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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy It's Harder To Be A Liberal In 11 Words
Seriously.Found on The Blue Street Journals Facebook page/MoveOn.org
gcomeau
(5,764 posts)That's 12 words.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)lark
(23,065 posts)We've got it all over them in counting and money and math. Dem budgets are much more grounded in reality than Repug versions. Remember Clinton's great speech at the convention, he totally had it right.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)...but isn't that twelve words? Did you exclude the "Because" because the quote is all caps? Or is it OK to discriminate against articles?
Actually, I thoroughly enjoy being pedantic.
Good quote. Thanks for the post, PHB.
progressoid
(49,951 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)rurallib
(62,387 posts)him and Donald Kaul.
Two people that taught me that proper distrust of power is a very good thing.
AikidoSoul
(2,150 posts)where they both wrote -- my spouse was a music critic, and Royko had his own column.
I remember climbing a tree during the 1968 Democratic convention and witnessed cops beating up demonstrators. I took pictures from a tree branch. Then I see Royko running like a cheetah from hell with cops right behind him with their bash sticks in their hands.
They hated him and his wonderful column. So did old man Dick Daley's powerful political machine.
He was the salt of the earth.
Love ya Mike! Miss ya!
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Yes, he was a treasure.
Smilo
(1,944 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Thanks for sharing. It's true, imho.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)GeoWilliam750
(2,521 posts)At least in the last 70 years
Sure do miss him