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So, what's the end game for the Rebels? (Original Post) Sogo Jan 2023 OP
Planning is not their strong suit. MineralMan Jan 2023 #1
You Posted As I Was Writing ProfessorGAC Jan 2023 #4
GMTA MineralMan Jan 2023 #8
Plan? ProfessorGAC Jan 2023 #2
Jon Lovett said yesterday momta Jan 2023 #3
I like that, but Sogo Jan 2023 #5
One of the hosts of Pod Save America. momta Jan 2023 #13
Nihilists don't work well with plans EYESORE 9001 Jan 2023 #6
One might speculate H2O Man Jan 2023 #7
They will be famous for fucking McCarthy jcgoldie Jan 2023 #9
They don't have an end game. Their goal is chaos and that's it. Initech Jan 2023 #10
+1 H2O Man Jan 2023 #12
nailed it jcgoldie Jan 2023 #14
Yes chaos and division are their goals. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #16
I'd say Fox News and Russian oligarchs. Initech Jan 2023 #18
The GOP benefits too. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #21
Certainly true. Initech Jan 2023 #24
Yep. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #25
There's no plan, and no matter how it gets resolved without their help, they've got an angle. RockRaven Jan 2023 #11
Dogs and cats living together. IA8IT Jan 2023 #15
I'm really enjoying watching this ironflange Jan 2023 #17
Hard to tell what is more entertaining. Musk destroying Twitter and himself. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #22
Basking in the limelight Walleye Jan 2023 #19
I wonder if Boehner is sitting with a merlot in front of CSPAN on the TV and giggling? dutch777 Jan 2023 #20
Boehner is one GOPer enjoying the hell out of the current shit show. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #23

momta

(4,197 posts)
3. Jon Lovett said yesterday
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:10 PM
Jan 2023

that McCarthy should realize that he's fighting over a parking space with people who have nowhere to be and nothing to do, and their friends and family will bring them food.

Lovett is wise.

momta

(4,197 posts)
13. One of the hosts of Pod Save America.
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:14 PM
Jan 2023

He's a former speech writer for both H. Clinton and Obama.


H2O Man

(79,041 posts)
7. One might speculate
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:12 PM
Jan 2023

that this is part of the plan that guys like Newt Gingrich and Steve Bannon have fought for, for many years -- simply to destroy the federal government.

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
9. They will be famous for fucking McCarthy
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:13 PM
Jan 2023

And they will flex. They DGAF who the speaker is. They can go home and brag about what they did.

Initech

(108,747 posts)
10. They don't have an end game. Their goal is chaos and that's it.
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:13 PM
Jan 2023

These idiots were installed by Fox and other right wing outlets with the intention of disrupting the process. They have no intention of actually leading the country.

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
14. nailed it
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:15 PM
Jan 2023

Thats what happens when you elect people to government who don't believe in government.

Irish_Dem

(81,213 posts)
21. The GOP benefits too.
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:43 PM
Jan 2023

They do not want a democracy in the US.
So they weaken it at every chance.

They want to install a white, male, christian minority rule.

Initech

(108,747 posts)
24. Certainly true.
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 05:24 PM
Jan 2023

It's no mistake that they're going full Nazi right now. It's like the part of Scooby Doo where they take off the mask and show you who they really are.

RockRaven

(19,352 posts)
11. There's no plan, and no matter how it gets resolved without their help, they've got an angle.
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:13 PM
Jan 2023

The thing about being a nihilist or troll is that you can keep at it just fine no matter what happens.

I think I saw yesterday that McCarthy, while arguing/negotiating with Gaetz, brought up the possibility that a Dem could become Speaker if he didn't get in line and Gaetz's response was along the lines of "I don't care, it doesn't matter."

Irish_Dem

(81,213 posts)
22. Hard to tell what is more entertaining. Musk destroying Twitter and himself.
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:45 PM
Jan 2023

Or the GOP destroying itself on live TV.

dutch777

(5,068 posts)
20. I wonder if Boehner is sitting with a merlot in front of CSPAN on the TV and giggling?
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:36 PM
Jan 2023

It was becoming a s**tshow when he was in power. Now it's a dumpster fire with the volunteer fire department in their clown suits dumping gas on the fire.

Irish_Dem

(81,213 posts)
23. Boehner is one GOPer enjoying the hell out of the current shit show.
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 04:50 PM
Jan 2023

He knew this day was coming and here it is.

The Freedom Caucus who made his life is in self destruct mode.

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