the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion

[locodos 5387]

21 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

This.  There are no real "single issue" voters.  They'll tell you that they are but when you get past that single issue, they seem to fall in line with everyone else.  Find me a single issue pro life voter who favors rational gun control.

How about anti-abortion but for medical care for trans kids... (The ones who commit suicide >80% of the time with out care)  Soooo pro life bro!

 

These posters seem to really know some basic bitches.  Only care/think/vote for one thing only!  I need to get out more.

[The Dog 44051]

 

[SizzleChest 8284]

12 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

That’s why she goes in the fuck bucket.

Duh.

She's got a fuck pad ready and waiting for you to show up.

 

[The Royal We 3072]

4 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13512]

3 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

I can’t stand MTG but I understand her point. If they can’t trust and control people from recording the meetings, then perhaps they shouldn’t have meetings.

['stache 21815]

Just now, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I can’t stand MTG but I understand her point. If they can’t trust and control people from recording the meetings, then perhaps they shouldn’t have meetings.

That's not her point, but yeah, it's pathetic they have to even try to confiscate phones, because they are all children incapable of addressing important issues with any level of maturity.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13585]

Name something a 14 year-old cannot go without 

[Skipper 6135]

8 minutes ago, locodos said:

These posters seem to really know some basic bitches.  Only care/think/vote for one thing only!  I need to get out more.

Well, I know someone that essentially became single issue pro life after twins arrived prematurely, weren't viable, and died in their arms, and it just changed perspective on that issue above everything.  Getting way off topic but it's nice to try to remind ourselves everyone has different backgrounds and experiences that shape their beliefs/opinions. I fail at that constantly as well because I'm pretty sure I'm right about everything.

[jimmyjazz 45951]

38 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Big George Michael Fan?

 

 

[jimmyjazz 45951]

39 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Find me a single issue pro life voter who favors rational gun control.

I literally know dozens.

[Pato del Muerto 52498]

She just believes that rules don’t apply to her if she doesn’t agree to them.  You can’t tell her she can’t have a gun on the house floor, a phone in a closed meeting, or a speaker she doesn’t vote for. Or anyone she doesn’t vote for. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26460]

46 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

 Find me a single issue pro life voter who favors rational gun control.

This literally describes almost all of the devout Catholics I know

Edited October 12, 2023 by Bozo_Casanova

[Aqua Buddha 14596]

7 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

This literally describes almost all of the devout Catholics I know

Fair point but growing up Baptist, almost every Baptist at this point is 100% on Republican issues but they'll tell you they're single issue.

26 minutes ago, SizzleChest said:

She's got a fuck pad ready and waiting for you to show up.

 

Hey, I'm down.  Just remember to put her in the fuck category and not marry or date.  Beware of the crazy nookie.

[Bozo_Casanova 26460]

8 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Fair point but growing up Baptist, almost every Baptist at this point is 100% on Republican issues but they'll tell you they're single issue.

Sure, but that’s a function of the political takeover of the SBC by the Republican  party in the 80s and was very intentionally partisan in nature. The Catholic single issue abortion voter is voting strictly on moral grounds, consensus with doctrine. They typically support reasonable gun control, oppose the death penalty and support the humane treatment of refugees.

Edit: they simply place abortion on a higher plane of the moral hierarchy, then the other issues.

 

Edited October 12, 2023 by Bozo_Casanova

[locodos 5387]

12 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Well, I know someone that essentially became single issue pro life after twins arrived prematurely, weren't viable, and died in their arms, and it just changed perspective on that issue above everything.  Getting way off topic but it's nice to try to remind ourselves everyone has different backgrounds and experiences that shape their beliefs/opinions. I fail at that constantly as well because I'm pretty sure I'm right about everything.

First of all I wish them peace.  ( I sincerely mean that)

A very good friend of mine had a similar experience, devastating, it's been over 15yrs and they still are brutally scared.   I wish your friends were more thoughtful though, current attacks on women's rights are FORCING girls/women to have that same VERY traumatizing experience because they can't get care.  Fetus is non viable?, carry it to term and have it die in your arms or until you miscarry...  doesn't matter to us if you might die, we're pro-life!

Like you said, we all have our life experiences, I just have a hard time thinking that rational adult complex humans can only hold one thought in their mind to the exclusion of all others.  I think it takes willful denial.

[royiv 9317]

1 minute ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

support the humane treatment of refugees

There's a whole lot of catholics that are for completely closed borders. They're the variety that want to pull the ladder up behind them.

[Gengs1 2583]

We about to get MGT as speaker, no semi sane person wants to deal with the crazy Rs 

[Homercles 10205]

[Aqua Buddha 14596]

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

 

This is how you play chess.

[Hornius Emeritus 12462]

12 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

This is how you play chess.

I don't know much about Jeffries but he seems like a pretty sharp cookie.

[Sbbruin 21853]

Just now, Hornius Emeritus said:

I don't know much about Jeffries but he seems like a pretty sharp cookie.

He does.  Because I think he is.  

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

So the government is probably shutting down in 5 weeks again. 

['stache 21815]

So if Jeffries can get 10 or so Republicans to support a moderate for speaker, can Bowtie preclude a vote?

[Aqua Buddha 14596]

4 minutes ago, 'stache said:

So if Jeffries can get 10 or so Republicans to support a moderate for speaker, can Bowtie preclude a vote?

Question is, what will he want in return?

I'd ask for no more shutdowns and stopping the Hunter Biden/impeachment nonsense.  He could get that from 20-30 of them and then we could all watch ring wing media burn.

[Francisco 2.0 32392]

44 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Hey, I'm down.  Just remember to put her in the fuck category and not marry or date.  Beware of the crazy nookie.

 

Counterpoint:  she might cut your cock off.

Edited October 12, 2023 by Francisco 2.0

[GopherRock 1765]

1 minute ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Question is, what will he want in return?

I'd ask for no more shutdowns and stopping the Hunter Biden/impeachment nonsense.  He could get that from 20-30 of them and then we could all watch ring wing media burn.

Probably these:

- Call off impeachment inquiry

- Make the motion to vacate out of order

-50/50 committee splits with Jeffries naming the chair of Rules and Judiciary

- Deal for large Ukraine and Israel support package

- No threat of shutdown

[CTC2 2797]

4 hours ago, South Austin said:

Yet they still vote Republican.

This

[Js1 85336]

Moderate Dems would vote for Tom Cole. The longer this drags, the chances of a coalition House rises. But it’s about 0.0% now.

GOP may move to name McHenry acting speaker instead of speaker pro tempore. I guess there’s a difference 

quite a few GOP have decided they cannot vote for Jordan or Scalise bc of how ineffective leadership has been so why elevate part of the incompetence. 

Edited October 12, 2023 by Js1

[SizzleChest 8284]

58 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Fair point but growing up Baptist, almost every Baptist at this point is 100% on Republican issues but they'll tell you they're single issue.

Hey, I'm down.  Just remember to put her in the fuck category and not marry or date.  Beware of the crazy nookie.

John Hardon, er Hardonwood, er Harwood also seems to have a hard-on for her.

 

['stache 21815]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Moderate Dems would vote for Tom Cole. The longer this drags, the chances of a coalition House rises. But it’s about 0.0% now.

GOP may move to name McHenry acting speaker instead of speaker pro tempore. I guess there’s a difference 

Cole is the only person in the Oklahoma delegation I don't despise. I think he'd do a good job. But I read he has no interest, and he'd never get re-elected in Oklahoma if he openly worked with Dems on something this high profile. 

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[South Austin 52500]

32 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

So the government is probably shutting down in 5 weeks again. 

If I’m Canada, that’s a perfect time to invade the U.S.

[Js1 85336]

6 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Cole is the only person in the Oklahoma delegation I don't despise. I think he'd do a good job. But I read he has no interest, and he'd never get re-elected in Oklahoma if he openly worked with Dems on something this high profile. 

He's not moderate by any means at all - voted against election certification, signed onto the Dobbs amicus briefs, etc.  But someone like Don Bacon might "too moderate" to get enough GOP support. 

The Dems, off the record, feel like Cole is someone they can work with / stand.  He'd inherit a lot of McCarthy's funding infrastructure to beat back a primary challenger. 

Edited October 12, 2023 by Js1

[Nice Guy Eddie 13512]

36 minutes ago, 'stache said:

So if Jeffries can get 10 or so Republicans to support a moderate for speaker, can Bowtie preclude a vote?

I don't think the GOP is going to call for a vote until they have 217 Yes votes in their side meetings. 

[SydneyCarton 48106]

1 hour ago, Skipper said:

Well, I know someone that essentially became single issue pro life after twins arrived prematurely, weren't viable, and died in their arms, and it just changed perspective on that issue above everything.  Getting way off topic but it's nice to try to remind ourselves everyone has different backgrounds and experiences that shape their beliefs/opinions. I fail at that constantly as well because I'm pretty sure I'm right about everything.

As tragic as this story is, and I'm an adopted child from a mother who couldn't have children, all that reads to me is someone who had a traumatic experience and demand they control the lives of other people and their decisions, based on their own personal tragedy. And while a delicate matter, I think that's fucked up. But you know what, they have a right to vote. I also, since life is such a sacred matter to them, hope that they saw to it to adopt and or foster one of the hundreds of thousands of children in America that are alive now and need help and a loving home. 

 

[royiv 9317]

20 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I don't think the GOP is going to call for a vote until they have 217 Yes votes in their side meetings. 

Even if they get 217 in their side meetings, I don't think this crew can be trusted to hold the line and vote as promised they would on the floor. Too many of these fools like the attention and clicks that comes from creating chaos.

[hobbes2702 13033]

55 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Question is, what will he want in return?

I'd ask for no more shutdowns and stopping the Hunter Biden/impeachment nonsense.  He could get that from 20-30 of them and then we could all watch ring wing media burn.

He should get that plus continued Ukraine funding

[hobbes2702 13033]

56 minutes ago, GopherRock said:

Probably these:

- Call off impeachment inquiry

- Make the motion to vacate out of order

-50/50 committee splits with Jeffries naming the chair of Rules and Judiciary

- Deal for large Ukraine and Israel support package

- No threat of shutdown

This

[Gatorubet 30238]

2 hours ago, The Dog said:

The toes tell the tale.  She is not lying. 

['stache 21815]

[cactusflinthead 27598]

 

[The Royal We 3072]

How much longer is it going to take for the "normal" chucklefucks to realize they need to stuff the burn-it-down caucus into a locker to have any chance of moving forward and electing a new speaker?

[SydneyCarton 48106]

1 minute ago, The Royal We said:

How much longer is it going to take for the "normal" chucklefucks to realize they need to stuff the burn-it-down caucus into a locker to have any chance of moving forward and electing a new speaker?

[TexasEd 8067]

The longer this goes on the closer we get to a three party system. We are probably already there except for the formalities. The GQP is a coalition government 

Edited October 12, 2023 by TexasEd

[BamaATL 16593]

11 minutes ago, The Royal We said:

How much longer is it going to take for the "normal" chucklefucks to realize they need to stuff the burn-it-down caucus into a locker to have any chance of moving forward and electing a new speaker?

As it turns out, negotiating with terrorists sets a bad precedent.  

[The Dog 44051]

56 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I don't think the GOP is going to call for a vote until they have 217 Yes votes in their side meetings. 

This. They'll figure it out eventually. 

35 minutes ago, royiv said:

Even if they get 217 in their side meetings, I don't think this crew can be trusted to hold the line and vote as promised they would on the floor. Too many of these fools like the attention and clicks that comes from creating chaos.

There are diminishing returns on these stunts. It's all on the GOP to get this done. It's one thing to be obstructionist against the Democrats but quite another to be so against your own party. At some point the act wears thin and they'll be under pressure from their constituents to get this done.

[The Dog 44051]

of course I post that and then there is this:

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33870]

5 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

These supposed college educated people have given up the talking points of: 1) a stolen election 2) the Bidens are a crime family 3) Ukraine is full of nazis with secret labs making viruses 4) the trans are a threat to your kids, not bullets. 5) vaccines kill people 

How brave 

the one I still hear is "in this economy?" or "because of the economy I can't...." I wish I were better equipped to retort, but I'm busy with my business. you know, because of the economy - I'm just not as informed on the ins and outs of what's really happening. it's maddening. though, when people throw it out and have no idea whether it's true. if you believe in the speaking truth, you know how damaging that mindset can be.

anywho, back on topic. any traction to the assertion that Rep Booker has built some kind of coalition? that would be a lovely cherry on top of this shit heap

[Longhorn_Fan68 33870]

^right on cue seconds before me

[A-Tex Devil 2446]

7 minutes ago, The Dog said:

This. They'll figure it out eventually. 

There are diminishing returns on these stunts. It's all on the GOP to get this done. It's one thing to be obstructionist against the Democrats but quite another to be so against your own party. At some point the act wears thin and they'll be under pressure from their constituents to get this done.

I presume that if they get all 217 they won't call for a roll call vote to avoid the chance someone gets cute.