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Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:02 PM Jan 2022

sinema is a Democratic senator.

Is it beyond the pale that a Democratic senator was simply bought.

It is a time-dishonored procedure in politics. And there are some truly deep pockets that don't want Democrats to have a fair shot at winning. Lots of corporate boards to sit on, lots of corner offices that come with giant paychecks.

It would make a lot more sense than any other explanation of the kind of behavior we are witnessing.

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sinema is a Democratic senator. (Original Post) Jakes Progress Jan 2022 OP
Two actually. onecaliberal Jan 2022 #1
50 lock stepping Putin pukes don't help either but pwb Jan 2022 #2
Apparently, according to a friend of hers leftieNanner Jan 2022 #3
That's pretty grandiose. 2naSalit Jan 2022 #14
Maybe they have something on her. I read a tweet from a journalist- 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #4
Tool is the right word. Jakes Progress Jan 2022 #5
A source that knows her reported that she thinks she will be a viable candidate for President. hlthe2b Jan 2022 #7
I urge everyone to let her know just how short-lived that will be. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #8
She was a member of the Green Party early on. Tommymac Jan 2022 #11
Remind you of anyone? Putin's table coming up. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #12
Somehow, the Manchurian Candidate has been on my mind a LOT. hlthe2b Jan 2022 #6
Thom Hartmann called her a "total sellout" to some billionaires. Earth-shine Jan 2022 #9
Irony: she said of Joe Lieberman: IcyPeas Jan 2022 #10
Yes. Bought or flipped. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #13
Perhaps an investigation... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #15
There are only a handful of people who could have flipped 2 US senators. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #17
That handful would definitely do that though. Jakes Progress Jan 2022 #18
Yep. Would be easy for them to do that. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #21
Need to do it before the elections though. Jakes Progress Jan 2022 #20
I trust that she won't have a clean getaway. Baitball Blogger Jan 2022 #16
If republicans take over the lege, she will skate. Jakes Progress Jan 2022 #19

pwb

(11,258 posts)
2. 50 lock stepping Putin pukes don't help either but
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:08 PM
Jan 2022

Puke owned media doesn't say that much. 50 pukes all against is always reasonable to the media.

leftieNanner

(15,074 posts)
3. Apparently, according to a friend of hers
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:11 PM
Jan 2022

She thinks she is going to be the Democratic nominee in the 2024 Presidential Race.

Her ego is that big.

58Sunliner

(4,379 posts)
4. Maybe they have something on her. I read a tweet from a journalist-
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:11 PM
Jan 2022

that she thinks she will be a candidate in 2024. If true, she is truly delusional. Either way she is abusing with complete hypocrisy the memory of MLK in her tweets. We should let her know she will never be considered. The only reason she would be supported is to split the vote. She could be a tool for the reich.

Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)
5. Tool is the right word.
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:20 PM
Jan 2022

Blackmail and bribes are the standard procedure for getting to people who have no moral center.

hlthe2b

(102,192 posts)
7. A source that knows her reported that she thinks she will be a viable candidate for President.
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:25 PM
Jan 2022

Good gawd.

58Sunliner

(4,379 posts)
8. I urge everyone to let her know just how short-lived that will be.
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:28 PM
Jan 2022

I bet it won't be as a dem. It will be a third party to pull votes off and have deniability about voter fraud perhaps. Crush her while we can.

IcyPeas

(21,856 posts)
10. Irony: she said of Joe Lieberman:
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:54 PM
Jan 2022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema

In 2003, she protested Senator Joe Lieberman's unsuccessful 2004 presidential bid, telling the Hartford Courant, "He’s a shame to Democrats. I don’t even know why he’s running. He seems to want to get Republicans voting for him – what kind of strategy is that?"[24][25]
...
Observers have noted that Sinema is one of the largest benefactors of pharmaceutical political action committee money in Congress, and has been described as a "Pharma Favorite".[178][179] KHN reported:

For the 2019-20 election cycle through March, political action committees run by employees of drug companies and their trade groups gave her $98,500 in campaign funds, Kaiser Health News’ Pharma Cash to Congress database shows. That stands out in a Congress in which a third of the members got no pharma cash for the period and half of those who did got $10,000 or less.[178]

Sinema's haul was "twice that of Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, considered one of the most vulnerable Republicans in November, and approached that of fellow Democrat Steny Hoyer, the powerful House majority leader from Maryland."[180] Senator Bernie Sanders indirectly called her out, saying:

Take a hard look at those people who are opposed to strong legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs, and take a look at their campaign-finance reports. See where they get their money, how many of them get their money from the pharmaceutical industry, and the executives there. And I think there will be a direct correlation.[180]



Irish_Dem

(46,772 posts)
17. There are only a handful of people who could have flipped 2 US senators.
Sat Jan 15, 2022, 12:23 AM
Jan 2022

And caused those 2 US senators to exhibit such egregious behavior.

Irish_Dem

(46,772 posts)
21. Yep. Would be easy for them to do that.
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 07:31 PM
Jan 2022

I am sure there are psy-op profiles on all sitting US Senators.
Easy then to narrow down the field.
And then do what it takes to flip them.

Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)
20. Need to do it before the elections though.
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 05:31 PM
Jan 2022

Otherwise, all of the investigations shut down next January.

Baitball Blogger

(46,697 posts)
16. I trust that she won't have a clean getaway.
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 11:05 PM
Jan 2022

And by that, I mean that everyone that plays over the edge, the way she does, will make mistakes. And when they do, the people they damaged will remember and enforce the law when they catch up to them. It should happen to everyone, every time a law is broken. But we know better.

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