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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Oct 28, 2019 7:14:13 GMT -5
The longest-serving black member of the US Congress, John Conyers, has died at home at the age of 90, police in Detroit say.
The Democrat resigned under a cloud of sexual harassment allegations in December 2017 after a career lasting nearly 53 years.
In office, he was known for his liberal stance on civil rights and liberties.
He memorably fought for 15 years to make the birthday of Martin Luther King what it is today - a national holiday.
Conyers was also a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. |
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Post by kadee79 on Oct 28, 2019 10:47:20 GMT -5
RIP!  |
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Post by Value Buy on Oct 28, 2019 12:41:53 GMT -5
RIP! What, no problem with sexual relations with underlings while in office? |
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Post by dondub on Oct 28, 2019 12:48:28 GMT -5
RIP! What, no problem with sexual relations with underlings while in office? . What? No respect for the dead from someone slavishly supporting hush money Don and Strippergate? |
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Post by Value Buy on Oct 28, 2019 12:52:08 GMT -5
What, no problem with sexual relations with underlings while in office? . What? No respect for the dead from someone slavishly supporting hush money Don and Strippergate? No, just aware that liberal posters here use the double standard here to no end, you included. A simple VB may have a point here would have sufficed  |
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dondub
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Post by dondub on Oct 28, 2019 12:57:11 GMT -5
. What? No respect for the dead from someone slavishly supporting hush money Don and Strippergate? No, just aware that liberal posters here use the double standard here to no end, you included. A simple VB may have a point here would have sufficed . On the day the guy dies VB had a simple point. Let’s trash the guy while VB worships the King of Strippergate without thinking HE had a double standard. |
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Post by Value Buy on Oct 28, 2019 13:03:38 GMT -5
No, just aware that liberal posters here use the double standard here to no end, you included. A simple VB may have a point here would have sufficed . On the day the guy dies VB had a simple point. Let’s trash the guy while VB worships the King of Strippergate without thinking HE had a double standard. By all means make this thread about a poster and make assumptions about them rather than stick to the thread. My point was a valid one whether you like it or not. |
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dondub
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Post by dondub on Oct 28, 2019 13:58:47 GMT -5
Oh, I thought you had made it about liberal posters and double standards, including mine as you mentioned. Sorry I got it so wrong. 
Ok back to your regularly scheduled program of speaking ill of the recently deceased. |
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Wisconsin Beth
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Oct 28, 2019 14:13:09 GMT -5
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Post by sesfw on Oct 28, 2019 18:29:19 GMT -5
Here is some coffee guys  Calm down and play nice  |
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 28, 2019 22:49:22 GMT -5
. What? No respect for the dead from someone slavishly supporting hush money Don and Strippergate? No, just aware that liberal posters here use the double standard here to no end, you included. A simple VB may have a point here would have sufficed I have plenty of bad things I could say about Conyers. but I don't speak ill of the dead.
how does that mesh with your liberal screed?
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