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Tue May 12 02:42:15 +0000 2020

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john r stanton @dcbigjohn

I mean, those bamas still lost their fights, mostly. And they happened so far from the public eye because we didn’t cover them right to matter. But in this era with so much microscopic attention on official Washington, more of that might result in more meaningful change. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 12, 2020 Hibernated

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john r stanton @dcbigjohn

That’s the sort of “old times” shit I still wish we had in politics. When Dick Durbin fought for progressive ideas against Byron Dorgan, when Coburn pissed is McConnell’s shoe because he wouldn’t agree to new government transparency laws. NOT the “let’s all play nice” myth. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 12, 2020 Hibernated

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john r stanton @dcbigjohn

Great question! His staff would have had you think so, but no. McCain’s myth was (in part) one that sought to inoculate him from criticism from all sides. Coburn gave no fucks what anyone thought of him, aside from his wife. And he was wedded to too many things to be a “maverick” — PolitiTweet.org

Dawn V. Woollen @DVWoollen

@dcbigjohn Was Coburn who everyone thought McCain was?

Posted May 12, 2020 Hibernated

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