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Frustratedlady

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2. They may be wishing they'd left Franken in office.

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2018, 08:33 PM

Apr 2018

Painter isn't shy about pointing out the ethics of it all. Once he gets his footing and learns of the corruption in Congress, maybe he can make some people cringe from having a watch dog inside the chambers. Of course, that is if they don't get to him first. Not sure anymore if we have a congress or a mafia.

They need to earn our respect, as they've been too busy making money and lost their way.

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Richard Painter will be running as a Democrat in Minnesota Senate race [View all] dflprincess Apr 2018 OP

Imagine both he AND Romney after trump. tonyt53 Apr 2018 #1

They may be wishing they'd left Franken in office. Frustratedlady Apr 2018 #2

This wishful thinking has long passed its time question everything Apr 2018 #16

I'm glad to hear this. I was concerned that he was running as an Independent spooky3 Apr 2018 #3

The DFL having to waste time & money on a primary does not help us dflprincess Apr 2018 #4

Agree, but given that he announced maybe a month ago that he was going to run spooky3 Apr 2018 #11

What are his positions on the issues and what is his record? S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #5

True. dflprincess Apr 2018 #6

Indeed. Not only a DINO, but a former member of the Bush administration question everything Apr 2018 #17

Check out his website: spooky3 Apr 2018 #18

Being direct and being disgusted with TraitorTrump are far from being worth having Democrats... S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #19

Why not write and give him that feedback? spooky3 Apr 2018 #23

Interesting. I didn't expect that. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #7

Timmy's running for governor again. dflprincess Apr 2018 #8

Oh, right. I can't keep track of what that snake is up to. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #9

So I looked up Newberger - he's a real prize: The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #10

Sounds like he does fit in with today's Republicans dflprincess Apr 2018 #12

I was wrong - Newberger is running against Klobuchar. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #13

So as dimson bush's ethics lawyer shanny Apr 2018 #14

He worked there from 2005-2007, well after The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #21

This should end his appearances as a commentator on cable news question everything Apr 2018 #15

He will definitely have to explain why he worked for Bush and what he did. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #22

Being Bush's Ethics Lawyer shows he was totally incompetent. S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #20