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If her goal is to win the White House, yeah she seems like a longshot. To say the least.

 

If her goal is to kneecap Trump and Trump's candidates... She's only got to poll between 3-5% to start flipping red states purple and purple states blue. 

 

Everyone thought Ralph Nader was a joke, until he took 3% of the vote from Al Gore in Florida.  And I don't think President Gore would have filled his Cabinet with "Project for the New American Century" brainiacs and Neocon imperialists, but that's just a What If. 

 

We live in a country where every electoral strategy is based on winning 51-49.  That gives here the chance to wield all sorts of influence.  But just the chance. 

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13 minutes ago, Coffeesforclosers said:

If her goal is to win the White House, yeah she seems like a longshot. To say the least.

 

If her goal is to kneecap Trump and Trump's candidates... She's only got to poll between 3-5% to start flipping red states purple and purple states blue. 

 

Everyone thought Ralph Nader was a joke, until he took 3% of the vote from Al Gore in Florida.  And I don't think President Gore would have filled his Cabinet with "Project for the New American Century" brainiacs and Neocon imperialists, but that's just a What If. 

 

We live in a country where every electoral strategy is based on winning 51-49.  That gives here the chance to wield all sorts of influence.  But just the chance. 

The electoral strategy is to convince a sh-t ton of people that the other guy is Rasputin coming to eat their children. One could argue it all started with Gore and his Supreme Court Hail Mary,  and got ratcheted up from there.   

It’s working, and will be the standard until it stops working.  Who’d a ever thunk the Dems would convince their minions to saddle up and ride with a Cheney.   

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

The electoral strategy is to convince a sh-t ton of people that the other guy is Rasputin coming to eat their children. One could argue it all started with Gore and his Supreme Court Hail Mary,  and got ratcheted up from there.   

It’s working, and will be the standard until it stops working.  Who’d a ever thunk the Dems would convince their minions to saddle up and ride with a Cheney.   

 

 

 

 

 

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LIZ CHENEY’S NET WORTH BALLOONED AS MUCH AS 600 PERCENT DURING HER TIME IN OFFICE. From $7m to $44m.

 

Of course, this is hardly confined to Cheney, but given the bipartisan nature of these suspicious wealth increases, you’d think the media would be more on top of it.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/11/records-liz-cheneys-net-worth-ballooned-much-600-percent-during-her-time-office/

 

 

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1 hour ago, Coffeesforclosers said:

If her goal is to win the White House, yeah she seems like a longshot. To say the least.

 

If her goal is to kneecap Trump and Trump's candidates... She's only got to poll between 3-5% to start flipping red states purple and purple states blue. 

 

Everyone thought Ralph Nader was a joke, until he took 3% of the vote from Al Gore in Florida.  And I don't think President Gore would have filled his Cabinet with "Project for the New American Century" brainiacs and Neocon imperialists, but that's just a What If. 

 

We live in a country where every electoral strategy is based on winning 51-49.  That gives here the chance to wield all sorts of influence.  But just the chance. 

She can't be dumb enough to think she can win.  Its gotta be handicapping the orangutan.  Unless, and I'm gonna put on a tin foil hat here, she's aware of some bad forthcoming scandal or has more details on those pending.  

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10 hours ago, Tiberius said:

The Trumpers cheering the defeat of a person that stands up for the rule of law. 

 

Because she stands up for the rule of law. 

 

 

She’s a military industrial complex neo con…and she would love nothing more than to walk in the war criminal footsteps of her father…👍

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8 minutes ago, JaCrispy said:

She’s a military industrial complex neo con…and she would love nothing more than to walk in the war criminal footsteps of her father…👍

All of which was no problem until she stood up for rule of law, then the Party was against her 

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3 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

LIZ CHENEY’S NET WORTH BALLOONED AS MUCH AS 600 PERCENT DURING HER TIME IN OFFICE. From $7m to $44m.

 

Of course, this is hardly confined to Cheney, but given the bipartisan nature of these suspicious wealth increases, you’d think the media would be more on top of it.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/11/records-liz-cheneys-net-worth-ballooned-much-600-percent-during-her-time-office/

 

 


And let’s be honest, Breitbart wouldn’t be calling it out if she hadn’t opted to make this latest career decision to co-direct the summer blockbuster expose…  

2 hours ago, JaCrispy said:

She’s a military industrial complex neo con…and she would love nothing more than to walk in the war criminal footsteps of her father…👍


You’re trying to explain chess to a sub par checker player ja. 

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13 hours ago, Tiberius said:

The Trumpers cheering the defeat of a person that stands up for the rule of law. 

 

Because she stands up for the rule of law. 

 

 

How was the rule of law applied during the January 6th hearings? Please enlighten us. No cross examinations, no witnesses from the “defendant”. This would quantify as a kangaroo court. Again, wrong as usual. 

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5 hours ago, Demongyz said:

I remember when Bush was a Nazi and Dick Cheney was his puppet master.

 

What happened?

 

Just as Catholics can absolve themselves of sins through the practice of confession conservatives can absolve themselves from transgressions as defined by the neo-liberal cult ideology by condemning and rejecting Trump.  But like confession, the forgiveness is temporary as both processes require repeated episodes of absolution. 

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Here you go.

 

 

Cheney's loss may be the second worst for a House incumbent in 60 years
msn.com ^ | 8/17/22 | Harry Enten

 

The surprising story out of Tuesday’s Republican House primary in Wyoming wasn’t that Rep. Liz Cheney lost. The pre-election polls all showed her losing handily to eventual winner Harriet Hageman.

 

The big news from the Cowboy State was her margin of defeat. Cheney’s loss is one of the biggest on record for a House incumbent and is part of a pattern this primary season pointing to former President Donald Trump’s strength within the Republican Party.

 

Cheney’s defeat appears to be the second worst for a House incumbent in the last 60 years, when you look at races featuring only one incumbent. As of Wednesday afternoon, she trailed Hageman by 37.4 points, which is just worse than California Rep. Marty Martinez’s loss by 37.2 points to fellow Democrat Hilda Solis in a 2000 blanket primary.

 

Assuming the Wyoming result margin stands, South Carolina Republican Bob Inglis would then be the only House incumbent in the last 60 years to lose by a wider margin than Cheney. He lost by 41 points in a 2010 primary runoff to Trey Gowdy.

 

The Inglis comparison to Cheney’s loss is notable for two reasons.

 

The first is that Inglis’ lopsided defeat occurred in a runoff, with only about 77,000 people voting. That was down from the about 87,000 who voted in the first round for the upstate South Carolina seat and far less than the roughly 217,000 who voted in the fall election in that district.

 

Cheney can’t blame low turnout for her historic defeat. About 170,000 votes have been counted in Wyoming as of Wednesday afternoon. That’s not too far off from the approximately 201,000 Wyomingites who voted in the last midterm general election. Cheney’s loss was no fluke.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cheneys-loss-may-be-the-second-worst-for-a-house-incumbent-in-60-years/ar-AA10LZfG

 

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1 hour ago, Doc said:

Who?  She's already forgotten.  By everyone.

At least she walked about with a higher net worth.  All the chumps here licking the boots of every government official and authoritarian directive should be happy.  An extra $37 Million in 6 years of patriotic service in support of "democracy".  Sweet hustle and con, right?  That tells me we're all in the wrong line of work.      

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10 hours ago, All_Pro_Bills said:

Just as Catholics can absolve themselves of sins through the practice of confession conservatives can absolve themselves from transgressions as defined by the neo-liberal cult ideology by condemning and rejecting Trump.  But like confession, the forgiveness is temporary as both processes require repeated episodes of absolution.

 

Wow. Any reason you felt like flexing your theological muscles? Especially when the result is, well, this SAT word salad? 

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On 8/17/2022 at 7:39 AM, Tiberius said:

Trump got curb stomped by Biden and has been crying like a little biotch ever since. 

 

What a mess!! 

 

Maybe so IYHO but ever since that day Biden has been proving just how wrong you all were in getting behind the ignorants that is this Administration y'all just can't or choose not to see it most every thing is pointed in a downward direction and yet you still claim victory that about says it all .

 

As far as crying like a little Biotch he sounds a awful lot like the Dems did when Trump stomped Hillary oh how soon we forget .

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7 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Liz Cheney Fully Jumps the Shark With Announcement About Mid-Terms

 

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/08/21/liz-cheney-fully-jumps-the-shark-with-announcement-about-mid-terms-n615413

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bonnie - are YOU ultra MAGA?

 

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13 hours ago, BillStime said:


Bonnie - are YOU ultra MAGA?

 

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What's comical is your idolizing Cheney for one and only one reason.  Because she opposes Trump.  But I'm absolutely certain there is absolutely no way you'd reward her support of that by casting a vote for Liz running against any  Democratic candidate in a general election. 

 

She's been an extremely "useful idiot" protecting the flank of the Washington establishment and sitting on the 1/6 committee.  But in January 2023 when her term expires, and she sails off to some defense contractor board or a position in some pro-war think tank, that usefulness will expire along with all the admiration and praise she currently receives.    

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Just now, All_Pro_Bills said:

What's comical is your idolizing Cheney for one and only one reason.  Because she opposes Trump.  But I'm absolutely certain there is absolutely no way you'd reward her support of that by casting a vote for Liz running against any  Democratic candidate in a general election. 

 

She's been an extremely "useful idiot" protecting the flank of the Washington establishment and sitting on the 1/6 committee.  But in January 2023 when her term expires, and she sails off to some defense contractor board or a position in some pro-war think tank, that usefulness will expire along with all the admiration and praise she currently receives.    


I don’t idolize anyone but @Irv 

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