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madaboutharry

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3. I don't get this need to rewrite personal history.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 02:46 PM

Oct 2021

Why embellish one’s childhood to make it more miserable than it was? Is it to say “look at me and how far I’ve come?” It seems a weird way of building a political career. Not only that, there will always be someone who was there to offer a more precise version.

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sinema, messed up. [View all] elleng Oct 2021 OP

A lying cuckoo! madashelltoo Oct 2021 #1

+1,000. n/t Peregrine Took Oct 2021 #4

I'm not going to judge her by her memories of childhood. Ilsa Oct 2021 #2

Kind of how Paul Ryan invented his impoverished childhood - having to work at McDonald's ... tenderfoot Oct 2021 #27

I don't get this need to rewrite personal history. madaboutharry Oct 2021 #3

If I could have a dollar for every RWer I've encountered online, who has claimed bullwinkle428 Oct 2021 #6

I read that when she began working as a "social worker" she noticed Peregrine Took Oct 2021 #7

A person might do it for sympathy, attention, wanting to claim victim status. Or revenge against Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #8

Something fishy going on... Champp Oct 2021 #5

Would the city or county allow a family w/ children to live in an abandoned gas station with no Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #9

It is quite possible. Caliman73 Oct 2021 #10

I was in a mandated reporting profession and would have had to report this family. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #12

I currently work in a mandated reporting profession. Caliman73 Oct 2021 #17

Yes of course. However, anonymous reporting can be done if you see a child in danger. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #23

Well the Mormon church would certainly have helped the family FakeNoose Oct 2021 #15

Good point, yes the church would likely have helped this family. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #19

According to comments I've seen, the gas station was owned by the step-father's betsuni Oct 2021 #33

If these are her memories, Sogo Oct 2021 #11

Exactly, she of all people knows what is at stake here. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #14

Yep. If she really lived this way, it would enrage her that anyone Bluethroughu Oct 2021 #21

👆👆 crickets Oct 2021 #35

Where was the attorney father? He could have gone to court and obtained custody of the children. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #13

Interesting, thank you. BeckyDem Oct 2021 #16

It might explain her ability to be bought by lobbyists. tinrobot Oct 2021 #18

Exactly. She could be terrified of being poor again. Living impoverished. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #20

Right. Some people want to give, some want to take. After being poor she has become a taker. nt joetheman Oct 2021 #22

One might imagine her experiences might move her towards humane public policies. UTUSN Oct 2021 #24

That would require compassion. tinrobot Oct 2021 #26

Can she be recalled? nt BlueLucy Oct 2021 #25

No, unfortunately. Once we elect senators and congressmen, we cannot remove Hortensis Oct 2021 #29

Not having the usual home doesn't traumatize kids as long as Hortensis Oct 2021 #28

Describing DeFuniak Springs as a small town Phoenix61 Oct 2021 #30

Right, the story doesn't make sense. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #34

Calling Sinema an "obstructionist" rather than a centrist, Garrick McFadden, BeckyDem Oct 2021 #31

IOKIYNEW... lame54 Oct 2021 #32