Alexandra Petri nails it!

[BlueSky3]

Last edited Wed Jan 4, 2023, 05:22 PM - Edit history (1)

"...Wow, this is embarrassing!

No, not the once-in-a-century mess around electing a speaker of the House! Not the fact that, on Tuesday, after three ballots, none of which succeeded in putting Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in charge, the House had to adjourn speakerlessly. Not the fact that, again, failing to elect a speaker on the first vote has not happened since 1923! Not the fact that, if anything, the votes were trending further from McCarthy rather than closer to him when the House adjourned, and not the fact that a fourth and fifth vote failed Wednesday!....

..."None of that is embarrassing at all! What’s embarrassing is that you were expecting anything else.

"Honestly, we are a little confused you are taking this so poorly. This is like electing a bunch of clowns to office and being disappointed when they put on a magnificent clown show for you. Here is precisely the clown show you ordered! You shouldn’t be ashamed. You should be applauding. It is like ordering a decorative salad made entirely from Legos and being mad that you can’t eat it.."


Here's the link: https://wapo.st/3CncAT9

No pay wall to this one.

[mercuryblues]

1. this reply wins the Speakership, IMO

Lauren Boebert barely got her G.E.D. before joining the "Freedom" Caucus in the House, and she's their valedictorian.

[TygrBright]

2. mmmmm.... salty, buttery schadenfreude! n/t

[mcar]

3. A few snips...

Honestly, we are a little confused you are taking this so poorly. This is like electing a bunch of clowns to office and being disappointed when they put on a magnificent clown show for you. Here is precisely the clown show you ordered! You shouldn’t be ashamed. You should be applauding. It is like ordering a decorative salad made entirely from Legos and being mad that you can’t eat it. It is like voting for Lauren Boebert and then becoming upset that a legislature that contains her is not productively working for the American people....

I’m sorry, what did you think you were getting? Did you really say to yourself, when you voted for Matt Gaetz, “Here is a man who is going to build coalitions and pass sensible, bipartisan legislation that will improve our lives?” No! You said, “I’m voting for Gaetz!”...

We thought you were serious about just electing people to be squeaky wheels, and specifically squeaky wheels that keep setting off the House metal detector because they are armed with guns for no clear reason. We said to ourselves, “If they wanted to move legislative priorities through Congress in a functional way, they knew whom they ought to have voted for: not us! We came here to make pointless noise and pass nothing, and we are never going to be out of noise!”...

To those few of you who voted for a Republican in a swing district who made some wild claim about governing or enacting any piece of legislation, we say, “Whoops! Next time, look at the whole party you’re putting into power when you cast your vote! Because we have a QAnon caucus now!”

[underpants]

4. I was just about to post the paragraph about clowns

Spot on

[Torchlight]

5. That could be the most accurate description of them I've ever read.

"electing a bunch of clowns to office and being disappointed when they put on a magnificent clown show for you."

Upper cut.

[BlueSky3]

6. Thanks, mcar!

I added some of the article to my post.

[mcar]

7. Great!

[Renew Deal]

8. Brutal and hilarious