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TommyT139

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30. Maybe not the heap-top

Reply to tanyev (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 11:10 AM

Oct 7

...but it's easy for anyone to see that in a close vote, the ones who have distanced themselves from the herd end up getting more leverage. She's found an outlier vantage point that doesn't piss off her base, and so is making the most of it.

But that kind of leverage only works if she threatens to use it, not if she actually does. That final card can only be played once.

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This is from Marge Greene. You know who has been warning about this for months? Democrats. [View all] demmiblue Oct 7 OP

Marge keeps having flights into sanity. Irish_Dem Oct 7 #1

Yeah, she's on the right side of this issue True Dough Oct 7 #2

Yep. That is why I am calling them flights into sanity. Irish_Dem Oct 7 #38

She must think she sees a pathway for herself to rise to the top of the GOP heap this way. tanyev Oct 7 #6

If so, I think she's delusional. But ... Bluetus Oct 7 #16

Trump blows her off because she isn't good looking enough for a woman and she's travelingthrulife Oct 7 #25

It does seem like she has given up Bluetus Oct 7 #34

Maybe not the heap-top TommyT139 Oct 7 #30

Yes it could be a long shot gambit. MAGA doing the right thing. Irish_Dem Oct 7 #39

Even a Blind Squirrel modrepub Oct 7 #20

We don't see it happen very often with MAGA squirrels. Irish_Dem Oct 7 #40

Ah, Marge calls for bipartisanship. no_hypocrisy Oct 7 #3

I read her entire post somewhere else. It's funny that she starts it by bashing Obamacare tulipsandroses Oct 7 #4

"No concern unless it affects them personally." Seinan Sensei Oct 7 #19

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Wonder if the Tech Bros and MAGA will ever figure out that if you have no jobs, travelingthrulife Oct 7 #26

Poor Marge hasnt been the same since trump Luz Oct 7 #7

+1. She is jealous of the Trump Barbies dalton99a Oct 7 #10

Too old for Donnie lonely bird Oct 7 #15

Loonie Loomer's been working hard too! travelingthrulife Oct 7 #27

*rump "Barbies"???? MorbidButterflyTat Oct 7 #33

Passes asshole based tax plan Johonny Oct 7 #8

Wait a minute. Gimpyknee Oct 7 #9

What the...? Trueblue Texan Oct 7 #11

Its still kool-aid, its just made from purified water this batch, instead of donald trumps syphilis-piss. Volaris Oct 7 #21

Americans can't even get free healthcare. Good luck getting folks to believe immigrants are somehow accessing that Arazi Oct 7 #12

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Only when... E. Normus Oct 7 #17

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EVERYONE'S health care costs will go up. As premiums become more expensive, healthier young people wiggs Oct 7 #22

seer poozwah Oct 7 #23

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Rest of the Republicans keep on sleeping Champp Oct 7 #28

She needs to switch parties. SSJVegeta Oct 7 #29

Look at me!!! MorbidButterflyTat Oct 7 #31

Just say it Maggot Traitor Greene ... you know you want to dweller Oct 7 #32

I think she means, I'm lying my ass off. Let's take away her "scam" healthcare. 58Sunliner Oct 7 #35

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+1 More of them will leftstreet Oct 7 #37

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