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Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?

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  • G George K
    3 Oct 2023, 21:34

    @jon-nyc said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

    A dozen firebrands can run the Republican caucus but they can’t run the house. Where do they think this leads?

    More skillfully described than my question.

    I assume this won't be on your bookshelf, right @jon-nyc ?

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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 3 Oct 2023, 22:20 last edited by
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    @George-K said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

    @jon-nyc said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

    A dozen firebrands can run the Republican caucus but they can’t run the house. Where do they think this leads?

    More skillfully described than my question.

    But yours is more to the point.

    I assume this won't be on your bookshelf, right @jon-nyc ?

    Not unless there’s another toilet paper shortage.

    Only non-witches get due process.

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    • J Jolly
      1 Oct 2023, 19:48
      1. No
      2. N/A
      3. Mickey Mouse
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      Renauda
      wrote on 3 Oct 2023, 22:24 last edited by Renauda 10 Mar 2023, 23:03
      #32

      Ax asked the following:

      1. Will McCarthy be vacated from Speakership?

      2. If so, who do you think will be the next Speaker of the House?

      3. (Whom would like to see as the Speaker of the House of not McCarthy?)

      Jolly responded:

      1. No
      2. N/A
      3. Mickey Mouse

      @Jolly

      So you think Mickey has a chance now?

      Elbows up!

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        George K
        wrote on 3 Oct 2023, 22:46 last edited by George K 10 Mar 2023, 22:46
        #33

        So, now what?

        Will the GOP vote in favor of anyone whom the Democrats propose? Of course not.

        Who has enough, for lack of a better word, "juice" in the GOP to win a vote? And if there is such a person, how many times will he have to give Gaetz a blowjob will he compromise to keep the speakership?

        "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
          wrote on 3 Oct 2023, 22:49 last edited by
          #34

          It's really interesting to see the reactions from the RWEC.

          "Thus, the so-called Freedom Caucus — which didn’t say much when Donald Trump spent like Barack Obama — claimed McCarthy made them promises he didn’t keep and insisted that something must be done. …"

          "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
            wrote on 3 Oct 2023, 23:09 last edited by
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            McCarthy says he won't run for speaker again.

            "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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              Renauda
              wrote on 3 Oct 2023, 23:13 last edited by Renauda 10 Mar 2023, 23:13
              #36

              @George-K

              Who can blame him?

              Elbows up!

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              • G George K
                3 Oct 2023, 20:47

                Have to wonder: What is Gaetz's end game here?

                More concessions? A run at speakership? Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker?

                It reminds me of the dog that finally catches the car: "NOW what am I going to do with it?"

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                Doctor Phibes
                wrote on 3 Oct 2023, 23:18 last edited by
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                @George-K said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

                It reminds me of the dog that finally catches the car: "NOW what am I going to do with it?"

                Drive it across State lines for unspecified purposes, presumably.

                I was only joking

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                • G George K
                  3 Oct 2023, 23:09

                  McCarthy says he won't run for speaker again.

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                  Axtremus
                  wrote on 3 Oct 2023, 23:33 last edited by
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                  @George-K said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

                  McCarthy says he won't run for speaker again.

                  Who can blame him?
                  He seems to have wanted that job for a long time.
                  Now, not only he had the job, he also made history with it.
                  As the first Speaker of the House to be vacated.
                  Down the history books he goes.

                  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/kevin-mccarthy-says-wont-run-house-speaker-rcna118611

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                  • G George K
                    3 Oct 2023, 22:49

                    It's really interesting to see the reactions from the RWEC.

                    "Thus, the so-called Freedom Caucus — which didn’t say much when Donald Trump spent like Barack Obama — claimed McCarthy made them promises he didn’t keep and insisted that something must be done. …"

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                    Renauda
                    wrote on 3 Oct 2023, 23:49 last edited by Renauda 10 Apr 2023, 00:28
                    #39

                    @George-K said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

                    It's really interesting to see the reactions from the RWEC.

                    "Thus, the so-called Freedom Caucus — which didn’t say much when Donald Trump spent like Barack Obama — claimed McCarthy made them promises he didn’t keep and insisted that something must be done. …"

                    It seems to me that the Freedom Caucus does not so much want its voice heard and taken into account but rather, insists that its voice and subsequent commands be obeyed without question.

                    Elbows up!

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                      George K
                      wrote on 3 Oct 2023, 23:58 last edited by
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                      McCarthy, appropriately bitter, commented that he's upset that 4% of his caucus controls who speaks for them.

                      "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
                        wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 00:24 last edited by
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                        Gaetz (FL-idiot) said he has no interest in being speaker.

                        "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
                          wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 00:26 last edited by
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                          Nice. They can't do a goddamn thing FOR A WEEK.

                          "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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                          • R Renauda
                            3 Oct 2023, 22:24

                            Ax asked the following:

                            1. Will McCarthy be vacated from Speakership?

                            2. If so, who do you think will be the next Speaker of the House?

                            3. (Whom would like to see as the Speaker of the House of not McCarthy?)

                            Jolly responded:

                            1. No
                            2. N/A
                            3. Mickey Mouse

                            @Jolly

                            So you think Mickey has a chance now?

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                            Jolly
                            wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 00:32 last edited by
                            #43

                            @Renauda said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

                            Ax asked the following:

                            1. Will McCarthy be vacated from Speakership?

                            2. If so, who do you think will be the next Speaker of the House?

                            3. (Whom would like to see as the Speaker of the House of not McCarthy?)

                            Jolly responded:

                            1. No
                            2. N/A
                            3. Mickey Mouse

                            @Jolly

                            So you think Mickey has a chance now?

                            About as good a shot as anybody.

                            The GOP screwed the pooch on this one.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            • G George K
                              2 Oct 2023, 22:31

                              Trump could be Speaker....

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                              George K
                              wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 00:41 last edited by
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                              Told ya...

                              "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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                              • G George K
                                4 Oct 2023, 00:26

                                Nice. They can't do a goddamn thing FOR A WEEK.

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                                Axtremus
                                wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 00:50 last edited by
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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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                                • G George K
                                  3 Oct 2023, 20:52

                                  And, he's out.

                                  Now what, you morons?

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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 01:05 last edited by
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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.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  • R Renauda
                                    3 Oct 2023, 22:24

                                    Ax asked the following:

                                    1. Will McCarthy be vacated from Speakership?

                                    2. If so, who do you think will be the next Speaker of the House?

                                    3. (Whom would like to see as the Speaker of the House of not McCarthy?)

                                    Jolly responded:

                                    1. No
                                    2. N/A
                                    3. Mickey Mouse

                                    @Jolly

                                    So you think Mickey has a chance now?

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                                    Mik
                                    wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 01:09 last edited by
                                    #47

                                    @Renauda said in [Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?](/post/

                                    @Jolly

                                    So you think Mickey has a chance now?

                                    Figuratively speaking, I don’t see how it could be anyone else.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    • M Mik
                                      4 Oct 2023, 01:05

                                      @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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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 01:14 last edited by
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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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                                        taiwan_girl
                                        wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 01:25 last edited by
                                        #49

                                        Lets see how long the memories of people are and whether they hold until Nov 2024.

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                                          Doctor Phibes
                                          wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 02:04 last edited by
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                                          If Mickey Mouse gets its, DeSantis is so fucked.

                                          I was only joking

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