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 Post subject: tom davis gives up
PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:42 pm 
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tom davis gives up from last week's nyt magazine. . . a rising star in the republican party is hanging up his boots. . .

[quote]A few minutes later, in fact, an aide emerged from the House chamber to ask Davis if he wanted to manage the next bill, H. R. 6575, the Over-Classification Reduction Act. Davis shook his head no. “In the old days, you’d jump at the chance to manage a bill,â€
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[gratuitous Neuro bashing] and it's from the Times what, two weeks ago? [/gratuitous Neuro bashing]

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Damn. Interesting read so far.

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it was interesting for maybe 2 pages and then started veering too much into who Tom Davis is and away from the problems of the repubs in general...i figured at that point only Loogar and Tom Davis' mom would find it interesting and stopped reading. I'd be interested in seeing his memo to the party leaders though that supposedly leaked.

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[quote]Then he asked for a list of the three bills to see if he really did want to vote yes: A nonbinding resolution “recognizing that we are facing a global food crisis.â€

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it was interesting for maybe 2 pages and then started veering too much into who Tom Davis is and away from the problems of the repubs in general...i figured at that point only Loogar and Tom Davis' mom would find it interesting and stopped reading. I'd be interested in seeing his memo to the party leaders though that supposedly leaked.


I have it. PM your email, as I have lost it. It's remarkably prescient.

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I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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[gratuitous Neuro bashing] and it's from the Times what, two weeks ago? [/gratuitous Neuro bashing]


it was last weekend's nyt mag. i don't get the times and i just stole it from my folks a couple days ago.

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