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Oct 22, 2018Liked by Roy Edroso

A Social Progressive Republican--progressively destroying the social safety net in the name of fiscal responsibility. For as Jesus said, "Give unto the rich all that you have, then die quickly that you may not burden him."

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Oct 22, 2018Liked by Roy Edroso

Is anyone enough of a sap to buy this act? Oh just reporters I guess, because that is what they are, because it is what is required of them. I wonder what the going price is for souls these days? It can't be a lot because it looks like the market is flooded.

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Oct 22, 2018Liked by Roy Edroso

Do you think we'll have to wait until 2024 for the glorious resurgence of the "reasonable" Republicans with the Haley/Flake campaign?

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Oct 22, 2018Liked by Roy Edroso

Please allow me to add some superficiality to the conversation. She looks nice - no, really, in a "Please honey, just get the damn photo taken" way. I wonder where she works. He looks exuberantly happy. The beagle looks like he's sizing up Bekesha, assessing his weight and calculating how many meals he'd be good for. And I didn't know what Navy Yard apartments were: I imagined some retrofitted barracks. But after looking them up, I see that they seem like very fine places where one could expect to live a decent life with all the darn amenities, so am I supposed to give points for "doesn't own a mansion - yet"? Mutant Republicans: has their time come?

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Oct 22, 2018Liked by Roy Edroso

"he’s running as a different kind of Republican". Hey we've got one of those in the NY Region, too. Bob Hugin, who made $20+ million/year as CEO of Celgene by tripling the price of a cancer drug and successfully blocking all attempts at a generic, also claims to be "a different kind of Republican." (The company also paid a $280 million settlement for marketing fraud of this and other cancer drugs. This hasn't stopped Hugin from running ads featuring cancer patients thanking him for personally saving their lives.) At this point, I think I've seen all $20 million worth of negative ads he's run against Bob Menendez, some of which are doozies*. What do they mean by "different kind" of Republican? Do they shit standing up or something?

*See: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/17/theres-still-no-evidence-bob-menendez-slept-with-underage-prostitutes-new-attack-ad-says-it-anyway/

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Oct 22, 2018Liked by Roy Edroso

I was curious about the Democratic wife, Holly, so I looked her up. She works as an analyst at the Albright Stonebridge Group and is "proficient in Arabic". That's Madeleine Albright's group. Interesting.

https://www.albrightstonebridge.com/team/holly-bekesha

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Oct 22, 2018Liked by Roy Edroso

Love this one. I've been aware of Judicial Watch for many years. Pathetic mainstream media not pointing out how partisan that organization is. Only Democrats can apparently be partisan in a way that can be criticized. Wasn't Judicial Watch also tied to David Horowitz at some point? Or am I mixing up my right wing "think" tanks?

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Oct 22, 2018Liked by Roy Edroso

We need a new Charles Dickens. Our time is full of characters and crimes enough to keep him or her busy for two dozen 600-page epics. Roy, maybe it's you. This Bekesha profile is a great start -- just expand it by another 80,000 words, and stick in someone comparatively decent to root for, like an orphan or a ship rat.

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