Commentator on MSNBC just now: (Reply #13)

In the discussion thread: I seriously hope that a good candidate primaries Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. WTF is wrong with her? [View all]

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Fri Mar 5, 2021, 06:16 PM

Mike 03 (16,616 posts)

13. Commentator on MSNBC just now:

Paraphrasing: I wish I could tell you there is some deep philosophical reason Kyrsten Sinema has voted the way she has on this, but it's pure survival... She is looking over her shoulder... She's not particularly afraid of being primaried, she's afraid of the moderate Republicans, people in the center right who would ordinarily have supported Martha McSally who came over and voted for her in 2018...

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I seriously hope that a good candidate primaries Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. WTF is wrong with her? [View all]	themaguffin	Mar 2021	OP
What are you talking about...Arizona is a red state and there were only 42 votes in favor. The	Demsrule86	Mar 2021	#1
Sorry, but her display was appalling. Truly disrespectful and careless.	themaguffin	Mar 2021	#5
Mitch would be worse...you do get we have a 50 50 majority and if we lose anyone, were are toast.	Demsrule86	Mar 2021	#51
i agree, i just can't believe her unprofessional behavior. that "thumbs down" was beyond childish	Trueblue1968	Mar 2021	#56
She flounced up to the dais with a handbag that cost more than most people's rent for the month	dsc	Mar 2021	#8
Flounce - thank you, precisely . . .	hatrack	Mar 2021	#11
Her happiness, flaunting it, bring cake, prancing, expensive hand bag says it all.	Irish_Dem	Mar 2021	#20
+1000	smirkymonkey	Mar 2021	#30
Her display was childish and appalling.	madaboutharry	Mar 2021	#15
When I first met her, she was a Green Pary member.	marybourg	Mar 2021	#18
sorry you are correct	dsc	Mar 2021	#35
Big Karen energy there	BradAllison	Mar 2021	#19
+1. She exhibits the telltale Karen traits.	radius777	Mar 2021	#49
She's such a rebel	BradAllison	Mar 2021	#50
How many men have you accused of "flouncing" whilst worrying about	Maru Kitteh	Mar 2021	#34
Oh, stop	kcr	Mar 2021	#38
Oh but there is. You can criticize her actions without	Maru Kitteh	Mar 2021	#44
Okay. How would you describe what she did?	kcr	Mar 2021	#45
If a man went up in the way she did wearing expensive loafers	dsc	Mar 2021	#39
Typical attack on a woman.	Demsrule86	Mar 2021	#52
Three Democratic women opposed the minimum wage	dsc	Mar 2021	#60
Arizonans already voted to increase the minimum wage by ballot initiative.	vsrazdem	Mar 2021	#37
Maybe Roger Stone visited her one stormy night? Seriously maybe	applegrove	Mar 2021	#2
McCain 'thumbed down' to save the ACA and help common folk, she emulated McCain to hurt them.	TheBlackAdder	Mar 2021	#36
If you primary Sinema, kiss the seat goodbye...no one to the left of her will win.	Demsrule86	Mar 2021	#3
I get that, but she didn't "quietly" vote no, she put on a display.	themaguffin	Mar 2021	#7
She also made voters believe she would support it.	onecaliberal	Mar 2021	#9
you mean like Senator Kelly who won a larger victory than she did against the same	dsc	Mar 2021	#10
Kelly had a big victory, exactly. I am not buying she is afraid.	Irish_Dem	Mar 2021	#24
Yep. Exactly why I'm not buying the scare tactics against primarying her	kcr	Mar 2021	#43
How did Mark Kelly vote?	BradAllison	Mar 2021	#21
+1	marybourg	Mar 2021	#23
False. Biden won AZ on a liberal (but not far left) plaftorm.	radius777	Mar 2021	#28
She has said prior she is in support of the minimum wage, so there is some explanation pending...	hlthe2b	Mar 2021	#4
It's kind of depressing seeing all this Kyrsten Sinema hate	Mike 03	Mar 2021	#29
It's kind of depressing seeing Krysten Sinema pull this kind of shit, too . . .	hatrack	Mar 2021	#57
She brought cake, too	kcr	Mar 2021	#6
Need to consider how to "win". Maybe a stair step to $15 an hour can get enough votes.	dutch777	Mar 2021	#12
Isn't the $15 in the bill stair-stepped already?	SharonClark	Mar 2021	#16
My understanding is that stair-stepping was the plan	leftieNanner	Mar 2021	#17
This already was a stair step. It started at 9.50 an hour and did not go up to 15 for	vsrazdem	Mar 2021	#42
Commentator on MSNBC just now:	Mike 03	Mar 2021	#13
In four years.....	BradAllison	Mar 2021	#26
I'd believe it if	kcr	Mar 2021	#31
Yes, that was a ghastly little flourish.	Mike 03	Mar 2021	#40
Poor political analysis by Victoria Defancesco Soto.	radius777	Mar 2021	#41
Thank you! I didn't catch the name or know how seriously to take	Mike 03	Mar 2021	#46
All of you who have the urge to primary Democrats	redstatebluegirl	Mar 2021	#14
This.	moonscape	Mar 2021	#22
Correct.	marybourg	Mar 2021	#25
I'm glad Mark Kelly doesn't feel the same way.	BradAllison	Mar 2021	#27
+1	demmiblue	Mar 2021	#32
I rarely advocate for primaries.	kcr	Mar 2021	#33
Wrong, I'm not one of "those." Context matters. Arizona is	themaguffin	Mar 2021	#59
Lots of struggling workers in her state (especially of color) who would benefit	radius777	Mar 2021	#47
They already did it in her state.	Demsrule86	Mar 2021	#53
SHE IS JUST AWFUL	budkin	Mar 2021	#48
I think Sinema is making a big bistake and reading the tea leaves all wrong.	FlyingPiggy	Mar 2021	#54
She should have voted in favor and risked losing re-election.	no_hypocrisy	Mar 2021	#55
The thumbs down was a slap in the face. I'm not shocked by	Politicub	Mar 2021	#58

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