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I like Mike

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  • JollyJ Jolly

    I think it will be. But I've met Letlow, both the deceased husband and the wife. Mike and Letlow are very similar politically. Evangelical Christian. Very pro Israel.

    What I'm saying, is that Ukraine may be funded, but it's going to take a backseat.

    Perhaps the rest of NATO will step up some more?

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    Renauda
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    #31

    @Jolly

    What I'm saying, is that Ukraine may be funded, but it's going to take a backseat.

    I would wager that Johnson does not see Russia for what it is. He was born in 1972, he was ten when Reagan was in power, he was teen when Gorbachev introduced Glasnost’ and the Berlin Wall came down. A young adult when the USSR was dissolved. He has zero personal experience or memory of the Cold War.

    As a result, I doubt very much whether he even perceives the revanchist Russia as much of a global threat to security. When he sees the mischief it is undertaking in support of Hamas and Iran in the Middle East he just might wake up to the fact that what Russia is becoming is diametrically opposed to everything the US is and represents in the world.

    Elbows up!

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    • JollyJ Jolly

      @Doctor-Phibes said in I like Mike:

      @George-K said in I like Mike:

      @Renauda said in I like Mike:

      Ukraine will just have to go back to being a truncated vassal state of Russia run by Kremlin Quislings.

      Can't find the story at the moment, but Johnson, today, said that further aid to Ukraine is definitely ON the table.

      Let's hope so. It would be a real shame if the GOP House became the political wing of the Tucker Carlson show.

      Well, seems like you've already made up your mind.

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      Doctor Phibes
      wrote on last edited by
      #32

      @Jolly said in I like Mike:

      Well, seems like you've already made up your mind.

      Not really, I honestly have no idea about him at all. But I do hope that the USA doesn't decide to abandon Ukraine to its fate.

      I was only joking

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        Jolly
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        #33

        Five things he told fellow Republicans:

        https://nypost.com/2023/10/25/opinion/mike-johnson-lucked-into-speaker-job-but-he-has-talent-to-pull-it-off/

        That's a tall order.

        “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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        • MikM Offline
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          #34

          I like this:

          1. Fund the government on time with all single subject appropriations bills passing the House by June 30 — or no recess til it’s done.

          2. Pass real spending cuts, NOT budget gimmicks.

          3. No short term, stop-gap funding of the government.

          4. Enforce a true 72-hour rule allowing members and voters time to review legislation.

          5. Make sure power is decentralized enough that almost all members feel they have a stake in bills passing on the House floor.

          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          • MikM Mik

            I like this:

            1. Fund the government on time with all single subject appropriations bills passing the House by June 30 — or no recess til it’s done.

            2. Pass real spending cuts, NOT budget gimmicks.

            3. No short term, stop-gap funding of the government.

            4. Enforce a true 72-hour rule allowing members and voters time to review legislation.

            5. Make sure power is decentralized enough that almost all members feel they have a stake in bills passing on the House floor.

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            George K
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            #35

            @Mik said in I like Mike:

            I like this:

            1. Fund the government on time with all single subject appropriations bills passing the House by June 30 — or no recess til it’s done.

            2. Pass real spending cuts, NOT budget gimmicks.

            3. No short term, stop-gap funding of the government.

            4. Enforce a true 72-hour rule allowing members and voters time to review legislation.

            5. Make sure power is decentralized enough that almost all members feel they have a stake in bills passing on the House floor.

            IOW...

            1. Stay and do your goddamned job.
            2. Fire the accountants
            3. See #1
            4. Permit people to do #1
            5. How

            "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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            • MikM Offline
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              Mik
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              #36

              Yeah, 5 is a bit of a fantasy, but still..I like that he's not showing his Christofascist leanings yet. 😆

              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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              • AxtremusA Away
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                Axtremus
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                #37

                Current CR runs out in three weeks.
                Mike Johnson will likely have to bail on #3 real fast.

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                  Horace
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                  #38

                  Browsing through the rest of the internet, such as Reddit and Twitter, the 'voices of reason' on the left seem unanimous that Mike is terrifying. There must be something about being a level headed, rational, adult in the room leftist, that requires one to find terrifying existential threats to our democracy behind every fucking corner. Pathetic.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • HoraceH Horace

                    Browsing through the rest of the internet, such as Reddit and Twitter, the 'voices of reason' on the left seem unanimous that Mike is terrifying. There must be something about being a level headed, rational, adult in the room leftist, that requires one to find terrifying existential threats to our democracy behind every fucking corner. Pathetic.

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                    George K
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                    #39

                    @Horace said in I like Mike:

                    Mike is terrifying

                    He actually had the balls to pray.

                    One article chided him for referring to 18th century values.

                    "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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                    • HoraceH Horace

                      Browsing through the rest of the internet, such as Reddit and Twitter, the 'voices of reason' on the left seem unanimous that Mike is terrifying. There must be something about being a level headed, rational, adult in the room leftist, that requires one to find terrifying existential threats to our democracy behind every fucking corner. Pathetic.

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                      #40

                      @Horace said in I like Mike:

                      Browsing through the rest of the internet, such as Reddit and Twitter, the 'voices of reason' on the left seem unanimous that Mike is terrifying. There must be something about being a level headed, rational, adult in the room leftist, that requires one to find terrifying existential threats to our democracy behind every fucking corner. Pathetic.

                      POTM. Maybe Y.

                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                      • George KG Offline
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                        George K
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                        #41

                        Too lazy to look - have they gone full-Godwin yet?

                        "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 KG George K

                          @Horace said in I like Mike:

                          Mike is terrifying

                          He actually had the balls to pray.

                          One article chided him for referring to 18th century values.

                          CopperC Offline
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                          Copper
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #42

                          @George-K said in I like Mike:

                          @Horace said in I like Mike:

                          Mike is terrifying

                          He actually had the balls to pray.

                          One article chided him for referring to 18th century values.

                          A lot of people, who aren’t movie actors love that stuff.

                          He could win.

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                            George K
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                            #43

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                            "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 KG Offline
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                              George K
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #44

                              Surfaced for a while ago.

                              "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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                              • JollyJ Offline
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                                Jolly
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #45

                                Didn't say he didn't have teeth.

                                “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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                                • George KG Offline
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                                  George K
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #46

                                  Journalism at The Atlantic

                                  Read the comments.

                                  "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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                                  • JollyJ Offline
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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #47

                                    Jon writing for The Atlantic, now?

                                    “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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                                    • George KG George K

                                      Journalism at The Atlantic

                                      Read the comments.

                                      LuFins DadL Offline
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                                      LuFins Dad
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #48

                                      @George-K said in I like Mike:

                                      Journalism at The Atlantic

                                      Read the comments.

                                      The Brad

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