I do understand that. And you are right- it was a shrewd move. She is not smart enough to have thought that through; she has a lot of help.
And I have to say that even the more “traditional” R, Jeff Hurd, seems to have fallen under, or willingly entered, the MAGA bus. There are a lot of good people in this area- I’ve lived here for decade…
I do understand that. And you are right- it was a shrewd move. She is not smart enough to have thought that through; she has a lot of help.
And I have to say that even the more “traditional” R, Jeff Hurd, seems to have fallen under, or willingly entered, the MAGA bus. There are a lot of good people in this area- I’ve lived here for decades- and they are thinking hard. Adam Frisch is not exactly anyone’s wet dream of a candidate, but he is a good person. That comes through, and it may well be enough. As a community, we have endured an enormous amount of fallout from Trumpism, no matter your affiliation.
We are agricultural- ranchers, farmers. We are recreational- mountain bikers, skiers, hikers, river runners, hunters. We have a huge energy production history- uranium, (which may be having a comeback), oil, oil shale, natural gas.
There is a huge movement toward conservation- water is an enormous issue.
It’s complicated. People are looking for some leadership on these concerns - and they are difficult to navigate.
I have yet to see a current Republican who even has full working knowledge of the whole array of concern. We have had a few brilliant R’s in our past.
Now that performance and news hits seem to be more important that actual substance, consideration, and thoughtful problem-solving, many citizens of our communities are thinking hard about what they want. And need.
I was just surprised she made a move that benefited her and her party. Obviously she didn't care about the party but she knew her prior district wasn't the same when she won originally.
Honestly, I could care less about the hand job at the play...they charge so much for those shows that I'm surprised it didn't come with it. But she's the one that courted the mountain "values" types so she knew that it turned off some of her voters. So switching to Douglas County and the super-Trumpy small counties outside of it was smart because her name recognition is enough to win against several other opponents and the general is 60-40 so she probably will win by a smaller margin but easily win.
I'll be honest as someone that has lived in Colorado since 1998 and having gone to school with several kids from Rifle, I have a bit of an affinity for Boebert. So many Republicans are such frauds but she really is who she says she is. Like every Jerry Springer guest in the 1990s all the stories about her are so believable and fit her character. Whether its the Rifle bowling alley story of her future husband exposing himself, the fight with MTG in the bathroom calling each other names, seducing the chef at Hooters, the tuggy at Beetlejuice, or so many more, it all fits an authentic bat-guano crazy persona.
I do understand that. And you are right- it was a shrewd move. She is not smart enough to have thought that through; she has a lot of help.
And I have to say that even the more “traditional” R, Jeff Hurd, seems to have fallen under, or willingly entered, the MAGA bus. There are a lot of good people in this area- I’ve lived here for decades- and they are thinking hard. Adam Frisch is not exactly anyone’s wet dream of a candidate, but he is a good person. That comes through, and it may well be enough. As a community, we have endured an enormous amount of fallout from Trumpism, no matter your affiliation.
We are agricultural- ranchers, farmers. We are recreational- mountain bikers, skiers, hikers, river runners, hunters. We have a huge energy production history- uranium, (which may be having a comeback), oil, oil shale, natural gas.
There is a huge movement toward conservation- water is an enormous issue.
It’s complicated. People are looking for some leadership on these concerns - and they are difficult to navigate.
I have yet to see a current Republican who even has full working knowledge of the whole array of concern. We have had a few brilliant R’s in our past.
Now that performance and news hits seem to be more important that actual substance, consideration, and thoughtful problem-solving, many citizens of our communities are thinking hard about what they want. And need.
The R’s got nuthin’ to bring to the table.
Apologies- a rant long withheld.
I was just surprised she made a move that benefited her and her party. Obviously she didn't care about the party but she knew her prior district wasn't the same when she won originally.
Honestly, I could care less about the hand job at the play...they charge so much for those shows that I'm surprised it didn't come with it. But she's the one that courted the mountain "values" types so she knew that it turned off some of her voters. So switching to Douglas County and the super-Trumpy small counties outside of it was smart because her name recognition is enough to win against several other opponents and the general is 60-40 so she probably will win by a smaller margin but easily win.
Honest to God, I wish she would just go away.
I'll be honest as someone that has lived in Colorado since 1998 and having gone to school with several kids from Rifle, I have a bit of an affinity for Boebert. So many Republicans are such frauds but she really is who she says she is. Like every Jerry Springer guest in the 1990s all the stories about her are so believable and fit her character. Whether its the Rifle bowling alley story of her future husband exposing himself, the fight with MTG in the bathroom calling each other names, seducing the chef at Hooters, the tuggy at Beetlejuice, or so many more, it all fits an authentic bat-guano crazy persona.