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

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    Mik
    wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 14:51 last edited by
    #65

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mccarthy-s-defeat-is-a-victory-for-despotism/ar-AA1hGLTz?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=332f76ddf00b44219b84ee863b69d159&ei=28

    “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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      Mik
      wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 15:22 last edited by
      #66

      Pence weighs in, and i think he nails it too. This is very bad for the GOP leading into primary season.

      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-pence-reacts-to-mccarthy-s-ouster-as-speaker-of-the-house/vi-AA1hEeBb?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4de16432b48e4e568ea4dac7260ba7b5&ei=32

      “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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        Mik
        wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 15:27 last edited by
        #67

        The drumbeat of GOP failure and disorganization continues.

        https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-average-american-sees-this-and-says-way-to-go-republicans-mike-huckabee/vi-AA1hERLq?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4de16432b48e4e568ea4dac7260ba7b5&ei=61

        “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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          LuFins Dad
          wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 15:29 last edited by
          #68

          Maybe it helps open the door for a moderate 3rd party option? It could also help galvanize the party against the MAGATS.

          The Brad

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            Axtremus
            wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 17:01 last edited by
            #69

            Maybe elect an Independent to be the next Speaker, with votes from both major parties.

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            • L LuFins Dad
              4 Oct 2023, 15:29

              Maybe it helps open the door for a moderate 3rd party option? It could also help galvanize the party against the MAGATS.

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              Mik
              wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 17:03 last edited by
              #70

              @LuFins-Dad said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

              Maybe it helps open the door for a moderate 3rd party option? It could also help galvanize the party against the MAGATS.

              That is quite possible.

              “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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                kluurs
                wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 18:10 last edited by
                #71

                Jim Jordan says he’s interested in going for it.

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                  Axtremus
                  wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 18:38 last edited by
                  #72

                  Steve Scalise has also thrown his hat into the ring.

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                    Jolly
                    wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 22:17 last edited by
                    #73

                    The MAGATs, as y'all so gleefully call them, are a third, maybe more, of the party.

                    Go ahead, piss 'em off.

                    Enjoy the Biden Death Watch for four more years

                    “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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                    • A Axtremus
                      4 Oct 2023, 18:38

                      Steve Scalise has also thrown his hat into the ring.

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                      Jolly
                      wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 22:18 last edited by
                      #74

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

                      Steve Scalise has also thrown his hat into the ring.

                      I'm a bit surprised. Steve has cancer.

                      “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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                        Mik
                        wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 22:36 last edited by
                        #75

                        Yeah, I have a hard time with that too. While I respect him a lot, the illness going to get in the way.

                        I think I'd prefer Jordan.

                        “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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                        • J Jolly
                          4 Oct 2023, 22:17

                          The MAGATs, as y'all so gleefully call them, are a third, maybe more, of the party.

                          Go ahead, piss 'em off.

                          Enjoy the Biden Death Watch for four more years

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                          Mik
                          wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 22:37 last edited by
                          #76

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

                          The MAGATs, as y'all so gleefully call them, are a third, maybe more, of the party.

                          Go ahead, piss 'em off.

                          Enjoy the Biden Death Watch for four more years

                          With all due respect, the more extreme third of the party just went a long way toward assuring that very result.

                          “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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                            Mik
                            wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 22:54 last edited by Mik 10 Apr 2023, 22:56
                            #77

                            What was the point of this snippy little action? Good, lord, the GOP needs to stay clear away from this stuff. Now you can say this is a punishment for backing the McCarthy ouster, but why would the Dems not want to help the GOP shoot itself in the foot?

                            https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-evicted-from-hideaway-offices-after-kevin-mccarthy-s-ouster/ar-AA1hHdrN?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c295ea8d14d247cf9c4dea36f6322e89&ei=25

                            “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, 22:37

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

                              The MAGATs, as y'all so gleefully call them, are a third, maybe more, of the party.

                              Go ahead, piss 'em off.

                              Enjoy the Biden Death Watch for four more years

                              With all due respect, the more extreme third of the party just went a long way toward assuring that very result.

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                              Jolly
                              wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 23:35 last edited by
                              #78

                              @Mik 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?:

                              The MAGATs, as y'all so gleefully call them, are a third, maybe more, of the party.

                              Go ahead, piss 'em off.

                              Enjoy the Biden Death Watch for four more years

                              With all due respect, the more extreme third of the party just went a long way toward assuring that very result.

                              Then write them off.

                              Enjoy!

                              “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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                              • M Mik
                                4 Oct 2023, 22:36

                                Yeah, I have a hard time with that too. While I respect him a lot, the illness going to get in the way.

                                I think I'd prefer Jordan.

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                                Jolly
                                wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 23:35 last edited by
                                #79

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

                                Yeah, I have a hard time with that too. While I respect him a lot, the illness going to get in the way.

                                I think I'd prefer Jordan.

                                Jordan is a firebrand. Won't work.

                                “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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                                  4 Oct 2023, 22:18

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

                                  Steve Scalise has also thrown his hat into the ring.

                                  I'm a bit surprised. Steve has cancer.

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 23:38 last edited by
                                  #80

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

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

                                  Steve Scalise has also thrown his hat into the ring.

                                  I'm a bit surprised. Steve has cancer.

                                  I saw him walking and (barely) talking down a hallway today. He looked frail and dyspneic. Granted, it could be the chemo for his myeloma, but he didn't look too robust.

                                  "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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                                  • J Jolly
                                    4 Oct 2023, 23:35

                                    @Mik 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?:

                                    The MAGATs, as y'all so gleefully call them, are a third, maybe more, of the party.

                                    Go ahead, piss 'em off.

                                    Enjoy the Biden Death Watch for four more years

                                    With all due respect, the more extreme third of the party just went a long way toward assuring that very result.

                                    Then write them off.

                                    Enjoy!

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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 23:57 last edited by
                                    #81

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

                                    Then write them off.

                                    Enjoy!

                                    Have the MAGA folks shown any inclination whatsoever to compromise?

                                    Why should the 70% kowtow to the 30%?

                                    I was only joking

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                                    • J Jolly
                                      4 Oct 2023, 23:35

                                      @Mik 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?:

                                      The MAGATs, as y'all so gleefully call them, are a third, maybe more, of the party.

                                      Go ahead, piss 'em off.

                                      Enjoy the Biden Death Watch for four more years

                                      With all due respect, the more extreme third of the party just went a long way toward assuring that very result.

                                      Then write them off.

                                      Enjoy!

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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on 5 Oct 2023, 00:41 last edited by
                                      #82

                                      @Jolly 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?:

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

                                      The MAGATs, as y'all so gleefully call them, are a third, maybe more, of the party.

                                      Go ahead, piss 'em off.

                                      Enjoy the Biden Death Watch for four more years

                                      With all due respect, the more extreme third of the party just went a long way toward assuring that very result.

                                      Then write them off.

                                      Enjoy!

                                      No need to get snippy. We’re not so far apart, but my way or the highway just doesn’t fly in this nation. This was a tantrum and makes the GOP look unable to govern responsibly. Huge unforced error.

                                      “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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                                        4 Oct 2023, 23:57

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

                                        Then write them off.

                                        Enjoy!

                                        Have the MAGA folks shown any inclination whatsoever to compromise?

                                        Why should the 70% kowtow to the 30%?

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                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on 5 Oct 2023, 00:54 last edited by
                                        #83

                                        @Doctor-Phibes 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?:

                                        Then write them off.

                                        Enjoy!

                                        Have the MAGA folks shown any inclination whatsoever to compromise?

                                        Why should the 70% kowtow to the 30%?

                                        Because without that 30%, you're not getting elected President or getting elected to any national office in many districts or states.

                                        “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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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on 5 Oct 2023, 00:56 last edited by
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                                          “What kind of girl do you think I am?”.

                                          “We’ve already established that. We’re only haggling over price.”.

                                          “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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