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BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:01 AM Jul 2025

Fly Over Country Values

An Excerpt from Page 1 of the 16 July 2025 Topeka Capitol Journal

A Topeka Mayoral Candidate is defending his posts on X, which include photos of partially clothed women, claims that former President Obama isn’t black, transphobic statements and reposts from white nationalists and self acclaimed white supremacists. He also used AI to mock the heritage of Mayor Michael Padilla who was born in Topeka and served on the Police Force for 34 years. And he also claimed that WNBA Player Brittney Griner is a man

The paper reached out to A J Bauer, an expert in partisan media and a professor at the University of Alabama. His summation after reviewing McClures work:

THIS IS KIND OF THE BASELINE REPUBLICAN PARTY AT THIS POINT.

And I’d say it’s kinda like living in a septic tank.











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Fly Over Country Values (Original Post) BOSSHOG Jul 2025 OP
Nebraska, Kansas, et al, look very nice from 30,000 feet. Aristus Jul 2025 #1
I will have to go to a funeral someday in Nebraska. Maru Kitteh Jul 2025 #5
I think that we should remember that markodochartaigh Jul 2025 #2
Noted BOSSHOG Jul 2025 #3
In other words, your standard issue Repugnican. Hey Joe Jul 2025 #4
Oh he was just having fun. Not hurting anybody. BOSSHOG Jul 2025 #6

Aristus

(72,523 posts)
1. Nebraska, Kansas, et al, look very nice from 30,000 feet.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:04 AM
Jul 2025

I don't ever plan on seeing them from ground level again.

Maru Kitteh

(32,010 posts)
5. I will have to go to a funeral someday in Nebraska.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:04 PM
Jul 2025

I will not spend a dime while I am there and I will be anxious to leave from the moment I touch down in Omaha. When it is over, I will never return as long as I live.

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
2. I think that we should remember that
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:14 AM
Jul 2025

Flyover country goes all the way from central New York state to the Central Valley of California. It also has a lot of Blue dots, where the majority of the people live all the way from Pittsburgh to Dallas to Las Vegas.

Hey Joe

(814 posts)
4. In other words, your standard issue Repugnican.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:56 AM
Jul 2025

But I’m sure he’s a “good christian”.

BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)
6. Oh he was just having fun. Not hurting anybody.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:18 PM
Jul 2025

And he’s gonna fix the cities education system.

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