Kevin McCarthy

by **Rocinante** 2023-01-03, 12:32

Is the most spineless, disgusting piece of shit I think that has soiled the halls of Congress in a long time.

Change my mind. Who’s worse? MTG and Bobert are at least consistent in their idiocy. You know who they are.

The only one close I think would be Elise Stefanik.

by **kingstonlake** 2023-01-03, 12:40

When your biggest hurdle to governing is your own party, maybe you're not the leader you think you are.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2023-01-03, 12:54

How much longer can the party go without completely imploding?

by **Cameron** 2023-01-03, 13:09

Most spineless, disgusting piece of shit to soil the halls of Congress is a pretty hotly contested category, to be fair.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2023-01-03, 13:19

Cameron wrote:Most spineless, disgusting piece of shit to soil the halls of Congress is a pretty hotly contested category, to be fair.

yeah, as disgustingly un-American as McCarthy is, it's hard to argue with the putrid sack of christian filth, Mitch McConnell.

I mean, Cruz, Rand Paul, etc - all disgusting human beings that will burn in hell (if there was one), but McConnell is their leader.

by **kingstonlake** 2023-01-03, 13:44

Honestly, taking out partisan politics, you can see why that filth know as the freedom caucus doesn't trust him. He's wholly untrustworthy.

Ya hate to see it....

by **Turtleneck** 2023-01-03, 14:04

If he doesn't end up as Speaker, he only has himself to blame. He has been an avid enabler of the GOP's crazy racists.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2023-01-03, 14:05

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Kevin McCarthy 502811600

What a great party.

by **tGreenWay** 2023-01-03, 14:48

First vote he failed by 18 votes. Kevin McCarthy 502811600

by **Turtleneck** 2023-01-03, 15:04

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by **tGreenWay** 2023-01-03, 15:20

0 for 2 now. Kevin McCarthy 1966794946

by **Floyd Robertson** 2023-01-03, 15:25

Hakeem Jeffries is getting more votes than McCarthy

by **Floyd Robertson** 2023-01-03, 15:30

The fact that Gym Jordan is getting the second-most votes in his party is scary. Or, RWNJ's really don't care about male sexual abuse. Then again, why would they since they don't even care about sexual abuse at all.

by **Turtleneck** 2023-01-03, 15:37

tGreenWay wrote:0 for 2 now.

McCarthy is to Speaker elections as Harbaugh is to bowl games.

by **kingstonlake** 2023-01-03, 15:39

Speaker Gym Jordan

Prepare your anus.....

That's my guess

by **Turtleneck** 2023-01-03, 16:28

They are eating themselves...

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by **kingstonlake** 2023-01-03, 16:35

Is there a three knock down rule?

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-01-03, 17:32

While seeing the weakening of the party which has the destruction of the United States as its goal, might seem to be a good thing, watching this circus tells me that Putin and the disruptive US (and other country's) Billionaires have completely destroyed the Republican Party, which is very bad for the United States.

by **MiamiSpartan** 2023-01-03, 17:41

Republicans are never going to abstain in enough numbers to allow Jefferies to be Speaker.

Jim Jordan doesn't want it (perhaps worried that such a high profile position would draw more acrutiny on his past). But dipshits keep voting for him, probably because they know that there will never be close to enough Rs on board, so it achieves their real goal of holding things up.

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-01-03, 17:51

MiamiSpartan wrote:Republicans are never going to abstain in enough numbers to allow Jefferies to be Speaker.

Jim Jordan doesn't want it (perhaps worried that such a high profile position would draw more acrutiny on his past). But dipshits keep voting for him, probably because they know that there will never be close to enough Rs on board, so it achieves their real goal of holding things up.

Need 5 to vote for him, or 11 to abstain

by **Turtleneck** 2023-01-03, 18:03

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by Rick Saunders 2023-01-03, 18:10

Dems should try a vote for Kinzinger.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2023-01-03, 18:15

Rick Saunders wrote:Dems should try a vote for Kinzinger.

Not in congress any longer.

by Rick Saunders 2023-01-03, 18:23

Floyd Robertson wrote:
Rick Saunders wrote:Dems should try a vote for Kinzinger.

Not in congress any longer.

That supposedly may not be required of the speaker. Recall the proposal to have That one guy as speaker. The point anyway would be to see who’s who among Republicans and of course you, are right that if it has been resolved that the speaker must be a member of congress it’s a no go.

by gomersbro 2023-01-03, 18:43

Floyd Robertson wrote:
Rick Saunders wrote:Dems should try a vote for Kinzinger.

Not in congress any longer.

I think Upton got votes the first time and he isn't in Congress anymore.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2023-01-03, 18:47

But also democrats aren’t a monolith either and throwing a conservative out there who you view as moderate does not necessarily mean that you only need 5 votes still to get that done.

by **Turtleneck** 2023-01-03, 19:36

Rick Saunders wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:

Not in congress any longer.
That supposedly may not be required of the speaker. Recall the proposal to have That one guy as speaker. The point anyway would be to see who’s who among Republicans and of course you, are right that if it has been resolved that the speaker must be a member of congress it’s a no go.

The Constitution has nothing to say about it, and there is no statue that says the Speaker has to be from the House. They have always been from the House, but it is not mandatory. So, with that said, please give a warm welcome to your next Speaker of the House, MIKE LINDELL!

by **MiamiSpartan** 2023-01-03, 22:08

Trapper Gus wrote:
MiamiSpartan wrote:Republicans are never going to abstain in enough numbers to allow Jefferies to be Speaker.

Jim Jordan doesn't want it (perhaps worried that such a high profile position would draw more acrutiny on his past). But dipshits keep voting for him, probably because they know that there will never be close to enough Rs on board, so it achieves their real goal of holding things up.

Need 5 to vote for him, or 11 to abstain

Right, and neither of those things are going to happen.

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-01-04, 08:33

https://www.axios.com/2023/01/04/trump-mccarthy-gop-house-speaker-vote

by **kingstonlake** 2023-01-04, 08:41

Time for the cucks to form a line

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-01-04, 09:35

There was an article this morning, both-siding-it on this issue, talking about how close Nancy's election to Speaker was in 2018, though she easily had the votes. 15 Democratic Members did not vote for her, however, as she said, "I wouldn't have run if I didn't know I had the votes", which sums up the difference in politic skills between Palosi & the clown show we are seeing today.

by Rick Saunders 2023-01-04, 09:54

Here's what happened in PA yesterday with no currently serving clear majority:

https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/01/pa-midterm-election-2022-house-majority-democrats-speaker-election/

https://apnews.com/article/politics-pennsylvania-united-states-house-of-representatives-77f099288798d491c28825362576a7d0

by AvgMSUJoe 2023-01-04, 09:55

Kinda like watching the Rs having to herd cats like the Ds have always had to...

Of course, their "cats" are racists AND crazy, just Q crazy, "libertarians" (also crazy for different reasons), pawns of the evil overlords (majority) and 2 or 3 conservatives.

by AvgMSUJoe 2023-01-04, 09:57

Rick Saunders wrote:Here's what happened in PA yesterday with no currently serving clear majority:

https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/01/pa-midterm-election-2022-house-majority-democrats-speaker-election/

https://apnews.com/article/politics-pennsylvania-united-states-house-of-representatives-77f099288798d491c28825362576a7d0

Upton said he'd take the job.

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-01-04, 10:01

Rick Saunders wrote:Here's what happened in PA yesterday with no currently serving clear majority:

https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/01/pa-midterm-election-2022-house-majority-democrats-speaker-election/

https://apnews.com/article/politics-pennsylvania-united-states-house-of-representatives-77f099288798d491c28825362576a7d0

Was just reading about this, probably the best deal for all, as the Democratics will most likely have the majority after the special elections.

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-01-04, 10:02

AvgMSUJoe wrote:
Rick Saunders wrote:Here's what happened in PA yesterday with no currently serving clear majority:

https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/01/pa-midterm-election-2022-house-majority-democrats-speaker-election/

https://apnews.com/article/politics-pennsylvania-united-states-house-of-representatives-77f099288798d491c28825362576a7d0

Upton said he'd take the job.

He would be a popular choice for the general population of the country. A non nonsense moderate conservative.

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-01-04, 10:24

At this moment, and for the first time in US history, a black woman is running the House of Representatives, and until the Speakership is decided, she will continue to run the House. May the House Speakership be in question for a very long time. This woman, Democrat Cheryl Johnson of Louisiana, was appointed by Nancy Pelosi as House Clerk, and the House Clerk runs the House until a Speaker has been elected. Yes, until the Speakership is decided, the Democrats still control the House.

by **Jake from State Farm** 2023-01-04, 10:30

Can't wait until this is over so the republicans can take on the business of impeaching Hunter Biden

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-01-04, 10:55

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right lawmaker who has become a close ally of McCarthy’s, accused her fellow hard-liners of “playing Russian roulette with our hard-earned Republican majority.” Bill Huizenga, another McCarthy supporter, asked his colleagues, “You guys aren’t interested in governing?” wrote:

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2023-01-04, 11:02

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