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From the Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin:
Do we know who Lauren Boebert is? Do you really have to ask?
My favorite parts:
The New York Times called it touching and carrying on. The New York Daily News called it groping. I wonder how the drag queens she likes to demonize would describe it. You think they might call it grooming?
For our purposes, we can just call her night at the theater a series of crimes against ordinary human behavior...
...Lets face it, if someone had asked you which Colorado politician had been kicked out of a touring Broadway musical in Denver for vaping, talking, singing, fondling, recording the show on her not-so-smartphone, taking selfies with a flash, flipping off a theater employee, insulting a theater patron and then lying about the extent of her obnoxious conduct, would you need more than one guess?
Of course not. This is so Boebert that its, well, Boebertian. As I was headed to a show the other night, I told my companion we wanted to be sure not to be Boeberted. A dictionary entry surely awaits as does, almost certainly, more rounds of, uh, qualifying behavior.
As you might have noticed, the online jokes not all of them tasteful or, for that matter, funny are everywhere. There are even more serious comments, at least one of which suggests Boeberts in-theater behavior reflects a general decline in societal norms. Im more inclined to see it as a general decline in MAGA-aligned congresspeople norms...
I'm enjoying the pile on.

malaise
(290,118 posts)Rec
Blue Owl
(57,625 posts)As in Public indecency of Boebertian proportions
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malaise
(290,118 posts)Boebertian is good
PJMcK
(24,297 posts)How does one pronounce it?
I said, Bo-ber-tee-an.
My wife said, Bo-ber-shun.
Inquiring minds need to know!
(wink)
malaise
(290,118 posts)
Now when do we use it.
She rises in the House to tell AOC about decorum.
AOC - thats ahem Boebertian Gropebert.

Hekate
(99,807 posts)
ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)nt
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,900 posts)w/his penis. They were starting to get hot & heavy before they were so "rudely" interrupted. Looked like a porn flick to me.
malaise
(290,118 posts)😀.
homegirl
(1,877 posts)GOP Family Values!!!
Being groped and groping her companion (date)! I thought she was married, Wasn't her last Christmas card a family photo displaying their rifles?
Blue Owl
(57,625 posts)(Not to excuse his junk flashing episode(s) but my oh my didnt Lauren put on quite a show of her own!!!!
homegirl
(1,877 posts)on how she will top this event?
What Mr. Littwin said.
CaliforniaPeggy
(155,361 posts)Irish_Dem
(76,224 posts)For god's sake.
niyad
(127,882 posts)Irish_Dem
(76,224 posts)But not the kids. What the hell is wrong with Boebert.
Thanks for the info!
niyad
(127,882 posts)inthewind21
(4,616 posts)surprising? Coming from the howler monkey heckling the POTUS at the state of the union from the house floor?
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)The pregnant woman was trying to protect her fetus; Boob-ert was callously endangering it.
Eliot Rosewater
(34,282 posts)just how deplorable cons are.
NNadir
(36,743 posts)Frisch almost got her "outta there."
He might have a harder time against someone else.
Eliot Rosewater
(34,282 posts)Irish_Dem
(76,224 posts)Not holding my breath either.
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)to find out? She was just re-elected.
Irish_Dem
(76,224 posts)Sad to say we know it all to well
liberalla
(10,714 posts)(the pile on)
So well deserved and long overdue!
The Polack MSgt
(13,662 posts)flashman13
(1,639 posts)I'm sure Ms. Boebert and friend were guilty of numerous low (wink ...wink) crimes. As far as that goes, who cares? Those two aren't worth wasting the public's money by arresting them. That's not the point. The point is that public assholery such as that, victimizes everyone involved including us third party voyeurs. The rest of the audience went to the theater to relax and enjoy a play. The Boebertery ruined the evening for all. She displays zero respect for any of the people that she encounters.
We expect gross behavior from five year olds. Most will outgrow such behavior. We absolutely have the right to expect that our Congress people live up to the highest standards of civility.
Cha
(315,006 posts)Mike Littwin!! 😎
Cha
(315,006 posts)Yay for the Colorado Sun in Denver, too!

Skittles
(168,089 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 17, 2023, 09:17 PM - Edit history (1)
the people who vote for her disgust me too
PJMcK
(24,297 posts)I laughed in his face and said that I was confident he actually had better taste in women.
rubbersole
(10,726 posts)Boberting - when watching the RW defend this hypocritical tramp.
Warpy
(114,038 posts)and since she was annoying the hell out of other paying patrons, bouncing her out of the theater was the appropriate thing to do.
This sort of thing has been going on since Limbaugh went national with his radio show. Most of us stopped inviting Republicans over because we were tired of having them yell Limbaugh quotes, shouting down normal conversations, and being pains in the butt. The behavior has just continued to deteriorate, being as offensive as possible "to make libruls cry" is their duty.
I'm cheered by the fact that the other theater patrons knew how to act.
LisaM
(29,372 posts)It's a big topic in the theatre world. Not just phones, but talking and singing along (and I guess, now, vaping and groping). The last show I went to ("Six" ) the youngish audience screamed through portions of the songs as if they were at a Taylor Swift concert.
Does it surprise me that Boebert epitomizes this? Nope.
NNadir
(36,743 posts)...but the NJ theaters I frequent, the McCarter, the NJ State Theater, and Bucks County (PA) generally have audiences that behave well.
I can't say I've ever seen anything like Bobo ever in a theater.
malaise
(290,118 posts)And not just in the USA. Apparently civility is woke
AllaN01Bear
(27,623 posts)moral majority. either and neither according to my late mom. they can get away with anything , but, if ur a dem , omg.
bagimin
(1,629 posts)seem sane by comparison.
SpankMe
(3,614 posts)US Constitution, Article I, Section 5: "Each House may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member."
I know it'll never happen. After all, they didn't do much for George Santos' behavior. But a boy can dream...
EarnestPutz
(2,843 posts)......(as long as we are dreaming) that she resigns in well-deserved disgrace. One can only wonder what Al Franken must be thinking.
Martin68
(26,544 posts)dysfunctional Congress." This OP got it right with " a general decline in MAGA-aligned congresspeople norms..." Let's face it. Republicans are ruining this country with their uncivil discourse rude and violent behavior, and a total disregard for the rule of law and Constitutional principles.
NNadir
(36,743 posts)niyad
(127,882 posts)Talitha
(7,616 posts)
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)DemocraticPatriot
(5,410 posts)
niyad
(127,882 posts)DemocraticPatriot
(5,410 posts)we may be discouraged or forbidden to use on this site, and on some bigger sites...
She is a trashy little wench.... even if she IS a woman....
"Now the chickens have come home to roost" or something like that...
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)Roy Rolling
(7,330 posts)Do I need an Antifa membership card to pile-on?
niyad
(127,882 posts)LittleGirl
(8,842 posts)Trueblue Texan
(3,867 posts)They do what they want to do, laws and societal norms be damned. They may need to lie about it later...you know? So much inconvenience. If only the rest of society understood MAGA, and especially the ULTRA MAGA, like Boebert, are exempt from the rules. People just need to get over it!
SYFROYH
(34,212 posts)The old bag of popcorn trick is good old-fashioned fun.
Demobrat
(10,218 posts)Grown-ass adults have homes to go back to to do their thing.
BobTheSubgenius
(12,120 posts)The pile could never be too big for me.