Maybe Q was the friends we met along the way?

[Au165]

Who would have guessed...

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/02/02/lauren-boebert-colorado-congress-campaign-finance/

[BmorePat87]

(02-03-2021, 12:50 PM)Au165 Wrote: Who would have guessed...

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/02/02/lauren-boebert-colorado-congress-campaign-finance/

168 miles a day? Yea, ok...

Also, $0.57 a mile is a lot, damn. They only let charities write off like $0.14 a mile. Campaigns should be that level. 

[BmorePat87]

MTG got a standing ovation from congressional Republicans when she apologized to them, an apology that included her defending her stance on calling a number of high profile shootings staged

[Belsnickel]

(02-03-2021, 11:11 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: MTG got a standing ovation from congressional Republicans when she apologized to them, an apology that included her defending her stance on calling a number of high profile shootings staged

While it is still disgusting, it was a not insignificant chunk of the caucus. It was half or a little under, but at least it wasn't the whole group.

[*Nately120*]

(02-04-2021, 08:12 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: While it is still disgusting, it was a not insignificant chunk of the caucus. It was half or a little under, but at least it wasn't the whole group.

Well if Jesus and Lincoln were alive they would have been cheering, and that's all that matters. 

[BigPapaKain]

(02-04-2021, 09:07 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Well if Jesus and Lincoln were alive they would have been cheering, and that's all that matters. 

If Jesus and Lincoln were alive, they'd of been called socialist libtard snowflakes by everyone slightly right of Bernie Sanders.

[hollodero]

(02-04-2021, 08:12 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: While it is still disgusting, it was a not insignificant chunk of the caucus. It was half or a little under, but at least it wasn't the whole group.

At least it wasn't the whole group has to be amongst the saddest and most devastating corrections one could muster. Yeah, that qualifies as a hopeful message these days. At least not all of them.

What a proud day.

[Belsnickel]

(02-04-2021, 09:21 AM)hollodero Wrote: At least it wasn't the whole group has to be amongst the saddest and most devastating corrections one could muster. Yeah, that qualifies as a hopeful message these days. At least not all of them.

What a proud day.

It's the best we can hope for right now. The feckless leadership of the GOP has made it clear.

[Au165]

(02-04-2021, 09:21 AM)hollodero Wrote: At least it wasn't the whole group has to be amongst the saddest and most devastating corrections one could muster. Yeah, that qualifies as a hopeful message these days. At least not all of them.

What a proud day.

I think you meant proud boy...

Joking aside, I said a long while back the post-Trump GOP wasn't just snapping back to form. This is the reality now and it is something they will have to contend with for the foreseeable future.

[hollodero]

(02-04-2021, 09:24 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: It's the best we can hope for right now. The feckless leadership of the GOP has made it clear.

I know, I agree, and that is the sad thing.

It seems to be too much for Mitch to stomach though. Maybe that goes as hopeful message as well, or they just get rid of that RINO.

[Forever Spinning Vinyl]

The fracturing of the Republican party continues.

[GMDino]

The stories coming out says Greene apologized and like any beaten spouse the GOP applauded her strength, said she is "changed" and did nothing to hold her accountable.

And when I say "applauded" I mean literally.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537263-greene-apologizes-to-gop-colleagues-and-gets-standing-ovation

Quote:Greene apologizes to GOP colleagues — and gets standing ovation
BY JULIEGRACE BRUFKE - 02/03/21 07:46 PM EST 3,433

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) apologized for her past controversial remarks and embrace of the QAnon conspiracy theory during a heated closed-door House GOP conference meeting — and received a standing ovation at one point from a number of her colleagues.

Greene told her colleagues that she made a mistake by being curious about “Q” and said she told her children she learned a lesson about what to put on social media, according to two sources in the room.

She also denied that she knew what Jewish space lasers were and defended her comments that past school shootings were staged by stating that she had personal experience with a school shooting.

She received a standing ovation from some members of the caucus at the conclusion of her remarks.

The House will vote Thursday on removing Greene from the House Budget and Education panels, where she was placed by Republicans. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has so far declined to take disciplinary actions against Greene.

The first-year lawmaker is facing criticism for a string on false statements, flirtations with conspiracy theories and other controversial remarks.

Various outlets have unearthed remarks by Greene supporting the QAnon conspiracy theory, which posits that Democrats and Hollywood are behind an international child sex peddling scandal; backing violence against Democratic officials; arguing that schools shootings were staged to win support for gun control; and suggesting that California’s wildfires were caused by a space laser to make way for a high-speed rail project linked to PG&E and the Rothschilds.

The controversies have embarrassed many Republicans, and GOP senators have criticized Greene and suggested she should not be a face of the party.

McCarthy and other House Republicans have harshly criticized many of Greene’s statements but have not taken tougher disciplinary actions.


Democrats, for their part, are seeking to tie the GOP to Greene and her most outlandish statements. Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) office earlier on Wednesday issued a blistering statement mocking McCarthy for cowardice and suggesting he was the leader of the QAnon party.


While Greene was apologetic in her remarks, she stated that she felt nothing she said would ever be good enough for the media or Democrats, according to one source in the room. 

Shortly before her remarks, McCarthy, who met with Greene on Tuesday evening, said he does not want to remove her from her committees.

[GMDino]

(02-04-2021, 09:57 AM)GMDino Wrote: The stories coming out says Greene apologized and like any beaten spouse the GOP applauded her strength, said she is "changed" and did nothing to hold her accountable.

And when I say "applauded" I mean literally.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537263-greene-apologizes-to-gop-colleagues-and-gets-standing-ovation

Also yesterday...

[Rotobeast]

(02-03-2021, 08:39 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: 168 miles a day? Yea, ok...

Also, $0.57 a mile is a lot, damn. They only let charities write off like $0.14 a mile. Campaigns should be that level. 

I felt bad for taking $0.11/mile.
We drove the equivalent of a roundtrip from Columbus, OH to Atlanta, GA within the first 3 weeks of campaigning/sign placement.
That was within 3 Ohio counties.
It was only my wife and I out and about for the entire campaign (minus 2 people that helped within the last 2 weeks placing door hangers in a town smaller than 700 people).  
I actually felt a little bad reimbursing myself $400, but we were filling up the tank twice/week and it piled up on the credit card.
I can't imagine trying to justify $22k.

[BmorePat87]

(02-04-2021, 12:51 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: I felt bad for taking $0.11/mile.
We drove the equivalent of a roundtrip from Columbus, OH to Atlanta, GA within the first 3 weeks of campaigning/sign placement.
That was within 3 Ohio counties.
It was only my wife and I out and about for the entire campaign (minus 2 people that helped within the last 2 weeks placing door hangers in a town smaller than 700 people).  
I actually felt a little bad reimbursing myself $400, but we were filling up the tank twice/week and it piled up on the credit card.
I can't imagine trying to justify $22k.

I hear ya. when my buddy and I were running his board of ed campaign, I know those little things can add up. His wife and next door neighbor handled the financial aspects because he was so careful with all of that. 

He was spending money on supplies for events, signs, mailers, web hosting, etc. The idea that someone traveled enough to justify $22k on driving...

[BmorePat87]

Liz Cheney had harsher public criticism from Republicans than MTG. House Republicans meeting at the same time to applaud MTG while keeping Cheney is a wild moment for a party that is trying to present themselves as rational while embracing the bat shit crazy.

[samhain]

(02-04-2021, 02:01 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Liz Cheney had harsher public criticism from Republicans than MTG. House Republicans meeting at the same time to applaud MTG while keeping Cheney is a wild moment for a party that is trying to present themselves as rational while embracing the bat shit crazy.

In unrelated news, I heard MTG has been invited to shoot some quail with Liz's dad to help smooth things over.  

[BmorePat87]

After McCarthy refused to take action and MTG received a standing ovation from her party, Democrats and 11 Republicans voted to remove her from her committee assignments.

[BmorePat87]

WATCH: @LeaderHoyer during debate on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA): "I urge my colleagues to look at this image."

Rep. Hoyer then walks image around House floor to be seen by other members.

Full video here: https://t.co/C3wOr1lJZi pic.twitter.com/j8G91hO49K

— CSPAN (@cspan) February 4, 2021

Steny blew up one of her campaign posts where she's holding a gun in front of a photo of "the squad"

"DEFEAT THE DEMOCRATS. THE SQUAD'S WORST NIGHTMARE"

Says that not even Steve King, who they took committee assignments from, did anything like that.

[GMDino]

(02-04-2021, 02:01 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Liz Cheney had harsher public criticism from Republicans than MTG. House Republicans meeting at the same time to applaud MTG while keeping Cheney is a wild moment for a party that is trying to present themselves as rational while embracing the bat shit crazy.

Cheney voted AGAINST removing Greene from her committees.

She just doesn't want her party to hold ANYONE responsible for anything.  Whether that is standing up to Trump or believing Sandy Hook was a "false flag".