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ShazzieB

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12. Part of me would want to lol really hard if Kev doesn't get to be Speaker.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 08:32 AM

Nov 2022

"Cause you know he wants it so badly he can hardly stand it. If he doesn't get it, he will have the world's biggest sad, and the Schadenfreude will be delicious. Except...

Except another part of me is afraid of what the MAGAloons would pick if they get their way. Elise Stefanik? Ewwwww. And she's not even the worst possibility out there.

Whoever it is, it has to be someone most of the Repugs can agree on, and it's hard to umagine who that might be.

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'MAGA mean girl' Elise Stefanik could swipe McCarthy's throne right out from under him [View all] catbyte Nov 2022 OP

Suppose there aren't enough votes to make ANYONE Speaker . . . . ? no_hypocrisy Nov 2022 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author aeromanKC Nov 2022 #2

He is easily the most feckless Cosmocat Nov 2022 #3

Have been warning about Stefanik for years mgardener Nov 2022 #4

Could take weeks to get someone...must get majority JT45242 Nov 2022 #5

I found this article titled..."Can Anyone Be Speaker of the House?" littlemissmartypants Nov 2022 #6

Basically, yes. And that includes you-know-who. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2022 #13

To be clear that question wasn't mine. It's the article title. I'll edit it. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 2022 #15

I started a thread before I saw this one. gab13by13 Nov 2022 #7

I think you could be right. catbyte Nov 2022 #8

Every Republican she named is would be a disaster. GoCubsGo Nov 2022 #14

I wonder. Sometimes ego of office can push others to the side. oldsoftie Nov 2022 #17

There would be... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #9

If he does end up Speaker, he won't be in the position long Trenzalore Nov 2022 #10

Time to buy stock in Jolly Time. GoCubsGo Nov 2022 #11

Part of me would want to lol really hard if Kev doesn't get to be Speaker. ShazzieB Nov 2022 #12

If only the Dems could find the 5 or 6 moderates needed GoCubsGo Nov 2022 #16

Just wondering quitnesset Nov 2022 #18

Stefanik has endorsed Trump for 2024. sop Nov 2022 #19

The current House should set the rule that the Speaker shall be chosen by cage match Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #20