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2. I think his fans said he put out a statement and did a "filibuster" in 2010 so that's
Thu Jun 16, 2016, 09:03 PM
Jun 2016

all that's expected of him.. they don't expect much.

But we do of our President.

Thank you for this, Yo Mama..

If I were running for president, and if I were also a sitting senator who had voted against the Brady bill five times, and if I were looking to show that the polices of the peoples' political revolution can push through congressional gridlock even just a little bit despite suggestions that they'd be DOA, then I would have FOUND A WAY during the course of that heart-melting, grief-inducing, hope-stirring, 15-hour filibuster / moment of national catharsis in order to stand in solidarity with the other senators (and theater-makers!, and regular ol' citizens!) who were fighting to propose that congress have a conversation about maybe just possibly voting for common sense gun control laws that the majority of Americans (including 74% NRA members!) support.

Yeah, even though he already lost.. burnie missed another opportunity.

Wonder why he didn't go?

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