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‘Then Cowgirl Change Your Ways Today…’
It might be too late for Liz Cheney to change her ways. She is trailing her Republican opponent, Harriet Hagerman, by 22 points in the Wyoming Republican primary.
Liz is encouraging Democrats in Wyoming to vote for her in the primary. That may not be enough to help her hold onto her seat in the House. Registered Republicans make up 71% of registered voters in Wyoming compared to 15% registered as Democrats.
From Fox News:
The Wyoming poll found that the majority of voters disagreed with Cheney’s decision to serve on the Jan. 6 Committee (63%), and thought her opposition to Trump hurt her ability to represent Wyoming (61%). And 54% said Cheney’s service on the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks made them less likely to vote for her.
You might want to ride the range in DC with Nancy Pelosi, but at some point, you must come back home to the voters in Wyoming.
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Hm, reminds me of someone else who’s been wrong about everything for ~50 years… who was that?
Oh I knew he wasn’t going to stick with that, he never does.
Weasels gonna weasel.
It would be progress if they would admit that a stacked election was wrong.
I’ve been thinking about that. Since the era of television, congressional hearings with witnesses compelled to testify publicly started with the House Unamerican Activities Committee and later the McCarthy Senate hearings.
I’m for taking away subpeona powers from Congress altogether, but failing that, all subpeonas should be approved by a floor vote of the full house of Congress issuing them with a 2/3’s majority required.
That 2/3’s majority requirement solves a lot of problems with partisan witch hunts. It’s not going to happen since it would require a constitutional amendment.
And that her re-election campaign is so weak that she has to ask Democrats to vote for her in the Republican primary.
Well, the main problem is that Wyoming couldn’t possibly keep her in the style which she feels she deserves.
And yet when Reagan told you about Biden, you ignored him.
A lawyer should know better than to make such statements. But then again, [standard response the mods have told me to stop using].
Pretty sure you mean Kozak.
I’m not going to let them off that easy.
Let’s stay civil.
I changed my mind after watching the January 6th Committee Hearings. If you had watched them, you would likely have changed your mind too.
I doubt many people who are aware of the illegitimacy of the Committee would have their minds changed. Those who don’t understand the role of the need for counter- arguments . . . Well, who cares?
Seems like Gary used to believe that, until it became more convenient not to.
You need to re think this post. You think the drop box issue in Wisconsin is worse than Plessy? You’re no Reagan Republican with a comment like that.
Wow, just wow.
Do you think your perspective would be any different if you had watched honest hearings in which there was cross-examination by opposing sides–a true adversarial system?
Betraying her constituents is a good career move. She was clearly bored pretending to be conservative and as a certified “maverick” she will open up opportunities in media, NGOs, policy shops, Washington law/lobby firms, and lucrative speaking engagements as the token “Republican” on the panel. The difference in potential income from being an orthodox conservative espousing Wyoming values versus being a prominent “maverick” is enormous.
Benedict Arnold got few opportunities when he moved to England–the Brits believed being a disloyal weasel was dishonorable even if the weasel came over to their side. Democrats are not burdened with any similar sense of honor so the sky’s the limit for Liz.
They did dissolve Kinzinger’s district for the help he gave them.
Adam never has been the sharpest tool in the shed.
I voted for Carter the first time. Does that make me a Carter Democrat? He sounded right, and Ford was not impressive but Carter turned out to be a fool. I had met Reagan when he was about to become a candidate and was not impressed. He kept saying the same thing. What he said was right, but I didn’t believe him. He wasn’t Carter so I voted for him. I learned. He was focused, determined and knew what was important at the time. So was Trump. Different times. Reagan would have also been shut out with the media controlled by the folks who want a top heavy dictatorship, even those, like Robbins, who doesn’t understand or is a Democrat, which I can’t decide. I don’t know how Reagan would have done with the media control that currently exists. It worked on Robbins if he’s a Reagan Republican, that is, and lots of others. Trump was something new, something we needed and still need, but who knows if he’ll run or if he can win. The same system exists and it’s easy to accumulate votes from senile old folks and others while tossing Republican votes, wherever Democrats control.
Did you change your mind after watching all of 2000 Mules?
Somebody at the Displotch told him it wasn’t worth watching. When he said he had ordered the DVD, I commended him on being willing to listen to the other side, but Lucy pulled the football away again.
I suspect 2000 Mules may be beyond his comprehension level. Remember, [standard comment the mods told me to stop using].
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/is-liz-cheney-toast
Probably not a waffle or pancake, so that leaves toast.
Oh please? You really don’t consider that there are immense pay outs to those of one Party pretending to belong to the other?
Di Feinstein played many of the same games in reverse – carrying the brand name of Democrat and acting like a Republican whenever there was a way to help her spouse Richard Blum secure governmental contracts from the state of Calif and then later on during Iraq War II, from the US Dept of Defense.
The latter involved her leaking to Blum top secret info she obtained by her “leadership” on a Congressional military intel committee. The leaks were illegal, and were felonies.
Yes, he’s just a family lawyer.
Weasels gonna coyote?