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karynnj

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18. Remember the outrage when some people were political at the Wellstone memorial?

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 10:56 PM

16 hrs ago

Even though in that case it was people who knew him telling stories about things he did.

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That wasn't a memorial service! [View all] imanamerican63 17 hrs ago OP

It was an evangelical cluster fuck of the first kind. Klarkashton 17 hrs ago #1

Speaking in tongues? ? too funny but I didn't watch the propaganda show vapor2 16 hrs ago #7

Speaking with forked tongues. calimary 15 hrs ago #21

Epstein did happen vapor2 16 hrs ago #8

David Cay Johnston is a national treasure. markodochartaigh 16 hrs ago #12

Any snake handling? I have a bet... reACTIONary 16 hrs ago #10

" Any snake handling?" markodochartaigh 16 hrs ago #14

True! LOL reACTIONary 4 hrs ago #31

It was the Erica Kirk, tRump,and Maybelline Queen's Spectacular Spectacular Blue Full Moon 17 hrs ago #2

You Know What This Could Have Used? Deep State Witch 17 hrs ago #3

Well, they got their Horst Wessel Bavorskoami 15 hrs ago #20

Decent people would have let her grieve more quietly, Ilsa 17 hrs ago #4

Turning Points supposedly has 85 million womanofthehills 16 hrs ago #11

She could have stayed home. hunter 15 hrs ago #22

One Big Klan Rally MrWowWow 17 hrs ago #5

The production team is working that idea for the next martyr funeral Maru Kitteh 16 hrs ago #9

all that they planned it to be, B.See 16 hrs ago #6

Yeah, it almost out did the memorial service for the murdered schoolchildren Grim Chieftain 16 hrs ago #13

Perhaps they'll take this show on the road RussBLib 16 hrs ago #15

"It was a propaganda production"....never let a good crisis go to waste... Niccol Machiavelli...nt mitch96 16 hrs ago #16

Their updated version of a Javaman 16 hrs ago #17

Remember the outrage when some people were political at the Wellstone memorial? karynnj 16 hrs ago #18

What memorial service? Gimpyknee 16 hrs ago #19

I took theater as an elective in college and I have seen a lot of over emoting Randomthought 15 hrs ago #23

You are so correct Randomthought 14 hrs ago #24

Fireworks? How cheapskate. usonian 14 hrs ago #25

Rick Wilson astutely summed up Erika days ago: Tanuki 14 hrs ago #26

LOL Randomthought 14 hrs ago #27

These people absolutely make me want to throw up. walkingman 14 hrs ago #28

Just when I think the US cannot humiliate and disgrace itself any further. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #29

It was a kabuki dance Gum Logger 4 hrs ago #32

yes they get the Nobel Prize for Kabuki Theater. Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #33

More in common with the 1934 Nuremberg Rally. Emile 8 hrs ago #30