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appalachiablue

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4. Ken was all of that, very well said. God, we need people

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 01:24 PM

Mar 2022

like him now, desperately. I know the 4th District, family there going back generations...

The film, In Pursuit of Justice about Hechler posted above is well done. There's several parts, on YouTube. I wonder if anyone would watch if I posted it here...

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Thank you. He was my Congressman during my childhood in Wayne County, WV. Tanuki Mar 2022 #3

Ken was all of that, very well said. God, we need people appalachiablue Mar 2022 #4