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27 Nov, 6 tweets, 3 min read
Tonight’s #FridayLimericks seek to take pointless distraction @laurenboebert off the media’s hands. #LimerickRhyme

When Boebert is handed a mic,
All the babbling and screeching will spike.
Lauren’s words have no use
(Save linguistic abuse),
But this moron just won’t take a hike.
Need a guide? Here’s a good rule of thumb:
At her best, Boebert’s words are just dumb.
Lauren’s Brandon dress hit?
A derivative bit;
Lady even throws shade like a bum.
news.yahoo.com/amphtml/rep-la…
Past the stupid, this lady’s just nuts—
Like the rest in the GOP ruts.
You can’t stand out a bunch
When your mind’s out to lunch;
Their insane kills by ten thousand cuts.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
To get noticed, she needs other bait—
So her megaphone cranks out the hate.
She will seek to divide
With each sound she’ll elide,
And each “other” she finds to berate.

businessinsider.com/lauren-boebert…
And we must not forget to include
How she helped bring this country unglued.
She’s sad little hater,
And fully a traitor
Who tweeted her plans to collude.

westword.com/news/lauren-bo…
I don’t want to twist in the knife,
But her sole contribution is strife.
Boebert rants and she rails
To cover her fails—
In humanity, Congress, and life.

coloradonewsline.com/2021/09/29/10-…

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