re: Cokie Roberts Dead at 75...

Now do RBG.

/fingers crossed

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Now do RBG.

/fingers crossed

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A pox on all the traitors.

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and she obviously was very smart.

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People like to say this about leftists. If they were so smart, the wouldn’t espouse a political philosophy that has brought hundreds of millions of murders by government, and eventual collapse, every time it’s implemented.

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Didn't typically agree with her, but I certainly miss the days of "boring" news featuring respectable people you'd probably nonetheless find to be enjoyable, interesting company over dinner or coffee.

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So did she, but I kind of disagree with her premise.

I remember reading a column of hers back in the 90s, when she was lamenting the loss of civility in politics. She compared the 90s to her time growing up in Washington in the 50s and 60s, when elected officials and their families lived near each other, had barbecues and parties, the kids went to the same schools, etc. They could disagree on issues, but since they all were "in the same neighborhood" it was all nice-nice.

To me, this is an example of what the left prefers, a political elite class, and wrong as hell - elected officials keeping themselves (and their families) away from their home base, insulating them from their home state style of life and losing REAL touch with their constituency, and also immersing them in a more urban, liberal lifestyle.

Nowadays, most Washington politicians I know of (at least locally) keep their families at home and come home often (basically weekly) thanks to cheap and plentiful airfare options.

Roberts in that column pretty much stated she didn't like the way it changed, and wished that more elected officials should bring their families to Washington.

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She spent decades concealing the depth of her political opinions and leanings so as to always come across as a “respectable” or “credible” author, journalist or opinion originator. Like so many others, 2016 ripped that band aid right off.

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That band aid was off long before. Cokie and her husband presented every news report through their liberal lens like most of the media of their era. There was never any balance to their reports.

Same disease that killed her sister who was (?) mayor of a city in New Jersey.

There were times she had insights into DC that simply didn't occur to folks outside the beltway. Some of her comments about Newt Gingrich come to mind.

Isn't her brother still a powerful lobbyist in DC?

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I disagreed with her about 99.8% of the time, but sorry to hear this news.

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This.

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Being a loyal Democrat, she'll still get to vote in the 2020 election

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and the next 4 election cycles after that.

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I want to know where is "Boggs?"

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Hale made the fatal mistake of not believing the Warren Report.

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This just proves that men won't vote for a woman!"

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But she won the popular vote???