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Showing Original Post only (View all)Thank you, Dennis, for everything. [View all]
They may have forced you out of Congress tonight(your successor will be adequate, if far more docile and obedient to the leadership) but you've fought the good fight for over thirty years now, and will find some way to keep fighting it.
You were willing to be unpopular, you spoke and still speak truth to power, when too many wanted that truth silenced, and you spoke for the poor and the workers when none of the leaders of our party wanted them mentioned.
You spoke for peace when no one else in Congress would. You spoke against torture and for openness when others didn't have the courage. You were the only genuine progressive in TWO Democratic presidential campaigns, and huge amounts of money and media invective were used to stop you. Yet you carried on.
Lines were drawn to doom you by the other party this year, but you remain a hero to millions.
Thanks for all you've said, stood for, and done.
And remember...while one battle may be lost...the struggle continues!