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  • Lauren Boebert ditches the MAGA thing in Colorado

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 14 06:16:28 2023
    Lauren Boebert ditches the MAGA thing in Colorado

    With her seat in danger, the Coloradan is starting to sound like a
    completely different person at home.

    Lauren Boebert is one of Washington's loudest proponents of impeaching
    Joe Biden. On a recent day here in her district, though, she rarely
    talked about it.
    ...
    ...
    It's no accident that Boebert's profile in her home state these days
    is diverging from the Freedom Caucus rabble-rouser she's known as on
    the Hill. After squeaking through a recount to a second term last fall
    against Democrat Adam Frisch -- Boebert won by just 546 votes == it
    became clear that her rhetorical bomb-throwing was wearing on GOP
    voters.

    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/13/lauren-boebert-maga-colorado-election-00113943

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Sep 14 20:22:29 2023
    On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 06:16:28 -0500
    JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Lauren Boebert ditches the MAGA thing in Colorado

    With her seat in danger, the Coloradan is starting to sound like a
    completely different person at home.

    She also just got outed by the NYPost for dating a Democrat, apparently.

    Scary to think all this bad governance is nothing but performance art
    by shitsnacks trying to stay employed as politicians. "The people
    require me to be a moron" - Chris Christie, Sarah Palin, others.

    "How do I feel about that? How do the people want me to feel?" -
    Hillary Clinton.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 15 06:37:05 2023
    On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:22:29 -0400, Retrograde <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    trying to stay employed as politicians.

    Benefits and pay are good, so many will adjust their behavior/attitude
    to keep employed.

    I've wondered what is the total yearly cost for a single politician
    (for them, and their support people).

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Sep 15 11:54:57 2023
    On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 06:37:05 -0500
    JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:22:29 -0400, Retrograde <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    trying to stay employed as politicians.

    Benefits and pay are good,

    I strongly doubt it's the pay and benefits. I'm betting it's the power
    and opportunity for financial opportunities well beyond the weekly
    government check. But mostly I think it's ego and avarice for power.

    Someone said once, the folks who are interesting in governing are
    typically the last kind of people you'd actually want to govern. And
    the people who you would want governing have no interest in the job.

    I used to think stupid people were the weak link in democracy, but I increasingly think the paragraph above is a close second.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 15 11:39:50 2023
    On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:54:57 -0400, Retrograde <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    I'm betting it's the power and opportunity for financial opportunities
    well beyond the weekly government check.

    For those with wealth, this may be true for some/many, but for Lauren
    Boebert, she ain't got the funds to invest.

    Old news, policy decisions can affect what's happening on Wall Street. Congressional folks should not be allowed to invest

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Sep 15 14:46:20 2023
    On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:39:50 -0500
    JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Old news, policy decisions can affect what's happening on Wall Street. Congressional folks should not be allowed to invest

    100% agree. I think they're forced to have their stock portfolios
    managed by blind trusts while theyre in power, but we've seen lots of
    episodes where they've sold off stock just before major announcements
    are made, basically insider trading.

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