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Barack Obama

IrishAyes

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1. Although I try to keep an open mind w/o letting it become a garbage pit,

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 10:20 AM

Jan 2014

and I try to give others the benefit of doubt when possible - still I have the most stringent standards for deciding who has earned the moral authority to lead me. (While I keep a watchful eye even there!) With an equal nod to women such as Hillary and Elizabeth Warren, these two men will always have my ear and heart. They've earned it. Pity the fool who treads on them too heavily in my presence.

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Although I try to keep an open mind w/o letting it become a garbage pit, IrishAyes Jan 2014 #1

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Well said John Lewis, I thank you! n/t sheshe2 Jan 2014 #6