there are few people outside of direct Trump victims that hold Cheetolini in more contempt than I do and not just him. I hold the entire GOP, their platform. the ease with which they sold their souls to Trump in the pursuit of treason and the dismantling of America. I believe that Trump (among others) are directly involved in this treason and it would take too long to catalog his transgressions of law and decency. On top of that you can pile the skeevy shit done by scumbags like Greitens, Cotton, McConnell, Ryan and another long list of deplorables.

As a disabled veteran and person of color, the Republican party represents an existential threat to me over and above the damage they do to our country. The packing of the courts, the obscene gerrymandering, the active approval of violence, racism, sexism and hate, all of it terrifies and disgusts me. But their crimes dont give us license to do the same crap or to exonerate our politicians for engaging in similar behavior. If we fall to hypocrisy in our fight against evil, we become no better than they are and thus lose.

I didnt address the 'ratfucking', because it is besides the point. The social media campaign to up the pressure on him was both disgusting and dangerous, but never entered into my thinking (I dont do any of that crap). What he did was wrong, there were multiple transgressions with multiple accusers and the accusations werent false. I did mention that there were victims who expressed regret that he would resign because that IS an important consideration, but ultimately it was Franken's decision to make and it is my belief that he made the right one.

If you had the desire to dig into my posting history, you will find that another person I despise (not Franken, I love him but hate what he did) is Bernie Sanders, because he is ALSO a lying hypocrite as bad as the majority of the GOP. He is a fraud and has used his office to enrich himself and his family, his biggest contributors (before his presidential run scam) were developers and throughout his political career going all the way back to his first election as mayor of Burlington has been spent betraying his electorate in favor of his donors and engaging in the kind of nepotism that Trump has made so profitable. The cherry on his sundae was his wife's commission of bank fraud that not only left Burlington College in bankruptcy, but put the last piece of Burlington waterfront property in the hands of his developer buddies at pennies on the dollar.

His whole campaign was built on Russian ratfucking and there is a multitude of Democrats and Progressives who were (and still are) taken in by his lies and misrepresentations. If I wasnt in the process of dying a slow, horrible, tortuous death due to being murdered by my former employer, I would run as the Democratic candidate for the Vermont Senate seat against him. I despise evil, hypocritical liars, regardless of whose side they are ostensibly on. But I dont have to feel that way about Franken, because he did the right thing.

Tactically, we lost a very valuable politician, but in a longer, broader view, the Democratic party has maintained their integrity and we can go after all the Republican transgressors with no fear of hypocrisy and with no favor for the ones on our team. We arent going to be able to get a veto proof majority, but we are going to flip Congress and possibly the White House, once Hurricane Mueller is finished ripping the Republicans a new asshole.

Having rectitude is expensive and costly, but integrity is something we are going to need to make this happen. We didnt even lose his seat and wont, because the GOP isnt going to have that mud to sling when Tina Smith runs for the seat on her own hook. Yes it is sad that we lost such a powerful voice and sharp mind, but if you compare that to all the Republicans not running for election again to duck the backlash that is coming (as well as possible prosecution) it is a fair trade. Franken is dedicated to some very important ideals and he will still be actively involved in fighting for those priorities even though he is not in office.

Have a great day!

PS The employer that killed me and one of the major points of Sanders' hypocrisy is UVM, the University of Vermont. I used to be a researcher in the Dept of Endocrinology, until I suffered a near fatal case of diabetic keto acidosis in the hospital because they withheld insulin from me for 2 days. I was a healthy, athletic, married scientist with a bright future and became a crippled, homeless, divorced wreck in under 2 months (my wife also worked in my dept and we got divorced in 'self defense' so my children wouldnt go homeless too). Sanders' office was one of the places I went to for help, because supposedly he stands up for veterans, lol. He used to talk about 'free college', but represents the only state with a land grant public university where in state residents arent allowed to attend, making it a very expensive private school for rich kids (UVM has in state attendance of 19%, by comparison Harvard has a 16% attendance by Mass residents and UVM is the only state university with more out of state than in-state students).

Having my career, marriage and life ended by lies and hypocrisy makes me very intolerant of those behaviors, lol.

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But we're the cult that only ever believes what it is told

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