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Aug 26 09 10:03 AM
dawggie wrote: StreetMutt wrote: Agreed. I wasn't implying it was a tragedy for him in some self-interested way. But I don't think you can crucify someone who swam 500 meters after a car wreck and then passed out (most likely due to shock over liquor). I wasn't there that night and I'm not going to say what he did was right. It was wrong, wrong, wrong. But you can't deny that it haunted him and he made a valiant effort to serve the American people afterward (no matter his beliefs). He was a big part of the "No Child Left Behind" program, as well as justice for equal rights and State Child Health insurance programs. I'd say he had a productive 40+ years in government.
StreetMutt wrote: Agreed. I wasn't implying it was a tragedy for him in some self-interested way. But I don't think you can crucify someone who swam 500 meters after a car wreck and then passed out (most likely due to shock over liquor). I wasn't there that night and I'm not going to say what he did was right. It was wrong, wrong, wrong. But you can't deny that it haunted him and he made a valiant effort to serve the American people afterward (no matter his beliefs).
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