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Hortensis

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5. NY Times offered another reason, but an affair would probably be

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 09:55 AM

Oct 2015

one mistake too many, especially since the Freedom Caucus opposed him as too "moderate." Which he emphatically is not to any view but theirs.

The NY Times Editorial Board suggestion of another reason for the growing list: "One possible reason Mr. McCarthy withdrew is that the Freedom Caucus demanded rule changes that would enhance the power of the fringes. The next speaker should refuse to hand the Freedom Caucus this or any other ransom, and the majority of Republicans should back him or her up. The House doesn’t need a “caretaker” speaker to paper over the toxic divide in the GOP caucus. It needs a leader who will neutralize the destructive influence of the Republican Party’s Jacobins."

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I'm SO disappointed. NO mention on Morning Joe about the McCarthy sex scandal... [View all] CTyankee Oct 2015 OP

It it with another consenting adult? Reter Oct 2015 #1

More like corpmedia ACCEPTS even most blatant hypocrisy of GOP's 'family values' blm Oct 2015 #4

McCarthy quit because the RW fascist cult in his fascist party demanded too much fascism from him. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #2

NY Times offered another reason, but an affair would probably be Hortensis Oct 2015 #5

And thank god for that Boomer Oct 2015 #3