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niyad

(128,065 posts)
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 01:15 PM Sep 2023

gropebert made international news. she was one of the lead articles on my

Guardian news feed yesterday. It makes one feel so good to have this crass, coarse, crude scum seen as a face of this country.

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SpamWyzer

(385 posts)
7. What I have learned
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 03:22 PM
Sep 2023

about politics is that once you cross the line of decency, the backlash comes sure as dawn. Remember the words spoken to Sen. Joe McCarthy...

"Senator Joseph McCarthy's legacy remains an embarrassing reminder of how high a morally bankrupt and self-serving person can rise before karma steps in. At least we can look to Joseph Welch and his declaration of "Have you no sense of decency?" and hope that there will always be a course correction when politics fly off the rails."

SeattleVet

(5,766 posts)
3. Most don't see her as the 'face' of this country...
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 02:10 PM
Sep 2023

they probably have a much lower opinion on which body part.

kimbutgar

(26,318 posts)
4. I just think it's disgraceful that an elected member of congress acts in this way and her
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 02:41 PM
Sep 2023

Party is silent and looks the other way because we all know if it was a Democratic congresswoman the right wing would be blaring it 24/7 as a headline story demanding she resign!

 

SpamWyzer

(385 posts)
9. Shocked, I tell you!
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 03:27 PM
Sep 2023

No, not really. She is from the "party" that would sell the country to its highest bidder or biggest bully or both. GQP is the party of moral decay, corruption, failure, revanchism and betrayal of all that Made America GREAT Already. It may take a civil war, but these guys are doomed since REAL AMERICANS don't preach sedition, secession and treason. REAL AMERICANS back the USA!!! Pukes are nothing for America.

Bev54

(12,984 posts)
14. They are silent because this is ok with them, it is a hetero sexual act and something that most
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 03:56 PM
Sep 2023

of the pious republican men could only dream of. If it was a gay couple, look out. Look how fast the got rid of Cawthorn after that video of him and his 'cousin" came out and it was too close to gay for them. Boobert's act will be ignored or perhaps make her more popular with her male counterparts.

Aristus

(71,178 posts)
5. The Republicans are really blowing it. I don't think they can handle this kind of dickery.
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 02:43 PM
Sep 2023

Sooner or later, they're fucked.

erronis

(21,699 posts)
8. Again, The Guardian puts it front and center. The US legacy media call it a "vaping" problem.
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 03:22 PM
Sep 2023

Jesus H. Christ - why won't the legacy media (M$M) start reporting the news without sugar-coating everything that happens to the repuglicons and both-sidering the issue with the Democrats?

Vinca

(52,905 posts)
10. It's especially irksome given the time media spent on Al Franken and that joke photograph.
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 03:28 PM
Sep 2023

Boebert wasn't joking. She was in serious grope mode in a public venue. What an embarrassment for a member of the House to do this, but I'm sure it will never cross their minds to ask her to resign.

 

SpamWyzer

(385 posts)
11. You are slowly
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 03:30 PM
Sep 2023

learning to read the propaganda. It isn't very good quality and is not working to convince more Americans to destroy the nation for OrangefaceLoser45.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
13. You can bet your sweet butt
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 03:49 PM
Sep 2023

That particular audience was loaded with Republicans..............I wonder if any of these actions by seriously F'ed up Republican Politicians will have any effect on any of them...............

Warpy

(114,099 posts)
15. I know, it's embarrassing
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 04:04 PM
Sep 2023

to find her on offshore news feeds.

I just wonder how long McCarthy is going to keep protecting these loons.

Santos should have been gone months ago. Greene should be gone for her refusal to learn basic manners. Boebert should be out over this sex scandal. And the list goes on.

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