02-01-2021, 10:22 PM
Ted King wrote:
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He's a denizen of the Tea Party class of 2010. No thanks - voted against impeachment Part I, in favor of punishing sanctuary cities, and to defeat the Equality Act. Let him roast with the rest.
Yeah, we had already established he's a Republican. At some point you have to acknowledge courage in people with whom you have political disagreements.
Where was his courage when he was voting against my civil rights?
It sounds like what you are saying is that if someone has done enough deleterious things that no one should give them credit for doing a worthy thing. Is that implied by what you are saying?
You are seriously tempting me to Godwin this thread, which I won't. Even terrible politicians occasionally do good things. Our former president granted a number of unjustly sentenced Black Americans clemency, but it didn't make him someone worthy of praise, IMHO.
Other people can sing his praises - maybe he didn't do anything to curb your civil rights. I won't.
Edit: also, it's HIS PARTY that is crucifying him. Why does he get credit for being a noble hypocrite? Does he think that the Republicans who are pillorying him now are somehow not 'real' Republicans? Their bigotry and lunacy are more readily on display now, but it's been there all along...