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  • Re: Do you remember when Democrats were honorable and responsible?

    From P. Coonan@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 24 19:25:13 2025
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    On 24 Mar 2025, Robert Gowan <rgowan@gmail.com> posted some news:20250324071433.3A49E1FB72@mail.virebent.art:

    No?

    Me neither.

    I think I read some Democrat named Harry S. Truman was the last one.

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to P. Coonan on Tue Mar 25 08:59:41 2025
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    On 3/24/25 12:25, P. Coonan wrote:
    On 24 Mar 2025, Robert Gowan <rgowan@gmail.com> posted some news:20250324071433.3A49E1FB72@mail.virebent.art:

    No?

    Me neither.

    I think I read some Democrat named Harry S. Truman was the last one.

    Well, a long time ago:

    hmjackson.org
    https://hmjackson.org › uploads › 2023/01 › Sco...
    PDF
    by HA Zeiger · Cited by 1 — his expanding friendships, his refusal ever
    to berate a colleague, Jackson became a. Senator with solid liaisons
    with Republicans and Democrats, ...
    16 pages
    What if Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson was elected ...

    Reddit · r/HistoryWhatIf
    4 comments · 4 years ago
    Senator Henry Jackson was very liberal when it came to labor and civl
    rights, but VERY hard line when it came to the Soviet Union, and very
    pro Isreal.
    Who was Henry Jackson?

    Henry Jackson Society
    https://henryjacksonsociety.org › who-was-henry-jackson
    Jackson (1912-1983) came from a working class Scandinavian background
    and was elected to the House of Representatives for his native
    Washington State in 1940.

    Date of death
    September 1, 1983

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  • From Baxter@21:1/5 to a425couple@hotmail.com on Tue Mar 25 20:38:45 2025
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    a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote in news:OpAEP.1067214$eNx6.1016346@fx14.iad:

    On 3/24/25 12:25, P. Coonan wrote:
    On 24 Mar 2025, Robert Gowan <rgowan@gmail.com> posted some
    news:20250324071433.3A49E1FB72@mail.virebent.art:

    No?

    Me neither.

    I think I read some Democrat named Harry S. Truman was the last one.

    Well, a long time ago:

    hmjackson.org
    https://hmjackson.org › uploads › 2023/01 › Sco...
    PDF
    by HA Zeiger · Cited by 1 — his expanding friendships, his refusal
    ever to berate a colleague, Jackson became a. Senator with solid
    liaisons with Republicans and Democrats, ...
    16 pages
    What if Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson was elected ...

    Reddit · r/HistoryWhatIf
    4 comments · 4 years ago
    Senator Henry Jackson was very liberal when it came to labor and civl
    rights, but VERY hard line when it came to the Soviet Union, and very
    pro Isreal.
    Who was Henry Jackson?

    Henry Jackson Society
    https://henryjacksonsociety.org › who-was-henry-jackson
    Jackson (1912-1983) came from a working class Scandinavian background
    and was elected to the House of Representatives for his native
    Washington State in 1940.

    Date of death
    September 1, 1983



    Before the Reagan Revolution, Republicans were honorable people that you
    could do business with. That's no longer the case.

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