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GOP leaders to skip Selma event
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Scores of U.S. lawmakers are converging on tiny Selma, Alabama, for a large commemoration of a civil rights anniversary. But their ranks don’t include a single member of House Republican leadership — a point that isn’t lost on congressional black leaders.
None of the top leaders — House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy or Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was once thought likely to attend to atone for reports that he once spoke before a white supremacist group — will be in Selma for the three-day event that commemorates the 1965 march and the violence that protesters faced at the hands of white police officers. A number of rank-and-file Republicans have been aggressively lobbying their colleagues to attend, and several black lawmakers concurred.
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03-06-2015, 08:07 PM
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Pretty lame of the GOP, but I would question the sincerity of a pinhead like Scalise if he were to attend. If he were to go anywhere near that place, he'd be wearing a white hood and a robe.
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03-06-2015, 08:27 PM
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Pretty lame of the GOP, but I would question the sincerity of a pinhead like Scalise if he were to attend. If he were to go anywhere near that place, he'd be wearing a white hood and a robe.
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Perhaps lamer than you think. Rep. Lewis specifically invited the Republican leadership to attend and, to a man, they blew him off.
Obviously they saw the great potential of problems with their base. You know, those those good liberty loving patriots, just like Edmund Pettus himself.
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03-06-2015, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Boreas
Perhaps lamer than you think. Rep. Lewis specifically invited the Republican leadership to attend and, to a man, they blew him off.
Obviously they saw the great potential of problems with their base. You know, those those good liberty loving patriots, just like Edmund Pettus himself.
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They no doubt feel they'd lose more votes than they'd gain by attending - a sad commentary on their base.
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03-06-2015, 09:33 PM
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Not one of us picked the uniform of birth. Time some remember this point!
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03-07-2015, 06:15 AM
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Not one of us picked the uniform of birth. Time some remember this point!
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Some uniforms are not adopted at birth, but quite young nontheless....
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03-07-2015, 07:09 PM
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He quotes this, from the Constitution: "We the People ... in order to form a more perfect union,"
One of his points, restated: it doesn't say 'in order to form a perfect union,' just a 'more perfect' one. There is always room for improvement, and if you love your country, you want to improve it.
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03-07-2015, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99
He quotes this, from the Constitution: "We the People ... in order to form a more perfect union,"
One of his points, restated: it doesn't say 'in order to form a perfect union,' just a 'more perfect' one. There is always room for improvement, and if you love your country, you want to improve it.
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Pssst, don't tell Matteos. He thinks "progressive" is a dirty word.
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