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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLautenberg: "If one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless."
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Or as someone once said, "There are certain types that you must step on their toes until they apologize"
Skittles
(152,967 posts)for a LONG DAMN TIME
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)I'll vote for you and your hardtoes!
Skittles
(152,967 posts)how are you doing?
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)How's yourself?
Skittles
(152,967 posts)HANGING IN THERE
freshwest
(53,661 posts)byeya
(2,842 posts)your family in their grief.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)warrprayer
(4,734 posts)... to lose the good ones
SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)maidensandiego
(64 posts)Damn SKIPPY !!!! Gov Deval Patrick said it best at the 2012 DNC "Democrats need to Grow a SPINE-E-E-E-E !!!!!!!!"
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... and here at home in DUland, we were yelling and cheering too! Him and Jennifer Granholm. I re-ran those speeches and watched them over and over again! Lautehberg was a good old soul and a great Democrat too!
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)because even his most loyal supporters are getting sick of the words with no follow-up and allowing the GOP to ride over him.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)the people saying that are NOT his supporters at all.
and btw, Lautenberg was the 60th vote and there when needed.
He most certainly was NOT against the President whatsoever.
Euphoria
(448 posts)He stood up for what was sane and correct...numerous times.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... and what a timeless quote. Condolences to his family close friends. There'll never be another like him.
samsingh
(17,571 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)kentuck
(110,950 posts)The repercussions are too serious.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)and well done, Senator Lautenberg. You are sorely missed.
K&R
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts).
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)See also: Blue Dog, Yellow Dog, and bi-partisanship.
The Wizard
(12,482 posts)and fearless fighter for the disadvantaged. The embodiment of a true American. I can't say enough good things about Frank Lautenberg. The world has lost a genuinely great human being.
His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, This was a man.
(Julius Caesar, Act V, sc v, ll 81 - 83)
MADem
(135,425 posts)I'm glad to see that, in death, he's acquiring a few more fans here.
Beacool
(30,244 posts)Rest in peace, Senator, and thanks for your service.