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Silent3

(15,018 posts)
8. Doesn't mean shit until the NON-former Republicans do it.
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 10:20 PM
Nov 2020

It's disgusting that merely wanting to cling to their offices, and not wanting to face a primary challenger (oh, boo, hoo!) is enough to by so much craven self-serving silence.

K&RECOMMEND. sheshe2 Nov 2020 #1
**** HERE IS THE CLIP **** IcyPeas Nov 2020 #32
I agree they should stop covering the buffoon. cwydro Nov 2020 #40
Rec. Thank you for the clip. MerryBlooms Nov 2020 #41
Thank you, 😊 sheshe2 Nov 2020 #43
Thanks for posting the link, IcyPeas. Well worth the listen. nt crickets Nov 2020 #49
I saw that. LisaM Nov 2020 #50
Awesome and inspiring! colorado_ufo Nov 2020 #56
Wow! StarryNite Nov 2020 #2
Do they watch cilla4progress Nov 2020 #18
10th Amendment elleng Nov 2020 #3
Saw him malaise Nov 2020 #4
He didn't shame them. grumpyduck Nov 2020 #5
can't shame people with no positive morals nt msongs Nov 2020 #6
I agree they have no shame. TNNurse Nov 2020 #7
Doesn't mean shit until the NON-former Republicans do it. Silent3 Nov 2020 #8
His words were powerful enough that it just might mean shit to who it matters the most mtnsnake Nov 2020 #9
Accent on "former". Boomerproud Nov 2020 #33
Yup. People like Schmidt and Cohen and Kasich have Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #25
Good. Good. NoRoadUntravelled Nov 2020 #10
I have met/spoken with Sec Cohen several times over the last 20 years and found him an honorable man TeamPooka Nov 2020 #11
That is cool! nt mtnsnake Nov 2020 #13
To this day he is the only Repub I ever voted for. (Though only once.) thenelm1 Nov 2020 #12
Very interesting post. Now I'm gonna have to find out what bulkie rolls are though! mtnsnake Nov 2020 #14
Fresh out of the oven they were devine. thenelm1 Nov 2020 #20
Me 2 :) Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #26
Bulkie rolls--I had to look them up too. panader0 Nov 2020 #34
Thanks! Just started baking bread during pandemic Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #38
No, even though my handle is panader0 (baker in Spanish) panader0 Nov 2020 #39
Nice find, but the accompanying photo looks like a typical sandwich roll found thenelm1 Nov 2020 #57
he won me over during the Iran-contra hearings Chili Nov 2020 #30
Perhaps Republicans aren't truly afraid of Trump, but actually love what he is doing. Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #15
Bleak forecast. But you're right, trump's conflicts of int. and other corruption are in plain view JudyM Nov 2020 #16
You put your True Blue American Nov 2020 #54
He was Bill Clinton's videohead5 Nov 2020 #17
Stand up guy. oasis Nov 2020 #19
the moron hasn't been able to accept REALITY since his 'election'. he can't FAKE news his way out pansypoo53219 Nov 2020 #21
Former Senator Cohen was EXCELLENT... LovingA2andMI Nov 2020 #22
Took awhile to find out that in the situation SOD Rural_Progressive Nov 2020 #23
There's a certain honesty and major passion we are seeng with anti-trump-Republicans Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #24
Yeah, "no shame" as some are saying But.. Cha Nov 2020 #27
"William Cohen Still Let the World Know What Sniveling Treasonous Cowards they are." mtnsnake Nov 2020 #36
Excellent summary! UTUSN Nov 2020 #28
Their precious careers. Fuck them. argyl Nov 2020 #29
**** HERE IS THE CLIP **** IcyPeas Nov 2020 #31
Thank you for posting that to this thread, IcyPeas! mtnsnake Nov 2020 #35
really good clip Piasladic Nov 2020 #45
What a GREAT patriot!... Illumination Nov 2020 #37
Danger here. zentrum Nov 2020 #42
They're are not afraid. It is all about hate for the left. Hotler Nov 2020 #44
Have the press stop covering the orange one. What a novel idea. Hotler Nov 2020 #46
Hopefully, he has emboldened more Rs to start talking this way. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #47
Perhaps many of these silent Republicans will be primaryed by people who ask the question IsItJustMe Nov 2020 #48
They don't make Republicans like they used to IronLionZion Nov 2020 #51
Expect Nothing from the KGOP. McConnell has them well trained. flying_wahini Nov 2020 #52
Jeez, that was beautiful. byronius Nov 2020 #53
Bill Cohen is an honorable man. Rebublican with a conscience and dedication to our country. Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #55
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