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Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 5/4/18 (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
May 2018
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Thanks, Rhiannon! Enjoyed meeting the Stockton Mayor & Meacham's"" was astute funny:
stuffmatters
May 2018
#1
So simple & fast in defending Pelosi too.Tubbs has a gift at making his positions seem common sense
stuffmatters
May 2018
#3
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)1. Thanks, Rhiannon! Enjoyed meeting the Stockton Mayor & Meacham's"" was astute funny:
Trump needs to move move from Twitter to Google
Rhiannon12866
(205,560 posts)2. Thanks! And I loved that line, too!
I never thought of him as being that humorous!
And I enjoyed meeting the mayor, too! He has some progressive ideas!
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)3. So simple & fast in defending Pelosi too.Tubbs has a gift at making his positions seem common sense
Rhiannon12866
(205,560 posts)4. And he's only 27, the youngest mayor of a city that size
I agree he has a gift, I think we'll be hearing more about him in the future...
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)5. Yes,yes!!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)6. Thank you Rhiannon! I was so impressed w/ Stockton's mayor as well.
I would really like to see and hear more of him. He was such a breath of fresh air. And he's so young! I think he has a very bright future ahead of him.
Thanks again for posting this!
Rhiannon12866
(205,560 posts)7. Thank you! And that was my take on him too!
And I'm grateful to Bill for introducing him to a wider audience since I completely agree, he definitely has the attributes for higher office!