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Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts) Thu Jan 3, 2013, 03:09 PM Jan 2013

So, Allen West fell 212 votes short of becoming SOTH [View all]

I blame the Communists.

The official vote count, via TPM's Brian Beutler:

Boehner 220

Pelosi 192

Labrador 1

Lewis 1

Cantor 3

West 2

Powell 1

Jordan 1

Walker 1

Cooper 2

Amash 1

Dingell 1

Present 1

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/john-boehner-re-elected-speaker-of-house

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So, Allen West fell 212 votes short of becoming SOTH [View all] Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 OP

Fuck AngryAmish Jan 2013 #1

If West had some how managed to win demwing Jan 2013 #5

I did not know anybody could be speaker annatee33 Jan 2013 #2

That's 2 elections in a row that West has lost now. FSogol Jan 2013 #3

Cantor probably voted for himself. nt julian09 Jan 2013 #7

Cantor actually voted for Boehner. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #29

HA! Cantor got one more than West. no_hypocrisy Jan 2013 #4

Representative Present only received 1 vote Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #6

Is there a list of who voted for whom? JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #8

Dingell. nt LisaLynne Jan 2013 #9

That's odd, he can't actually want the job. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #18

Jim Matheson voted for Dingell PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #31

Wonder just who R these two psychopaths... nt Amonester Jan 2013 #10

I think one of them was Louis Gohmert (R-Crazytown) NoPasaran Jan 2013 #36

What happened to the Palin insurgency? Historic NY Jan 2013 #11

It was a figment of some people's imagination... n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #28

We should have gotten all the (D)s to vote for him too.... Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #12

Wait, someone voted for a Labrador? Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #13

We have yella dog and blue dog Democrats. I guess they have black dog Republicans Bucky Jan 2013 #15

And they said there were no black Republicans....nt Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #16

Call the Kennel Club. I want to see his papers (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #23

If you don't count the only black Senator in the United States. Bucky Jan 2013 #25

cute dog picture samsingh Jan 2013 #27

lol Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #30

Unless SOTH stands for Bucky Jan 2013 #14

The threshhold became lower due to only 427 Reps voting. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #17

I wonder if Boehner will punish her anyway? Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #19

I was wrong, SIX of the Twenty didn't vote. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #21

That's only two more votes that I got...(nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #20

Representative Present pulls rank on you Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #22

I'd have received more votes if only I'd been a bigger asshole Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #24

he shouldn't give up samsingh Jan 2013 #26

My congressman voted for Dingell because he doesn't like Nancy Pelosi. Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #32

I wish Present could have made a stronger showing. Mister Ed Jan 2013 #33

don't you have to actually be a member of congress to be the speaker? call me kwazy... spanone Jan 2013 #34

No actually Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #35

So Pelosi actually got 192 votes? Jamaal510 Jan 2013 #37