Wasn't Gaetz the one that took underage girls across state lines? Is this the guy Republican's want to follow?
Kevin McCarthy ousted as speaker in Republican-led House
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Re: Kevin McCarthy ousted as speaker in Republican-led House
#12Welcome to the clown show. 15 ballots in January for this. Republicans need to get their house in order. Its embarrassing. Or, at least, it should be. First time in history the Speaker’s been ejected like this.
Politics is a clown show for me period - both sides. I like the chaos. The government that governs best is the one that governs least - so I’m always rooting for shutdowns, gridlock, automatic spending cuts, etc.
I'm somewhat in agreeance. I don't want a government that's in such lockstop that everything passes.
Re: Kevin McCarthy ousted as speaker in Republican-led House
#13I wish I could not do my job (collectively all of Congress) and somehow manage to keep it until I die.
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#14With the Republicans in disarray and the Democrats fielding Joe Biden, it seems like a good time for a 3rd party candidate for the 2024 election. Possibly the most realistic context for an actual shot at a 3rd party presidency that I've ever seen.
Americans will never vote a 3rd party in mass. _Everything_ is built on "us vs them", a third party would confuse people too much.
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#15Welcome to the clown show. 15 ballots in January for this. Republicans need to get their house in order. Its embarrassing. Or, at least, it should be. First time in history the Speaker’s been ejected like this.
Politics is a clown show for me period - both sides. I like the chaos. The government that governs best is the one that governs least - so I’m always rooting for shutdowns, gridlock, automatic spending cuts, etc.
Are you Ron Swanson?
Re: Kevin McCarthy ousted as speaker in Republican-led House
#16With the Republicans in disarray and the Democrats fielding Joe Biden, it seems like a good time for a 3rd party candidate for the 2024 election. Possibly the most realistic context for an actual shot at a 3rd party presidency that I've ever seen.
US has two-party system. You can't have 3rd party with First-past-the-post and Electoral College.
Re: Kevin McCarthy ousted as speaker in Republican-led House
#17His speakership was hanging by a thread from day 1. I don't see any path to a new Speaker so long as the Freedom Caucus are intent on watching the world burn.
They are okay with that, because in 40ish days that means the government shuts down, which means no more funding for Ukraine, which for some reason is really really important to the Freedom Caucus
Re: Kevin McCarthy ousted as speaker in Republican-led House
#18His speakership was hanging by a thread from day 1. I don't see any path to a new Speaker so long as the Freedom Caucus are intent on watching the world burn.
He sold his soul to the devil to become speaker and the devil kicked him out
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Politics is a clown show for me period - both sides. I like the chaos. The government that governs best is the one that governs least - so I’m always rooting for shutdowns, gridlock, automatic spending cuts, etc.
This is a small child's view of how things work.
Only a small child thinks one side is “good” and the other is “bad”
Re: Kevin McCarthy ousted as speaker in Republican-led House
#20Welcome to the clown show. 15 ballots in January for this. Republicans need to get their house in order. Its embarrassing. Or, at least, it should be. First time in history the Speaker’s been ejected like this.
It's my understanding that he didn't live up to his side of the bargain struck with Gaetz & Co. to become speaker, so Gaetz acted accordingly.
The notion that Gaetz is in any way a good guy here is a little bizarre.
But he didn't live up the bargain he struck with the Democrats either.