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highplainsdem

(49,004 posts) Tue Dec 15, 2020, 01:01 PM Dec 2020

If it were honorable/brave to jump off sinking ship, jumpers would be compared to different animal

Paraphrasing Bill Kristol's tweet minutes ago about Barr, McConnell and "many others similarly situated":

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Regarding Bill Barr, Mitch McConnell, and many others similarly situated, I'm tempted to say this:
If it were traditionally thought to be particularly honorable or brave to jump off a sinking ship, sinking-ship-jumpers would be compared to a different kind of animal.

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If it were honorable/brave to jump off sinking ship, jumpers would be compared to different animal (Original Post) highplainsdem Dec 2020 OP

There is nothing wrong with a rat trying to save himself Chainfire Dec 2020 #1

Well, I can swim at a pace of 2 krakens per hour... ret5hd Dec 2020 #2

This is a math problem leftieNanner Dec 2020 #3

Chainfire

(17,550 posts)

1. There is nothing wrong with a rat trying to save himself

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2020, 01:05 PM

Dec 2020

even after he gnawed the hole in the hull......It doesn't mean anyone is obligated to give him a seat in the life boat. It may become an issue for the rat of "how far can you swim?"