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StarfishSaver

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4. Expecting to win is one thing. Saying "I'm looking forward to being Speaker" is another

Reply to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #1)

Wed May 12, 2021, 12:38 PM

May 2021

The arrogance and self-involvement of these people should no longer surprise me, but ...

He doesn't even pretend that he's interested in anything beyond his own ambition.

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Can you imagine Pelosi saying in 2017 "I'm looking forward to being Speaker in the next Congress"? [View all] StarfishSaver May 2021 OP

They expect to win. BlueTsunami2018 May 2021 #1

It may traditionally be conventional wisdom ScratchCat May 2021 #2

Expecting to win is one thing. Saying "I'm looking forward to being Speaker" is another StarfishSaver May 2021 #4

✔️ blm May 2021 #6

Question about California Ghost of Tom Joad May 2021 #3

There must be somebody willing to run against the Man from Bakersfield... Hekate May 2021 #5

Bruno Amato blm May 2021 #7

I'll be happy to donate Hekate May 2021 #8

I would have cheered for her and donated if she said that wellst0nev0ter May 2021 #9

You might have liked it StarfishSaver May 2021 #11

actually she wasn't expecting to be Speaker dsc May 2021 #10