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Scrivener7

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7. She's smart, she knows the current republiQan insanity will eventually implode into a different

Mon Jan 3, 2022, 10:50 AM

Jan 2022

kind of republican insanity, and she is positioning herself to be the leader of that new order.

I don't like her politics and I don't admire her, but she, like her father, has an unerring clarity of vision. It will take her far.

Right now she is our strange bedfellow, and we should take every advantage of that. We should be glad that a republican with the name of Cheney is speaking out against TFG. It benefits us as a nation.

Someday soon, she will return to being our enemy. That's politics.

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Why is Liz Cheney more outspoken in attacking Trump than many lawmakers on the left? [View all] Doodley Jan 2022 OP

I strongly disagree. mzmolly Jan 2022 #1

Yep ibegurpard Jan 2022 #3

That's not leadership though BeyondGeography Jan 2022 #15

The President should be trying to fix the shit AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2022 #25

Well said. Trump can destroy an opponent with simple phrases like "worse Doodley Jan 2022 #28

agreed 100000% HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #60

Sounds like we Dems need an infrastructure plan. CaptainTruth Jan 2022 #42

They are using Cheney to get through to the non trump republicans Bev54 Jan 2022 #66

Did you watch her during the criminal referral of Meadows? gab13by13 Jan 2022 #16

You must not have heard mzmolly Jan 2022 #17

Touche' I give you that one, gab13by13 Jan 2022 #22

I'm glad for mzmolly Jan 2022 #34

Thank you. Speaker Pelosi. The one taking constant degrading fire from the right & left. Budi Jan 2022 #54

I believe we have come to the conclusion, gab13by13 Jan 2022 #62

Thanks Budi Jan 2022 #68

Yep Martin Eden Jan 2022 #35

What a saying! LeftInTX Jan 2022 #39

I don't hear leaders on the left talking about how traitorous trump is and would be to the country samsingh Jan 2022 #46

"who she is and the fact that she's a Republican. " I also think she does not suck up to anyone mitch96 Jan 2022 #59

I hear other members of the committee speaking out all the time mcar Jan 2022 #2

Also she is seemingly a brilliant lawyer Walleye Jan 2022 #13

Exactly! mzmolly Jan 2022 #20

I'll bet her dad hates trump too. panader0 Jan 2022 #4

Her days are numbered in the GOP so she has nothing to lose, but she can make a mark in US history. TheBlackAdder Jan 2022 #5

She is acting like a patriot should. TNNurse Jan 2022 #45

Excellent post, Cheney gets it, gab13by13 Jan 2022 #6

Thank you for seeing the situation with such clarity. Doodley Jan 2022 #30

She DOES get it, and the media love her outspokenness FakeNoose Jan 2022 #55

She's smart, she knows the current republiQan insanity will eventually implode into a different Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #7

The new GQP is spending a lot of money gab13by13 Jan 2022 #19

Liz Cheney has the cajones... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2022 #8

There will come a time, though, when all of them are fighting to tell the world how Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #9

She's a woman, she does not need "cajones" mcar Jan 2022 #31

Doesn't getting kicked or punched in the cajones cause excruciating pain? tenderfoot Jan 2022 #52

Some apparently think one has to have them to be intelligent mcar Jan 2022 #56

Some also think they're a sign for "TOUGHNESS" tenderfoot Jan 2022 #57

That's right mcar Jan 2022 #58

Biden should have TFG imprisoned and taken to GITMO. Dan Jan 2022 #47

She's not "more outspoken." She is just more unusual. GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #10

Correct Effete Snob Jan 2022 #14

Most of Congress felt that their lives were threatened on that day. kentuck Jan 2022 #11

What makes you believe she is "more outspoken" Effete Snob Jan 2022 #12

I gave my reasons gab13by13 Jan 2022 #21

Cause she's vice-chair of the Jan. 6 Committee spanone Jan 2022 #18

Because she is being given the air time. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #23

+1 They're all helping launch her POTUS bid leftstreet Jan 2022 #44

I think it's a conscious decision on the part of the committee AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2022 #24

Ding, Ding, Ding! peggysue2 Jan 2022 #41

THIS is the point!! lastlib Jan 2022 #65

That's a huge part of it. However... GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #67

Thank you! She was more outspoken that the "chairman" of the committee..nt helpisontheway Jan 2022 #26

She says what she thinks instead of beating around the bush. Look at the doc03 Jan 2022 #27

Hmm... Mike Nelson Jan 2022 #29

No. VP is not a seperate entity of the President. Budi Jan 2022 #51

Well... Mike Nelson Jan 2022 #69

Agree. Watching her question Kavanaugh was purely Sen Kamala Harris's strength Budi Jan 2022 #70

If it's true, it's because Dems criticizing TFG are just accused of being haters elias7 Jan 2022 #32

I believe it's just the GOP having it all ways as they always tend to do.... Chakaconcarne Jan 2022 #33

Because she is getting press ismnotwasm Jan 2022 #36

and getting press works azureblue Jan 2022 #40

Liz is more effective in attcking traitortrump - than anyone else! empedocles Jan 2022 #37

a very good question azureblue Jan 2022 #38

Positioning herself to preside over the remants of the repub party... Wounded Bear Jan 2022 #43

I appreciate her efforts to de-throne TFG, but holy hell re policy she is her father reincarnated. Tommymac Jan 2022 #50

Pretty much agree with that... Wounded Bear Jan 2022 #72

Liz is doing this because: Botany Jan 2022 #48

MSMedia doesn't allow those who warn about Trump on their TV shows. Budi Jan 2022 #49

Democrats by nature don't want to politicize everything, they rely on the consent of the governed bucolic_frolic Jan 2022 #53

Well, corporate media tends to ignore anything the left says about the flushed turd. nt yaesu Jan 2022 #61

She's not. It's OPTICS. dchill Jan 2022 #63

Exactly. It's a man bites dog story, as opposed to a dog bites man story. Silent3 Jan 2022 #71

Another big question is what Merrick Garland's legacy will be in history. Jon King Jan 2022 #64