Well, you might be missing a certain context that exists on this board. At least for me it's a place to get sarcastic, colorful, express irony, invoke godwins law, and such. You should try it!
She's an independent now. I appreciated the fact she called out a dems lack of character. Similar to what Liz did. Neither side took either of them very well. There's too much "go team" in many repubs and dems these days.