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kpete

(72,903 posts) Wed Aug 17, 2022, 09:29 AM Aug 2022

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Charles Pierce: You know what would convince me Liz Cheney is the ally everybody tells me she is? [View all]

She could go to Ohio and campaign for Tim Ryan, or to Georgia to campaign for Raphael Warnock. She could work whatever moderate Republicans are left on behalf of Democrats.
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Charles Pierce: You know what would convince me Liz Cheney is the ally everybody tells me she is? [View all] kpete Aug 2022 OP

She has to do this her way, I think. secondwind Aug 2022 #1

I do agree that she has to do this her way, PRETZEL Aug 2022 #13

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. cachukis Aug 2022 #2

Hello, friend Effete Snob Aug 2022 #8

Hardly. calimary Aug 2022 #33

Although that ForgedCrank Aug 2022 #10

nope, she (amongst other RW things) voted against voter rights and cheered on Roe going down Celerity Aug 2022 #32

The reference was Biblical and only that. cachukis Aug 2022 #35

She is only our friend because we serve her mission to advance. FarPoint Aug 2022 #3

Exactly! SheltieLover Aug 2022 #5

Had Liz Cheney simply wanted to "advance," she could have just kept her mouth shut and gone along Just A Box Of Rain Aug 2022 #18

I disagree.... FarPoint Aug 2022 #23

And lost her seat. Some "advance." Just A Box Of Rain Aug 2022 #25

You just wait.... FarPoint Aug 2022 #28

I hope she runs against TFG--in what she knows would be a quixotic effort-- Just A Box Of Rain Aug 2022 #29

I agree with Mr. Pierce Mr. Ected Aug 2022 #4

She has some big decisions to make. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2022 #6

I believe the premise that she's supposed to be our ally is phony. Hortensis Aug 2022 #7

+1 crickets Aug 2022 #24

Or she could run as a third party candidate for Prez in 2024 NNadir Aug 2022 #9

Charlie Pierce doesn't usually invest in fantasy Novara Aug 2022 #11

It's not really an investment if you don't expect it to materialize. JHB Aug 2022 #27

This Ferrets are Cool Aug 2022 #12

N...o.. She is a Republican. She wants to keep Whiny off, but not necessarily question everything Aug 2022 #14

I would be VERY,VERY happy if she would just start a NEW Republican party packman Aug 2022 #15

I think the current Republican Party should just rename itself the Trump Party Poiuyt Aug 2022 #26

There was not a single Republican in Congress who supported the bill that the President just signed. lees1975 Aug 2022 #16

She's just a very fine person on both sides. Naturally? czarjak Aug 2022 #17

Yes she could, but she's not a Democrat FakeNoose Aug 2022 #19

I'm not sure why people want to overcomplicate this BannonsLiver Aug 2022 #20

This radical noodle Aug 2022 #37

She wants to be President Wild blueberry Aug 2022 #21

Liz knows that America depends on a strong Republican and Democratic Party co-existing aeromanKC Aug 2022 #22

I would not vote for her. Mz Pip Aug 2022 #30

Have they asked for her? n/t 867-5309. Aug 2022 #31

Liz Cheney is a D ally just as Stalin was an ally to Roosevelt. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #34

I don't see her being called an ally treestar Aug 2022 #36