Elijah Cummings - RIP
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This_person
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Sad for his family, sadly good for MD.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the powerful House Democrat who represented Baltimore for more than two decades and was a vocal critic of President Trump, died early Thursday after battling health problems, his office said in a statement
Cummings, who was 68, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, his hometown. As chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he was one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington, and played a key role in the House Democrats' ongoing efforts to impeach Trump.
www.foxnews.com
Cummings, who was 68, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, his hometown. As chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he was one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington, and played a key role in the House Democrats' ongoing efforts to impeach Trump.
Elijah Cummings dead at 68
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications concerning longstanding health challenges, his office said in a statement.
www.foxnews.com
PsyOps
Pixelated
He was well loved by MDers; especially folks in Baltimore. A lot of blame is thrown on him about the conditions in Baltimore, but there are far more people responsible for that than Cummings. I don't think anything will change as a result of his passing.
But, I am sad for his family that he had to go so young.
This_person
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As Congressional Representative, he's not responsible for the conditions in Baltimore.
He was well loved by some MDers, especially in his gerrymandered district (it seems, since he was re-elected repeatedly). Not sure that made him good for MD - even his gerrymandered district.
So, happy ending or not?
My knee-jerk reaction was "good; no telling how much damage he's done or could still do," but then I remembered a) his family is likely in mourning, and b) he's only a few years older than me. So: mixed blessing.
glhs837
Power with Control
Pretty sure that you have something to do with conditions in your district. Either ignoring them and playing the DC power game, or working for thier benefit and ensuring your district gets it's share of the endless stream of money pouring out of DC. Either of those things affect the conditions in your district.
This_person
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As with the other thread of that title, I don't see it as a happy ending. Unless a person is in great pain and chooses of their own volition to die (and even then it's more sad than happy) there's really no such thing as a death being a happy ending, in my opinion.
I would offer his family my prayers, but I understand they think there's no value in sending my thoughts and prayers. To respect their wishes, I will not do so.
The blessing for MD to lose such a contentious, divisive, racist person such as Rep Cummings would have been happy had it been at the polls. To have this blessing come from an unexpected and likely undesired death is not a happy one for me.
This_person
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One can certainly try and take money from others and use it in the way you describe, but I believe the conditions in a local area are the responsibility of the local people (first and foremost), and of the local government individuals like police, mayors and councilmen, commissioners, dog catchers, etc., etc. If we are going to blame government for conditions, the level we should probably start with is school boards as the key government to blame. Personally, I blame we, the people, much more than the government for local conditions.
Well, there's a conundrum when most of the people in your district, and you yourself believe that all life in America should be in the hands of the Federal (and to a lesser extent the state, as executor of/for) government to improve the quality of life for one and all. Who exactly do you blame when things are not the Utopian dream that an all-knowing, all-powerful Government is supposed to bring about?
This_person
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They'll appoint someone just like him to fill his seat, then elect someone just like him to replace him permanently. No change for MD.
Weren't he and the wife knee-deep in corruption and graft, and in some trouble? Guess that'll have to be dropped now that he's a saint.
It's a certainty.