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To: AnAmericanMother

Back in the good old days when only men were in Congress, things were much more decorous. Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner were unavailable for comment.


5 posted on 05/17/2024 11:24:23 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

:)


21 posted on 05/17/2024 12:44:58 PM PDT by dljordan (What do you think?)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Re: 5 - LOL!

Now, the never-happy foot stomping crowd is whining about women voting.

They all know the 19th Amendment is never going to be repealed.


26 posted on 05/17/2024 3:53:40 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Verginius Rufus
Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner were unavailable for comment.

Was that the caning incident?

30 posted on 05/18/2024 1:37:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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LOL - there was a war on. And it was a scandal anyhow. Plus the Code Duello was still in (unofficially) so there were consequences to acting like an idiot.

Maybe that's what we need . . . pistols at dawn.

32 posted on 05/19/2024 5:21:24 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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