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BOSSHOG

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1. Joseph Welch is at the top of my list of heroic figures

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Mon Jun 9, 2025, 08:07 PM

Jun 2025

He operated on McCarthy with a surgeons scalpel and the precision of integrity and honesty. McCarthy, another Republican stain on democracy. I had to read about the historic event. I was three weeks old when it occurred. And a week away from being baptized, without my consent, into the Catholic Church.

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Joseph Welch is at the top of my list of heroic figures BOSSHOG Jun 2025 #1

Although it wasn't as heroic... appmanga Jun 2025 #2

Ah, I figured that's what it would be. I tend forget what leads up to Welesh's vehement interuption... electric_blue68 Jun 2025 #3