[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

She's always been such an idiot. I remember being disgusted by the TV ads for her first campaign in '72 on the Denver stations. Though she's supposedly a proud feminist, her ads were all fluff and nonsense and looked like the old Breck shampoo commercials of that era. They showed her in slow-motion as she ran down hillsides of mountain wildflowers in some idyllic Rocky Mountain High setting, with her hair flouncing up and down in slo-mo, exactly like the Breck ads that showed a woman with flouncy hair running across a golden-lit field to the man of her dreams. Only in Schroeder's case, she was apparently running into the arms of the female voters who were taken in by her substanceless imagery, and put her into office.

I was always so ashamed when she appeared on national TV, because it always had her name and "Colorado" with it. No! That's my state! Don't tarnish its good name!

As I remember, she almost became chair of the House Armed Services Com when Les Aspin left in '93 to be Secy of Defense, but Ron Red Dellums had a hairswidth more seniority than her. Then in the next election when the GOP tide snatched away all the leadership roles that the Dems had seen as their right by birth for generations, she decided "This is no fun any more! I'm quitting!" and retired from Congress.

And does anyone remember her short-lived run for President in 87-88? When her campaign got no traction (I forget, did the wheels fall off, or just keep spinning in mud?), she gave a tearful press conf announcing her withdrawal. And right after, SNL lampooned her with a skit where she (played by an SNL actress) keeps bursting into tears every few minutes on some TV debate or something. Heh heh! She certainly deserved that!

[driftless2]

Don’t feel too bad. Here in Wisconsin we have Tammy Baldwin from Madison sitting in congress. She’s probably nuttier than Schroeder.

[tommix2]

she gave a tearful press conf announcing her withdrawal.Remember when she burst into tears and turned from the microphone and fell into her husband's arms?

And she cost us a bundle converting Navy ships to Coed crew.You have to put in dual quarters with plumbing for males and females and scrap some facilities to make space. Like buying a new ship.