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« Reply #25 on: January 21, 2009, 06:19:07 PM »
I think 30 years from now, We'll be saying Ted Kennedy and John McCain for this era.
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« Reply #26 on: January 21, 2009, 06:28:52 PM »
Quote from: NiK on January 21, 2009, 06:19:07 PM
I think 30 years from now, We'll be saying Ted Kennedy and John McCain for this era.

Kennedy would be included now, and I may waive the requirement if a person receives 7 nominations.
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« Reply #27 on: January 21, 2009, 06:46:22 PM »
George McGovern. Hands down.
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« Reply #28 on: January 21, 2009, 09:09:33 PM »
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) 1971-1993
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« Reply #29 on: January 21, 2009, 09:15:30 PM »
Aaron Burr should be removed. No murderers please.
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« Reply #30 on: January 21, 2009, 09:54:12 PM »

I'd a agree with that. He was a good man.
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« Reply #31 on: January 22, 2009, 09:19:11 AM »
He was already nominated, but I'll nominate him again

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« Reply #32 on: January 22, 2009, 04:07:49 PM »

Add Wellstone, Moynihan, Gravel, and McCarthy (Eugene) for good measure.
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« Reply #33 on: January 25, 2009, 11:35:26 AM »
Two days left to nominate Senators.
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« Reply #34 on: January 25, 2009, 11:58:22 AM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on January 21, 2009, 05:21:21 PM
Quote from: Senator Lief on January 21, 2009, 04:24:46 PM
Quote from: Harry the Greatest on January 21, 2009, 03:48:31 PM
you've got to be f***ing kidding me.  What a disgrace to my state and our nation.
DWDL idolizes racists, you see.
You admire Byrd. If Lott is a racist, Byrd is just as much of one.
Silly Phil, Dems can't be racist.  And didn't you know that saying you admire Strom Thurmond makes you more of a racist than donning the white robes?
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« Reply #35 on: January 25, 2009, 12:04:36 PM »
John Taylor of Caroline
John C. Calhoun
Robert A. Taft
John Tyler
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« Reply #36 on: January 25, 2009, 02:05:04 PM »
Most of my picks have already been mentioned, but...

-George McGovern
-Hubert Humphrey
-Mark Hatfield
-Gerald Nye
-Charles Sumner
-Birch Bayh
-Albert Cummins

I also give a tip of my hat to Senator SPC for nominating John Tyler (as I wrote my senior thesis on his political views during his retirement).  The only senator to vote against the Force Bill, if I recall correctly.
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« Reply #37 on: April 22, 2011, 03:02:38 PM »
Quote from: Torie on January 21, 2009, 02:25:09 PM
And the Senate in 2000 oddly enough apparently adopted a resolution which reminds us of these worthies:

Robert Taft (not one of my personal favorites because he was an isolationist protectionist but whatever)
Robert LaFollette
Robert Wagner


I definitely give Robert Wagner a lot of credit for trying to pass anti lynching legislation.  Also, his work to address unfair labor practices is very notable.  I can certainly see him being considered one of the great senators. 
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« Reply #38 on: April 22, 2011, 05:02:59 PM »
Barry Goldwater
Robert Byrd (but since he cant be nominated, Ill replace him with Joe Manchin)
Birch Bayh
Evan Bayh
Lloyd Bentsen
Jefferson Davis
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« Reply #39 on: April 25, 2011, 09:53:14 PM »
Let's see.

Henry Cabot Lodge,
Carl Curtis,
Eugene Hale,
John Sherman,
Nathaniel Macon,
Henry Dawes,
James Watson,
John Breckenridge,
Sam Houston,
Charles Sumner,
William Seward.
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« Reply #40 on: April 25, 2011, 09:56:02 PM »
Seven who've not been mentioned, then.

Carl Curtis,
Eugene Hale,
John Sherman,
John Breckenridge,
Sam Houston,
William Seward.
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