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riversedge

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2. The folks that need to 'move beyond' are the ones disrespecting a honored member

Reply to BlueMTexpat (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 07:24 AM

Jul 2016

of Congress and the US!! To do it on the floor of the Dem National Convention was so so so wrong!

....Some may have moved beyond this and, if so, I congratulate them. But I am especially pissed because Elijah is MY Rep and he is a good one. So I am going to paraphrase Skinner's formulation to show my own feelings about it: Those assholes who shouted down Elijah Cummings on Monday night - or any other, FWIW - are assholes indeed.

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Kweisi Mfume calls chanting over Elijah Cummings a 'low point' in convention [View all] BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 OP

Really low BeyondGeography Jul 2016 #1

The folks that need to 'move beyond' are the ones disrespecting a honored member riversedge Jul 2016 #2

I agree but I am trying BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #3

Cummings said on NPR he had no problem with it, Hissyspit Jul 2016 #4

that's become Cummings is an amazingly graceful human being, unlike the little fucks who were La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #5

Elijah Cummings has more BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #6

That did not sit well with me either. serbbral Jul 2016 #7

Per the article, they were booing BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #8