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Old 05-17-2018, 08:16 PM
 
Location: Florida
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I don't usually comment on threads like this, but cory booker is in contention for the dumbest person in the senate.
Cory was lobotomized by Nancy Pelosi.
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Old 05-17-2018, 08:17 PM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Hillbilly sure sounds like an insult to me, tell that to your boss, see what happens.
The author was born and raised in those hills. He refers to himself as a hillbilly. I wouldn’t give him any grief about it-he does have a temper.

I kindly suggest that you read the book.
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Old 05-17-2018, 08:19 PM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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In what redneck Bizarro-world alternate universe does that come across as... uh... "bashing?"
No doubt.

I've read the book, it was a great book, by someone who truly grew up in as broken home, joined the Marines, and ended up graduating from Harvard Law. An inspirational story and a very compelling look at Appalachia.
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Old 05-17-2018, 08:19 PM
 
Location: Austin
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So is Trump but you’re not holding that against him.
Trump beat 16 qualified republican candidates for the nomination and a lifelong democrat politician, who outspent him 3 to 1, to win the presidency. trump isn't a dumb person. you may not agree with him, but dumb he ain't.

not sure what trump has to do with booker, nurse.
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Old 05-17-2018, 08:23 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Umm, affirmative action.

widely respected? not by anyone including liberals I knew and I lived in NYC for 25 years and have NJ relatives. He is a dumb man.
He was born in DC. His parents were executives with IBM. He grew up in N.J.

He was class president at Stanford. Post graduation he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most competitive and prestigious international scholarships.

Affirmative Action has nothing to do with it.

That you likely disagree with his positions, has nothing to do with his remarkable educational accomplishments.

Ivanka, Jared and the Kushner clan were fund raisers for his Senate race.
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Old 05-17-2018, 08:29 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Can't say I'm surprised. Though I didn't really need another reason to never vote for him. When push came to shove, Corey Booker showed his true colors.

I'm willing to forgive people if they show that they've changed. But politicians aren't really people
Hard- pressed to find a Congress critter that does not take Big Pharma donations.
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Old 05-17-2018, 08:34 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Another fake news post.

Why do you constantly post this kind of stuff?


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Run of the mill trolls do it for attention.

And we feed it, by responding.
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Old 05-17-2018, 08:40 PM
 
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Umm, affirmative action.
Didn't know there was affirmative action for Rhodes Scholarships, law school grades and being elected to the Senate. The things one "learns" on C-D...
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widely respected? not by anyone including liberals I knew and I lived in NYC for 25 years and have NJ relatives. He is a dumb man.
Yes, clearly, the only Rhodes Scholar in the Senate (the highest academic award in the U.S.) and honors graduate of the most prestigious law school on the planet is "dumb" - said no one, ever.

And maybe your alleged "liberals you know" don't like him because he isn't remotely liberal. He has always been considered a centrist (which is, in part, why he is widely respected across the aisle).
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Old 05-17-2018, 08:42 PM
 
Location: Planet Telex
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Trump beat 16 qualified republican candidates for the nomination
Not all of them were "qualified." Fiorina and Carson had no business being on the stage.
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Old 05-17-2018, 08:43 PM
 
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The only thing Cory understands is the checks coming in from the pharmaceutical companies.
Given NJ is the largest pharmaceutical center on the planet, that sorta makes sense, no?

You would criticize a Michigan politician for receiving donations from the Big 3, a NY politician for receiving donations from Wall Street, or a California politician for receiving donations from tech? Bizarre.
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