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RockRaven

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1. I'm gonna say an unpopular (based on previous DU reactions anyway) thing:

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Sat May 24, 2025, 04:00 AM

May 24

Given the current environment and stakes, it is and has been IMMORAL to run for a non-immediately-replaceable office if one does not have high actuarial likelihood -- based on one's private, intimate, medical and personal knowledge (which is none of our fucking business but YOU KNOW IT YOURSELF AND THAT IS FINE) -- of finishing the term.

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I'm gonna say an unpopular (based on previous DU reactions anyway) thing: RockRaven May 24 #1

some people cannot give up power. nt msongs May 24 #2

I'm sorry. Woodycall May 24 #4

Oh, shit. I'm really sorry. Scrivener7 May 24 #15

yes Skittles May 24 #6

congress is a job,, and is the source of health care for the congrescritters rampartd May 24 #9

Don't they kep their when they retire? BonnieJW May 24 #11

good question rampartd May 24 #12

Even if Dems had all 215 votes, Johnson would have leaned on enough Rs Deminpenn May 24 #3

Probably true but given the margins... fujiyamasan May 24 #5

There are those who get it, and there are those that don't. taxi May 24 #13

Yes. This is my understanding wrong as well Takket May 24 #14

Yes it would have. May even had Figarosmom May 24 #7

I had seen an article earlier this week and posted in another thread about it BumRushDaShow May 24 #8

Gerrymandering was the major factor too Botany May 24 #10

Bad things about Democrats. W_HAMILTON May 24 #16