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PatSeg

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3. Actually, we lost a great senator

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 29, 2024, 12:26 PM

Feb 2024

I honestly don't see Franken as a President, but he could have become a pillar of the Senate for many years to come, like a Teddy Kennedy. I am still furious over the dirty political tricks that were used to bring down a truly good man. He did not deserve that.

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