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  • #601
    Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

    So - the new Speaker will be?????

    And Kep

    Kirche and Kinder have pretty much disappeared from Europe. Sad.
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    • #602
      Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

      Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
      Double Post just because.

      Holy ****.

      http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/us...smtyp=cur&_r=0
      Next stop, the Betty Ford?

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      • #603
        Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

        Wow. Talk about an Oktoberfest surprise...
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        Originally posted by Kepler
        When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
        He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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        • #604
          Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

          Originally posted by joecct View Post
          So - the new Speaker will be?????
          Kevin McCarthy is the current Majority Leader and seems to be the CW favorite.

          Eric Cantor must be so p-ssed.
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          • #605
            Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            Kevin McCarthy is the current Majority Leader and seems to be the CW favorite.

            Eric Cantor must be so p-ssed.
            And his tenure will be a short one. Replace one Establishment stiff with another one? Great, but I'm not sure I see the point unless the only goal is to have someone who's not weeping 24/7.

            Personally, I want to see a lunatic in charge! Only way for them to learn that governing isn't the same thing as doing the right wing talk show circuit.
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            • #606
              Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

              Originally posted by Rover View Post
              And his tenure will be a short one. Replace one Establishment stiff with another one? Great, but I'm not sure I see the point unless the only goal is to have someone who's not weeping 24/7.

              Personally, I want to see a lunatic in charge! Only way for them to learn that governing isn't the same thing as doing the right wing talk show circuit.
              We could see some interesting electioneering, but I doubt it. It's in both the establishment and the insurgency's interests to pass it to an establishment figure. That lets things get done so the government doesn't collapse, and it also lets the crazies gnash their teeth about the establishment when they go tub-thumping next summer. The smart ones among the wackadoodles also know that it's possible that a wave election could flip the House, and if that happens they don't want the blame. Finally, they know even if they hold the House the Senate is likely going to flip, in which case a radical House speaker wouldn't be able to get anything done anyway, so why waste the benefits of incumbency in that slot on a guy who is most likely powerless.

              Now, if the GOP pulls off a hat trick in 2016 it's going to be Night of the Long Knives inside the GOP caucus when they vote in the new Congress' officers, because the stakes will be insanely high.
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              • #607
                Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

                Two legitimately funny tweets in response:

                Prediction for new House leadership - the living will envy the dead.
                Developing: House Republicans create job.
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                • #608
                  Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

                  Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                  We could see some interesting electioneering, but I doubt it. It's in both the establishment and the insurgency's interests to pass it to an establishment figure. That lets things get done so the government doesn't collapse, and it also lets the crazies gnash their teeth about the establishment when they go tub-thumping next summer. The smart ones among the wackadoodles also know that it's possible that a wave election could flip the House, and if that happens they don't want the blame. Finally, they know even if they hold the House the Senate is likely going to flip, in which case a radical House speaker wouldn't be able to get anything done anyway, so why waste the benefits of incumbency in that slot on a guy who is most likely powerless.

                  Now, if the GOP pulls off a hat trick in 2016 it's going to be Night of the Long Knives inside the GOP caucus when they vote in the new Congress' officers, because the stakes will be insanely high.
                  The problem is the wackadoodles don't care about the long term health of the party. I understand that's not logical, but that's the way they act. Its like how people expect Ted Cruz to not cause a govt shutdown, because it'll hurt his party. He doesn't give a rat's arse. Furthermore if an Establishment type gets the GOP nomination, is it in Cruz', etc interests to see them win (and thus be out of the nomination picture for 8 years or longer since sitting VP's tend to be next in line), or lose? Likewise if an Establishment dude gets the Speaker chair (which they could since nobody really wants the job) is it in Goehmert, etc interest to support them, or rail against them?

                  Put a nutter in charge and at least you end the palace intrigue that's been going on since 2010. Put a Boner clone in there and nothing changes.
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                  • #609
                    Originally posted by Rover View Post
                    The problem is the wackadoodles don't care about the long term health of the party. I understand that's not logical, but that's the way they act. Its like how people expect Ted Cruz to not cause a govt shutdown, because it'll hurt his party. He doesn't give a rat's arse. Furthermore if an Establishment type gets the GOP nomination, is it in Cruz', etc interests to see them win (and thus be out of the nomination picture for 8 years or longer since sitting VP's tend to be next in line), or lose? Likewise if an Establishment dude gets the Speaker chair (which they could since nobody really wants the job) is it in Goehmert, etc interest to support them, or rail against them?

                    Put a nutter in charge and at least you end the palace intrigue that's been going on since 2010. Put a Boner clone in there and nothing changes.
                    Just like Labour did in Great Britain.
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                    • #610
                      Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

                      Originally posted by joecct View Post
                      Just like Labour did in Great Britain.

                      Sorta. I think Labour has the problem of part of their coalition walked off the reservation (Scotland, now controlled by the Scottish Independence Party). It would be almost like if the dwindling remaining moderates decided to form their own party, leaving a hard right GOP contingent totally made up of TP'ers.
                      Legally drunk???? If its "legal", what's the ------- problem?!? - George Carlin

                      Ever notice how everybody who drives slower than you is an idiot, and everybody who drives faster is a maniac? - George Carlin

                      "I've never seen so much reason and bullsh*t contained in ONE MAN."

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                      • #611
                        Originally posted by Rover View Post
                        Sorta. I think Labour has the problem of part of their coalition walked off the reservation (Scotland, now controlled by the Scottish Independence Party). It would be almost like if the dwindling remaining moderates decided to form their own party, leaving a hard right GOP contingent totally made up of TP'ers.
                        Taxed Enough Already is not the problem. The idiots who *** with the idea of limited federal government are the problem.
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                        • #612
                          Originally posted by joecct View Post
                          Taxed Enough Already is not the problem. The idiots who *** with the idea of limited federal government are the problem.
                          Holy crap are you way wrong on that one. The Tea Party is to the Republicans what the Green Party is to the Dems; the only difference is one party let the inmates take over the asylum.

                          I will never vote for a GOP candidate who cannot stand up to the TP idiots in their party. This cycle, that means all of them.

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                          • #613
                            Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

                            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            Two legitimately funny tweets in response:
                            Gee, he was such a "Jobs, jobs, jobs" Speaker. All those job bills he passed.
                            **NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.

                            Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
                            Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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                            • #614
                              Re: The 114th Congress: How Low Can They Go?

                              Frankly, I'm kind of worried by who's going to replace Boehner. He may come off as pretty far right, but I have a gut feeling that he actually held some of the derp in check behind the scenes.
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                              Originally posted by Kepler
                              When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                              He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                              • #615
                                Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                                Frankly, I'm kind of worried by who's going to replace Boehner. He may come off as pretty far right, but I have a gut feeling that he actually held some of the derp in check behind the scenes.
                                Oh I'm sure he did. I don't know who's leading the TP caucus with Bachmann gone, but imagine if that person had the role of Speaker.

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