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Old 17th August 2022, 11:42 AM   #161
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Lock her up!
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Old 17th August 2022, 11:56 AM   #162
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Lock her up!
padded cell.

There, that's me being a bleeding-nose liberal.

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Old 17th August 2022, 12:52 PM   #163
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Originally Posted by newyorkguy View Post
Just when you think emptyg can't top her last one she does.


She attacks American officials, she attacks American institutions. She should be on a leash.
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Weaponized law enforcement is communism...
So, remove all the guns from law enforcement officers?

There is a disconnect between her mouth and her pea-sized brain. She is incapable of thinking about what she says.
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Originally Posted by shemp View Post
So, remove all the guns from law enforcement officers?

There is a disconnect between her mouth and her pea-sized brain. She is incapable of thinking about what she says.
But then, so are most of her supporters........

Not unusual for right wing wackjobs to go back and forth between authoratriansim and anarchhism.
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Old 19th August 2022, 07:29 AM   #165
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here’s Marjorie Taylor Greene
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telling a donor to commit voter fraud by using a temporary GA address… #MTGistheWORST
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Old 19th August 2022, 01:29 PM   #166
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Originally Posted by ZiprHead View Post
Remember, encouraging and suggesting voter fraud is only bad if a Dem does it.

She is so incredibly stupid. I hope she gets nailed for this.
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Old 27th August 2022, 04:35 PM   #167
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This is from a couple weeks ago but I just saw it. On Twitter

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“There was an FBI informant at Mar-a-Lago! Who is that, and how many other FBI informants are around Pres Trump in a daily basis, working at his clubs, working at Mar-a-Lago? These are the things I want to know. Because they’re traitors!Twitter link (Video of 'Marge' embedded in Tweet)
Traitors? To whom, trump? Christian nationalism?
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Old 28th August 2022, 12:44 AM   #168
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Ok..it's official: MTG has increased her lead over Boebert for the title of "Most Stupid Biatch in Congress". But don't count Boebert out quite yet. She won her primary so she has another 2.5 years to catch up to MTG.
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I noticed. Apparently local Dems voted for her as a type of spoiler, choosing their opponent, but I saw what happened with Trump---the spoiler can get in and it's bad all around.
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Old 29th August 2022, 08:23 AM   #170
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Originally Posted by shemp View Post
So, remove all the guns from law enforcement officers?

There is a disconnect between her mouth and her pea-sized brain. She is incapable of thinking about what she says.
When she says “Weaponized law enforcement is communism and has no place in America,” I think she is talking about using law enforcement as a weapon. Although without putting too fine a point on it, I think she means Democrats using LEOs as a weapon against one’s enemies is communism while Republicans using LEOs as a weapon is patriotism.
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Old 29th August 2022, 01:25 PM   #171
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Originally Posted by Ladewig View Post
When she says “Weaponized law enforcement is communism and has no place in America,” I think she is talking about using law enforcement as a weapon. Although without putting too fine a point on it, I think she means Democrats using LEOs as a weapon against one’s enemies is communism while Republicans using LEOs as a weapon is patriotism.
Exactly. She's a big fan of "It's only bad if the Dems do it".
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Old 29th August 2022, 01:37 PM   #172
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Originally Posted by Silly Green Monkey View Post
I noticed. Apparently local Dems voted for her as a type of spoiler, choosing their opponent, but I saw what happened with Trump---the spoiler can get in and it's bad all around.
I 1000% agree...this strategy that some Dems have adapted this election of slipping money and support to the most extreme GOP candiates in hopes it will make winning in November easier is a dangerous and stupid strategy, and it makes me sick to see some people who should know better the praise it as being "clever". Supporting extemism is NEVER a good idea.
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Old 2nd September 2022, 11:04 AM   #173
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emptyg is upset that Biden condemned trump and MAGA forces in his speech in Philadelphia.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @RepMTG
Joe Biden is Hitler.

#NaziJoe has to go. Twitter link
Now Biden's a Nazi? After she's been telling us for months he's a communist.
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Originally Posted by newyorkguy View Post
emptyg is upset that Biden condemned trump and MAGA forces in his speech in Philadelphia.


Now Biden's a Nazi? After she's been telling us for months he's a communist.
You must have found out by now: Reality doesn't mean anything to these people. They just say anything they think works with their support base.

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Family values...

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled QAnon congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene 'openly cheated' on her husband of 25 years with a polyamorous tantric sex guru and then moved on to another affair with the manager at her gym

Originally Posted by Daily Fail
Craig Ivey, the tantric sex practitioner 'I will not respond to anything about this,' while the other man, Justin Tway, said: 'I have no interest in talking about anything to do with that woman. Everything with her comes to no good.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cWGCljt02ka4ag
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Family values...

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled QAnon congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene 'openly cheated' on her husband of 25 years with a polyamorous tantric sex guru and then moved on to another affair with the manager at her gym



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cWGCljt02ka4ag
An exclusive for the Daily Mail? I think I will wait for corroboration
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This actually came out a while ago. It happened while emptyg was working as a trainer at a gym in Alpharetta, Ga. She was said to have been "brazen" about her affairs. Below are quotes from Britain's OK magazine from February 2021.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s billionaire boss' grandson Jim Chambers also seemingly knew something was up. “She socialized a lot with us,” he recalled. “I remember one particular pool party where she was lying draped over Craig's lap drinking a beer. She was quite open about it,” he continued. “We all thought her marriage was falling apart. But then I took my son to her son's birthday party and things seemed totally normal between her and her husband — even if they were a little lukewarm.” OK magazine link
Below with her spouse Perry Greene. They're still together.
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Originally Posted by newyorkguy View Post
emptyg is upset that Biden condemned trump and MAGA forces in his speech in Philadelphia.


Now Biden's a Nazi? After she's been telling us for months he's a communist.
Sure he's a Nazi. He weaponized the FBI and DoJ as his own gazpacho!

MTG couldn't tell you the difference between socialism, communism, and fascism. She's an utter moron.
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emptyg epitomizes to me the type of person one of my teachers once described as being, "Clever but not smart." That there was (is) a big difference.
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Originally Posted by newyorkguy View Post
emptyg epitomizes to me the type of person one of my teachers once described as being, "Clever but not smart." That there was (is) a big difference.
I don't think she's even clever. All she's doing is emulating Trump by making hyperbolic, unsupported, and inflammatory statements and lies.
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Old 2nd September 2022, 06:13 PM   #182
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Family values...

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled QAnon congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene 'openly cheated' on her husband of 25 years with a polyamorous tantric sex guru and then moved on to another affair with the manager at her gym



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cWGCljt02ka4ag
I'm sure that there is a completely reasonable explanation for this behavior. She is undoubtedly working under cover to expose the librul queer conspiracy that is trying to undermine True American Values.

Easy, see.
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..."Clever but not smart."
I find Greene to be despicable but at the same time I don't underestimate her. She got herself elected to Congress. She's up for reelection and, despite the fact she accomplished absolutely zero during her first term, she's an odds-on favorite to be reelected. She is also among the top earners in Congress for donations. That's not my idea of a moron. But her actions and words demonstrate this is not a smart person. Instead, she seems calculating and clever.

I know the type.
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Old 3rd September 2022, 12:50 PM   #184
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Family values...

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled QAnon congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene 'openly cheated' on her husband of 25 years with a polyamorous tantric sex guru and then moved on to another affair with the manager at her gym



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cWGCljt02ka4ag
If she and her husband are okay with it, it should be not news
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If she and her husband are okay with it, it should be not news
Maybe. But this plus her propensity for guns and shooting stuff are indicative of her utter disdain for the sort of "American family values" she claims to represent in politics. She is happy to do what she wants to legislate to others they should not.

Put it this way: If a Democrat rival behaved the same way and word got out, she would have zero hesitation exploiting it at full Nazi throttle.

A better description: flaming ******* hypocrite.
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Maybe. But this plus her propensity for guns and shooting stuff are indicative of her utter disdain for the sort of "American family values" she claims to represent in politics. She is happy to do what she wants to legislate to others they should not.

Put it this way: If a Democrat rival behaved the same way and word got out, she would have zero hesitation exploiting it at full Nazi throttle.

A better description: flaming ******* hypocrite.
I don't give a damn about her sex life, but the hypocrisy of her playing around while making politcal hay out of her being such a devout fundy Christian is astounding.
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I don't give a damn about her sex life, but the hypocrisy of her playing around while making politcal hay out of her being such a devout fundy Christian is astounding.
I think you misspelled "unacceptable".
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I find it astoundingly unacceptable.
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...Put it this way: If a Democrat rival behaved the same way and word got out, she would have zero hesitation exploiting it at full Nazi throttle. A better description: flaming ******* hypocrite.
I agree. Below is Marj's description of herself from her Twitter page:
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @RepMTG
Christian, Wife, Mother, and Congresswoman representing Georgia’s 14th District
She describes herself as a Christian wife but she's had a series of extramarital encounters. That's 'Christian'? Plus if she had been discreet about it -- instead of in-your-face brazen -- the stories probably wouldn't have gotten out.

Let's not forget, Greene has posted on social media about executing rival political figures.
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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a first-term Georgia Republican, repeatedly endorsed executing top Democratic politicians on social media before she was elected to Congress, including telling a follower who asked if they could hang former President Barack Obama that the “stage is being set.” New York Times story
I think the more we know about this dangerous person the better.
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I find Greene to be despicable but at the same time I don't underestimate her. She got herself elected to Congress. She's up for reelection and, despite the fact she accomplished absolutely zero during her first term, she's an odds-on favorite to be reelected. She is also among the top earners in Congress for donations. That's not my idea of a moron. But her actions and words demonstrate this is not a smart person. Instead, she seems calculating and clever.

I know the type.
With a normal person and a normal district, I'd tend to agree with you. But in MTG's case, not so much.

She is a mini-Trump in a heavily pro-Trump part of rural Georgia. Just acting like him, being as abrasively and aggressively anti-Democrats as he is, and just making up scaremongering anti-Democrats lies is all it takes in that part of Georgia to get elected. District 14 has 8.4 times (75.4%) as many white people as people of color. Black people make up less than 9% and Hispanics just under 12% of the population. The median income is $10K less than the median income of the rest of the US with almost 14% living below the poverty line. Did not finish high school: 18%, finished high school: 33%, some college: 30%, Bachelor's: 12%, Post graduate: 7%. So, basically a rural, white, mostly high school educated group. Typical Trump country.
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Originally Posted by dudalb View Post
I don't give a damn about her sex life, but the hypocrisy of her playing around while making politcal hay out of her being such a devout fundy Christian is astounding.
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I think you misspelled "unacceptable".
I think you both misspelled "unsurprising".

Years ago, my dad's AF navigator was a Baptist who was always trying to get us 'heathens' to go to church. After he retired from the AF, he became a Baptist minister. Our families remained friends even though they stayed in TN and our family moved WA. He finally quit because he said he couldn't stand the hypocrisy any more of his congregation. He said they were the most 'un-Christian' people he'd ever met. All sweet and nice to your face but the most backstabbing, gossiping, vying for power and influence bunch he'd ever met.

Before a certain someone accuses me of attacking Christians, I'm only recounting the story of a family friend who was Baptist minister in the South.
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I think you misspelled "unacceptable".
I think you misspelled “completely expected.”
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Originally Posted by dudalb View Post
I don't give a damn about her sex life, but the hypocrisy of her playing around while making politcal hay out of her being such a devout fundy Christian is astounding.
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I think you misspelled "unacceptable".
Originally Posted by Stacyhs View Post
I think you both misspelled "unsurprising".


Originally Posted by autumn1971 View Post
I think you misspelled “completely expected.”


Each and every one correct.
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I think you both misspelled "unsurprising".

Years ago, my dad's AF navigator was a Baptist who was always trying to get us 'heathens' to go to church. After he retired from the AF, he became a Baptist minister. Our families remained friends even though they stayed in TN and our family moved WA. He finally quit because he said he couldn't stand the hypocrisy any more of his congregation. He said they were the most 'un-Christian' people he'd ever met. All sweet and nice to your face but the most backstabbing, gossiping, vying for power and influence bunch he'd ever met.
As their moral shepard doesn't he bear some responsibility for his sheep straying?
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Old 6th September 2022, 10:15 AM   #195
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Originally Posted by ponderingturtle View Post
As their moral shepard doesn't he bear some responsibility for his sheep straying?
What makes you think they hadn't 'strayed' well before he became the pastor?

Church members can behave exactly like politicians: they vie for power and influence within their church using a lot of the same methods...and they can be every bit as hypocritical.
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Originally Posted by Stacyhs View Post
What makes you think they hadn't 'strayed' well before he became the pastor?

Church members can behave exactly like politicians: they vie for power and influence within their church using a lot of the same methods...and they can be every bit as hypocritical.
True, but you can say that about any organization that involves human beings.
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ANyway, MTG took on Kathy Griffith and got her butt kicked in the exchange.
MTG keeps on picking fights that are really above her league.
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Originally Posted by dudalb View Post
ANyway, MTG took on Kathy Griffith and got her butt kicked in the exchange.
MTG keeps on picking fights that are really above her league.
Trying to talk sense is a "fight that is above her league". What makes you think she is anything more than an offensive, noisy, mobile door-stop?
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Originally Posted by Norman Alexander View Post
Trying to talk sense is a "fight that is above her league". What makes you think she is anything more than an offensive, noisy, mobile door-stop?
Oh, that is exactly what she is.
It is amusing,though to she her pick fights with people and then get crushed.
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Originally Posted by dudalb View Post
True, but you can say that about any organization that involves human beings.
True...but it's especially egregious when people who claim to be "good Christians" do it. You know, all that "golden rule", "love thy neighbor", "turn the other cheeks", stuff the profess to believe.

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