Kevin McCarthy

[Kinnakeet]

My father started me around 5 or 6 with a Winchester Model 06 pump .22LR. My son is now the proud owner and he'll be teaching my grandson the fine art of shooting with that beautiful little rifle. I just realized that it's over 110 years old and still shoots true with iron sights.

AMERICAN MADE!

 

[Hijinx]

My dad only had one gun. A 12 gauge double barreled shotgun that sat in the corner of the sitting room. He took me squirrel hunting with it, but i suppose I learned to shoot with the BB gun I got for Christmas one year.

 

[herb749]

What gets me is how often I've heard how this mess is a "threat to democracy" or how undemocratic it is.

NO THIS IS EXACTLY HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS. You wanna know when it ISN'T democracy? When the other party votes EXACTLY the same way 8, 9, 10 times with zero changes. Every one of them voting as the party says.

I overheard on the radio something that pricked my ears - a measure or approach where each PARTY has party members reviewing proposed legislation and making recommendations on how to vote. That's right - people who have never been elected are TELLING MEMBERS OF THEIR party how to vote. Let that sink in - when you see a political party consistently vote exactly the same way, they are doing it not because they all magically THINK ALIKE but because they've been TOLD TO VOTE THAT WAY.

So which is "undemocratic"?

So how did Jeffries get the democrat role. Was he Nancy's hand picked successor .? Why wouldn't after all the years of being #2 Hoyer would like to be #1. Or is it just more identity politics from the democrats, 1st whatever.

 

[Merlin99]

My dad only had one gun. A 12 gauge double barreled shotgun that sat in the corner of the sitting room. He took me squirrel hunting with it, but i suppose I learned to shoot with the BB gun I got for Christmas one year.

I'm guessing there wasn't a lot of squirrel eating after you took it out with a 12ga.

 

[Gilligan]

I'm guessing there wasn't a lot of squirrel eating after you took it out with a 12ga.

..I was gonna post the same comment.

 

[stgislander]

So how did Jeffries get the democrat role. Was he Nancy's hand picked successor .? Why wouldn't after all the years of being #2 Hoyer would like to be #1. Or is it just more identity politics from the democrats, 1st whatever.

Steny AND Clyburn both decided they were too old. Time to turn it over to the youngins.

 

[Hijinx]

I'm guessing there wasn't a lot of squirrel eating after you took it out with a 12ga.

Carefully eaten.

 

[vraiblonde]

Here it is!



These are the most infuriatingly tone deaf people ever to slither from the swamp. "Fine, if our fellow Republicans won't do as we say we'll just cut a deal with the Democrats to jam our agenda through."

Because, yeah, "working with" the Democrats has always turned out so well for the GOP....

 

[Miker/t]

In Overnight Vote, Buffalo Guy Elected Speaker Of The House

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a shocking overnight vote held by the House of Representatives, the QAnon Shaman, aka "The Buffalo Guy" has received the majority of votes required to become Speaker of the House.

babylonbee.com

 

[SamSpade]

So how did Jeffries get the democrat role. Was he Nancy's hand picked successor .? Why wouldn't after all the years of being #2 Hoyer would like to be #1. Or is it just more identity politics from the democrats, 1st whatever.

???? He's black. The Dems are all about the optics, although if I were Steny I'd be privately EXTREMELY PISSED. The only thing that would keep me from blowing up is knowing Jeffries has ZERO chance of being made Speaker in this session.

Dems are about the optics - I'm guessing it wins points with their base to appoint a black man here and a gay person there and a trans person there and so on. Republicans are very late to this game, but they play it, too.

 

[glhs837]

 

[stgislander]

I would have thought by now all the compromises would have been proposed and accepted/rejected. Maybe it does comes down to anybody but McCarthy. I wonder how the 20 would vote if the majority nominated Steve Scalise (#2) as Speaker?

 

[Kyle]

I would have thought by now all the compromises would have been proposed and accepted/rejected. Maybe it does comes down to anybody but McCarthy. I wonder how the 20 would vote if the majority nominated Steve Scalise (#2) as Speaker?

I've heard Jordans name batted around on the news cycle too.

 

[stgislander]

I've heard Jordans name batted around on the news cycle too.

Yes, but like said before (1) he doesn't want the job (which is why he'd make a good Speaker), and (2) he's better for the right as a bulldog Committee Chair.

 

[LJ1999]

I would have thought by now all the compromises would have been proposed and accepted/rejected. Maybe it does comes down to anybody but McCarthy. I wonder how the 20 would vote if the majority nominated Steve Scalise (#2) as Speaker?

Every interview I have seen with any of the "20", when asked who should run, they say they don't know. That's the part that is bugging me. If not McCarthy then who? Crickets

 

[SamSpade]

I would have thought by now all the compromises would have been proposed and accepted/rejected. Maybe it does comes down to anybody but McCarthy. I wonder how the 20 would vote if the majority nominated Steve Scalise (#2) as Speaker?

I'm concerned that the establishment Republicans will make deals with DEMOCRATS to get their vote.

Really, it's high time they just decide, look, there ARE other candidates worthy of the chair. Let's find someone we can agree on.
So far, the GOP is acting JUST LIKE THE DEMOCRATS as in, look, this is your guy - vote for him or we're gonna kick your ass.

And if you don't do as you're told, why you're an enemy of democracy! Because that's how democracy works.

 

[stgislander]

Every interview I have seen with any of the "20", when asked who should run, they say they don't know. That's the part that is bugging me. If not McCarthy then who? Crickets

I would have to believe their nominations speak for them. Bob Good's (R-VA) nomination speach of Kevin Hern (R-OK) was pretty impressive.

 

[SamSpade]

Every interview I have seen with any of the "20", when asked who should run, they say they don't know. That's the part that is bugging me. If not McCarthy then who? Crickets

Yeah, agreed, but on subsequent ballots, the "20" have chosen different people - and few are breaking from McCarthy.
I do think Byron Donalds would be pretty good. I am not crazy about the whole thing about a speaker being really good at raising money.
Maybe if you're a Congressman that sounds like a requirement - but not for the rest of us.

 

[LJ1999]

I would have to believe their nominations speak for them. Bob Good's (R-VA) nomination speach of Kevin Hern (R-OK) was pretty impressive.

I agree with their nominations being their pick, I guess I feel it's more like, if not McCarthy, who will "all" of them agree on and in the interviews I've seen and heard, they have no answer

 

[SamSpade]

I agree with their nominations being their pick, I guess I fell it's more like, if not McCarthy, who will "all" of them agree on and in the interviews I've seen and heard, they have no answer

They're not behaving like a "bloc" of voters - more like individuals who don't trust McCarthy. I don't either. But they HAVE nominated several alternatives, and the McCarthy bloc isn't biting.