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Susan OBrien's avatar

Powerful prose on a critically important 3-word phrase. Thank you, Russell.

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Your post here states what seems to be the obvious, and yet the Republican Party seems blind or intimidated. Where is the courage of these members of congress: representatives and senators?

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

It's going to take more than a handful of Republicans to act with courage, and speaking up to break the wall of inaction from their side of the aisle.

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Indeed!

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

"Republican congressional leaders met with Nixon and told him there was no way around it..." Sigh. They had a sliver of backbone.

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

The 70s seems like a million years ago. Politically, socially, culturally.

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

Thank you Nadine, Alisa, and Franco!

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