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Brooks Suggests Republicans Are Retiring Because of Assassination Fears

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-30 01:04|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 "One of the things that’s concerning me is the assassination risk may become a factor," he said.

I call bullshi*! A few WIA at a ball game. No KIA to my knowledge. Brooks is right about one thing however, it is all about courage.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-30 01:11|| 2018-04-30 01:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Thought Experiment: If the Government Employee Union has become a partisan wing of the Democratic Party is their any person that can't be destroyed by the Government? The new "McCarthyism": "Are You or have you ever been a member of the ~~Communist~~ Republican Party"

Posted by magpie 2018-04-30 01:11|| 2018-04-30 01:11|| Front Page Top

#3 I call bullshi*! A few WIA at a ball game. No KIA to my knowledge.

You forgot to add /sarcasm, Besoeker. Senator Rand Paul might have easily have died as a result of that neighbourly attack over lawn clippings disposal or whatever his issue was, while the Bernie Bro assassin who went after the softball game most definitely intended to end up with stacks of future zombies.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-04-30 02:21|| 2018-04-30 02:21|| Front Page Top

#4 It's about all that campaign war chest cash they are taking with them.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-04-30 05:46|| 2018-04-30 05:46|| Front Page Top

#5 I think you have to figure out how many of these retiring pols are Never Trumpers; we all know Flake's one of them. I think that may be the biggest motivation for these folks.

Posted by Raj 2018-04-30 07:06|| 2018-04-30 07:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Serve a few terms, collect a lifetime annuity? Go back home to ambulance chasing. What's not to like ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-30 08:30|| 2018-04-30 08:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Most assassins come from the left so GOP congressmen are far more likely to fear that sort of thing when the Democrats have been agitating for worse for over a year now.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-04-30 10:19|| 2018-04-30 10:19|| Front Page Top

#8 From which side?

Posted by Iblis 2018-04-30 11:12|| 2018-04-30 11:12|| Front Page Top

#9 All you need is 3%.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-04-30 12:26|| 2018-04-30 12:26|| Front Page Top

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