All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Krazy Krysten knew she was going to be primaried in '24, so she quit the Dems before getting booted out. hey, WBE, what's your opinion on this?

She knows she's f-cked...Arizona Democrats want her out over her selling out and now she's trying to do this. Hopefully her move backfires.

[babyblob]

What I love is in the article she said some people will be shocked by this.

I got news for her. Aint no one shocked by this.

[4theEarth]

She knows she's f-cked...Arizona Democrats want her out over her selling out and now she's trying to do this. Hopefully her move backfires.

Do independent voters even really exist in AZ?

[Dalak]

The party of inclusion, folks:

Holy ****. A Republican just started crying on the floor of Congress begging them to vote against protecting marriage equality.

My favorite part is that after the clearly fake crying that the announcment is "The gentlemen's time has expired." as the video ends.

[4theEarth]

My favorite part is that after the clearly fake crying that the announcment is "The gentlemen's time has expired." as the video ends.

It is all theatrics any way so what is your point? do you really think there is sincerity to be had on the floor of congress?

[Kirby101]

Will Sinema still caucus with the Democrats? If not, she destroys their 51 vote majority. Also, running as a independent in 2024, she could siphon off just enough votes from the Democratic candidate to insure a Republican win (she will not be re-elected as an independent) She is the absolute worse.

[Dalak]

It is all theatrics any way so what is your point? do you really think there is sincerity to be had on the floor of congress?

I don't think that any politician gets to that level without having skills in deception and acting, but whether they believe in what they are saying is unknown to me. Other than that, the point was to announce the part of the video that got me laughing. Sorry if I'm reading something into this that's not there, but for some reason I get sort of a challenging vibe from you here.

[AnakinFlair]

What I love is in the article she said some people will be shocked by this.

I got news for her. Aint no one shocked by this.

I'm shocked she just didn't switch to being a Republican.

Although I guess by being an Independent, she can keep trying to make that 'Maverick 2.0' thing happen by voting with the Democrats most of the time.

[Username taken]

She knows she's f-cked...Arizona Democrats want her out over her selling out and now she's trying to do this. Hopefully her move backfires.

Exactly.

She knows she screwed up.

That being said, Sinema is a complete narcissist, imagine leaving the democrats AS SOON as they got the majority in the senate. She felt so comfortable being “kingmaker” of the party but now that she lost that “ability” she decided to bail.

Just a complete fraud.

[DrNewGod]

I can't help feeling there was a real f*** you element in Sinema's decision when she realized her leverage in the Senate was about to evaporate. I suppose she's hoping that Schumer will have to continue to accommodate her under the new circumstances.

Anybody know if Sinema got any meaningful support from the state or national party in her last race? If so, that would have me double pissed.

[4saken1]

Will Sinema still caucus with the Democrats? If not, she destroys their 51 vote majority. Also, running as a independent in 2024, she could siphon off just enough votes from the Democratic candidate to insure a Republican win (she will not be re-elected as an independent) She is the absolute worse.

I was thinking that she would probably siphon off more Republican votes. Her approval ratings among Republicans in the state are higher than they are among Democrats.

[Kirby101]

I can't help feeling there was a real f*** you element in Sinema's decision when she realized her leverage in the Senate was about to evaporate. I suppose she's hoping that Schumer will have to continue to accommodate her under the new circumstances.

Anybody know if Sinema got any meaningful support from the state or national party in her last race? If so, that would have me double pissed.

When she ran in 2018, she was still a fairly liberal candidate. Not the attention seeking, spoiler narcissist she became after 2020.

[MacrossPlus]

So I see Sinema is still continuing to make Jill Stein proud

[useridgoeshere]

Actually, this makes sense and is the smartest thing she's done politically that I've seen. She's like Bernie Sanders. It takes her out of the primary and if Democrats run someone against her, Republicans likely win the seat given the razor-thin margins. So, it's her only way to stay around.

[Kirby101]

Actually, this makes sense and is the smartest thing she's done politically that I've seen. She's like Bernie Sanders. It takes her out of the primary and if Democrats run someone against her, Republicans likely win the seat given the razor-thin margins. So, it's her only way to stay around.

Problem is Sanders is very popular with Democrats, they have no problem supporting him as an Independent in VT. Dems hate her and they will field a Senate candidate in 24. If Bernie ran as a Dem he would win the nomination unopposed. She would lose any primary in AZ, She is unpopular and this would only hand the State to the GOP and not by a razor thin margin. Her calculations are unrealistic, even delusional.