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She’s dressed like Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke.
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That must have been a quick romance since he insisted previously that their relationship was strictly professional.
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And you really believe him?
Well… maybe she’s more like Miss Kitty than I thought!
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I have no affinity for his politics, but wish him a hearty congratulations and best wishes for a happy years with this marriage.
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Are there any fertility issues? Do they plan to have children? To preserve the “sanctity” of his previous marriage, shouldn’t there have been a mandated wait period before he be allowed to tie the knot with anyone else? I mean – really!!
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I agree. Having seen a family member declining mentally, it’s not something I’d wish on anyone, particularly if it’s a spouse. Best wishes to the new couple. The rest of it’s none of our business.
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Wow. I give him credit for having a 77-year-old aide … and marrying her! (Other than that, he may well be a worthless POS, but still.)
What exactly is a “private family ceremony”? Most weddings aren’t open to the public, and often include family.
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I’m sure we could find a way to denounce this type of marriage…
…if we were Republican conservatives.
Congratulations.
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All the best for the newly-wed couple. Kudos to both of them that this does not involve someone who could be the Senator’s granddaughter. Actually, I am quite touched by the age appropriateness of this wedding.
And now I only wish that the Senator would take his newly married bliss as a starting point to show some understanding and support for other non-traditional couples, like people who want to marry someone of their own gender. I am reasonably sure that the Senator and Mrs. Cochran do not plan to procreate any time soon. They probably just love one another and care for each other. Come on Senator! You can do it! See the similarities. (As if…)
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I’m with you.
My mom was in a nursing home the last 8 years of her life because she was physically incapacitated … she was still my mom. It was still so hard.
I cannot even imagine how hard it would have been if she had been mentally declining. It must be expoentially more difficult if it was watchng your life partner decline to places you could not follow or reach them.
I wish them both all the happiness they can find. Trite, but true: life is just too short.
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Congratulations & Best Wishes on your marriage, Sen. Cochran & Ms. Webber.
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Didn’t waste anytime did he?
They didn’t waste any time because at 77 neither has much time to waste. Being widowed is hell. IMHO at 77 she’s still a dish.
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I watched my father go through years of my mother’s dementia with ever increasing loneliness as he progressively ¨lost¨ his wife, even while she was living. As loathsome as I find Cochran’s politics, I wouldn’t begrudge him some companionship in the later stages of his wife’s illness; it’s a pretty emotionally wrenching way to lose a loved one.
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As Charles Wrangel once said, ¨At my age, I don’t buy green bananas.¨"
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I have know a couple who went much through the same thing. The wife who went into increasing schizophrenia to the point of never having a chance to recover and a loving husband having to accept that the partner he knew and was still legally responsible for was not ever going to be a wife to him again.
He found a new partner though he could not legally marry and lived with this person while still caring for his legal wife. It was heart breaking, but all that knew them were glad that they found happiness.
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Wow! McDaniel, the scum-sucking, bottom-dwelling fascist had it RIGHT? And hats off to Cochran for keeping this a secret. No selfies of his “Cochran” out on the interwebs I’ll bet!