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9. Oh, they'll elect a Speaker, and it'll be a Republican. Bob Livingston minus the affair

Thu Oct 12, 2023, 03:44 PM

Oct 2023

In other words, a nobody out of nowhere, who will embarrass nobody, offend nobody, impress nobody, and BE nobody. The lightning rods draw just that, and at some point, the rest of them will get tired of being fried in the court of public opinion. Like the slogan goes, Democracy dies in darkness, and the Republicans are having too much light on them for the moment for democracy to die (their goal).

House Republicans are not the passengers on Flight 93. They will not crash their plane to save anyone else, certainly not the country or the government. Any Republican House member who votes for Hakeem for Speaker might as well switch parties now, and have a seat on the board of Dow Chemical or AT&T waiting on January 3, 2025.

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"We might never elect a Speaker" [View all] brooklynite Oct 2023 OP

Both Scalise and Jordan are done? wryter2000 Oct 2023 #1

Stefanik underpants Oct 2023 #2

Yep FrankBooth Oct 2023 #5

Unsourced and unreliable brooklynite Oct 2023 #6

Huh? FrankBooth Oct 2023 #10

Tell me who "BNN Breaking" is..... brooklynite Oct 2023 #16

if she is Trump's #1, she will never be speaker.. DemocratInPa Oct 2023 #14

Gotta ask: When was their first clue? ancianita Oct 2023 #3

Filthy bdamomma Oct 2023 #4

That's one way to close the country down C_U_L8R Oct 2023 #7

If/when there is a shutdown because the 45day CR is up and there still isn't a goddamned Speaker RockRaven Oct 2023 #8

Oh, they'll elect a Speaker, and it'll be a Republican. Bob Livingston minus the affair DFW Oct 2023 #9

Name *one* of them who meets this criteria ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #19

Some of them belong to the party they do because it's the only game in town. DFW Oct 2023 #21

Once again, Repukes can't govern sakabatou Oct 2023 #11

Republicans break Congress. Baitball Blogger Oct 2023 #12

pretty much every sane person Celerity Oct 2023 #15

Must be the free block in the center of the Bingo card. Baitball Blogger Oct 2023 #18

You must have gotten the Wile E Coyote bingo card ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #20

death cult clown car steams ahead at rapid pace, with no hands on the wheel nor feet on the brakes Celerity Oct 2023 #13

If only working across the aisle weren't a capital crime. Qutzupalotl Oct 2023 #17

If things get any worse DFW Oct 2023 #22