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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep. Katie Porter: "Until Senator Sinema stops being cute and starts doing her job,..."
Link to tweet
demmiblue
(36,841 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️
Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,253 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:26 AM - Edit history (1)
And to the United States of America!
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:09 AM - Edit history (1)
tries to act like some school girl.
niyad
(113,265 posts)AllyCat
(16,178 posts)I didn't get it at first either.
niyad
(113,265 posts)AllyCat
(16,178 posts)Peace!
Texin
(2,595 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:19 AM - Edit history (1)
Too cute by half.
sarchasm
(1,012 posts)...I was elected to create a strong, and stable, and globally competitive economy."
is "...being a mean girl middle-schooer. (sp)" or "Too cute by half." ?
... on the other hand I give you the Sinema Curtsy.
Texin
(2,595 posts)That's what is so frustrating to her colleagues. No one can negotiate or even work with another person when they tell you that they won't cooperate or come to some mutual accommodation if they won't tell you why and what it is they want. She's simply a refusenik.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)And she responded "in front of the elevator." That's too cute by half.
MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)Check your comments please and thank you. Rep Porter is anything but a mean middle schooler. Good grief.
Texin
(2,595 posts)sarchasm
(1,012 posts)On retrospect, I did wonder if there was a typo there ...
niyad
(113,265 posts)Takket
(21,562 posts)Has been spearheading the call for childcare funding. A lot of women left the workforce in the pandemic because they had nowhere to leave their kid and/or their job was lousy anyway.
PatrickforB
(14,570 posts)I am so happy she is in Congress.
calimary
(81,220 posts)May you continue in a position of power and influence. YOURS is a voice we need to hear more often. MUCH more often.
vanlassie
(5,670 posts)Send her money.
mitch96
(13,892 posts)m
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)buy Sinema. She's for sale and probably cheaper than Manchin.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Clearly they are for sale.
mitch96
(13,892 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)Not to fund a challenger, but open bribe money. Maybe that would be quicker.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Put earmarks in the bill, that would benefit the corporate donors, and benefit the public.
For example, a subsidy for a coal company to build wind farms on the mountaintops that it has flattened with mining.
dflprincess
(28,075 posts)and get BOGO for them.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Because its two women Senators engaging in a historic political contest.
niyad
(113,265 posts)Sinema's harmful behaviour without that kind of dismissive bs.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Response to demmiblue (Original post)
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dalton99a
(81,455 posts)Celerity
(43,329 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,463 posts)Magoo48
(4,705 posts)Go Katie!
FSogol
(45,480 posts)CrackityJones75
(2,403 posts)And thats the fucked up part. That she is so wrong and unfortunately the status of our politics makes her right.
Fuck citizens united.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Link to tweet
There's probably a legal explanation, but now that I really don't like her I'm interested.
The 2018 figure is supported by this Roll Call article. Sinema's net worth as recently as 2018 was actually a negative figure because of her student loan debt.
https://www.rollcall.com/2018/11/02/arizonas-next-senator-wont-be-wealthy-whomever-voters-choose/
As for the most recent filing, she'd reportedly written books some time ago. I found one on Amazon, released in 2009, long before her 2018 filing. Aside from that, she started as a social worker and for most of her adult life her work, including returning to school to get her JD, should have pretty much precluded real wealth accumulation. Including her years in elective office.
IronLionZion
(45,430 posts)She claims her personal hero is John McCain but she is no John McCain. She's easily bought by wealthy donors.
calimary
(81,220 posts)Hed be a gentleman but hed also be on point.
ck4829
(35,062 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)Make her look foolish. Most people I know that relied on this method, diffusing situations with humor, eventually burned out their leverage.
JohnSJ
(92,150 posts)Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)JohnSJ
(92,150 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)Much worse than holding a president's agenda hostage, that's for sure.
A person like this doesn't deserve respect
onecaliberal
(32,826 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)She is repugnant.
budkin
(6,699 posts)Sick of her.
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)She gets it, and she tells it like it is. Love her and wish we had more like her
CrackityJones75
(2,403 posts)The idea that the country can be held hostage by someone from another state is fucked up.
I dont have a better system at my fingertips but I am tired of not having any recourse with a rogue senator from another state fucking up national politics. The only thing I can do is fundraise and make phone calls for challengers. And I do engage in that but I am tired of watching this shit play out time and time again. I do believe good governance comes from healthy debate and that government shouldnt move at lightning speed but these people are not acting in good faith on the behalf of the people. They often times are not even acting on the behalf of their own constituents. The propaganda in this country all but ensures that people are going to vote for whoever hare the preferred party designation in front of their name. That coupled with citizens united has all but fucked our politics but ESPECIALLY the senate.
Damn I am just so fed up.
3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)Shes not. Shes an airhead.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuge disappointment.
cstanleytech
(26,284 posts)a help for the Democrats and our country.
leftstreet
(36,106 posts)oldsoftie
(12,531 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Instead, I read about her history, which raised too many questions and doubts for comfort. A candidate for U.S. senate, also! God! I didn't think they'd play out in this degree of blatant betrayal, though.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)In my mind, she's proven she wants to vote no, just hasn't made up her mind yet. Just giving her added incentive to solidify her opposition at that point.
BlueCheeseAgain
(1,654 posts)It's satisfying in the short term, but it's not helpful in actually getting things done. I really like Rep. Porter, but I have to ask if she thinks talking like this is going to help her cause.
czarjak
(11,269 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017684361