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japple

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12. I am proud of your senator, too, muriel. Being from Georgia, we can't be

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #4)

Sat May 26, 2018, 06:10 PM

May 2018

proud of many things, but I am proud to be from the state that gave birth to so many great Americans, like Martin Luther King, John Lewis, Jimmy Carter, Andrew Young, Ray Charles, James Brown, Otis Redding, the Allman Bros., Oliver Hardy, Roland Hayes, Doc Holliday, Gladys Knight, Alice Walker, Joanne Woodward, Jessye Norman, Blind Willie McTell, Johnny Mercer, Howard Finster....

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Tammy Duckworth posted this picture on twitter. It is the best post I've seen in several days. [View all] japple May 2018 OP

I read...then stared...then read again...then stared again. ret5hd May 2018 #1

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #2

You're welcome. I almost didn't post it as I felt sure everyone would have seen it by now. japple May 2018 #3

It was posted before, murielm99 May 2018 #4

I am proud of your senator, too, muriel. Being from Georgia, we can't be japple May 2018 #12

I liked this response from Senator Duckworth Uncle Joe May 2018 #5

Run, Tammy, run! For President!!! Squinch May 2018 #6

If she doesn't I would hope she'd get much consideration for VP rurallib May 2018 #10

Perfect. oasis May 2018 #7

Remembering her GOP opponent ... left-of-center2012 May 2018 #8

Walsh also said Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #22

Don't forget this famous response in her debate with senator kirk before she took his job: mucifer May 2018 #26

She is wicked smart. kag May 2018 #29

Powerful. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #9

This is what America is supposed to be about. Pepsidog May 2018 #11

Go Senator Duckworth! Who among us can criticize her right to hold those hard won beliefs? FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #13

This one post..expressing truth, has now made Tammy a national figure...now and always.. Stuart G May 2018 #14

I would love to warmfeet May 2018 #15

It reads.."A Proud Recipient of an "F" Rating From the NRA." at the top of Tammy's account Stuart G May 2018 #16

Hey! Donald had leg problems too. keithbvadu2 May 2018 #17

Powerful. H2O Man May 2018 #18

I agree. I get a flutter in my heart when I see the flag and I believe in someone-else's.... marble falls May 2018 #19

Blessings on her! mcar May 2018 #20

This should shut them up. She gave her legs for this country...... a kennedy May 2018 #21

It should, but I doubt that it will. Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #23

No, but making a comment like that does make you mnhtnbb May 2018 #24

Wow.. she knows how to get to the Cha May 2018 #25

She should be President... Mike Nelson May 2018 #27

Imagine being preggers and walking on those stilts. Ligyron May 2018 #28