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Warpy

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1. RIP, good man

Reply to wyldwolf (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 03:26 PM

Aug 2014

He was the one man between Stupid and dictatorship. The House ran away from the anthrax scare. Jeffords kept the Senate open for business and the committee chairmen Democrats.

He was a hero. I wish we had been free to honor him as one.

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Former Sen. James Jeffords (I-VT) has died [View all] wyldwolf Aug 2014 OP

RIP, good man Warpy Aug 2014 #1

Good man who was in the wrong party for years; he got it right in the end agbdf Aug 2014 #2

Sad to hear...you will be missed Mr. Jeffords. Avalux Aug 2014 #3

That's sad...RIP joeybee12 Aug 2014 #4

RIP JI7 Aug 2014 #5

He woke up in the middle of the night, yelling to his wife: Watch out! The machine guns are firing! wyldwolf Aug 2014 #6

Rest in peace shenmue Aug 2014 #7

RIP to a man of integrity CatWoman Aug 2014 #8