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FadedMullet

(66 posts)
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 03:32 PM Saturday

Senator Raphael Warnock was on Colbert's show recently and made an observation that a congressional budget....

……wasn’t just a housekeeping document, but was a statement about our morality. I really like that. Leave it to a preacher to appeal to our better angels.

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Senator Raphael Warnock was on Colbert's show recently and made an observation that a congressional budget.... (Original Post) FadedMullet Saturday OP
Depends on the preacher Traildogbob Saturday #1
It's always been that way and the god of bipartisanship demands it. Autumn Saturday #2
Joe Biden used to say it all the time rurallib Saturday #3
I love it as the story no doubt went "Joey, don't tell me what......" FadedMullet Saturday #4

Traildogbob

(11,007 posts)
1. Depends on the preacher
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 03:38 PM
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That female nut job that is the White House spiritual advisor, I mean grifter, is a preacher. Also, remember Huckabee, and ole Franky GrayHAM?

Autumn

(47,724 posts)
2. It's always been that way and the god of bipartisanship demands it.
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 04:11 PM
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We work our asses off for 20 or more years and retire in our 60s and get a SS check that we pay for our health care with and raises that amount to a couple of bucks or a pension if we're lucky. They work for four or eight years and get a full pension. That tells me all about morality

rurallib

(63,650 posts)
3. Joe Biden used to say it all the time
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 04:36 PM
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— My father had an expression: “Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget—and I'll tell you what you value.”

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