the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion

[Brisketexan 107,043]

Just now, Dbeasy said:

I have never been so happy to be wrong as when I predicted Jordan as speaker after McCarthy got canned. 

Psssst....remember this timeline.

Somehow, someway, we're going to end up with a result that's even worse.  I don't know how yet.  I'm looking forward to the surprise.

[Chewbacca 7,830]

22 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

And you guys said it was going to be 15 or 30...

[Bozo_Casanova 26,911]

18 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said:

Flash across the wires? 

Correct

[Dbeasy 15,613]

3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Psssst....remember this timeline.

Somehow, someway, we're going to end up with a result that's even worse.  I don't know how yet.  I'm looking forward to the surprise.

[4th&Five 42,027]

Re-posting this because we're getting closer...

 

[TexasHooch 5,216]

2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

There could not be a more perfect encapsulation of the utterly broken-brained nature of the GQP.  The "most popular Republican in Congress"....did not get popular support.  He's Schroedinger's Fuckhead: both overwhelmingly popular yet unable to win votes at the same time.

He was talking about popularity among the public. I mean, no one is going to take the trouble to threaten the life of someone's wife over Tom Emmer amiright?

 

[Dbeasy 15,613]

Ok everyone make their bets. I was close but no cigar with Jordan. I’ll go Chip Roy. 

[Biff Tannen 46,208]

13 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

They already tried the stand-on-the-box thing and people just mocked him.

Thank you for getting this.  I teed it up.

[Ted Lange 16,446]

37 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

[tokamak 6,687]

31 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

[Blotto 24,045]

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obviously it's not good for functional government but it would be deeply hilarious completely on brand for the GQP if McCarthy won speaker again and two weeks later they removed him for a second time

It would be galactically stupid and a complete waste of time, which is why I fully expect this exact scenario to transpire. 

Edited October 20, 2023 by Blotto

[Gengs1 2,583]

Determining who next speaker will be and if they want to deal with the crazies 

[Biff Tannen 46,208]

2 minutes ago, Blotto said:

It would be galactically stupid and a complete waste of time, which is why I fully expect this exact scenario to transpire. 

YEP

[TexasHooch 5,216]

Evil Sonofabitch.

[henrygandorf 29,230]

if i could get on my soapbox for a sec, this drives me crazy.

you're either one of the most popular, or you're arguably the most popular.  they mean the same thing.  it means you're in the conversation for being the most popular.  you cannot be arguably one of the most popular.  using both makes her sound like an idiot.  which she is.

usually this is a sports thing, "he's arguably one of the best closers in the league."  so does that mean he's in the conversation to potentially be one of the best, but we don't know if he's actually one the best?  so like top 8-10 or so?  shut the fuck up, smoltz.

[Biff Tannen 46,208]

Just now, TexasHooch said:

Evil Sonofabitch.

I get the feeling he doesn't know how anything works.

[Satchel 6,983]

2 hours ago, Pig Bellmont said:

This is the result of zero sum politics. GOP won’t abide ANY compromise with Dems so there’s been zero effort to offer them anything of substance in exchange for being able to function. And since they can’t get their own conference in line - they’d rather just embarrass themselves over and over and over

It should be obvious to even the most casual observer that Republicans are beyond being embarrassed about anything.

[shakahorn 1,660]

29 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

Most popular republican in congress?  Is that like 'tallest midget?'

[shakahorn 1,660]

20 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

nobody who watches cnn thinks it's the dems fault.

Yeah I'm thinking they keep putting the pubs on blaming the dems is show how dumb that line is.

[The Dog 44,871]

ETA some of the tags:

Edited October 20, 2023 by The Dog

[Wally Fairway 5,678]

33 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

I am certain that 0% of the no votes in the Republican Caucas were cast by Democrats; yet some mouth breather will twist statement blaming them.

[Macanudo 13,347]

1 minute ago, The Dog said:

 

Isn't that Kirk Ferentz?   

 

Hahaha.

[tokamak 6,687]

Gaetz knifes McCarthy, and then Scalise: no problem

Conference votes fair and square against Jordan (twice!): "sWAmP tAcTiCs!!!!!11"

[Brisketexan 107,043]

12 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I get the feeling he doesn't know how anything works.

I'm pretty sure he knows how hooking up with underage girls works.

[Firemans4Horn 18,537]

The lettuce takes down another one!

 

[Pancho 46,380]

I can’t remember the last time I laughed at something that 3-year letterman account

[Captain Ron 13,133]

35 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

I am not sure who Katherine Clark is but I think I just fell and love.  And ... would.
 

 

 

 

That's my Representative. My Representative.

 

 

No seriously, she really is. She is awesome. Was Assistant Speaker under Pelosi and is the current minority whip.

[Slacks 7,081]

12 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

here is what i don't understand.  first thing, I'm sorry to everyone but im high af and I'm going to use some lazy ass gender innapropriate terms in this here post. i hope yall know I'm an ally but right now my vocabulary is limited. 

but here is what i don't get. why is Jim Jordan such a bitch?

like, why is he such a whiny ass bitch?

you know he knows he ain't got the votes. he ain't got em and he ain't gonna get em. so why the fuck is he such a bitch? everyone knows if you don't got the votes you don't go.  you get real humble for awhile, you don't want that shit job anyways, what crazy fucker would, and bow out and refuse and do  some scraping shit with the bowing. you sure ass fuck DO NOT send people after the spouses of your enemies like it's the goddamn byzantine empire and shit.

maintain some fucking dignity. be a fucking man.

christ fucking wept

This is the man that invited me join shaggy. I am honored (and angry about the meat Co., but that's a whole other thing.) 

[Blotto 24,045]

4 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I can’t remember the last time I laughed at something that 3-year letterman account

He's the Jimmy Fallon of political comedy on Twitter. 

[Chooky 13,342]

36 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Christ, now CNN is interviewing batshit crazy Anna Paulina Luna.

Jesus

It was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. And I've been awake a few times in the last five years. CNN should just go ahead and become a pro wrestling channel. 

[Ted Lange 16,446]

 

 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

Hunter Biden just killed five hookers and house republicans remain unable to hold him accountable. 

[Pato del Muerto 53,607]

Most popular representative in America!*
 

 

*as determined by poll of 50 white males at least 50 years of age and living in rural Ohio. **
 

 

**which would actually be slightly more truthful than gaetz just making it up

[Chuckie Finster 23,103]

The real gavel is the friends we made along the way.

 

Edited October 20, 2023 by Chuckie Finster

[Slacks 7,081]

5 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

NBA guys weren’t really that rich back then.  They all worked at each others camps in the summer.  This was Rolando Blackman and Derek Harpers camp.    I don’t recall what my mom paid for me to go, but it wasn’t very expensive.  Maybe $100-200 for 3 or 4 days.  Probably 2X what it would’ve cost to send me to daycare, and a whole lot cooler.  Watching Spud, Clyde, and Nique have an impromptu dunk contest in a middle school gym is a fond memory.

They use it as a write off. The cash fee goes to their foundation, run by a friend or family member who gets paid to run it, then deduct the appearance fee as a donation,reducing their tax bill just to hang out with kids at the gym, which can be fun. 

[Brisketexan 107,043]

Just now, Chuckie Finster said:

 

 

The real gavel is the friends we made along the way.

Translation: for a long time, I was able to pretend that people liked me because I purposefully avoided interacting with them.  But once I talked to them....I found out that they think I'm a loathsome toad.

[henrygandorf 29,230]

 

[Slacks 7,081]

5 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Man that camp sounded great. I wanted to go to that but I didn't play basketball, so my Grandma signed me up for the Herschel Walker football camp. I ended up missing it, but years later I met a guy who went, and he told me that football camp with Herschel Walker was like being coached by Mitch Hedberg.

I would go to that shit daily. 

[jimmyjazz 47,348]

5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Most popular representative in America!*
*as determined by poll of 50 white males at least 50 years of age and living in rural Ohio. **

How many 50 YO white males in Ohio would one have to poll to find 50 that weren't molested by Jim Jordan's co-workers at Ohio State?

[Rimbo 27,092]

1 hour ago, Pig Bellmont said:

The beatings will continue until morale improves 

 

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Oh, that one.  Yeah, that song sucks ass.

Though this song is great

UNTIL YOU LIKE IT!

[Bozo_Casanova 26,911]

2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Translation: for a long time, I was able to pretend that people liked me because I purposefully avoided interacting with them.  But once I talked to them....I found out that they think I'm a loathsome toad.

First they came for the Country Club Republicans, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Country Club Republican.

Then they came for the institutionalists, and I did not speak out—because I was not an institutionalist.

Then they came for the traditional conservatives, and I did not speak out—because I was not a traditional conservative.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me because I am a giant asshole who everyone hates.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,744]

To me the entire 118th House of Representatives have ceased to operate and thereby have decided to remove themselves from power.

im ok letting the senate introduce, pass bills and letting Biden sign them into law without the House. The House can rejoin once they decide to act like adults.

The downside with this idea is it ruins the schoolhouse rock song.

[Brisketexan 107,043]

2 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me because I am a giant asshole who everyone hates.

And....new board motto.

[Js1 87,306]

List of who is now running (so far) when we return next week to the Shit Show in DC:

Tom Emmer
Bryon Donalds
Austin Scott
Jack Bergman
Kevin Hern
Mike Johnson
Mark Green

[Js1 87,306]

4 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

To me the entire 118th House of Representatives have ceased to operate and thereby have decided to remove themselves from power.

im ok letting the senate introduce, pass bills and letting Biden sign them into law without the House. The House can rejoin once they decide to act like adults.

The downside with this idea is it ruins the schoolhouse rock song.

And also that funding bills cannot originate in the Senate

They gave the purse strings to the dysfunctional assholes. 

Too bad Biden can't dissolve the House and we have 435 new snap elections

Edited October 20, 2023 by Js1

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,744]

Just now, Js1 said:

And also that funding bills cannot originate in the Senate

They gave the purse strings to the dysfunctional assholes. 

In my theory they can since the House has ceased to exist.  You only need to use your imagination.

 

Edited October 20, 2023 by Nice Guy Eddie

[Bozo_Casanova 26,911]

4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

List of who is now running (so far) when we return next week to the Shit Show in DC:

Tom Emmer
Bryon Donalds
Austin Scott
Jack Bergman
Kevin Hern
Mike Johnson
Mark Green

@THUJONE can we get a prevail and ride style "Murderers Row" of this lineup + McHenry?

Also Roger Williams is maybe running too

Edited October 20, 2023 by Bozo_Casanova

[Js1 87,306]

3 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

In my theory they can since the House has ceased to exist.  You only need to use your imagination.

 

Your theory would have to get past Harlan Crow's bitch, Gorsuch, Handmaids Tale, Scalia, Roberts and Beer Boy.

Im coming around on @Ghost of LL wanting a parliamentary system. Democracy simply doesn’t work 

Edited October 20, 2023 by Js1

[ultimaton 2,985]

15 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Hunter Biden just killed five hookers and house republicans remain unable to hold him accountable. 

[Rimbo 27,092]

56 minutes ago, mdmost said:

CNN has become the ESPN of news. It's all hot takes and controversy. Bernard Shaw is rolling over in his grave.

hate to break it to ya, but it's been that way ever since Turner sold it