2016 Postmortem

TheKentuckian

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87. I think he would have been much quicker to respond and willing to do more than talk shop if

Sat May 7, 2016, 07:13 AM

May 2016

had been the one starved.

Don't get me wrong I admire what you did, I don't know if it really worked in a value sense for the effort put in though.
Maybe it would have paid off if he wasn't also a crook and stayed in government but maybe not.

Being seen as a real person goes a long way but not all the way, you can truly respect someone as a person and even understand their point of view and still not be an ally on an issue or even a number of issues.

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