[bestintxas]

Patrick Moynihan.

He was the last of the great patriotic liberals.

Since him, no other patriot in the liberal wing of the Democrat party has been elected to congress.

Patriotism is what I believe is #1 criteria to elect a person to serve in congress or POTUS.

I am willing to give a true patriot the benefit of the doubt, like Moynihan, as he is thinking of his country first and himself second.

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Moynihan never backed away from the study he produced and time has vindicated him. There have been a few others with the stature of Moynihan but too few to stem the tide of rot.