the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion

[tx ind 7013]

15 minutes ago, softlynow said:

Every time a thread gets bogged down like this I am reminded of a real gem of a thread in which bodybuilders argue about the number of days in a week.

The link (bodybuilding.com)

Never seen that, glorious

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

1 hour ago, The Dog said:

 

You know what would help Americans drowning in debt? Forgiving some of their student loans. But this intellectual giant has a better idea...

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The Congressman is not in the camp of those who feel the answer is to forgive existing student loan debt or to make college free. He’s looking at making it so the colleges and universities have some skin in the game when it comes to student loans.

“Right now you have the student and the parent, they’re on the hook for the bill,” Perry said. “And because of the way things are structured with student loans, taxpayers are now on the hook for the bill if you default on the loan. That’s not fair. You know who has no skin in the game–universities, who are offering their product…to have a better life, of more opportunity. But then when you get done, you find out there is no opportunity with the curriculum you spent your time and money on.”

Perry’s legislation would offer a reduced interest rate on a student’s college loan if the school is willing to co-sign that loan. He says it’s good for the student and provides an incentive for the school to prepare the student to get a job once they head off into the real world so they can pay off the loan.

This is a dumb idea

[Bookman 4639]

24 minutes ago, softlynow said:

Every time a thread gets bogged down like this I am reminded of a real gem of a thread in which bodybuilders argue about the number of days in a week.

The link (bodybuilding.com)

LOL why I have never seen this? Sunday is day zero!

[softlynow 1814]

4 minutes ago, Bookman said:

LOL why I have never seen this? Sunday is day zero!

It's amazing, and if you think about it, explains so much. We all have our own TheJosh to deal with. Laws and other rules are made to deal with, and sometimes by TheJosh. Wars are fought over misunderstandings of TheJosh proportions. I sometimes think TheJosh may now be the Lt. Governor of Texas.

[Dnaguy 11964]

19 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

You know what would help Americans drowning in debt? Forgiving some of their student loans. But this intellectual giant has a better idea...

This is a dumb idea

The mental (or lack there of) gymnastics needed to be a ‘fiscal conservative’ astounds me.

 

[StassneyHorn 6575]

Page 75 belongs in the Israel thread

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

33 minutes ago, tx ind said:

Never seen that, glorious

yeah that was awesome.

my favorites were 'You don't start counting on sunday, it hasn't been a day yet' and 'You don't count what day it is when counting days, I just explained that.'

strong rocko vibes there.

[Dbeasy 15051]

It’s math dudes.

Republicans does not equal to maga. Maga is a subset of republicans. So just because someone votes Republican does not necessary mean maga.

You can say the whole Republican Party is maga but it’s not. Approximately .00234543 % of the Republican Party is not maga. 
 

 

[Beau Vine 54228]

2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

To be fair, he is on west coast time.

2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I'm sorry, tweets arrive two hours later in California and also force people to immediately jump to the end of the thread and post old news without being allowed to read the entire thread? Tell me how that works, exactly, becuase I didn't realize The Internet was tape delayed in certain areas. 

[Beau Vine 54228]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

This.  Just because someone is a "single issue" voter, doesn't mean they get to not be a magat.  If they vote for a magat candidate (read: any R), they are a magat.  Whether they want to be or not.  They made the choice.

I think what jimmy fails to understand is that if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

[G650 14256]

Phantom fears ftw

[Chewbacca 7777]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

No, I'm not saying that at all.  I am merely speaking about their motivations.  Of course they are "responsible" for the consequences of their vote, as is anyone who votes.

Then it sounds like we agree.  That was the source of my confusion.

1 hour ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

But they only care about one issue. If there is one candidate that supports their issue and the other doesn't, they are going to vote for the candidate that supports the only issue they really care about. 

Of course, just don't let them pretend they aren't as much of the problem as the MAGA folks, because they all voted for this shit.

[Zonahorn 8079]

 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Incredible but not surprising. 

[Francisco 2.0 32393]

10 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

 

Of course, it didn't help that Trump came out today and said he was simply too sick to take on the job.

 

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Trump, who has already been stirring the pot on the speaker's race, suggested that Scalise, who is currently battling a treatable form of blood cancer, may be too sick to serve.

While saying he liked Scalise personally, Trump told Fox News Radio in an interview that broadcasted Thursday that "Steve is a man that is in serious trouble from the standpoint of his cancer. I mean, he's got to get better for himself. I'm not talking about even country now. I'm saying got to get better. And this is tremendous stress."

 

[G650 14256]

wellbye.gif

[Js1 85336]

 

[Mo Horn 8841]

So does that mean Jordan gets it? That would be horrific. 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Just now, Mo Horn said:

So does that mean Jordan gets it?

Nope, not a chance.  They need to come up with another patsy or bring McCarthy back.  The Jeffries talk is cute but not going to happen, at least not anytime soon. 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

9 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

Of course, it didn't help that Trump came out today and said he was simply too sick to take on the job.

 

 

scalise was literally a trump lap dog, and trump stabbed him in the back 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[The Dog 44051]

 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[atomheartbevo 89666]

3 hours ago, The Dog said:

the vast majority of people are "low information" voters who only vote for their tribe and that support is based on only a few issues and for some only one. they don't fully understand the consequences of their decisions only that they are getting what they want. 

think how misinformed the "average voter" is and remember that half of them are less informed than that.

Now consider the GOP is full of supporters that are of the less-informed type. There you go.

Yep, I've shocked so many MAGA types I know with actual information about this or that issue or politician and they clearly had given it no thought, or had no idea what was happening.  They have a few issues and some personalities they like and that's the extent of it.

Hell, just asking them "if Trump wants to make America great again, then when do you think America stopped being great?" confuses the fuck out of some of them.

[atomheartbevo 89666]

3 hours ago, The Dog said:

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

Oh they’ve figured it out. These MAGATs don’t want to govern. They want to bloviate on camera, obstruct as the minority and fundraise off Dem majorities bc it sells more outrage

Being in charge means you’re accountable and people won’t like your decisions 

Fundraising is so much easier when they are in the minority, and Fox News and the other right-wing channels love it as well because angry people tune in to get more angry.

We all really need to start pushing the conspiracy theory that Soros is funding the Republican civil war.

 

[SydneyCarton 48106]

5 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Fundraising is so much easier when they are in the minority, and Fox News and the other right-wing channels love it as well because angry people tune in to get more angry.

We all really need to start pushing the conspiracy theory that Soros is funding the Republican civil war.

 

So they’ll donate more to stop them?

[Pancho 44803]

So Steve-o didn’t want to address his David Duke comments, I see…

[henrygandorf 29191]

20 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

"people say we don't have a plan because we don't have a plan, but what they don't realize is that our plan was to not have a plan so our plan is actually going to plan."

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

 

[The Dog 44051]

 

[BamaATL 16593]

1 hour ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

He gave it his best shot.  

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

I'm just glad Mitch is alive to see the party he's cultivated for so many years blow up after he kissed the Dotard ring.

[Biff Tannen 45685]

[locodos 5387]

2 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

I'm just glad Mitch is alive to see the party he's cultivated for so many years blow up after he kissed the Dotard ring.

Kissing Dotard's "Ring"......     rrrrrgggggg  I can't get this image out of my head.

[Neonmoon 38129]

3 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

I'm just glad Mitch is alive to see the party he's cultivated for so many years blow up after he kissed the Dotard ring.

Mitch isn’t alive, he’s just not all the way dead yet. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

6 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

I'm just glad Mitch is alive to see the party he's cultivated for so many years blow up after he kissed the Dotard ring.

Mitch got his judges and tax cuts.  Say what you will about his methods but the guy has been among the most competent republicans in office.  

Edited October 13, 2023 by Hugo Stiglitz

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

Edited October 13, 2023 by cactusflinthead

[Upgrayedd 5812]

11 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Mitch got his judges and tax cuts.  Say what you will about his methods but the guy has been among the most competent republicans in office.  

Got the trains to run on time

[Born to Run 6569]

Mitch isn’t alive, he’s just not all the way dead yet. 

He's nearly dead? Keep him away from people that like MLT sandwiches.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

1 minute ago, Upgrayedd said:

Got the trains to run on time

He sold this country out way before Trump and the tea party came to town.   

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13585]

5 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

Wait. That fat kid who had his own MTV show is a rep now?

[Bozo_Casanova 26460]

1 minute ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

Wait. That fat kid who had his own MTV show is a rep now?

He rocks peas on his head don’t call him a p-head

[cactusflinthead 27598]

6 minutes ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

Wait. That fat kid who had his own MTV show is a rep now?

I remember when MTV had videos.

I have no idea what you're talking about. Because old.

 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[Js1 85336]

 

[Woland 733]

Mitch isn’t alive, he’s just not all the way dead yet. 

So, only mostly dead.

[Ghost of LL 15531]

I am increasingly convinced that Hakeem Jeffries is the next Speaker.

Problematically, he won’t be elected until January.