Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?
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@George-K said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
Nice. They can't do a goddamn thing FOR A WEEK.
The funding bill they passed is only good for 45 days, and they are wasting at least one week of it doing nothing. Chances are they will waste even more time dealing with the fallouts rather than negotiating government funding.
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@George-K said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
And, he's out.
Now what, you morons?
Exactly. At the very time the GOP needs to be the adult in the room they throw a tantrum. I do not blame the Democrats for not stopping it.
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@Mik said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
At the very time the GOP needs to be the adult in the room...
As I said earlier, "They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity."
It reminds of the early days of TNCR, when someone (I don't remember who) said to someone else (I don't remember who), "You never fail to fail."
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Lets see how long the memories of people are and whether they hold until Nov 2024.
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If Mickey Mouse gets its, DeSantis is so fucked.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@George-K said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
@Mik said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
At the very time the GOP needs to be the adult in the room...
As I said earlier, "They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity."
It reminds of the early days of TNCR, when someone (I don't remember who) said to someone else (I don't remember who), "You never fail to fail."
Did I say that? It sounds familiar but I can’t remember. Hell, it’s been almost 20 years.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
If Mickey Mouse gets its, DeSantis is so fucked.
:spittake:
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
If Mickey Mouse gets its, DeSantis is so fucked.
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Who voted how on the motion to vacate McCarthy from Speakership:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-vote-mccarthy-speaker-roll-call-oust-democrats-republicans/
Eight Republicans and 208 Democrats voted to vacate.
Seven absences, including Pelosi who was in California for Feinstein’s funeral.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
If Mickey Mouse gets its, DeSantis is so fucked.
LOL x100
Also, @LuFins-Dad - good call on the non-irony of Gaetz voting with dems to get something passed.
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Newt speaks.
“Kevin McCarthy is one of the most talented leaders I’ve ever worked with. I think that he accomplished an amazing amount while having a small majority” and battling both the Senate and the White House. He called the outcome “tragic.”
“The University of Georgia Bulldogs is the number one team in the country now. If you started a game, and four of the members of the offensive squad decided they were actually on the Alabama side and begin tackling your own people, you’d probably get them off the field.”
“Think about what we saw today,” he continued. “Four percent—four percent—[of the Republican caucus] decided they were so morally superior, so intellectually pure, so patriotically better, that they would side with the Democrats. That’s what they did in order to defeat the entire Republican House caucus.” He called the eight Republicans who sided with Democrats “traitors” who should be primaried and “driven out of public life.”
“They [chose] to go to the other team to cause total chaos.” And instead of focusing on issues that matter to the American people, “You’re gonna get a week or ten days of the media focusing on Republican disarray. It’s an astonishingly destructive behavior by a handful of egocentric people who think they’re superior to 96% of the country.”
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"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
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@Mik said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
Newt, as usual, nails it.
I think he's right. I'm astonished the Republicans - well, that small faction - could be that stupid.
Say what you will about Pelosi, this would not have happened on her side of the aisle.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
Say what you will about Pelosi, this would not have happened on her side of the aisle.
Indeed. She ran a disciplined ship. When someone wanted to vote against her agenda, as long as she had enough votes to guarantee a victory, she'd let the prodigal legislator vote his/her desire, if for no other reason than to save face.
But, then there's always payback, which, I'm sure, she expected.
Speaking of which, I wonder how much "Target-On-My-Back" Gaetz (et al) will have to endure in the next 15 months. GOP leadership is, undoubtedly unhappy. I'm sure there will be repercussions in committee assignments, etc.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
@Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
Say what you will about Pelosi, this would not have happened on her side of the aisle.
Indeed. She ran a disciplined ship. When someone wanted to vote against her agenda, as long as she had enough votes to guarantee a victory, she'd let the prodigal legislator vote his/her desire, if for no other reason than to save face.
But, then there's always payback, which, I'm sure, she expected.
Speaking of which, I wonder how much "Target-On-My-Back" Gaetz (et al) will have to endure in the next 15 months. GOP leadership is, undoubtedly unhappy. I'm sure there will be repercussions in committee assignments, etc.
He represents an 80% Republican district. The best bet will be the congressional investigations already ongoing.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
He represents an 80% Republican district. The best bet will be the congressional investigations already ongoing.
One of the rumors is that Gaetz wanted McCarthy out because of those investigations. In fact, McCarthy said so last night, while pointing out that those investigations started before he was Speaker.
