She is in this for her pathetic ego and the money she can sell her soul for. Her pathetic ego requires being center stage and producing some drama. Checked off on that one. From all of the hedge fund, pharmaceutical, and multiple other billionaire donor’s listed contributions to her....checked off on that one. Nice job Kyrsten, you have dug yourself a nice political grave and we will continue our important legislation, like voting rights and raising the minimum wage, without your smug little curtsy thumbs down.
As my dear Daddy used to say: "Here's your hat, what's your hurry?" "Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out!" And my personal favorite: "Don't go away mad; just go away!"
TC in LA exposes her long history of being absolute untrustworthy. She is not just a flaky narcissist. She has a underlying pernicious political motivation.
Thank you, Robert, for this heartening perspective. My first reaction to her decision was that her funders from the right had steered her to do this to thwart Congressional Democrats and their agenda. Her trajectory from candidate to Congress reminds us that yuck people will fill the vacuum if good people don't run for office. Time to look around our communities to start recruiting candidates for school boards, special districts (fire, water, and such), county commissioners, and more. The Republicans have been building their bench nationwide for decades; the Democrats, not so much. If you don't run, who will?
I’m relieved to have Krysten out of the way. At least there is no longer a question as to where her loyalties lie…not with the Democrats. I think her change of party was a face-saving act; she knew she was unable to win another Democratic primary. She will not be able to draw off Democratic votes, either, her approval rating is too low. She's had her day in politics. The betrayal didn’t happen today, but months ago when Democrats were trying to pass important legislation that would benefit Americans.
I noticed on this evening‘s news a couple of Democrats (In particular, Chuck Schumer, ever the optimistic diplomat) are falling all over themselves to say how much they look forward to working with her. No one wants to piss her off. Two more years and she’s out of there anyway.
Early polling shows there are both a rock in my backyard and a frog in a nearby pond on our property that are both leading Sinema by more than 40 points in a potential primary bid for the Democratic nomination for the Arizona Senate seat.
It has been clear for some time Sinema has no chance against any challenger in an Arizona Democratic primary. I believe AZ Democrats have and will continue to make that quite clear. Should she run in the General election as an Independent she will be doing so as a spoiler and potential donors will understand that she has virtually no chance of winning. This means that her most likely source of campaign contributions will not come from “centrists,” but rather from Republican donors only seeking to sow the seeds of a Democratic defeat.
While that strategy may well play out, my own view is AZ Democrats should continue to put forth their strongest candidate and unify behind whom ever that should be against their Republican selected opponent and perhaps an Independent Sinema as well. It may well be that depending on the type of candidates that lead the Republican ticket in Arizona in 2024, an Independent Sinema takes as many or more votes from Republicans than Democrats. So bring on the three way cage match and get ready to rumble.
Kyrsten Sinema has earned the anger of Democrats, not only through her decision to abandon the Party, but also through her erratic movement toward being more and more conservative and her cozying up to corporate supporters. Nevertheless, we should also recall her as the high school valedictorian from a family so poor that they lived for almost three years in an abandoned gas station -- without running water and electricity according to her recollection, though that is not the memory of her parents.
She is too unreliable to play a Bernie Sanders/Angus King role. Too unpredictable to play a role similar to what Evan McMillan would have played had he been elected from Utah. Let's establish Ruben Gallego or some other nominee early, provide the support needed, and win the election in 2024..
It is so easy to sit around taking the news at face value - watching the waves crash on the atlantic rocks beneath the lighthouse, eating our lobsters, going to Scotty (town) and agonizing over one body leaving our Party. Some say "well, she's a nobody - who cares" but I have been saying she's a huge stinky fly in the ointment and I'm not sure where she can go to do the least harm. My Manhattan sensibilities say "good riddance" but my forty-year Maine mentality says "I hope Angus and Bernie can shake some sense into her." But your remarks filled me in with the really important nuance of her stupid strategy and gave me some better facts to chew on. She is a shameless peacock at best, exactly as you said, out for her own visibllty and fame...fame indeed. I never did like peacocks.
I vote in Arizona and can't wait to vote her out!
She is in this for her pathetic ego and the money she can sell her soul for. Her pathetic ego requires being center stage and producing some drama. Checked off on that one. From all of the hedge fund, pharmaceutical, and multiple other billionaire donor’s listed contributions to her....checked off on that one. Nice job Kyrsten, you have dug yourself a nice political grave and we will continue our important legislation, like voting rights and raising the minimum wage, without your smug little curtsy thumbs down.
As my dear Daddy used to say: "Here's your hat, what's your hurry?" "Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out!" And my personal favorite: "Don't go away mad; just go away!"
TC in LA exposes her long history of being absolute untrustworthy. She is not just a flaky narcissist. She has a underlying pernicious political motivation.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tcinla757/p/sinema-makes-her-move?r=1li1r&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Thank you, Robert, for this heartening perspective. My first reaction to her decision was that her funders from the right had steered her to do this to thwart Congressional Democrats and their agenda. Her trajectory from candidate to Congress reminds us that yuck people will fill the vacuum if good people don't run for office. Time to look around our communities to start recruiting candidates for school boards, special districts (fire, water, and such), county commissioners, and more. The Republicans have been building their bench nationwide for decades; the Democrats, not so much. If you don't run, who will?
I’m relieved to have Krysten out of the way. At least there is no longer a question as to where her loyalties lie…not with the Democrats. I think her change of party was a face-saving act; she knew she was unable to win another Democratic primary. She will not be able to draw off Democratic votes, either, her approval rating is too low. She's had her day in politics. The betrayal didn’t happen today, but months ago when Democrats were trying to pass important legislation that would benefit Americans.
I noticed on this evening‘s news a couple of Democrats (In particular, Chuck Schumer, ever the optimistic diplomat) are falling all over themselves to say how much they look forward to working with her. No one wants to piss her off. Two more years and she’s out of there anyway.
Goodbye and good riddance.
Early polling shows there are both a rock in my backyard and a frog in a nearby pond on our property that are both leading Sinema by more than 40 points in a potential primary bid for the Democratic nomination for the Arizona Senate seat.
It has been clear for some time Sinema has no chance against any challenger in an Arizona Democratic primary. I believe AZ Democrats have and will continue to make that quite clear. Should she run in the General election as an Independent she will be doing so as a spoiler and potential donors will understand that she has virtually no chance of winning. This means that her most likely source of campaign contributions will not come from “centrists,” but rather from Republican donors only seeking to sow the seeds of a Democratic defeat.
While that strategy may well play out, my own view is AZ Democrats should continue to put forth their strongest candidate and unify behind whom ever that should be against their Republican selected opponent and perhaps an Independent Sinema as well. It may well be that depending on the type of candidates that lead the Republican ticket in Arizona in 2024, an Independent Sinema takes as many or more votes from Republicans than Democrats. So bring on the three way cage match and get ready to rumble.
Andy Borowitz put it best in the head of his latest sally, “Nation shocked to learn Kyrsten Sinema had been a Democrat.”
Sinema’s act makes it all the more important to have a pro-choice initiative on the Arizona ballot in 2024.
Kyrsten Sinema has earned the anger of Democrats, not only through her decision to abandon the Party, but also through her erratic movement toward being more and more conservative and her cozying up to corporate supporters. Nevertheless, we should also recall her as the high school valedictorian from a family so poor that they lived for almost three years in an abandoned gas station -- without running water and electricity according to her recollection, though that is not the memory of her parents.
She is too unreliable to play a Bernie Sanders/Angus King role. Too unpredictable to play a role similar to what Evan McMillan would have played had he been elected from Utah. Let's establish Ruben Gallego or some other nominee early, provide the support needed, and win the election in 2024..
Sadly, she could have become a heroine: standing up for voting rights and rescinding her filibuster vote. Timing is everything.
I vote in Arizona and can't wait to vote her out!
You perfectly express my sentiments about Sinema. She is a total narcissist and very destructive to the Democratic Party.
It is so easy to sit around taking the news at face value - watching the waves crash on the atlantic rocks beneath the lighthouse, eating our lobsters, going to Scotty (town) and agonizing over one body leaving our Party. Some say "well, she's a nobody - who cares" but I have been saying she's a huge stinky fly in the ointment and I'm not sure where she can go to do the least harm. My Manhattan sensibilities say "good riddance" but my forty-year Maine mentality says "I hope Angus and Bernie can shake some sense into her." But your remarks filled me in with the really important nuance of her stupid strategy and gave me some better facts to chew on. She is a shameless peacock at best, exactly as you said, out for her own visibllty and fame...fame indeed. I never did like peacocks.
Ms. Sinema: Go to K Street now.