The fine GOP House majority

exGOPer · Jan 3, 2023

George Santos just announced he's been elected the new speaker!

kmgilroy89 · Jan 3, 2023

If he took the Lord's name in vain shouldn't that completely disqualify him to the God fearing/family values party? It's the 2nd Commandment after all.

kmgilroy89 · Jan 3, 2023

Third ballot here we come.

kmgilroy89 · Jan 3, 2023

My guess is that Jordan gave that impassioned McCarthy speech, because he probably doesn't want to be the 2nd Republican Speaker of the House involved with molesting boys this century.

gwb-trading · Jan 3, 2023

The ringmaster runs the circus only by consent of the clowns

exGOPer · Jan 3, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene claims votes stolen from McCarthy by Italian satellites

notagain · Jan 3, 2023

elderado · Jan 3, 2023

TreeFrogTrader said:
Even though there is some seldom-seen stuff mixed in with this scenario, there is also a heavy dose of "deja vu all over again" mixed in with it.

Y'all will recall that when Boehner retired McCarthy was absolutely the lead candidate for Speaker but put his foot in his mouth on some topic and had to withdraw. So this is not his first time getting 90% of the way there and not being able to the deed- easily anyway.

Then when McCarthy withdrew the pubs went off and recruited Paul Ryan. And while that is not the same as bringing in an outsider to be Speaker, it is true that they ended out bringing in someone who was not theretofore interested in the position and said he did not want it (Paul Ryan). So they had to do an unexpected reach outside the box on that one .

If they brought Steve Scalese in, who is not interested and supports McCarthy, that would not be unlike the Ryan scenario. Not saying they necessarily will, just that we have seen the movie before.

What is different of course is that in those previous cases they worked it out before a floor vote.
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Dude, I do not believe that was "foot in mouth" I believe it was "penis in wrong vagina"!

This shithead McCarthy knew today was going to come.

The fact that he didn't prepare well enough in advance tells you everything about how he will be as speaker: INEFFECTIVE.

What a fucking LOSER. Apparently Frank Luntz has gotten the best of him.

UsualName · Jan 3, 2023

Third times a charm… Not!

smallfil · Jan 3, 2023

Congressman Jim Jordan has 9 votes according to CNBC. They should just flip the votes to Jim Jordan and end it. Atleast, Jim Jordan is a fighter and would be a better House Speaker.