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Buckeyeblue

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3. I agree that it's doubtful

Reply to Ford_Prefect (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 16, 2022, 06:22 AM

Dec 2022

The next two years will be interesting as we move to get beyond the MAGAs. It would be nice if the two parties could work together to elect a speaker that is interested in moving forward.

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If not McCarthy, whom? [View all] TrogL Dec 2022 OP

Have you ever potty trained a toddler? Bucky Dec 2022 #1

I've heard of this supposed unicorn but like the Yeti it is strangely absent from living memory. Ford_Prefect Dec 2022 #2

I agree that it's doubtful Buckeyeblue Dec 2022 #3

I wish that were possible but I doubt there are GOP members willing to take that risk. Ford_Prefect Dec 2022 #5

If not McCarthy it will be Scalise. There is zero chance we get a Democratic speaker. tritsofme Dec 2022 #4

No one trusts Scalise at this point. I doubt many would accept him. Ford_Prefect Dec 2022 #6

Is he a better choice than McCarthy? I don't know anything about him. patricia92243 Dec 2022 #9

For entertainment purposes Darwins_Retriever Dec 2022 #7

The butt plug Emile Dec 2022 #8

Seems like I was oddly prescient TrogL Jan 2023 #10