thewhyteboar Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 If Gaetz wins it would continue the trend of Republican pedophile speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Ricofoley said: It's been updated accordingly. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 I mean, the speaker is 3rd in line of succession to the presidency, isn’t it? Uh… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Just now, ort said: I mean, the speaker is 3rd in line of succession to the presidency, isn’t it? Uh… 2nd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, Jason said: 2nd! Guess I’m happy Kamala is VP for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 4 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: The first time I saw this tweet I thought it said Hannity wants to be Speaker himself, which is honestly more plausible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 GOLLY GEE, CARLOS, WHO AMONG US TRULY COULD'VE FORESEEN THESE EVENTS TRANSPIRING WITH THAT RULE IN PLACE?!? Quote GOPer Carlos Gimenez says he and other moderates won’t vote for any speaker who won’t commit to a higher motion to vacate threshold. “I think that the one-person motion to vacate I frankly think it’s a little bit insane. We can't not continue to be governed this way” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 7 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: We can't not continue wut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Why not revenge against Gaetz? Dumb children. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 Behind Kevin McCarthy’s Extraordinary Downfall as House Speaker - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM The glib Californian made many promises and paid a price when he was unable to fulfill them. But his demise also reflected the challenge of wielding a Republican majority that refuses to be governed. Quote His extraordinary ouster that unsettled Washington on Tuesday and left the House in chaos was the culmination of a tumultuous nine months that began in unprecedented fashion in January with 15 roll call votes to claim his gavel and ended in unprecedented fashion with a single one to vacate the speaker's chair. In between, the gregarious Californian, previously known more as a backslapper and prolific fund-raiser than a legislative wizard, narrowly pulled the country back from the brink of crisis — twice. But he took many other actions, and said many things, that antagonized hard-line Republicans, Democrats and the White House. When the critical moment came, no one was willing to race to his rescue. And he failed to master the art of corralling a deeply divided Republican majority that could never quite bring itself to rally behind him when it came time to choose normalcy over chaos. With the G.O.P. base increasingly hungry for insurgency and confrontation, Mr. McCarthy found himself out of step, a problem that is likely to plague any candidate who tries to succeed him. Quote Along the way, he also deeply alienated Democrats, even though he was forced to turn to them at key moments, both to avoid a calamitous federal default in May and a government shutdown last weekend. Mr. McCarthy had promised Democrats fair treatment and a role in governing, but then pushed intensely partisan legislation that they found detestable. He cavalierly launched an impeachment inquiry into the Democratic president when he found himself on shaky ground with his right-wing troops. He cut a spending deal with the White House, then reneged on it — all the while saying he was doing what he thought was right for the nation. Mr. McCarthy, always facile, pretty much talked himself out of his job. His trust deficit was deep all around. "This is someone who betrays his word on pretty much a daily basis," said Representative Adam Schiff, Democrat of California and a favorite target of Mr. McCarthy. Some Democrats seemed legitimately torn over what to do about the push to remove Mr. McCarthy, worried about who would come after him and the likely damage to the institution if speakers can now be discarded so easily. And they certainly weren't happy about aligning themselves with Representative Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who led the effort to depose the speaker and a man most Democrats — and many Republicans — can't stomach. But as they gathered in the Capitol Visitor Center to decide whether to overlook Mr. McCarthy's political sins and back him, they instead ended up reciting a litany of his offenses, an indictment that could have been nailed to the House chamber door. Without Democrat support and with eight hard-core right-wing Republicans willing to vote against him, Mr. McCarthy stood no chance given the slim Republican majority that has haunted his tenure. Quote The outcome left most of the Republican rank and file furious. Their leader had been toppled from within by a group most fellow House Republicans saw as unreasonable if not downright delusional about what Republicans could hope to accomplish in a divided government when Democrats control the Senate and the White House. They credited Mr. McCarthy with trying to restore "regular order" in the usual slam-jam appropriations process, slowly producing a series of very conservative spending bills and a tough border security measure while celebrating births and mourning lost loved ones with them. When it came to the debt limit deal and the stopgap spending legislation passed with more Democratic than Republican votes that made him the target of Mr. Gaetz, his supporters said that he did what an American leader should do in that situation: protect the nation. "He did what speakers are supposed to do," said Representative Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma and a staunch McCarthy ally. "He did the right thing. He did the right thing, I think, for this institution. He showed it could function in a time of crisis. And finally, I think he did the right thing for our party." But in today's Republican Party, doing the right thing is considered a transgression, not a virtue — a sign of unforgivable allegiance to the political establishment. That was the central problem for Mr. McCarthy, and for his eventual successor. House Republicans, beholden to a base that reveres former President Donald J. Trump and detests compromise, have become ungovernable. And it is doubtful that his precipitous downfall will break the fever. There is a bloc of House Republicans who will brook no compromise even if it means shutting down the government and stirring chaos, as they wanted to do last weekend rather than accepting a spending compromise that kept the government open but excluded their priorities on border security and deep spending cuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SuperSpreader Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 The non Gaetz GOPers are acting like Gaetzers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Just now, SuperSpreader said: The non Gaetz GOPers are acting like Gaetzers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Yes double down on Hunter Biden, the issue no one cares about. Please do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Not sure if I posted this ITT yet but remember that Mace once graffitied her own house and then went crying to the media about how antifa did it (and then the media dutifully credulously did the stenography for her). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 More Opinion | Newt Gingrich: Matt Gaetz should be expelled from the House GOP - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM Some behavior just crosses the line — and when it does, there have to be consequences. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, osxmatt said: More Opinion | Newt Gingrich: Matt Gaetz should be expelled from the House GOP - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM Some behavior just crosses the line — and when it does, there have to be consequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 worstguyyouknow.jpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 lmao she probably masturbates to herself in the mirror too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 this lines up circumstantially, Republicans have a history of getting their messaging straight ahead of time and then not being able to pivot and so just plowing ahead with the planned messaging when something goes awry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 It’s crazy because Mccarthy isn’t some moderate republican, he’s a total MAGA stooge just like people he’s fighting against. It’s not just the far right is fighting the moderate right, the far right is fighting against the far right, and moderates all left or have been neutered in power. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 14 minutes ago, stepee said: It’s crazy because Mccarthy isn’t some moderate republican, he’s a total MAGA stooge just like people he’s fighting against. It’s not just the far right is fighting the moderate right, the far right is fighting against the far right, and moderates all left or have been neutered in power. Same thing happened to the "Tea Party" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 @Jwheel86 it was McCucky and he had McHenry do it not just as revenge but because the petulant little bitch wanted the office for himself. Kevin McCarthy pushed Nancy Pelosi out of her office as revenge: report - Raw Story WWW.RAWSTORY.COM Just hours after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) became the first House Speaker in U.S. history to be voted out of his position by Congress, interim speaker Patrick McHenry (R-NC) evicted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Soo the rules of the House Republican Conference for the 118th Congress: Rule 26—Temporary Step Aside of a Member of Leadership who is Indicted (a) A member of the Republican Leadership shall step aside if indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed. Granted this can be voided at any moment by a majority vote (Its like they know the kind of bullshit they get into 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 lol they don't realize it's a diss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 dying 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 1 hour ago, GeneticBlueprint said: dying f 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 Let's check-in with the current state of the affairs regarding the competition for the vacant Speaker's chair: Fox News' involvement in speaker race prompts centrist blowback over 'circus' - Live Updates - POLITICO WWW.POLITICO.COM Some lawmakers are livid about an upcoming Fox News joint interview with the top speaker candidates. Quote A key bloc of centrist House Republicans are growing increasingly alarmed about the state of their party’s speaker race, with some warning it’s becoming “a circus” that will harm their push to hang onto the majority. Those lawmakers, and others, are livid about an upcoming Fox News joint interview with the top speaker candidates. They warn it will stir even more chaos within the splintered caucus. “People already thought this seemed like a circus,” said one centrist Republican lawmaker, who was granted anonymity to discuss internal conference dynamics. “We are proving it is.” “This will keep us from getting anyone to 218,” the lawmaker added. The intense blowback from GOP members could delay the event or scrap it altogether. Former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for speaker has also rankled centrists, who will be a key determinate in who becomes speaker. Many of whom have yet to endorse any candidate. “Not helpful, at all,” another GOP centrist said of Trump’s endorsement. A GOP lawmaker who supports Trump noted the endorsement could hurt Jordan among Republicans in Biden districts. “Maybe that's not the best thing for Jordan right now,” the GOP lawmaker said. Some moderate Republican members have been raising the idea of keeping current acting Speaker Patrick McHenry in the role permanently, while pushing several other consensus candidates — which they believe includes Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), among others. Lawmakers are hoping to hold their floor vote for speaker next week, but that timeline could slide if members can’t reach a consensus. A group of lawmakers is discussing reforms to ensure Republicans don’t go to the House floor to pick their speaker until a candidate has enough votes, according to three lawmakers who’ve been involved in the talks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 1 hour ago, GeneticBlueprint said: dying I’m almost positive that reply is a joke because Gertz constantly jokes about how similar his name is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 8 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Let's check-in with the current state of the affairs regarding the competition for the vacant Speaker's chair: Fox News' involvement in speaker race prompts centrist blowback over 'circus' - Live Updates - POLITICO WWW.POLITICO.COM Some lawmakers are livid about an upcoming Fox News joint interview with the top speaker candidates. Can't wait for these "centrists" to blame this on the Democrats and vote for Scalise anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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