I live where Lamar Alexander grew up

[TNNurse]

and where his exclusive closed community mountain home is now.

He had actually done some good things in his past job. There were those of us who asked him to realize he could redeem his legacy in the Senate by this vote. We were fools to even think he had a shred of decency in him

I am sure I will not run into him in a restaurant (I cannot pay to eat at Blackberry Farm, you can Google it) where his home is, and doubt I will see him at the grocery store or movie theater. But if I did, I would call him the Trump Whore that he is and tell him that there are a portion of the citizens here who will never forgive him.

[llmart]

1. If you do run into him and call him that...

can we have it on film please?

You can always leave him a message at his office and say exactly what you said here. We cannot allow them to make us voiceless and defeated.

[KPN]

2. Well ... I sincerely appreciate your sentiment

and hope that by some odd good fortune you do run into him.

What strikes me is: “his exclusive closed community mountain home.” These people are and want to be exclusive. And when you get to the bottom of it, they want to exclude the run of the mill. And worse, we tolerate it,

[jaxexpat]

21. Proportionality

IMO:
the total of closed communities is directly proportional to the total of prison "communities"

[KPN]

27. Interesting thought. And the rest of us are just the great expanse, the space, that the two exist

in. We are the meaningless nothing.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

3. Only thing I'm hoping for is a trump hate tweet

Make him sorry for the decision he made and see no difference in trump even if he had voted yes.

[True Blue American]

4. TNNurse

Is Lamar in Howard Bakers old seat? I read he was a protege of him.

[TNNurse]

5. I would have to research who followed Baker,

the last good Republican from TN, but I will. There have been many posts and questions toward Lamar about how Baker is spinning in his grave over this. Lamar clearly does not care. His parents were local public school leaders, I wrote him about DeVos before she was confirmed. He voted for her.

[True Blue American]

6. So in the end

Lamar is just as dishonorable as the rest.

My Tennessee In Laws were all proud Democrats. They admired FDR and witnessed what the TVA stood for. They lived on the big Tennessee.

[TNNurse]

7. He is in Baker's old seat, BUT

the person who succeeded Baker immediately was .....wait for it....Al Gore, jr. His dad was a Senator earlier.

Lamar actually followed Fred Thompson who was a better actor than Senator.

There is a major street here named Lamar Alexander Parkway (the hospital where I worked was on it). There are people thinking about defacing the signs since they know there is no hope to change it. It is a major route to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the well known area Cades Cove.

[True Blue American]

10. Yes,

I remember Fred Thompson. He could only hack one term. Then went back to selling reverse mortgages to vulnerable old people.. now Tom Sellick is doing the same. I gag every time I hear Tom say,” Trust me!”

[Duppers]

8. Hey neighbor.

Watch the Lamar Alexander Parkway signs to change a bit in the future.


On edit: I posted before I read your post above.

[TNNurse]

9. Only by being defaced. There is plenty of support for him here,

the name will not change. I want to put a sign at West Miller's Cove Rd that says "Beware, Trump Whores nearby", but I won't.

[True Blue American]

11. That would be nice!:)

[ashredux]

12. LOL...I was thinking the same thing

However, Maryville ain’t exactly “Blue Country”

[Duppers]

13. True that.

[TNNurse]

15. I have voted for TN Republicans

when there was so Democrat on the ballot rather than not vote. I will now write in "Any decent human being".

[bucolic_frolic]

14. LameBrain has done more damage to his GOP Party than he could ever imagine

Wait til November

[usaf-vet]

16. He admits Trump is guilty based on the House gather and presented data. This coward walks away....

....knowing he has left a guilty man in the WH.

His ̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ irrational reasoning that because he knows tRump is guilty from the presented evidence then, the other Senators should also know. What about those Senators who might be swayed by hearing Bolton's first-hand account.

He not only leaves a guilty man in the White House BUT he denies additional evidence for those who might have needed it.

He is retiring and has nothing to lose. No re-election campaign to worry about. A long career to fall back on.

YET! with the nothing to lose he ends his career by ignoring his oath to protect the Constitution.

IMO Lamar Alexander is worse than a coward he is an active co-conspirator with the tRump traitors.

[TNNurse]

17. I prefer the term Trump Whores

[usaf-vet]

20. Sorry, that would be very disrespectful to whores.

Aka sex workers.

[Butterflylady]

26. That is the best name ever for these jokes in the Senate.

I will henceforth call prostitutes sex workers .

[bluestarone]

18. Probably best thing we could do is

Use his own words in political ads in 2020 election!

[Ingersollman]

19. I

live in East TN, too. I regularly ride my motorcycle by this place on the Foothills Parkway. And I agree with you. He has not a shred of decency.

[Lars39]

22. Weren't there some dirty deals done to get that gated community?

I don’t remember any details...just remember my dad talking about it a long time ago.

[volstork]

23. I have seen him out at restaurants

in Nashville, though it has been a few years. If I ever see him again, I will reiterate what I emailed to him yesterday:

"Do the right thing, vote for witnesses. Vote to convict. You were a good governor and, I once thought, a man of integrity. Show that you still are or you obit will read: "Lamar Alexander, who sided with trump..."

Is that how you want to be remembered? Do you think that is that how your children and grandchildren want you remembered?"

He destroyed his entire legacy in one vote.

[Peregrine Took]

24. Your own PRIVATE national park".....

No nasty ordinary folks to get in their way....


http://www.blackberryfarm.com/

[DemoTex]

25. Lamar Alexander's BIL - Bill Carl - was our pastor at the 1st Pres in Dallas ..

Lamar's sister was married to Bill Carl. I met Lamar a few times when he would visit them in Dallas. Lamar seemed less political than his brother-in-law, the preacherman. But that was quarter century ago. He wouldn't remember me.

BTW: After Bush-II got "elected," Alexander was appointed to the Bush cabinet as Secretary of Education. Bill Carl then started spending some time in D.C. visiting the Alexander's. The Rev. Carl loved to brag - from the pulpit - about playing tennis at the Bush White House. That totally turned me off -

[Blaukraut]

28. Looks like if you want to dine there you'll stop at a Mickey D's afterward

Rather tiny portions, like all high end restaurants. It sure looks lovely, though.