Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?
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wrote on 20 Oct 2023, 01:57 last edited by Axtremus
The pro tempore guy Rep. McHenry is threatening to quit if the House GOP pressures him to move legislation without explicitly voting to expand the pro tempore's powers.
I don't blame him. It would be chicken shit of the House GOP if they force the pro tempore to move legislation without having the courage to vote to give the pro tempore that power.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2023, 02:10 last edited by
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wrote on 20 Oct 2023, 18:18 last edited by
Jim Jordan gets the axe from his caucus.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2023, 18:22 last edited by jon-nyc
There wasn’t even another name considered. Literally a majority of the conference just voted for him to drop out of the race.
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wrote on 20 Oct 2023, 18:41 last edited by Renauda
Howard Cosell mode/
Down goes Jordan! Down goes Jordan!
/Howard Cosell mode
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wrote on 20 Oct 2023, 21:22 last edited by
Best comment:
GOP Moderates to Jordan: Who's the squish now???
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wrote on 21 Oct 2023, 01:33 last edited by
LOL
Gaetz, who led the charge against McCarthy, blamed “the swamp” for Jordan’s defeat. “The most popular Republican in the United States Congress was just knifed by a secret ballot, in a private meeting, in the basement of the Capitol,” he told reporters. “It’s as swampy as swamp gets,
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wrote on 21 Oct 2023, 02:16 last edited by
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wrote on 21 Oct 2023, 11:19 last edited by
At this point, every outcome is as likely as any other,” former Rep. Peter Meijer, a Michigan Republican who’s considering a Senate bid, told The Dispatch on Friday. “Might as well just start throwing a 222-sided die and keep holding votes round and round until January 3, 2025.”
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LOL
Gaetz, who led the charge against McCarthy, blamed “the swamp” for Jordan’s defeat. “The most popular Republican in the United States Congress was just knifed by a secret ballot, in a private meeting, in the basement of the Capitol,” he told reporters. “It’s as swampy as swamp gets,
wrote on 21 Oct 2023, 11:28 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
LOL
Gaetz, who led the charge against McCarthy, blamed “the swamp” for Jordan’s defeat. “The most popular Republican in the United States Congress was just knifed by a secret ballot, in a private meeting, in the basement of the Capitol,” he told reporters. “It’s as swampy as swamp gets,
If that guy's the most popular Republican, imagine how hated the rest of them must be.
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wrote on 21 Oct 2023, 13:36 last edited by
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wrote on 22 Oct 2023, 04:02 last edited by jon-nyc
@Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
I ain't skeered...
Perhaps but you’ve offered no opinion since the majority of the GOP conference told Jordan to fuck off already.
What’s your response to yet another Trump pick losing? And not just in a general but among elected Republicans!?
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@Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
I ain't skeered...
Perhaps but you’ve offered no opinion since the majority of the GOP conference told Jordan to fuck off already.
What’s your response to yet another Trump pick losing? And not just in a general but among elected Republicans!?
wrote on 22 Oct 2023, 12:52 last edited by@jon-nyc 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?:
I ain't skeered...
Perhaps but you’ve offered no opinion since the majority of the GOP conference told Jordan to fuck off already.
What’s your response to yet another Trump pick losing? And not just in a general but among elected Republicans!?
Machts nix.
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wrote on 22 Oct 2023, 13:24 last edited by
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wrote on 22 Oct 2023, 14:11 last edited by
Wow. What’s the resolution he’s asking them about?
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wrote on 22 Oct 2023, 17:20 last edited by
@jon-nyc I think it is the one where everybody MUST vote for whoever gets the most votes in the secret ballot for the next speaker.
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wrote on 22 Oct 2023, 17:28 last edited by
@George-K said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
In a marriage, sarcasm and contempt is a sign that it's over but for the paperwork.
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wrote on 23 Oct 2023, 00:33 last edited by
Funny, Horace, many many years ago I read a piece in the New Yorker I think by a very senior marriage counselor. He said that, in his experience, the biggest predictor of divorce is when one spouse rolls their eyes at the other. A sign of contempt or lack of respect if their ever was one.
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Funny, Horace, many many years ago I read a piece in the New Yorker I think by a very senior marriage counselor. He said that, in his experience, the biggest predictor of divorce is when one spouse rolls their eyes at the other. A sign of contempt or lack of respect if their ever was one.
wrote on 23 Oct 2023, 00:42 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
Funny, Horace, many many years ago I read a piece in the New Yorker I think by a very senior marriage counselor. He said that, in his experience, the biggest predictor of divorce is when one spouse rolls their eyes at the other. A sign of contempt or lack of respect if there ever was one.
Gladwell makes a similar point in "Blink." He talks about a psychologist who looks at marriages:
Contempt
The second horseman is contempt. When we communicate in this state, we are truly mean—we treat others with disrespect, mock them with sarcasm, ridicule, call them names, and mimic or use body language such as eye-rolling or scoffing. The target of contempt is made to feel despised and worthless.
Contempt goes far beyond criticism. While criticism attacks your partner’s character, contempt assumes a position of moral superiority over them:
“You’re ‘tired?’ Cry me a river. I’ve been with the kids all day, running around like mad to keep this house going and all you do when you come home from work is flop down on that sofa like a child and play those idiotic video games. I don’t have time to deal with another kid. Could you be any more pathetic?”
Research even shows that couples that are contemptuous of each other are more likely to suffer from infectious illness (colds, the flu, etc.) than others due to weakened immune systems! Contempt is fueled by long-simmering negative thoughts about the partner—which come to a head when the perpetrator attacks the accused from a position of relative superiority.
Most importantly, contempt is the single greatest predictor of divorce. It must be eliminated.
Sorry to veer off-topic, Jon's comment brought this to mind.
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wrote on 23 Oct 2023, 01:01 last edited by Axtremus