Dismiss Notice
Thanks for being a member of our community. Please donate toward site expenses if you can.

Colorado proposing a new electoral map that could oust Lauren Boebert

Discussion in 'Elections & Campaigns' started by Smedley, Sep 6, 2021.

Page 1 of 3
  1. Smedley

    Smedley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2012
    Messages:
    1,204
    Likes Received:
    711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Colorado proposing a new electoral map that could oust Lauren Boebert (msn.com)

    An interesting development.
    Bobert is a GOP newcomer w/ a promising future.
    Perhaps on the national level.
    Some will say this Democratic gerrymandering, other will call it un-gerrymandering.
    I will be following this.
     
    Smedley, Sep 6, 2021
    #1
    Matthewthf likes this.
  2. Chrizton

    Chrizton Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 4, 2020
    Messages:
    7,759
    Likes Received:
    3,806
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I have no doubt the reason AOC flexed her potential primary challenge to Schumer was to make sure her district isn't the one that gets axed in New York. Politics are politics.
     
    Chrizton, Sep 6, 2021
    #2
    joesnagg and Matthewthf like this.
  3. GrayMan

    GrayMan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2010
    Messages:
    8,371
    Likes Received:
    3,516
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Wouldn't she just move deeper in her district?
     
    GrayMan, Sep 6, 2021
    #3
    Matthewthf likes this.
  4. Smedley

    Smedley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2012
    Messages:
    1,204
    Likes Received:
    711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    She does not have to. She can run in the 3rd district, she does not have to live in it.
     
    Smedley, Sep 6, 2021
    #4
    Matthewthf likes this.
  5. Matthewthf

    Matthewthf Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Nov 7, 2016
    Messages:
    6,923
    Likes Received:
    4,269
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Lauren Boebert is one of my favorite people right now. She is very popular and hopefully she can keep a seat or kick out a Democrat and take another seat.
     
    Matthewthf, Sep 6, 2021
    #5
  6. Matthewthf

    Matthewthf Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Nov 7, 2016
    Messages:
    6,923
    Likes Received:
    4,269
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I did not know this. In 2020 the Republican party did not do good in CO and Trump lost by 400,000+ votes.

    Lauren was a ray of sunshine in the darkness. She actually moved her seat a bit farther to the right since winning.
     
    Matthewthf, Sep 6, 2021
    #6
  7. Smedley

    Smedley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2012
    Messages:
    1,204
    Likes Received:
    711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Or perhaps a ray of darkness in the sunshine.
    Depending on how you look at it.
     
    Smedley, Sep 6, 2021
    #7
  8. Matthewthf

    Matthewthf Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Nov 7, 2016
    Messages:
    6,923
    Likes Received:
    4,269
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Do you like Lauren Boebert?
     
    Matthewthf, Sep 7, 2021
    #8
  9. Bowerbird

    Bowerbird Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 13, 2009
    Messages:
    92,542
    Likes Received:
    73,997
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Female
    Bowerbird, Sep 7, 2021
    #9
    Aleksander Ulyanov, Noone, Smedley and 1 other person like this.
  10. Bowerbird

    Bowerbird Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 13, 2009
    Messages:
    92,542
    Likes Received:
    73,997
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Female
    Okay - why??
    I mean we are talking about someone who has drunk and disorderly charges against them.
     
    Bowerbird, Sep 7, 2021
    #10
    FoxHastings likes this.
  11. Smedley

    Smedley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2012
    Messages:
    1,204
    Likes Received:
    711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Sure, what's not to like about her?
     
    Last edited: Sep 7, 2021
    Smedley, Sep 7, 2021
    #11
    Matthewthf likes this.
  12. Smedley

    Smedley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2012
    Messages:
    1,204
    Likes Received:
    711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    She is probably as bright as any high school dropout gets.
    C'mon, she is kinda cute w/ the guns and all.
     
    Smedley, Sep 7, 2021
    #12
    Melb_muser and Hey Now like this.
  13. Bowerbird

    Bowerbird Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 13, 2009
    Messages:
    92,542
    Likes Received:
    73,997
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Female
    “Kinda cute” yeah sure - great way of picking someone who will look after your interests
    https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/27/lauren-boebert-arrests-colorado-3rd-mitsch-bush/
    Oooh proof she lied
    https://coloradonewsline.com/2021/0...rk-arrest-history-revealed-in-county-records/
    Hmmmm acting in her own interests
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/19/boebert-energy-financial-disclosure/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Boebert
     
    Bowerbird, Sep 7, 2021
    #13
    Noone, ChiCowboy, FoxHastings and 3 others like this.
  14. Matthewthf

    Matthewthf Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Nov 7, 2016
    Messages:
    6,923
    Likes Received:
    4,269
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I dont think you are being serious.

    Which party do you support?
     
    Last edited: Sep 7, 2021
    Matthewthf, Sep 7, 2021
    #14
    Smedley likes this.
  15. Smedley

    Smedley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2012
    Messages:
    1,204
    Likes Received:
    711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I am as serious as I ever get.
    When I was in High school I supported the Keg Party.
    Now I just support myself and my friends and family.
    As a bass player I support lead instrumentalists and front people.
    As far as Boebert is concerned, I think it is cool that she went from working at MacDonald's to owning her own restaurant.
    You know, the great American dream.
    I do however, regard the gun thing as a lowbrow gimmick.
    But to each his own.
    I can still like her and disagree w/ her politics.
    I do that w/ a lot of people.
    The reason that I started this thread is because I know how it feels to be gerrymandered. It happened to me.
    Cheers!
     
    Last edited: Sep 7, 2021
    Smedley, Sep 7, 2021
    #15
  16. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2020
    Messages:
    10,468
    Likes Received:
    10,816
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Well, she has escaped the clutches of the porn industry (thus far). On a personal note that's quite a victory.
     
    Melb_muser, Sep 7, 2021
    #16
    Bowerbird and Smedley like this.
  17. fmw

    fmw Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 21, 2009
    Messages:
    38,287
    Likes Received:
    14,755
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Everything I read around here says only republicans engage in gerrymandering.
     
    fmw, Sep 7, 2021
    #17
    Matthewthf likes this.
  18. fmw

    fmw Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 21, 2009
    Messages:
    38,287
    Likes Received:
    14,755
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Anyone who engaged in a drunken evening should be barred from having a career. I think that may be the Australian way but it isn't ours.
     
    fmw, Sep 7, 2021
    #18
    Matthewthf likes this.
  19. Bowerbird

    Bowerbird Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 13, 2009
    Messages:
    92,542
    Likes Received:
    73,997
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Female
    Why not? After all many are insisting that a woman who gets pregnant because of a drunken evening……
     
    Bowerbird, Sep 7, 2021
    #19
  20. fmw

    fmw Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 21, 2009
    Messages:
    38,287
    Likes Received:
    14,755
    Trophy Points:
    113
    ....should carry to term and engage in adoption if the result isn't wanted. It seems more reasonable than to punish a future human being with a death sentence for someone else's evening.
     
    fmw, Sep 7, 2021
    #20
    Matthewthf likes this.
  21. Matthewthf

    Matthewthf Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Nov 7, 2016
    Messages:
    6,923
    Likes Received:
    4,269
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    You think very low of all Republican politicians don't you?
     
    Matthewthf, Sep 7, 2021
    #21
    Aleksander Ulyanov likes this.
  22. Matthewthf

    Matthewthf Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Nov 7, 2016
    Messages:
    6,923
    Likes Received:
    4,269
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Well said.
     
    Matthewthf, Sep 7, 2021
    #22
  23. Smedley

    Smedley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2012
    Messages:
    1,204
    Likes Received:
    711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Both have been known to do it.
    But here in Texas it was the Republicans that did it to me.
     
    Smedley, Sep 7, 2021
    #23
  24. kazenatsu

    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    May 15, 2017
    Messages:
    34,682
    Likes Received:
    11,246
    Trophy Points:
    113
    If this redistricting ends up happening, she's going to have to move her position back towards the center, if she wants to be able to get those Democrat swing votes she will need to be reelected.
    Softening her rhetoric however might make her core supporters less enthusiastic about her.

    The reality is politicians simply have to adjust their positions and words if they want to maintain a fair chance of getting reelected and not letting the other party grab that seat.
    This is something a lot of the public doesn't seem to understand.

    This redistricting will squeeze her, ideologically.
     
    kazenatsu, Sep 7, 2021
    #24
    Matthewthf likes this.
  25. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2020
    Messages:
    10,468
    Likes Received:
    10,816
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I just hate to see good talent going to waste :bye:

    To answer your question, as far as I can see there aren't many Republican politicians left. Just MAGA now.
     
    Melb_muser, Sep 7, 2021
    #25
    Aleksander Ulyanov likes this.
Page 1 of 3

Share This Page