JJ Husker Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 What an absolute three ring clusterf#&% circus. No, not surprising in the least. Who in their right mind can even imagine this party is capable of functioning? Rs are a effin joke. Utterly and completely dysfunctional. I know it will never happen but the Ds should throw some support to a R speaker to keep the far right zanies from demanding more concessions to get the speaker votes needed. As is, the crazy holdouts are going to end up getting gavels and rule changes in exchange for their vote. If the dems would side with some R, even McCarthy, they could take some power away from the fringe. But it won’t happen. 1 Link to comment
Dr. Strangelove Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 19 minutes ago, JJ Husker said: What an absolute three ring clusterf#&% circus. No, not surprising in the least. Who in their right mind can even imagine this party is capable of functioning? Rs are a effin joke. Utterly and completely dysfunctional. I know it will never happen but the Ds should throw some support to a R speaker to keep the far right zanies from demanding more concessions to get the speaker votes needed. As is, the crazy holdouts are going to end up getting gavels and rule changes in exchange for their vote. If the dems would side with some R, even McCarthy, they could take some power away from the fringe. But it won’t happen. It's a lot easier to understand Republicans if you ask yourself: what what a person vote for if they had absolutely no shame whatsoever? That's modern Conservatism in a nutshell. There is no substance, just made up issues to manufacture outrage. The upcoming 'End the woke Hunter Biden fentanyl laced laptop crisis at the wide open trans-border Act of 2023' should be evidence enough that they aren't serious and never should be taken seriously. 3 1 Link to comment
commando Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 the freedom caucus aka the chaos caucus is the real joke. i believe there are some decent republicans but they won't stand against the fringe elements of the party. worth remembering the desantis was a member of the freedom caucus when he was there. Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, commando said: the freedom caucus aka the chaos caucus is the real joke. i believe there are some decent republicans but they won't stand against the fringe elements of the party. worth remembering the desantis was a member of the freedom caucus when he was there. It would be very easy for the more moderate Rs (if there are any) to stand up to the far right freedom caucus. They could start withholding their speaker votes in opposition to the ridiculous demands of the far right members. But they won’t because the whole party is beyond broken. Any R that votes for McCarthy now is just as culpable as the whackos. I’m pretty sure it has now been proven that democracy, as we do it in the US, is a failure. There has to be a better way to govern. When you have to capitulate to the whims of the minority fringe to get anything done, that wouldn’t appear to be sustainable. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, JJ Husker said: It would be very easy for the more moderate Rs (if there are any) to stand up to the far right freedom caucus. They could start withholding their speaker votes in opposition to the ridiculous demands of the far right members. But they won’t because the whole party is beyond broken. Any R that votes for McCarthy now is just as culpable as the whackos. I’m pretty sure it has now been proven that democracy, as we do it in the US, is a failure. There has to be a better way to govern. When you have to capitulate to the whims of the minority fringe to get anything done, that wouldn’t appear to be sustainable. It is pretty bad when Marge (mtg) is considered the moderate one in this mess. She supports the guy because she wants some plum committee chair position 1 Link to comment
alexhortdog95 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 So, this happened about an hour ago... Link to comment
Dr. Strangelove Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 49 minutes ago, alexhortdog95 said: So, this happened about an hour ago... Just wait until these f#&%ing morons vote to raise the debt ceiling. I hope they don't, personally. If a good chunk of Americans want to vote for idiots, they get the government they deserve. 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 No one defeats Kevin McCarthy 15 times in a row! (paraphrased from Vitas Gerulaitis' famous quote) 2 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 8 hours ago, alexhortdog95 said: So, this happened about an hour ago... Wonder what was said to have the one guy get pulled away by his face? Also wonder who that guy even was. 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Man, these s#!theads are so good at running an efficient government! 1 Link to comment
commando Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Archy1221 said: Wonder what was said to have the one guy get pulled away by his face? Also wonder who that guy even was. 1 Link to comment
Scarlet Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 35 minutes ago, commando said: I'm wondering if they were arguing over who could burn our institutions down to the ground the fastest. Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 The urge to punch Matt Gaetz runs strong in most mammals. But seriously, Republicans need to get that guy out of Congress. It would open up a seat for Kyle Rittenhouse. 1 Link to comment
commando Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Scarlet said: I'm wondering if they were arguing over who could burn our institutions down to the ground the fastest. that would be the freedom caucus Link to comment
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