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In reply to the discussion: The silence left by Franken leaving is deafening. [View all]DFW
(54,330 posts)I remember back in 2008, when I broke the news of Obama's selection of Biden as his VP. It was in the late morning, I think, and the announcement was set for the late afternoon. To be careful, I posted it as a "has anyone else heard this, too?" thread, but I knew from the beginning. I got crapped on anyway. What makes YOU so special? How could YOU possibly know, and the networks don't? blah, blah, blah, etc etc. Later on that evening when the announcement was made, all of ONE of the nasty posters apologized. The rest of them went on to bash someone else.
I waited five years to reveal how I knew. It was via my brother and his son, my nephew. Pure chance, and I might have gotten some very dedicated and worthy people in trouble, or, worse, even gotten them fired if it had gotten out, so I bit my tongue, and kept quiet. Sometimes, you just have to do that, especially in Washington (my brother lives there).
I don't completely agree that the accusation is the missile--not all of the time, anyway. I know that Joseph McCarthy got away with it for years, and he ruined far too many lives, but in the end, he was as disgraced as anyone, and faded into an ugly obscurity for his efforts. I hope Bannon, McConnell, Ryan and the rest of their despicable team enjoy a similar fate.