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gulliver

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2. I'm definitely for straight talk...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 02:45 PM

15 hrs ago

... but it definitely has to be wise talk too. Honesty and wisdom are hard to come by in a world where both are attacked, and their attackers are overly feared and unduly respected.

We have some good straight talking, smart Democrats. Ossoff for one. Kelly. Slotkin...many, many others.

Fetterman is out there too, but his deserved positive recognition will probably have to wait a bit.

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Democrats must be straight with the American voters. [View all] kentuck 16 hrs ago OP

I would love to see a Dem politician senseandsensibility 16 hrs ago #1

I'm definitely for straight talk... gulliver 15 hrs ago #2

Follow the money. orthoclad 15 hrs ago #3

Straight talk would be SamuelTheThird 15 hrs ago #4

K&R spanone 15 hrs ago #5

John Ossoff won his Senate race by doing this RetiredParatrooper 13 hrs ago #6

Truth. H2O Man 13 hrs ago #7

Democrats need a few Murdocks and Ellisons on our side. progressoid 13 hrs ago #8

Yes they must be straight with the voters. They need to tell them that the billionaires need to pay their taxes, the Fil1957 13 hrs ago #9