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allegorical oracle

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15. Nastiest double-cross politicians can pull -- the bait and switch.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Jul 12, 2023, 07:06 AM

Jul 2023

How can your "morals" flip 180 degrees when what the political parties stand for has remained the same?
Caveat Emptor.

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African American Georgia state rep (Democratic stronghold of Atlanta) switches to GOP [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 2023 OP

I hope the 30 pieces of silver was worth it. Norbert Jul 2023 #1

Impossible to think otherwise. IMO, there is a special kind of horrific to someone put in power hlthe2b Jul 2023 #5

It's always about the Dave in VA Jul 2023 #40

What changed her heart and her values to not caring about her voters? Emile Jul 2023 #2

It is probably all about $$$$$$$$$$ roomtomove Jul 2023 #6

Moral? Conjuay Jul 2023 #3

This! FailureToCommunicate Jul 2023 #10

They'll never stop hating you because you've A Black woman either. czarjak Jul 2023 #4

As I said, the enemy is everywhere. The Grand Illuminist Jul 2023 #7

Enjoy losing your next election, traitor. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #8

the GOP will primary her and she will lose. ZonkerHarris Jul 2023 #48

Clayton Bigsby sarcasmo Jul 2023 #9

She tweeted is she was called out for not supporting 'defund the police' Norbert Jul 2023 #11

The real reason... OldBaldy1701E Jul 2023 #13

Yep. Norbert Jul 2023 #14

Shouldn't that be 100s LittleGirl Jul 2023 #17

Yes, but that was the pic I had at the moment. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2023 #24

ha ha LittleGirl Jul 2023 #41

+1 2naSalit Jul 2023 #32

That was my first thought too Bettie Jul 2023 #19

infiltrator. 2naSalit Jul 2023 #33

the DEMOCRAT party? Skittles Jul 2023 #12

My first thought, too. phylny Jul 2023 #43

Nastiest double-cross politicians can pull -- the bait and switch. allegorical oracle Jul 2023 #15

It's the money. The rags to riches chase. bucolic_frolic Jul 2023 #16

When are we going to stop this? LittleGirl Jul 2023 #18

Moral? Running on false pretenses and misleading thousands of people is moral? ecstatic Jul 2023 #20

Not only the extra 'a'. Her first name is spelled 2 different... 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #37

Wow! I missed that too! lol ecstatic Jul 2023 #49

Especially disconcerting is the fact that precious scarce resources were consumed placing her to.... jaxexpat Jul 2023 #21

She'll be two and done BumRushDaShow Jul 2023 #23

Disagreeing on school vouchers ecstatic Jul 2023 #30

Well I only mention that as *her* "pre-text" BumRushDaShow Jul 2023 #38

Thanks for the insight. Interesting. I'll have to look into her background ecstatic Jul 2023 #52

That makes me wonder about narcissism Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2023 #42

You have a whole subset of brainwashed AAs BumRushDaShow Jul 2023 #44

NOt the first time for Georgia mcp37 Jul 2023 #25

I suspect some money may have been involved, but I'm always suspicious of any switch from Lonestarblue Jul 2023 #26

Following the lead of a woman NC State Rep mnhtnbb Jul 2023 #27

Odd to change your values to racism, bigotry, cruelty & greed. Good luck getting reelected. PelicanScot_V3 Jul 2023 #28

Assuming she had to be bribed to switch is an Everyone's Corrupt Both Sides thing. betsuni Jul 2023 #29

We'll see more of these, I think. aocommunalpunch Jul 2023 #31

My name is Rep. Meisha Mainor and today I made the decision to leave the Democrat Party. Botany Jul 2023 #34

Georgia Democrats were scammed good dalton99a Jul 2023 #35

A change of heart, values, and the balance in her bank accounts. tanyev Jul 2023 #36

Major concussion? Stroke? It would take some kind of brain damage... CaptainTruth Jul 2023 #39

A future of being the warm up act for Kyle Rittenhouse awaits Showbizkid Jul 2023 #45

She pulled a sinema Javaman Jul 2023 #46

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interesting. Thanks for this BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 2023 #50

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"... left-wing radicalism, lawlessness, ...." area51 Jul 2023 #53