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TexasBushwhacker

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7. Probably more than half started as attorneys

Reply to kentuck (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 11:46 AM

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and lawyers have a different mindset. Everything is negotiable. EVERYTHING. While that seems suitable for a job in Congress, for me, there are some things that ARE NOT negotiable, not by a millimeter.

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