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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDan Rather's Epic Response to Trump's Fake Emergency
Dan Rather
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"I didn't need to do this" is something I occasionally say after ordering dessert, not after ordering national emergencies.
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Dan Rather's Epic Response to Trump's Fake Emergency (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2019
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Cha
(297,091 posts)1. EXCELLENT!!
ffr
(22,668 posts)5. Indeed, excellent!
Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)2. Must have been listening to his bloated "gut"
Does he really even think before stuff spews out? No.
kmla
(4,047 posts)7. And to whom are you referring?
Just curious.
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TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)4. I always liked him
but then, he's from Texas. I got to know his sister, Pat. We taught at the same high school north of Houston. She outed me as a fellow Democrat.
dalton99a
(81,432 posts)6. Perfect.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)8. Actually, he did need to do it.
Since the voters rejected it and Congress voted against it. He was told that he should create the crisis, get sued, and take his chances with his stacked Supreme Court. His poker hand has five aces in it--thanks to the blocking of Merrick Garland.
majdrfrtim
(317 posts)9. Too bad the subtle beauty of Rather's delicious tweet
will be lost completely on the MAGA costume-wearers.
/snark
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)10. K&R