On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 1:28:13 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 12 May 2021 05:07:57 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:


So it could just be sent to committee! but no one thinks that's going
to happen. So the vote apparently is as secret as the last time. And
the pundits on both side think the vote will go the other way from last
time? What's changed? She's still right.

It's not about right or wrong. It's about her being eager to talk about the
stolen election lie,
I can't keep track and in this case I probably never had enough
information, but I had the impression, or maybe just that I would think
that her attacks on him have always followed some participating/meddling
in politics by him. Is that accurate, afayr

Mostly. Trump and his minions have attacked her and they are trying to
unseat her in Wyoming. Note that this is also happening to other Republicans
who oppose Trump, they are being censured, condemned by the Trump
controlled party apparatus in their states. Some of it comes from the media
interviews with Cheney where she is asked about Trump, his lies and the
insurrection. The new GOP demands that you either lie or refuse to give
an answer to the simple questions.




OTOH, if that were the situation, I myself would have raised it prior to
this vote. OTOH, maybe she thinks they'll think it irrelevant since
that wouldn't make him stop, he's not going to stop. It would be a
moral defense "he started it!", but not a practical one, since like you
say, they just want her to stop. I'm sure some want him to stop, but
they can't stop him.

I find it hard to believe that most Republican congressmen weren't
idealistic, patriotic people when they first ran for office, or at least
when they were children. I wonder when they beoame "pragmatists" who
would sell out the idea of honest elections and respect for the courts.

I don;t know what happened, but it's really, really bad. Even if they are
solely focused on retaining power, what they are doing is incredibly
stupid. Trump cost them the WH, House and Senate in just 4 years.
He turned red state Georgia blue. And they want more of it. It's like
they are watching a different movie. There is a great book called
Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. It starts with
the great tulip craze that overcame Holland hundreds of years ago.
People came to believe there was no end in sight to the price
appreciation of tulips. By the peak a tulip bulb was selling for the
price of a house. We are witnessing that here again. Somehow
the masses have come to believe that a POS that is leading them
down the toilet is a great man to be worshiped, no matter what
he does.