The Incompetence of the GOP

Because when your MO is rage and grievance rather than anything intellectually coherent, why not?

If a Martian arrived in Washington this week not knowing who had won the November election, he’d be forgiven for thinking it was the Democrats. Usually the losers are in disarray, but not this time.​
Democrats in the House minority have completed a seamless change of House leadership to a younger generation with little internal dissent. But Republicans, who ostensibly won the majority, can’t even find the votes to elect a GOP Speaker, much less agree on budget strategy or much of anything else.​
After the election, Kevin McCarthy won the GOP caucus vote to become House GOP leader against Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, 188-31. But Mr. Biggs won’t take resounding defeat for an answer, and he is now planning to run against Mr. McCarthy for Speaker on the House floor on Jan. 3. A handful of other backbenchers say they’ll also oppose Mr. McCarthy, which could lead to multiple ballots and perhaps even a Democratic Speaker.​
What’s bizarre is that the dissenters don’t have major policy differences with Mr. McCarthy or a plausible alternative candidate for Speaker. Mr. Biggs has no chance. He and his rump group also don’t seem to have any constructive reason to oppose Mr. McCarthy beyond a desire to grab the media spotlight or blow everything up.​
Their main demand is so self-defeating it could have come from Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The dissenters want Mr. McCarthy to concede that any Member could call the chair vacant and insist on a vote to replace the sitting Speaker. In order to get the votes to become Speaker, Mr. McCarthy is supposed to weaken himself so much that he wouldn’t be able to govern as Speaker.​
Yet a narrow GOP majority of only 222-213 requires a leader who can enforce party discipline. That’s how Nancy Pelosi has been able to govern with the mirror-image majority in the last two years. Too many House Republicans are too dimwitted to understand the uses of power and how to wield it. They’d rather rage against the machine to no useful effect.​

Your massive cope that you're not getting your way and actual Conservatives are using their power to get their agenda on the docket is duly noted and thoroughly enjoyed.

Thanks for sharing your Establishment Tears.
 
Because when your MO is rage and grievance rather than anything intellectually coherent, why not?

If a Martian arrived in Washington this week not knowing who had won the November election, he’d be forgiven for thinking it was the Democrats. Usually the losers are in disarray, but not this time.​
Democrats in the House minority have completed a seamless change of House leadership to a younger generation with little internal dissent. But Republicans, who ostensibly won the majority, can’t even find the votes to elect a GOP Speaker, much less agree on budget strategy or much of anything else.​
After the election, Kevin McCarthy won the GOP caucus vote to become House GOP leader against Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, 188-31. But Mr. Biggs won’t take resounding defeat for an answer, and he is now planning to run against Mr. McCarthy for Speaker on the House floor on Jan. 3. A handful of other backbenchers say they’ll also oppose Mr. McCarthy, which could lead to multiple ballots and perhaps even a Democratic Speaker.​
What’s bizarre is that the dissenters don’t have major policy differences with Mr. McCarthy or a plausible alternative candidate for Speaker. Mr. Biggs has no chance. He and his rump group also don’t seem to have any constructive reason to oppose Mr. McCarthy beyond a desire to grab the media spotlight or blow everything up.​
Their main demand is so self-defeating it could have come from Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The dissenters want Mr. McCarthy to concede that any Member could call the chair vacant and insist on a vote to replace the sitting Speaker. In order to get the votes to become Speaker, Mr. McCarthy is supposed to weaken himself so much that he wouldn’t be able to govern as Speaker.​
Yet a narrow GOP majority of only 222-213 requires a leader who can enforce party discipline. That’s how Nancy Pelosi has been able to govern with the mirror-image majority in the last two years. Too many House Republicans are too dimwitted to understand the uses of power and how to wield it. They’d rather rage against the machine to no useful effect.​

If the loose cannon gimme-gimmies don't change their minds by tomorrow's vote, it could lead to impoverishing the Middle Class people that Biden promised would be better off without tending to the realities of the inflation his spending habits yielded, so now, gas is 40% higher than Trump's, food is 100% higher than last year, And middle class folks are unable to continue savings for the future. The pandamic that is predicted for 2023 does not seem to be going away with China having a horrible count of people getting another take on Covid-19 that was bad enough. Seeing elderly folks dying off too early is truly sad for their church friends and the community as well. I pray that whoever wins the Speaker's chair will be fair to both sides as well as independents. Congress must do all it can to help people, not bury them in debt because instead of buying a turkey for $14 on Thanksgiving, one the same size as that one is $31.00 and up. I will recall 2022 as being my first turkeyless Thanksgiving. I heard Biden on tv saying he lowered gas prices by selling the Navy oil reserve gas until it's almost gone, and we could get damaged severely if another country decided to nuke America or declare war on us. Again, God will carry us no matter what. And that's what I think. May God bless America. Love, beautress.
 
Why the hell should any of us care? It’s the DC clown show in prime time. Seriously, if you don’t vote for McCarthy you’ll be sorry! Sorry for what? Sorry we didn’t spend another 1.7 trillion on democrat bullshit? We’re going to be sorry for that!? Sorry he won’t cave to more democrat garbage than he already has? The democrats biggest hope is this **** and McConnell bowing to their demands. May as well put a democrat in the speaker seat. McCarthy will do their bidding anyway,
 
OK, you're a fucking moron. Kevin McCarthy would become the most conservative Speaker in history. More than Gingrich, Boehner, or Ryan.

And you're just stupid. I'm guessing you base your opinions on BS the liberal Republicans and Fox news gives you.

Eat this, dirtbag.
Vote FOR
Kevin McCarthy 54% Liberty Score.
Pass a $817 billion Defense spending bill without defunding military vaccine mandates
Fund the war in Ukraine through the end of Joe Biden's first term with a $40 billion aid package
Pass a $1.5 trillion Omnibus funding Biden's vaccine mandates
Bail out the Post Office and stick Medicare with the bill
So-called COVID relief bill and $1.4 trillion special interest spending
Pass the National Defense Authorization Act without Section 230 reforms
The ‘gag and vote for it’ small-business-killing coronavirus emergency legislation
Keep spending on autopilot
Suspend the debt ceiling, cancel the budget caps, and increase spending by $321 billion

And that's just the short list. You honestly don't know wtf a conservative is, do you? You're one of those morons who think being a republican and a conservative is the same thing, don't you?


To give you an idea on how accurate these scores are, take a look at a few more.

Chip Roy......100% Conservative
John Cornyn 54% Because he's one of those liberal Republicans who just voted for the $1.7 omnibus
Jim Jordan......94% Conservative
Pelosi.....7%
 
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Why the hell should any of us care? It’s the DC clown show in prime time. Seriously, if you don’t vote for McCarthy you’ll be sorry! Sorry for what? Sorry we didn’t spend another 1.7 trillion on democrat bullshit? We’re going to be sorry for that!? Sorry he won’t cave to more democrat garbage than he already has? The democrats biggest hope is this **** and McConnell bowing to their demands. May as well put a democrat in the speaker seat. McCarthy will do their bidding anyway,
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Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell are best buds, but the media likes to portray them and their parties as hated enemies. Sadly too many Americans fall for the deception.


Mitch, I don’t want to hurt your reputation, but we really are friends,” Biden said, addressing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). “And that is not an epiphany we’re having at the moment. You’re a man of your word, you’re a man of honor. Thank you for being my friend.”
Biden urges unity, tells McConnell ‘we really are friends’
 
And you're just stupid. I'm guessing you base your opinions on BS the liberal Republicans and Fox news gives you.

Eat this, dirtbag.
Vote FOR
Kevin McCarthy 54% Liberty Score.
Pass a $817 billion Defense spending bill without defunding military vaccine mandates
Fund the war in Ukraine through the end of Joe Biden's first term with a $40 billion aid package
Pass a $1.5 trillion Omnibus funding Biden's vaccine mandates
Bail out the Post Office and stick Medicare with the bill
So-called COVID relief bill and $1.4 trillion special interest spending
Pass the National Defense Authorization Act without Section 230 reforms
The ‘gag and vote for it’ small-business-killing coronavirus emergency legislation
Keep spending on autopilot
Suspend the debt ceiling, cancel the budget caps, and increase spending by $321 billion

And that's just the short list. You honestly don't know wtf a conservative is, do you? You're one of those morons who think being a republican and a conservative is the same thing, don't you?


To give you an idea on how accurate these scores are, take a look at a few more.

Chip Roy......100% Conservative
John Cornyn 54% Because he's one of those liberal Republicans who just voted for the $1.7 omnibus
Jim Jordan......94% Conservative
Pelosi.....7%
Another dumb motherfucker who can't read.
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they are all pals united by money...they always use the excuse that dc is pricey etc...build a damn congressional hostel
at one time it was consider an honour to work for your country...now its all a grift
 
Lying fearmonger. No democrat is going to be speaker of the House. That would require some republicans to vote for them. That's not going to happen.
There are Republicans who won in Biden-winning districts who could vote for Jeffries, especially if the Coup Caucus keeps fucking around.

Although I think it's more likely that if Democrats are involved it will be to boost McCarthy, with conditions.
 

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