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maxsolomon

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12. Dowd should know that the worst you can say is that Kirk was "polarizing".

Reply to The Grand Illuminist (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:25 PM

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You can't say that the chickens come home to roost. Gotta walk that narrow center path.

That's only for Repuke Senators to say when Dems are assassinated.

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