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    I wonder why we never hear about the Democrats acting badly on these forums, or anywhere else actually? Do you remember the Democratic official in Las Vegas who killed a reporter a few months ago? Or how about the Democratic former Mayor of a California town arrested a year or so ago for sexual assault on minors?

    It's interesting to see the effects of media bias on otherwise reasonable people. Sad, but interesting.
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    Personally, I think it's because it's more fun to poke at those who are the biggest hypocrites. A party that is selling god, family values, and apple pie should not be surprised when being called out for violating/flouting the values they want to inflict on the rest of us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    I wonder why we never hear about the Democrats acting badly on these forums, or anywhere else actually? Do you remember the Democratic official in Las Vegas who killed a reporter a few months ago? Or how about the Democratic former Mayor of a California town arrested a year or so ago for sexual assault on minors?
    Nope. Didn't hear about those. The Las Vegas official was apparently a county clerk, which is even more Joe Schmoe that IL's opinion of a representative in the state house. Going down to that level of officialdom does open up new avenues. Did anyone hear about Tina Peters, a country clerk and failed candidate for secretary of state here who has been charged with 7 felonies including breeches of election security. Makes one wonder about country coroners. I assume the assault on minors was not politically motivated. I don't doubt that there are crooks in both parties, it's just a matter of degree. But, I do suppose it is futile to go back and forth with the various small time political criminals. There are enough bigger fish to fry.

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    Solomon Peña - I guess if you don't vote for them, they get grumpy....

    https://www.abqjournal.com/2565117/s...ans-homes.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
    Solomon Peña - I guess if you don't vote for them, they get grumpy....

    https://www.abqjournal.com/2565117/s...ans-homes.html
    Who are they? Hispanics or Republicans? Or does it matter?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    Who are they? Hispanics or Republicans? Or does it matter?
    Why pick one?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaneV2.0 View Post
    Why pick one?
    Well, as someone else pointed out, if you pick one as representative of a group it's fun, but we all know if you pick the other as representative of a group, you're a terrible person. I'm curious where the difference lies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    Who are they? Hispanics or Republicans? Or does it matter?
    I'm not sure what you're asking since you may have read the article first. My readers digest version is that the failed republican (IL's just some Joe Schmoe) paid some gangsters $500 to shoot into the homes of four elected democrats. I don't think the gangsters had a party or it's a different kind of party. Police called it a political vendetta.

    https://www.npr.org/2023/01/17/11494...s-solomon-pena

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
    I'm not sure what you're asking since you may have read the article first.
    I was curious about who "they" were as referenced in a previous post copied below. As you will note, the use of "them" & "they" indicates a group rather than an individual and I'm not sure which group was being disparaged, or whether it was just for fun or personal bias.
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    George Santos--aka George Devolder, pathological liar; Enrique Tarrio, Proud Boy and convicted felon, Ted Cruz, widely-despised senator, etc. It's clearly a matter of context.

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