• @[email protected]
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    1549 months ago

    Lauren Boebert needed 4 tries to pass a GED. She’s the perfect representation of the Republican party now.

      • chaogomu
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        859 months ago

        Failed it three times, finally succeeded at the age of 34, just a few months before the election that put her in the House.

        She also married a (somewhat rich) sex offender. But has now divorced him in favor of a guy who was groping her in the theater she was kicked out of. She was also giving him a handy.

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          439 months ago

          A suggested edit:

          But has now divorced him in favor of a Democrat-aligned LGBTQ-supporting, drag show-hosting bar owner who was groping her in the theater she was kicked out of. She was also giving him a handy.

          This brings me joy and I want to make sure her support network is fully aware of it.

          A link to what I’m sure is a trustworthy source: https://www.tampafp.com/colorado-rep-boebert-apologizes-for-theater-behavior-now-faces-questions-on-boyfriends-background/

          • @[email protected]
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            169 months ago

            Like, I agree with you. But you know her supporters either don’t care or will come up with some crazy way to justify it.

            • Billiam
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              109 months ago

              Of course she should give him a handy in a theater! Women exist as sexual objects to serve men at all times! It would have been morally wrong for her to not have greased his pole!

              Western slope Republicans, probably.

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              39 months ago

              They’ll probably say that a filthy Democrat was fondling her…

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            129 months ago

            I love that she was jerking him off in the theater, like she was some kind of raunchy teen from the 50s or something, and not, you know, a 36 year old grandmother.

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            59 months ago

            It is amusing to think that they would not drop her for so many other things (vaping in public, groping in public, being a complete Karen in public), but associating with a Democrat ? That’s a bridge too far, buddy!

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          199 months ago

          I thought the sex offender wasn’t remotely rich until he mysteriously landed some sweetheart contract a couple months before Bobo was elected.

          • @jscummy
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            I think he might have been an oil worker of some sort which are usually pretty well paid. The real money comes from his $500k/yr oil “consulting” job he got after she was elected, and is definitely qualified for

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          he also owns a LGBTQ bar or club which she claims to be against.

          On May 31, Boebert claimed children at a North Carolina school were being taught colors from an “LGBT flag flashcards with a pregnant man,” adding: “We went from Reading Rainbow to Randy Rainbow in a few decades, but don’t dare say the Left is grooming our kids!”

          On June 6 she said: “Take your children to CHURCH, not drag bars.”

          On August 18, Boebert tweeted a photograph showing an advert for a “Drag Queen Story Hour,” hosted in a public library.

          She added: “Sending a message to all the drag queens out there: stay away from the children in Colorado’s Third District!”

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            Sorry, I’m practically staggered by all the Family Values these Republicans believe in and display…

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      I was reading another thread and wondering who she was

  • @[email protected]
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    939 months ago

    Hilarious. You could do better than Biden, America, but I respect this reaction more than the incessant screaming of the toddler you had before.

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      489 months ago

      Biden was the concession. Few really wanted him. The rest just knew he was white and vanilla enough to alienate as few swing voters as possible.

      Anything to get trump out of office.

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          159 months ago

          Better than the alternative.

          Desantis may actually be worse. He’s probably got a few more IQ points.

          • @insomniac
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            I don’t buy the he’s a “smart trump” argument. His presidential bid was an obvious mistake that could have never ended any other way. But he did it anyway out of ego and narcissism. He’s not a smart trump, he’s trump without the charisma or timing.

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            69 months ago

            Desantis doesn’t have the charisma to replace Trump.

            This is one of the few upsides of cults of personality; almost by definition they are not replicable.

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              19 months ago

              I do wonder what would happen to all the Trumptards if he were to die before the next election. Where would they go? Who would they support?

              I wouldn’t be surprised if they call his death a liberal conspiracy and raid the capitol again.

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                Agree. I also think that it’s inevitable that when he dies, leaving aside the fact of his old age and poor health, it will necessarily result in a cataract of deeply stupid conspiracy theories.

                This is the world we live in, unfortunately.

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            39 months ago

            That’s the problem. We never get anyone to vote for. We’re just voting against Trump and Desantis.

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              49 months ago

              I voted against Trump last election. This time I’m voting for Biden. He’s done way more than most people ever expected of him, with a razor thin Senate majority too.

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          89 months ago

          Do we have a real choice?

          I don’t think we do.

          If the choice is between a precariously old octogenarian and a completely unhinged authoritarian octogenarian who doesn’t believe in democracy, I guess I know which way I’ll vote every time.

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      259 months ago

      To be honest, neither Biden nor any other politician should receive praise or respect for behaving this way, for it is the bare minimum that’s expected from them.

      We’re just used to the craziness of the other side. Anyone behaving like the Republicans during the GW Bush era or earlier would have been ostracized from the political landscape.

      So, don’t feel respect for the expected decency of a politician. Feel rage for the indecent one, and show it with your votes!

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          I don’t get you’re trying to imply by you being Canadian… are your politicians better or worse than the American ones?

          Edit: I get it now.

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            I’m implying that I can’t vote in America; I have no disagreements with your comment otherwise.

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              09 months ago

              We actually didn’t, he lost the popular vote in 2016, the electoral college allowed him to win anyway

            • El Barto
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              09 months ago

              Then America voted him out. That’s why voting is important, and that’s my point.

                • El Barto
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                  09 months ago

                  If he didn’t win a second consecutive term, he certainly won’t win this time either.

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        119 months ago

        Yeah I’m pretty sure I respect a man that brushes off unfounded allegations more than one that cries like a toddler when caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

        Election numbers have no bearing on my respect for a person.

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    569 months ago

    Clearly Bidens son Hunter has issues and has done some clearly shady, if not outright illegal things, but this does not immediately make Biden complicit in his son’s actions. Anyone who can read or has eyes will realize this all theater and will go nowhere just like the Clinton investigations.

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      I think the entire point is to smokescreen and deligitimize Trump’s legal situation by trying to show people “look, we’re doing the same thing they are doing to us!” Doesn’t matter if it’s completely different, or if it even goes anywhere legally. A lot of people will either not take the time to follow both cases or they’ll be disenfranchised enough to tune out altogether, which is exactly what they’re hoping for.

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        99 months ago

        Look what they did to Hillary. They created so much smoke about Benghazi people still think there was a fire.

        Truly the fall of civilization is when a critical mass of people don’t know how to think critically and believe only what the angry people tell them.

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      69 months ago

      …which managed to peel just enough voters off to make donnie’s bid for office in 2016 a possibility that actually happened.

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          The point was to torpedo Hillary’s chances in 2016 - for that set of “investigations”, anyway. The “investigations” in the 90s were most likely revenge porn for angry dead-enders who were still upset over Nixon having to resign and for Ronnie Raygun getting caught in Iran/Contra.

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          I don’t know, they seem to perform political theater well.

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    I do love his approach but it would also be neat to see him talk the same shit trump did and blame the republikkkans for a witch hunt. Which is exactly what they are doing. I also really wish he would have the trump children investigated as thoroughly as his son and Hillary have been.

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        Yep. They go out of their way to make words lose meaning. Notice after Jan 6 they’ve been labeling anything dems do as an “insurrection.” It’s so their base sees anything horrendous that Republicans do as tit for tat, and the dumbass enlightened centrists can say “bOtH sIdEs” as they do.

        Saying “OK go for it you got nothing” is much better optically.

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          Reflexively downvoting anyone conflating “both sides”, “enlightened centrists” etc. Whole system is a disaster and sick of people acting like the “oppression lite” party is off limits for criticism. Anyone who doesn’t just compromise their principles to go with the flow politically knows better.

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            79 months ago

            If people who disapprove of fascism don’t vote, well then, we get fascism.

            Doesn’t matter if you think it’s not your fault; we still get fascism.

            Doesn’t matter if you say the whole system is a disaster; we still get fascism.

            Doesn’t matter if you pinky-swear to go punch a Nazi instead of voting; we still get fascism and you go to prison.

            I promise you, the fascists will show up and vote for fascism.

            Personally, my principles say “fascism is bad, let’s not have one of those” and I don’t believe in compromising on that.

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              Yes, the classic “lesser of two evils” stance to justify an arbitrary formation of social support behind “literally anything better than the worst possible thing”. And in this context right now, actually being used to shut down all criticism of anything besides the “worst possible thing”. No awareness at all about all the other better alternatives. You could actually prove that this mentality drives the status quo further towards “fascism” or any other negative totalitarian outcome, because you’re specifically forbidding criticism of what’s going wrong with who you support.

              It is not a well thought-out stance.

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        59 months ago

        Yes but also every accusation is a confession with them, they’re screaming about a laptop while handing out security clearances to their kids and quietly funneling Saudi money all over. Let’s look at that more publicly

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      239 months ago

      I’ve been saying that since W was in office. Dems failure to call out the republicans shenanigans is endlessly frustrating.

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    209 months ago

    Impeachment is an empty threat at this point. He might not even show up if it goes to trial.

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    199 months ago

    Special good luck to those Republican Reps who come from districts Biden won. You are those that will get attention.

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    179 months ago

    I’m glad he responded to this. But I wish he would’ve hit harder. Shame doesn’t work with the current GOP.

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    If the Republicans held Trump to the same standards as they’re trying to hold Biden to, Donald would have been ousted from office and not cleared of two attempted impeachments.

    Because on a scale of 1 to the Trump dynasty, Hunter’s wrongdoing is about a 3.