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Aug 3Liked by Jeff Dorchen

I was amused by this.

I then cogitated about how, when she first appeared on the scene, she was such an extreme outlier, and now is at the center of GOP power and influence.

And I wondered who was more extreme in ridiculousness, MTG or Kate Winslet’s character in The Regime.

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I wouldn't know how to compare those two. One is a fully realized human, with complexity and fears boiling underneath her clownish facade, and the other is Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Jul 30Liked by Jeff Dorchen

Nice essay. She projects an angry ape vibe, like Alex Jones or Limbaugh. Your thoughts on Lauren Boebert as Betty?

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Maybe if Betty was a teenage huffer and cigarette whore

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Jul 30Liked by Jeff Dorchen

Hooray!

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I take it you don’t like her; but I could be wrong.

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I like to leave my real feelings to the reader's imagination

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