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BOSSHOG

(43,370 posts)
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:01 AM Tuesday

Fly Over Country Values

An Excerpt from Page 1 of the 16 July 2025 Topeka Capitol Journal

A Topeka Mayoral Candidate is defending his posts on X, which include photos of partially clothed women, claims that former President Obama isn’t black, transphobic statements and reposts from white nationalists and self acclaimed white supremacists. He also used AI to mock the heritage of Mayor Michael Padilla who was born in Topeka and served on the Police Force for 34 years. And he also claimed that WNBA Player Brittney Griner is a man

The paper reached out to A J Bauer, an expert in partisan media and a professor at the University of Alabama. His summation after reviewing McClures work:

THIS IS KIND OF THE BASELINE REPUBLICAN PARTY AT THIS POINT.

And I’d say it’s kinda like living in a septic tank.











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Fly Over Country Values (Original Post) BOSSHOG Tuesday OP
Nebraska, Kansas, et al, look very nice from 30,000 feet. Aristus Tuesday #1
I will have to go to a funeral someday in Nebraska. Maru Kitteh Tuesday #5
I think that we should remember that markodochartaigh Tuesday #2
Noted BOSSHOG Tuesday #3
In other words, your standard issue Repugnican. Hey Joe Tuesday #4
Oh he was just having fun. Not hurting anybody. BOSSHOG Tuesday #6

Aristus

(70,440 posts)
1. Nebraska, Kansas, et al, look very nice from 30,000 feet.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:04 AM
Tuesday

I don't ever plan on seeing them from ground level again.

Maru Kitteh

(30,394 posts)
5. I will have to go to a funeral someday in Nebraska.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:04 PM
Tuesday

I will not spend a dime while I am there and I will be anxious to leave from the moment I touch down in Omaha. When it is over, I will never return as long as I live.

markodochartaigh

(3,399 posts)
2. I think that we should remember that
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:14 AM
Tuesday

Flyover country goes all the way from central New York state to the Central Valley of California. It also has a lot of Blue dots, where the majority of the people live all the way from Pittsburgh to Dallas to Las Vegas.

Hey Joe

(122 posts)
4. In other words, your standard issue Repugnican.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:56 AM
Tuesday

But I’m sure he’s a “good christian”.

BOSSHOG

(43,370 posts)
6. Oh he was just having fun. Not hurting anybody.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:18 PM
Tuesday

And he’s gonna fix the cities education system.

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