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Oopsie Daisy

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3. His realm of influence is waning. He gave his political capital to Tlaib *

Reply to Trueblue Texan (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 03:07 PM

Mar 2024

* and hopped onto her "Let's-Fuck-With-Biden" bandwagon. Together they wasted that capital in their efforts to harm Biden and "punish" the Democratic party. Stunts like this only serve to soften support for the party and Biden in toss-up states like Michigan and O'Roarke knows this (or he ought to have). Regardless of what his motivation may have been, my opinion of him and my respect for him have dropped to zero. I expect that I'm not the only one who feels this way. Going forward, I expect that his political influence will only be to serve as a spoiler, not as someone who's consistently right, always level-headed, and has a message that is worthy of consideration. Instead, he'll be dismissed and ignored. Pity.

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I used to like him. Now I'm ... "UNCOMMITTED" * Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #1

But I agree with whaat he's saying about immigration... Trueblue Texan Mar 2024 #2

His realm of influence is waning. He gave his political capital to Tlaib * Oopsie Daisy Mar 2024 #3