Apologies if this John Fugelsang post has already been shared. It's just so good.

[Siwsan]

We were talking about her, last night. Everyone agreed that she deserved a bit of respect for taking a stand she KNEW would result in her losing in the primary. But that's where it ends. At her core, she remains an un-evolved right wing troglodyte.

[MiHale]

1. Insufficient Evil...

Great job requirement.

[JohnSJ]

2. So? I think most of us realize that, however, doesn't make sense to use her advocacy against

trump and his followers, who are essentially the republican party, to propel Democrats into office?

That is why I see very little advantage, two months before the midterms, to characterize her as "insufficent evil"

[localroger]

4. I will accept her help for now

The US and Russia were allies in WW2. What happened later was, well, later. I'm sure I won't be Liz Cheney's ally a few years from now, but that's a few years from now and right now we can use all the help we can get.

[JohnSJ]

5. Exactly

[hlthe2b]

8. This... I don't know why some DUers constantly harrangue that she's conservative & not a

Liberal heroine as if the majority of DUers were unsophisticated, uneducated bumpkins. Honestly, how many here are naive' enough to think she is on our side on all things and NOT ONLY on the issue of Trump and the constitution? The latter is quite enough for the moment and most Americans DO realize that risks to our democracy are the MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE facing the nation (per recent polling).

Yet some feel that focusing on the risks to our democracy is somehow the same as FORGETTING our own values and those who don't share many/most of them. ENOUGH! For those who truly believe that praising Liz Cheney for doing ONE THING in her career that benefits democracy is somehow the same as supporting her for future office, well, I'm glad they weren't around to harangue FDR about his choice of necessary if distasteful allies to defeat Hitler and. HIrohito. Maybe time to learn from history, eh?

[JohnSJ]

13. Well said

[FoxNewsSucks]

23. I've only harrangued those posts that were basically tongue-baths to her.

Most here do realize what a vile snake she is, and that there is a good reason for her to co-chair the J6 committee and her help there should be gladly accepted for exactly what it is.

But not quite everyone. There were some who do need to be reminded.

[Gore1FL]

15. I haven't seen that.

I personally enjoy watching them bloody themselves. I don't think she is worthy of praise, though because she fights for good causes 1 in every 1000 times rather than every 1001.

[FoxNewsSucks]

22. I don't think the point of that meme is to characterize her.

The point I take is that as bad as she is, she isn't bad enough for today's republicons.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

3. Nice

Thanks for posting

[The Jungle 1]

6. I disagree with the majority of her political positions.

But I still want her to go hunting with Trump. Her daddy taught her how to shoot.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. He shot a man, then didn't report it until they were sober.,,,

that is NOT a good example.

[The Jungle 1]

9. Well, a shotgun isn't really a gun.

It is kinda like having a bb gun fight. Come on the guy got a couple of new pimples. No harm no foul.
If trump was a real man he would go hunting with Liz.
It would be great if a reporter would ask him to go hunting with Liz.

[Ray Bruns]

10. Depends on the caliber of the buck shot

[DENVERPOPS]

25. Bingo

My 1897 Winchester shot gun would tend to disagree, esp with magnum loads of OO

AKA known as the Trench Sweeper in WWI

[colorado_ufo]

29. Bird shot.

Buck shot is lethal..

Anyway I seem to recall that it was Cheney's own lawyer that he shot. Maybe they settled out of court.

[The Jungle 1]

34. My sarcasm didn't show through. Sorry

Let's not get into the weeds with what is an assault weapon.
Yes a shotgun will blow a huge hole in you. It was the gun that won the west.

[Duppers]

30. Good one! 😁

[UTUSN]

11. & yet, the crumb she tosses our way is to be used and appreciated.

[SheltieLover]

12. Absofuckingloutely!

[Hotler]

14. Sure says a lot about the repug base when Liz Cheney isn't shitty enough to

be in their group anymore. Liz is on the 1/6 committee to protect NEOCON interest and that's it. James Baker III, fixer for the BFEE is retired, Liz is taking over. A lot of hard work went into starting wars for profit and stealing the money to have the fascist steal it from them.

[Marcuse]

16. The enemy of my enemy....

[Heather MC]

17. Also let's not overly celebrate and praise a woman who celebrated the ending of Roe v wade🖕🏾🖕🏾

[3825-87867]

18. It's like the old (now sexist) MIlton Berle joke...

Paraphrased for today.

Mixed emotions.
It's like watching "Trump" driving off a cliff in your new Ferrari.

[allegorical oracle]

19. Agree with him, yet feel we have to take help where we find it. Do like him, 'tho. Recall first

seeing him on Ed Schultz's MSNBC talk show. Miss Schultz these days, too.

[kst]

20. Link to the original tweet

Link to tweet

It's better to link to the tweet than to post an image of it (that not everyone can read).

[jerseyjim]

21. On that note on evil

In the news, this morning, a Republican politician said that Biden's forgiving student debt was "not fair to students who had to pay".
That's like saying "if I was screwed, everyone else after me should be screwed."

Change for the better? Yikes! We can't have that!

[calimary]

24. Exactly. She is NOT our friend.

She just didn’t check all the boxes that define “not our friend”.

She’s the proverbial “broken clock” that’s still right twice a day. But that’s it. All the other times in the same day, no way.

[summer_in_TX]

26. If Liz Cheney were a liberal, she'd just be another in a long line to criticize Trump.

Her value is that she is a conservative and she recognizes and effectively calls out Trump and his many enablers.

We don't need her to convert to being a liberal. We need her exactly as she is. A conservative fighting with every fiber of her being to stop Trump from being re-elected in 2024 and to stop the authoritarian takeover of the country.

We need her in the job of warrior for democracy, not president. A good thing because there is no path for her to actually become president. Perhaps she'll run, but she knows as much as any other that she cannot win a Republican primary or a Democratic one and that running as an independent would threaten to split the vote and allow Trump to win.

[Martin68]

27. I will acknowledge her courage in backing the Jan 6th committee and calling out Trumpists, BUT

we should never forget that she is an ultra-conservative Republican who would be a disaster as president.

[flashman13]

28. OK, I'm going to commit heresy.

Let's cut Liz just a little slake. First of all, she is not a bigoted Christian asshole. Both she and her father (NO slake for for Dick the war monger!!) both came around on gay people. And I'm not sure I agree with all the things she's supposedly against. I am old enough to remember when conservative was not synonymous with evil. The fact is that the current Repug party is not the least bit conservative. It is a party of radical reactionaries and religious nuts. I don't think we should condemn Liz for her past. History will not remember her for her past, but it will remember her for her stand against Trump. Let's look to the future. In my opinion the Repug party is going to collapse into an isolated wingnut minority party and the true conservatives will coalesce around people like Liz, Kinzinger, Murkowski, George Conway and yes, even Mitt to form an actual conservative party. I believe a sane conservative party would be good for the country. I live in a red state, but I know many people that would gravitate to a new party. Let's not act like Repugs and automatically stereotype people as evil just because they have honest philosophical disagreements with us. Remember, compromise is the essence of democracy.

[MurrayDelph]

31. Liz Cheney is *NOT* our friend

She is currently an enemy of our enemy.

There is a difference. The enemy of my enemy is using me to accomplish their goals, but is quite willing to turn on us when the higher-priority enemy is taken care of.

Failing to recognize this is how we got the Taliban.

[LudwigPastorius]

32. I agree.

Rep. Cheney (or Kinzinger) should not be lionized for clearing the lowest bar of honoring her oath to defend the Constitution.

...while the rest of the Congressional GOP should be excoriated for breaking theirs.

[BlueMTexpat]

33. Excellent!

Thanks for sharing!