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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:51 AM Original message |
Former senator Charles Percy died |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'd add Pete McClosky and Bill Cohen to your list |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. For what it's worth, the honorable Pete McClosky is now a proud Democrat |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Interesting...I did not know. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The last straw was his party trying to reverse his legacy legislation, The Endangered Species Act |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. May he rest in peace. I remember when is daughter Valerie was murdered. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. afaik, never solved |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Wow. And you know every cop in Chicago worked that case for years. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I was 10 years old, living in IL |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I do tell my children about my days |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. He voted for liberal legislation more than some democratic senators did. |
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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Hell, back in the day, some republicans mentioned in this thread were |
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nomb (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. He beat the liberal Dem Douglas with an Anti-Vietnam platform, that and the murder on election eve |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. I remember him well, and his daughter's murder was chilling national news. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. My father was unhappy about Percy's anti-union positions |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. They're dropping like flies today. |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. He spoke at my high school around 1977, and got a big cheer |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. Several good, moderate Republicans came out of Illinois... |
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nomb (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Percy started Thompson in the biz.... and he got John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. Percy's daughter Sharon is married to Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. Moderate Repubs ... certainly a dying breed |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Most moderate Republicans now call themselves Democrats (n/m) |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. Nowadays, a guy like him would be a whipping boy for assholes like Demint (n/m) |
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