I did go back and re-read your post. You either intended to mock her or lend support to the mockery of a previous poster. In any event, you deliberately only included the content necessary to characterize someone in a way to support your opinion.. Just own it..
Like I told the other guy, you are certainly entitled to your opinion... Here's mine:
Based solely on what I have learned and seen from Boebert in the last few days, she has demonstrated more conviction, spine, and fortitude than the vast majority of swamp dwelling scum occupying those House seats. She has got bigger balls than most of those so-called "men" sitting there even though that's not saying much considering her company of peers.
To be clear, I did intend to mock her. I am underwhelmed by her intellect and the notion of her offering meaningful representation on any number of critical issues to this country Is laughable. But yes, she does support the 2d Amendment. Her district is welcome to her.
But back to your response to my post. Thank you for the lengthy reply and the impassioned defense of America First. With the exception of term limits, I think most republicans would agree with most of your definition. And yes that Is Reagan’s famous comment explaining his vision of a large republican tent. It is why I used it. Today, we seem to take exactly the opposite view in this party. Your belief that everyone seemingly has “to go“ who disagrees with you is a perfect example and the road to political oblivion.
I am convinced that sort of intransigence cost us dearly in November. The same thing is happening now where 10% of the caucus is willing to hold 90% of the people‘s representatives hostage (a rather convoluted inversion of the democratic process). I am not entirely comfortable with 10% of regionally elected representatives determining who is number three in line to the President. Particularly if Boebert and Gaetz are leading the process. And a vote for Trump? It simply makes a joke of what should be serious.
Perhaps one of the more eye-rolling bits of sloganeering that has emerged over the last six years has been to ”drain the swamp.” Sounds great, everyone can shout it and wave their fists while the politician leading the chant chuckles to himself. If we mean term limits, then that will never happen. As part of a deal to become speaker that it be brought to the floor, it will still go nowhere. Nor should it. We have a system for term limits. It is called an election. And if a particular constituency is happy with their representative who are you or I to dictate how long that representative can serve them?
If you mean those evil Rhinos, again people who vote your vision 80% of the time (judgeships come to mind), do you really think a Freedom Caucus candidate is going to fare particularly well in half of the country? I don’t think so.
Or perhaps it is the bureaucracy that needs to be drained - all those federal employees. Which ones do we fire? And do not suggest privatizing the VA or Social Security. Even Trump recognizes those programs are sacrosanct.
I personally believe what the bureaucracy actually needs is competent oversight. It starts with heads of the Federal Departments. For instance, I think Trump’s selection of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State was a terrible choice. On the other hand, the selection of Mike Pompeo was inspired. The Department of State functioned very well under his leadership. The root of the issues with the FBI, real and imagined, are clearly it’s leadership. And who appointed the director? The staggering incompetence of the current administration in so many areas can be traced directly to the likes of Buttigieg and Mayorkis, not the federal employees. Nevertheless, as a party we seem determined to malign them and their work to our growing loss in Northern Virginia.
I think our differences are really over issues of pragmatism. Idealism is useless if it is unachievable. The founders gave us a set of tools. Tradition gave us a two-party system. At the moment both current incarnations of those parties seem determined to embrace the extremes of their respective ideologies. I remain convinced that the majority of the American people lean only slightly left and right of center. They find both Gaetz and AOC offensive. Whichever party sorts that out first will gain a meaningful march on its opponent.
