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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #350 on: January 04, 2023, 06:45:36 pm »

https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/1610639533413990401

I said the exact same thing here hours ago.
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #351 on: January 04, 2023, 06:45:43 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on January 04, 2023, 06:44:44 pm
Seeing dozens of tweets that are saying McCarthy is brokering a deal with the dims.

I guess we are beat if he pulls that off.

But . . but . . but doing that is going to win us elections in 2024.
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #352 on: January 04, 2023, 06:46:44 pm »
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #353 on: January 04, 2023, 06:48:04 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on January 04, 2023, 06:44:44 pm
Seeing dozens of tweets that are saying McCarthy is brokering a deal with the dims.

I guess we are beat if he pulls that off.

That has been going on in the Texas House for many years and it will happen again next week.
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #354 on: January 04, 2023, 06:48:11 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on January 04, 2023, 06:45:36 pm
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Holding the whole country hostage?  Seriously?  What a load of bullshit!
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #355 on: January 04, 2023, 06:48:27 pm »
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #356 on: January 04, 2023, 06:48:39 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on January 04, 2023, 06:44:44 pm
Seeing dozens of tweets that are saying McCarthy is brokering a deal with the dims.

I guess we are beat if he pulls that off.

Happy to let him make his bed and walk in damaged goods. He could have prevented it but chose not to.
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #357 on: January 04, 2023, 06:50:39 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on January 04, 2023, 06:48:39 pm
Happy to let him make his bed and walk in damaged goods. He could have prevented it but chose not to.

And you wind up with Democrats chairing key committees. Is it worth it?
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #358 on: January 04, 2023, 06:53:09 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on January 04, 2023, 06:50:39 pm
And you wind up with Democrats chairing key committees. Is it worth it?

It is a major risk. We'll see of the GOP caucus has the stones to block whatever the Rats do. We may not get the investigations we want, but I doubt we would have gotten them anyway.
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« Reply #359 on: January 04, 2023, 06:54:58 pm »
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #360 on: January 04, 2023, 06:56:50 pm »
Many Americans don't get to take the weekend off - they have to work to pay all the taxes necessary to support a government that is too big and too generous with other people's money.
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« Reply #361 on: January 04, 2023, 06:58:11 pm »
Well, Boebert needs to polish her presentation, but what she said was spot on!
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #362 on: January 04, 2023, 06:58:15 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on January 04, 2023, 06:53:09 pm
It is a major risk. We'll see of the GOP caucus has the stones to block whatever the Rats do. We may not get the investigations we want, but I doubt we would have gotten them anyway.

The Rats damned sure have the stones to block whatever the Republicans do!
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« Reply #363 on: January 04, 2023, 06:59:07 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 04, 2023, 06:48:11 pm
Holding the whole country hostage?  Seriously?  What a load of bullshit!

Only thing worse than a RINO is an inbred one.
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« Reply #364 on: January 04, 2023, 06:59:32 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on January 04, 2023, 06:56:50 pm
Many Americans don't get to take the weekend off - they have to work to pay all the taxes necessary to support a government that is too big and too generous with other people's money.

Count me one of those. They will survive. This country needs a little less suburbanite convenience and a little more blue collar butts and elbows. Sometimes achievement of the good isn't the route of smooth sailing.
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« Reply #365 on: January 04, 2023, 07:04:42 pm »
If McCarthy's leadership was more effective there would be more Republicans in the House, and he would have the votes to be Speaker.

McCarthy's embarassment is selft-inflicted by the weakness of his leadership.
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« Reply #366 on: January 04, 2023, 07:04:52 pm »
That's 5.  There will be a 6th ballot.
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« Reply #367 on: January 04, 2023, 07:06:03 pm »
Quote from: LilLamb on January 04, 2023, 06:58:11 pm
Well, Boebert needs to polish her presentation, but what she said was spot on!

I thought the kind but thoughtful admonishment of Trump was quite interesting.
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #368 on: January 04, 2023, 07:09:07 pm »
McCarthy still throwing temper tantrums till he gets his way. Give it up, you lost. Imagine if this were the other way around...
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« Reply #369 on: January 04, 2023, 07:10:44 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on January 04, 2023, 07:04:52 pm
That's 5.  There will be a 6th ballot.

Maybe they should blow smoke after each round of votes for speaker.  Black smoke, nope. White smoke yup.
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« Reply #370 on: January 04, 2023, 07:15:43 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 04, 2023, 07:10:44 pm
Maybe they should blow smoke after each round of votes for speaker.  Black smoke, nope. White smoke yup.

I know my wife is giving me hell for not having a life by watching "C-Span"

If McCarthy would just do the honorable thing, this crap could be over this afternoon.
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« Reply #371 on: January 04, 2023, 07:18:58 pm »
Matt Gaetz: Trump’s Renewed Endorsement of Kevin McCarthy Is ‘Sad’

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) stated Wednesday in response to former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-FL) for House speaker that the former president’s renewed endorsement of McCarthy was “sad.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/04/matt-gaetz-trumps-renewed-endorsement-kevin-mccarthy-is-sad/
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Re: House Speaker Vote Live Thread #congress #speaker #house #vote
« Reply #372 on: January 04, 2023, 07:19:33 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 04, 2023, 07:10:44 pm
Maybe they should blow smoke after each round of votes for speaker.  Black smoke, nope. White smoke yup.

I can tell you what they'd be blowing the smoke out of.  :whistle:
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« Reply #373 on: January 04, 2023, 07:19:43 pm »
I see I didn't miss much while gone...

Isn't McCarthy embarrassed yet?
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« Reply #374 on: January 04, 2023, 07:21:45 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on January 04, 2023, 06:41:55 pm

https://twitter.com/BoSnerdley/status/1610434771028434944

Considering McCarthy is a Boehner/Ryan Clone......

And we remember how Limbaugh felt about those 2.....

Rush's influence on this matter would be invaluable now.
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