ixcuincle Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 GOP is beyond ****ed up right now. you can all laugh but the country's still without a speaker and the government is basically in absentia get your **** together Republicans and vote in someone yinz can all agree on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 For all intents and purposes than, Mitch and Chuck are co-leaders of the House. Have fun in a month when all the House will get is a bipartisan Senate bill. It will probably be a full year spending bill too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted October 13, 2023 Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 Well, the Dems and aligned groups have the weekend to bring all of Jordan's Best-Of hits back into public view. Will they? It is kind of amazing and McCarthy who was taken out by Gaetz so something like this would happen, is now supporting Jordan. He truly was the Weaker of the House. GOP used to run against Pelosi in every district during every cycle she was Speaker. The blueprint for 2024 for the Dems to run against Jordan is there, but with actual things to run against and to more recently tie that candidate to him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Guy needs to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) The George Santos thing fascinates me. In his defense, I would be extremely irritable too if I had to carry the following on my mind every day: I'm indicted on multiple serious counts Every one of my coworkers, even the ones on my side, hate me and snicker about me behind my back The only reason they tolerate my presence is because it benefits their own selfish aims It is essentially too late to fix my life's mistakes I look like someone who is going as a 52-year-old lesbian professor from New England for Halloween (Nothing against lesbians, New Englanders, 52-year-olds or Halloween.) Edited October 14, 2023 by dfitzo53 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 9 hours ago, Califan007 The Constipated said: every time i see him with those glasses i just want to slap those ****ing glasses off am i wrong in thinking this? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 17 hours ago, Fergasun said: For all intents and purposes than, Mitch and Chuck are co-leaders of the House. Have fun in a month when all the House will get is a bipartisan Senate bill. It will probably be a full year spending bill too. I've been feelin this way for a while now, when those two are in the same page, House will only get what those two are okay with, no matter who the speaker is. McCarthy showed the out they all gonna have to use to get a CR to Biden's desk, even if he lost his job for doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) Here is what I think is happening to the GOP. Gaetz kicked off a GOP "silent" Civil War. On one side you have the hardline conservatives, Represented by the House Freedom Caucus. There are other conservative groups. This group also is the one that energizes the base. They feel like they are "more pure" because they largely come from gerrymandered districts and have the luxury of representing more pure conservatism. No one in their districts care if they cut the government -- they want it. This side has the most vocal Twittee constituency. They shoot their mouths off. On the other side is the mainstream conservsatives. They come from more moderate districts or places that have rejected far right conservatism. They are more likely to keep their heads down, but also more likely to raise funds, meet with donors, etc. etc. They will face more competitive races for Congress. When the 2022 elections turned out to be a "red splash" -- this alliance... and at this point its clear they are an alliance... and not a party. This alliance barely came together to vote in McCarthy. I am convinced that the mainstream members don't believe a hardliner (Gaetz) should knife McCarthy in the back and get to install a hardline speaker (Jordan). Additionally, the hardliners have been parroting "Only Gym Jordan can unite the GOP" since McCarthy's speakership was dead. Not only did they knife McCarthy, they subsequently knifed Scalise. Yes, if you go against the party line and refuse to unite against the guy the party wants, you can make it appear that the "only Gym Jordan can unite the GOP". Even though Scalise gained support from the majority of their conference. The GOP will go back to the House on Tuesday and vote for speaker. I believe the hardline strategy will be to see who publicly goes against Jordan, and then have all their MAGA base apply massive pressure to support Jordan. I think - this could be successful, but there are members who will be putting their seats on the line and will lose their seats with a Gym Jordan house. If it's not Jordan, I see two things going down next: 1 - There is pressure to cool down and put McCarthy back... this would represent a truce.. 2 - If the Jordan supporters force multiple rounds of voting, I could see mainstream GOP members vote "present" -- thus throwing the speakership to Jeffries. Why? It's easier to run against a Jeffries led House than a Jordan led House. Edit: Either way... I think they can kiss the 2024 majority goodbye. Edited October 14, 2023 by Fergasun added 2024 implication 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 (edited) Wrong thread Edited October 15, 2023 by Cooked Crack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 @Fergasun I agree the GOP looks more like two bammas stumbling around in the same trenchcoat right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Gym Jordan isn't a leader, he's an instigator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 43 minutes ago, LadySkinsFan said: Gym Jordan isn't a leader, he's an instigator. I'm thinking "enabler" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan since a Fetus Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 There should be a time limit on picking speaker and getting your house in order. You pass it and you should be forced forfeit. The branch changes parties to give the other side the chance to get crap in order. We the people are the ones that suffer because of their ineptitude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Yes. We know that a lot of them did that. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busch1724 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 So Crenshaw has his eye on Gym? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Crenshaw has always been one of these far right whackos who drenches himself in the "served in the military doing real man stuff" special sauce and pretends at times to be a semi-reasonable conservative and not just another maga-brained scumbag, which is what he truly is. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Is George Santos about to become a real life Joker? We have no idea what his real name is, what his actual past is, and he's stealing random babies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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