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(56,247 posts) Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:39 PM Jun 2014

why are we cheering the loss of incompetent republican leaders? [View all]

do we really want republican leaders in the house to be more competent?

the real problem in the house has long been too many tea baggers and we might just have made that number go up by one.

i have a feeling that this may be one of those feels-good-but-comes-back-to-bite-us moments....

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why are we cheering the loss of incompetent republican leaders? [View all] unblock Jun 2014 OP

The Next Ones Will Be Even Less Competent, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2014 #1

one can hope. me, when my opponents are incompetent, i'd rather not give them the chance to improve unblock Jun 2014 #6

Exactly. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #8

We're cheering because he's such a disagreeable person, elleng Jun 2014 #2

what makes you think the bagger is competent? dhol82 Jun 2014 #3

brat will be a freshman zero. it's whoever replaces cantor as majority leader i'm worried about. unblock Jun 2014 #10

I am not certain. Laelth Jun 2014 #15

then maybe i have nothing to worry about. he's been a terrible whip. unblock Jun 2014 #20

Are you arguing that the teabaggers are 'more competent'? Ruby the Liberal Jun 2014 #4

no, the next majority leader, whoever that might be. unblock Jun 2014 #12

Gotcha. Good point. NT Ruby the Liberal Jun 2014 #17

How is this going to bite us? The majority leader just lost, and guess what it demonstrates, the lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #5

You don't think Cantor was a teabagger? He is one of their leaders. AlinPA Jun 2014 #7

if being beaten around like a pinata is leadership, sure. unblock Jun 2014 #13

Yep. And you know what else? Real baggers think Brat is a liberal too notadmblnd Jun 2014 #28

Do we really want republican leaders in the house to be more competent? Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #9

competent *and reasonable* opponents, yes. competent and unreasonable, not. unblock Jun 2014 #14

Competent and unreasonable is an oxymoron by my reckoning, but I'll grant you the point. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #19

at the risk of violating godwin's law.... unblock Jun 2014 #23

He lost. Didn't he? nt Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #26

For me it is about his condescending attitude. whttevrr Jun 2014 #11

i'm not going to endorse the violent sentiment, but i won't dispute your point. unblock Jun 2014 #16

Yeah... violence is not an appropriate response to dissatisfaction... whttevrr Jun 2014 #27

Nothing wrong with feeling like that... 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #30

Eric Cantor is the slimiest human being I have ever seen. Having him out of the public eye will help AlinPA Jun 2014 #24

Personal hatred Spirochete Jun 2014 #18

Th new guy will be another Gohmert. A big mouth do-nothing with zero power. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #21

You think Tea Hags are competent? onecaliberal Jun 2014 #22

see above, i agree brat will be a zero; i mean the new leadership team whoever that is. unblock Jun 2014 #25

It will be more of the same onecaliberal Jun 2014 #31

While he may be another Gohmert MurrayDelph Jun 2014 #29

because someone more incompetent 7wo7rees Jun 2014 #32

Cantor was a major power broker in the house Takket Jun 2014 #33