Buzz: Boehner to Resign?
There's a 5pm leadership meeting to discuss the intention of 17 20 Republicans to block Boehner's re-nomination as Speaker.
Counter-Buzz: I just checked Hot Air -- someone from Boehner's office says he's not stepping down, and that that story is just made up. If I had to reconcile the two, and find a way they both could be a little bit true, I'd guess that Boehner still wants to argue for the job, and doesn't want to undermine himself by declaring it a fait accompli. But that he has discussed stepping down as his own personal Plan B. I don't know that. Just speculatin'.
Comments
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2013 04:38 PM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Elize Nayden at January 02, 2013 04:38 PM (9vrJ0)
Posted by: Kinley Ardal, cloaking device engaged at January 02, 2013 04:38 PM (CuTfh)
Posted by: Sassy at January 02, 2013 04:38 PM (rLB4o)
Posted by: Kasper in Arlington at January 02, 2013 04:38 PM (HqpV0)
Adios crying boner.
Posted by: Hawker Flyer at January 02, 2013 04:38 PM (2z0mM)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 02, 2013 04:39 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: CraigPoe at January 02, 2013 04:39 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 04:39 PM (ptD6d)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 02, 2013 04:40 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: beachworthy news at January 02, 2013 04:40 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Sassy at January 02, 2013 04:40 PM (rLB4o)
Posted by: Jaws at January 02, 2013 04:40 PM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 04:40 PM (41VCE)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 02, 2013 04:40 PM (HrBwt)
Posted by: Howard Cosell at January 02, 2013 04:40 PM (GFM2b)
Who will take his place if he goes???
Posted by: Spypeach at January 02, 2013 04:40 PM (pwTow)
Which, of course, is what they would say no matter what the actual truth, but I figured I should report it.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 02, 2013 04:40 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 04:40 PM (ptD6d)
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 04:41 PM (41VCE)
Posted by: maddogg at January 02, 2013 04:41 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: The Bourbon in Boehner's Belly at January 02, 2013 04:41 PM (UgFxe)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 02, 2013 04:41 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Sassy at January 02, 2013 04:41 PM (rLB4o)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2013 04:41 PM (GFM2b)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 04:42 PM (ptD6d)
Update at the bottom of that HotAir article:
Boehner is not resigning tonight. His office says its made up.
Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 2, 2013
Whoever Jake Sherman is....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 02, 2013 04:42 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 02, 2013 04:42 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at January 02, 2013 04:42 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 02, 2013 04:42 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Jmel at January 02, 2013 04:43 PM (9tSXa)
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 04:43 PM (41VCE)
Although, it will be nice to see a TruCon get in power, just so the usual suspects will finally shut the fuck up about how those nasty centrists are engaging in a conspiracy against the red-state House members, and finally accept responsibility that our country is full of shitwits, we are ruled by shitwits, and the best one can possibly aspire to be is King of the Shitwits.
Posted by: Lou at January 02, 2013 04:43 PM (xp1pq)
Posted by: doug at January 02, 2013 04:43 PM (uJ8q7)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 04:43 PM (HDgX3)
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer.... but it doesnt matter who the speaker is, was or ever will be for a while.
Not only do we have a shitty hand in this game of poker, but the next blind forces us all in.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 02, 2013 04:43 PM (nELVU)
At this point, does it even matter?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2013 04:41 PM (GFM2b)
This...
Too late, the tax levee has broke.
Posted by: cajun carrot at January 02, 2013 04:44 PM (UZQM8)
Cantor will be endlessly attacked as a "neoconservative" Zionist Jew in the pocket of Israel.
The Jews will keep voting Dem. And so will the anti-Semites.
Dems are happy to cash both their checks and tally both their votes.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 02, 2013 04:44 PM (ZPrif)
They should nominate Allen West.
Posted by: Steve at January 02, 2013 04:44 PM (lDCba)
And I will give him major props for at least one thing -- telling Dingy to get fucked.
Whoever gets the Speaker role, it's going to be a pretty thankless job for the next 2 years.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 02, 2013 04:44 PM (ccXZP)
"You can't fire me, I quit!" ?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 02, 2013 04:44 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 02, 2013 04:45 PM (3JFLq)
Gen. Geo. S. Patton revividus!
Posted by: Thorvald at January 02, 2013 04:45 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 02, 2013 04:42 PM (T0NGe)
_____________
Ahem!
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at January 02, 2013 04:45 PM (HDgX3)
Boner is to political negotiations as Tony Romo is to coming thru in a big game
Posted by: Mr Pink at January 02, 2013 04:45 PM (zE4Bl)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 04:45 PM (ptD6d)
Posted by: Not and Artist at January 02, 2013 04:45 PM (uRumV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 04:46 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 02, 2013 04:46 PM (u82oZ)
That's harsh. It's rare, but Tony Romo has been positively clutch in some big games.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 02, 2013 04:46 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Vic at January 02, 2013 04:46 PM (53z96)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 04:46 PM (ptD6d)
Posted by: Libtardo at January 02, 2013 04:46 PM (5gfow)
Actually, he might, just by virtue of a change. If you keep negotiating with the same guy, you figure him out. Also, harder for the media to paint him as The Great Evil.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 02, 2013 04:47 PM (T0NGe)
And no one stands up because no one wants it.
So the 17-20 shut up.
Posted by: tsrblke (work) at January 02, 2013 04:47 PM (4F5x1)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 04:47 PM (ptD6d)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 02, 2013 04:47 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: eman at January 02, 2013 04:47 PM (EWsrI)
will be no better - even if he/she's to the right of Bonkers Bachmann.
They're still going to have to deal with the competing factions, and
they'll lose the ability to grandstand against the Hated Establishment.
Newsflash. Speaker gets to set the agenda for the house. If someone were willing to fall on their metaphorical sword the speaker position has immense power.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at January 02, 2013 04:47 PM (0q2P7)
$16 trillion in debt is extreme.
And Obama's a fascist.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 02, 2013 04:48 PM (T0NGe)
And doesn't Jennifer feel pressure now that Kim's pregnant and she isn't?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 02, 2013 04:48 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Caligula at January 02, 2013 04:48 PM (v6YdM)
Cantor would be a rather large MEH.
Ryan is the one to speak for conservatives. Just think back to that conference appearance where he faced down SCOAMF.
Posted by: ontherocks at January 02, 2013 04:48 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Methos at January 02, 2013 04:48 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means you don't pay for yourself at January 02, 2013 04:48 PM (Lxw+T)
2013 Day 2. The Reckoning... or Not. Whatever.
But the got their pork bill through. So they're all happy.
Speaking of pork.... http://tinyurl.com/b5zdpvs
mmmmm...mmmmm
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2013 04:48 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: Not and Artist at January 02, 2013 04:48 PM (uRumV)
Posted by: What I thought I read at January 02, 2013 04:49 PM (sqlCw)
Actually, he might, just by virtue of a change. If you keep negotiating with the same guy, you figure him out. Also, harder for the media to paint him as The Great Evil.
I agree on the first point, but on the second?? If we nominated strawberry cupcake, the media would paint her as a racist homophobe nazi war-criminal.
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 04:49 PM (41VCE)
It’ll be all party hats and flowers until someone else steps up,
takes the job and then realizes that while they may negotiate
differently, the outcomes will still be relatively the same.
I don’t like Boehner because he is a terrible negotiator and his PR skills are horrible. But the man
has moved many bills through the House on a majority basis.
We need someone to improve the optics and clearly articulate the GOP message at this point. It needs to be someone who can not only cobble together votes but vastly improve the communication.
If you get someone who squeaks through but then further divides the caucus, you will long for Boehner.
Posted by: marcus at January 02, 2013 04:49 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 04:49 PM (IvVLN)
In 2008, should have been Romney not McCain.
In 2012, the VP should have been Rubio not Ryan.
In 2013 the speaker should be Ryan but it will be someone else.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 04:50 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 04:50 PM (41VCE)
A: The two year extension of the Bush tax cuts.
Had Boehner said "make them permanent or nothing" in 2010, Obama would have been a one term President.
Posted by: McAdams at January 02, 2013 04:50 PM (3+8y3)
Posted by: American Dawg at January 02, 2013 04:50 PM (rBK2Z)
Posted by: Capt Jean-Luc Picard at January 02, 2013 04:50 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Vizzini at January 02, 2013 04:51 PM (O7Q1u)
That Speaker position.
Ya' know, the one for House of Representatives.
There's a funny thing about that position.
You have to be a member of the House of Representatives.
Ya' know, an actual Congressman/Congresswoman.
Elected by the people of your Congressional District.
Thereby Sarah Palin and Allen West are currently excluded.
I spaced the sentences apart so you won't get confused too quickly.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at January 02, 2013 04:51 PM (kqqGm)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 02, 2013 04:51 PM (8y9MW)
She uses child labor in her Berry Bake Shoppe. And Escargot the Snail? Slave labor; she took his passport so he can't escape.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 02, 2013 04:52 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: GnuBreed
Or just one that tells the truth.
Spending cuts? Not with baseline budgeting.
Taxes on the 1%? That 1% is a lie, and it will hit the middle class.
Sandy relief? No, you mean funding for corrupt pols, lobbyists, and companies that donate money. It's legal but it's still corruption.
Grow jobs? No, the Federal government grows dependency.
Etc, ad infinitum.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 02, 2013 04:52 PM (KDq5l)
willing to fall on their metaphorical sword the speaker position has
immense power.
Neither the Democrats nor the media are going to vanish if Boehner goes, my friend. Which means that whoever replaces him is going to have to thread the exact same needles Boehner had to thread. If you think the media's not going to jump for joy at the prospect of reviving the Gingrich vs. Clinton dynamic and grinding our party into a fine powder, you're detached from reality.
Posted by: Lou at January 02, 2013 04:52 PM (xp1pq)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 02, 2013 04:52 PM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Vic at January 02, 2013 04:46 PM (53z96)
That's BS. Hopefully more likely: It's someone that knows you don't show your hand until it's time to vote. Unlike the Oompa-Loompa running the house now.
Posted by: Hollywood Accountants at January 02, 2013 04:52 PM (n2M+Z)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 04:52 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 04:52 PM (IvVLN)
In the 23rd century, John Boehner could apply for Federation-financed gender reassignment. But I still wouldn't hit it.
Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at January 02, 2013 04:52 PM (Lxw+T)
Posted by: Sassy at January 02, 2013 04:52 PM (rLB4o)
Posted by: KLH at January 02, 2013 04:53 PM (4+tm0)
Our Speaker needs to be someone who can do this with the Commie-fag-junkie Complex. Send them back under their rocks while we emasculate Reid.
Oh, hey....
Posted by: Thorvald at January 02, 2013 04:53 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Bearded Spock, ISS Enterprise at January 02, 2013 04:53 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 04:52 PM (TCGmg)
Lmao. I thought Chomper scheduled meetings?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 04:53 PM (IvVLN)
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I heard that about her. Also the main ingredient in her tasty, delicious cupcakes? The souls of innocent babies, plucked from there cribs in the middle of the night.
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 04:53 PM (41VCE)
Admittedly, whipping up votes would take on a whole new and exciting meaning.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 02, 2013 04:54 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: marcus
The food is horrible but the portions are generous. Got it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 02, 2013 04:54 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: Tonic Dog at January 02, 2013 04:54 PM (X/+QT)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 02, 2013 04:42 PM (8y9MW)
How about this Miss Texas?
http://tinyurl.com/b25xyrl
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 02, 2013 04:54 PM (GsoHv)
He should step aside and maybe we can get a sumobitch to take his place.
Posted by: ploome at January 02, 2013 04:54 PM (VGVbI)
Posted by: Mitt "Mitt" Romney at January 02, 2013 04:54 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: crash at January 02, 2013 04:55 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at January 02, 2013 04:55 PM (Lxw+T)
Posted by: Vic at January 02, 2013 04:55 PM (53z96)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2013 04:55 PM (BeSEI)
Posted by: Gym Shortz, proud four year Head Coach of the hapless Detroit Lions at January 02, 2013 04:55 PM (Z/UpL)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at January 02, 2013 04:55 PM (kqqGm)
Have I mentioned that I really love my State?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 02, 2013 04:55 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 04:55 PM (TCGmg)
http://tinyurl.com/b25xyrl
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 02, 2013 04:54 PM (GsoHv)
She's got my...errr...vote!
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 04:56 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means free rubbers and gun control at January 02, 2013 04:56 PM (Lxw+T)
Posted by: marcus
The food is horrible but the portions are generous. Got it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 02, 2013 04:54 PM (KDq5l)
Hey fucknut - how many bills have been passed through the House on a minority basis?
Oh, and the last one? Didn't even have the support of his own (majority) caucus by a long-shot.
Posted by: Hollywood Accountants at January 02, 2013 04:56 PM (n2M+Z)
strawberry cupcake, the media would paint her as a racist homophobe nazi
war-criminal.
Doesn't matter if you keep changing leadership. The target keeps changing and it takes a while for the LIV to even know the name of the new guy.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 02, 2013 04:56 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: mallfly at January 02, 2013 04:56 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at January 02, 2013 04:57 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 04:53 PM (IvVLN)
It's Chompy and he's in charge of taking attendance. Polly does the scheduling.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 02, 2013 04:57 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 04:55 PM (TCGmg)
Pretty sure she has her own. An assortment even.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 04:57 PM (IvVLN)
I can't possibly think of anyone better. It sends, on practically every level, the right message.
Posted by: Rob McNeece at January 02, 2013 04:57 PM (YesJa)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 02, 2013 04:57 PM (eHIJJ)
Shit, they don't even know the name of Obama's VP, and it's been four years.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 02, 2013 04:57 PM (ZKzrr)
Thank you for spacing the lines so that we can read them easily.
Now go home and get your fucking shinebox.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 02, 2013 04:58 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2013 04:58 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 04:58 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 02, 2013 04:58 PM (1V6Pv)
i read something about how after it had the votes to pass a bunch of Republicans (dunno if Cantor was one) voted nay
whoopdeedoo
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 04:58 PM (60GaT)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2013 04:58 PM (BeSEI)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 02, 2013 04:54 PM (VtjlW)
Referencing Kushiel's Dart.
Posted by: The other Jackie at January 02, 2013 04:58 PM (LpQbZ)
Really? Where in the Constitution does it specify that the Speaker of the House must also be a member of the house.
Hint: It doesn't.
Posted by: blindside at January 02, 2013 04:58 PM (x7g7t)
http://tinyurl.com/beomelp
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YOU SUCK I TOTALLY CLICKED IT!!!
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 04:59 PM (41VCE)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 02, 2013 04:59 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Jean at January 02, 2013 04:59 PM (5PkZK)
It's Chompy and he's in charge of taking attendance. Polly does the scheduling.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 02, 2013 04:57 PM (VtjlW)
So you never have meetings, but if you do, they're well attended?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 04:59 PM (IvVLN)
http://is.gd/moqWtz
Posted by: Vic at January 02, 2013 04:55 PM (53z96)
If they don't already have they guy, they are idiots for announcing this.
Posted by: Hollywood Accountants at January 02, 2013 04:59 PM (n2M+Z)
Volcanoes anyone?
Posted by: CarolT at January 02, 2013 04:59 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: kick some short @$$ at January 02, 2013 04:59 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:00 PM (TCGmg)
Counter-Buzz: I just checked Hot Air -- someone from Boehner's office says he's not stepping down, and that that story is just made up.
His orange ass is covered either way.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 02, 2013 05:00 PM (yiIja)
Posted by: Vizzini at January 02, 2013 05:00 PM (O7Q1u)
Posted by: just sayin' at January 02, 2013 05:00 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 05:00 PM (41VCE)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 02, 2013 05:00 PM (LShqr)
Posted by: He's a mooslin!!!!!11!1 at January 02, 2013 05:01 PM (F62Gx)
Posted by: Jon Hunstman Is Teh Future at January 02, 2013 05:01 PM (60GaT)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2013 05:01 PM (69Mdf)
AtC, care to announce the next Speaker of the House?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:01 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:01 PM (60GaT)
my friend. Which means that whoever replaces him is going to have to
thread the exact same needles Boehner had to thread.
Did I not mention a willingness to fall on ones sword being necessary. For instance. The House need do nothing. The whole country would fly apart. (Sulu FLY HER APART THEN!) But it is flying apart anyway. If you got a speaker with some nads (Quite ironically Bachmann would be on that list) who was willing to play that gambit. A true willingness to do nothing and watch it burn. That speaker could do the things that the great orange weepy cannot. Because he won't call an all in bet.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at January 02, 2013 05:01 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:01 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 05:01 PM (41VCE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:00 PM (TCGmg)
Oh, it will be red. Or, a beautiful blend of black and blue.
Posted by: just sayin' at January 02, 2013 05:02 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:02 PM (IvVLN)
The 52-week support levels have been blown out.
Posted by: George Orwell --
...........................................................
I take about two or three dumps a day.
Posted by: Christie -- (does my ass look fat?) at January 02, 2013 05:02 PM (0JB89)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:02 PM (IvVLN)
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One in every punchbowl
Posted by: fixerupper at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (nELVU)
The blog ate the multiple spaces between each word, so my lame joke completely disappeared, and it just looks like I'm being a dick.
Sorry.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Fritz at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (w3+gB)
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (41VCE)
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (60GaT)
Posted by: Caustic at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:01 PM (IvVLN)
Love and despair, bitches. Love and despair.
Over/under is still at four.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means free rubbers and gun control at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (Lxw+T)
Posted by: Elize Nayden at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (9vrJ0)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2013 05:04 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:04 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Caustic at January 02, 2013 05:04 PM (/b8+5)
Just find the guy who JEF fears the most. What do you want to bet it would be a strong woman, as he is so whipped by all the women around him, now.
Vote for the guy/gal who can chip away at his ego and make him self-burst into flames.
Posted by: beach at January 02, 2013 05:04 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 05:05 PM (41VCE)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 05:05 PM (ptD6d)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:04 PM (TCGmg)
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ooooooooo...... would.pay.money.to.see.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 02, 2013 05:05 PM (nELVU)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2013 04:58 PM (BeSEI)
I'm sure that would keep you from bedding her.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 02, 2013 05:05 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Caustic at January 02, 2013 05:05 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: New York Times at January 02, 2013 05:05 PM (60GaT)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means free rubbers and gun control at January 02, 2013 05:05 PM (Lxw+T)
Over/under is still at four.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (VtjlW)
Speaker SMOD has a beautiful ring to it.
And I still hate you.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:06 PM (IvVLN)
You know that last part there. That is the smartest thing I have heard from a troll ALL year (Inlcuding last)
What say the horde!? There is no requirement the speaker of the house be a congress critter. Elect Christie, and have him mop up the F*king mess he created.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at January 02, 2013 05:06 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 02, 2013 05:06 PM (nELVU)
Posted by: Jean at January 02, 2013 05:06 PM (/g5vp)
Posted by: Jean at January 02, 2013 04:59
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I wouldn't be caught dead grabbing the colors. But, f* the media? Well, I'd certainly make love to Chris Matthews if he made the offer.
Posted by: Chris Christie -- (does my ass look fat?) at January 02, 2013 05:06 PM (0JB89)
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That would be a fun show.
Posted by: gigg423 at January 02, 2013 05:06 PM (41VCE)
Posted by: Michelleisacrackwhore at January 02, 2013 05:07 PM (qBLA2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:03 PM (TCGmg)
Hahaha. Sounds like a winning strategy to me. You want it? You gotta pay for it.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:07 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:06 PM (IvVLN)
Now, now, now, you only hate me because I'm right.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 02, 2013 05:07 PM (VtjlW)
he folded like a cheap pup tent in a wind storm. He should give up this
charade as quickly as all his talk of principle.
Benefit of the doubt? Since when?
No, the whole party stomped their feet in impotent rage and demanded the impossible. Then blamed Boehner for not getting it.
I hope he does step down and gets replaced with a True Conservative firebrand. One who would in short order be labelled a RINO sellout, because circular firing squads are awesome!
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:08 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:04 PM (TCGmg)
I can't not even describe the joy that fills my heart at the thought of that.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:08 PM (IvVLN)
I was never a Newt fan but last December they had the front page in Brilliant Bright Red editorial, signed by "The Editors" on just how bad Newt would be as POTUS, they liked Huntsman and another fool. I canceled my subscription to it that day and demanded a refund.
"The Editors" couldn't put their names in the editorial. How is that for principled, conservative writing?
Go to Investor's Business Daily for quality editorials,they are free.
Posted by: CarolT at January 02, 2013 05:08 PM (z4WKX)
Rand Paul would be good too. We need someone young with a don't-give-a-shit attitude. Someone that has yet to succumb to the sentiment of "collegiality" in congress. Repubs have nothing to lose anyway.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:08 PM (ki2Vw)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means free rubbers and gun control at January 02, 2013 05:09 PM (Lxw+T)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 02, 2013 05:09 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 02, 2013 05:07 PM (VtjlW)
That's exactly why I hate you. That and you refuse to cam-whore.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:09 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Deck Steward on the Titanic at January 02, 2013 05:09 PM (v9Cj5)
If this orange fudgecicle does not resign, America is gone.
G O N E/
Gone.
Posted by: Michelleisacrackwhore at January 02, 2013 05:07 PM (qBLA2)
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America is already gone. We're just debating where to hold the funeral now.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 05:09 PM (HDgX3)
put Erick Erickson in charge or something, watch him go from Grassroots Champion to no good dirty establishmentariarian
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:09 PM (60GaT)
Would he have to give up his seat in the Senate to be the Speaker of the House?
Posted by: Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish™ at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (ZKzrr)
Because... Limpdicks.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (4uh3z)
For instance. The House need do nothing. The whole country would fly
apart. (Sulu FLY HER APART THEN!) But it is flying apart anyway. If you
got a speaker with some nads (Quite ironically Bachmann would be on that
list) who was willing to play that gambit. A true willingness to do
nothing and watch it burn. That speaker could do the things that the
great orange weepy cannot. Because he won't call an all in bet.
Anyone smart enough to become Speaker of the House is smart enough to know that the Speaker represents his or her party on the national level. If they fail, the party fails. The media figured that out in 1995 and have used that playbook ever since. and do you know what happens when a Speaker "falls on his sword?" He/she gets replaced. And then same shit, different day.
Posted by: Lou at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (xp1pq)
Has to be someone who will be totally uncontrollable. Gingrich, Bachman, someone with no fear and nothing to lose. colonel west....someone like that. A no bs/girl/guy
Posted by: Caustic at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:04 PM (TCGmg)
Every session could start with the body standing solemnly, facing the flag, while the Speaker sings Wang Dang Sweet Poontang.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (QKKT0)
Force the Dems to attempt something more blatantly Unconstitutional than normal.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: beach at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 02, 2013 05:11 PM (GVxQo)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 02, 2013 05:11 PM (QupBk)
Because... Limpdicks.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (4uh3z)
Cut us some slack. We're grasping at straws here.
Btw, someone said the other night that you were in a production of Rent. How'd that go?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:11 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 02, 2013 05:11 PM (GVxQo)
Boehner is at the best, ineffective. But no matter, the repubs are just the right wing of the democratic party, they're all just arguing over who gets to thieve what from the public.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2013 05:11 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: CarolT at January 02, 2013
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Okay, okay....but I haven't even eaten pre-dinner yet.
Posted by: Chris Christie -- (does my ass look fat?) at January 02, 2013 05:12 PM (0JB89)
Mr. Boyle said the House GOP was holding a Conference meeting. Reporters are always told of such meetings and they only announce a start time. I am not seeing any evidence that such a meeting was scheduled or is taking place.
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 02, 2013 05:12 PM (YjDyJ)
Since when was it impossible to just go over the cliff if we couldn't get a decent deal? Oh that's right weepy would NEVER let that happen. Obama knew Boehner would NEVER let that happen. So there was NEVER any reason to negotiate with Boehner because when it came down to it, he would take any deal put in front of him.
In the end it was Obama negotiating with us. Trying to give Boehner just enough of a deal that he didn't get ousted and replaced with someone who was actually willing to call his bluff.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at January 02, 2013 05:12 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Caustic at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (/b8+5)
Good point about Bachmann. She's good at just ignoring and mocking/embarrassing the media, and not afraid to get in the mud, so to speak.
Posted by: beach at January 02, 2013 05:12 PM (LpQbZ)
What was the liberal's plan, again? Oh yeah, tear the GOP to shreds.
How's that working out?
Posted by: beach at January 02, 2013 05:10 PM (LpQbZ)
It's working out great, thanks for asking!
Posted by: "theliberals" at January 02, 2013 05:12 PM (/b8+5)
From our perspective, anyway.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Lord Commander of the Ampersand Army at January 02, 2013 05:12 PM (GBXon)
I'm a Boner, not a Limpdick.
Posted by: Rep. John Boner at January 02, 2013 05:12 PM (QKKT0)
https://www.rinkya.com/new/en/auction-e130358688
The one I lost on was an actual sketch by Miyazaki with his autograph. And it went for $88.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:13 PM (TCGmg)
so a loss and one yes vote in a we're-screwed-either-way situation turns him from great conservative hope into lah-oo-zer
gimme a break
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:13 PM (60GaT)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 02, 2013 05:14 PM (xjpRj)
Counter buzz: licking the counter when you spill your drink.
Posted by: Turbin Dicktionary at January 02, 2013 05:14 PM (yn6XZ)
Posted by: american idol fan at January 02, 2013 05:14 PM (/b8+5)
Yes, Chris, your ass does look huge!
Posted by: CarolT at January 02, 2013 05:15 PM (z4WKX)
Pretty good. They haven't had to lift a finger, as GOP lawmakers are already tearing the party to shreds, like a cannibal midget in a fat guy's rib cage.
Posted by: Jordan at January 02, 2013 05:15 PM (Hz1zc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:15 PM (TCGmg)
Where the hell are my leeches and buggy whips??
Posted by: General Woundwort at January 02, 2013 05:15 PM (RrD4h)
Ted Nugent for Speaker of the House?
He'd strut up to the podium in a loincloth with his Gibson 335 slung over one shoulder and a quiver of arrows over the other, holding a couple of rifles, one of which he'd fire over his head to get everybody's attention: "Now listen up, you motherfuckers, I run this show now. We work according to the Constitution the way it was written and nothing else. You don't like it? Hold real still for just a second..."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 02, 2013 05:15 PM (yiIja)
mocking/embarrassing the media, and not afraid to get in the mud, so to
speak.
But she's better than good at embarrassing herself.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:15 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 02, 2013 05:15 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:15 PM (60GaT)
Posted by: doug at January 02, 2013 05:16 PM (QGTBZ)
https://www.rinkya.com/new/en/auction-e130358688
The one I lost on was an actual sketch by Miyazaki with his autograph. And it went for $88.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 05:13 PM (TCGmg)
You're talking to a 3rd gen car nut. Between me, my dad and my grandfather, we have 10 cars. None of which are our everyday cars.
I fully understand insanity.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:16 PM (IvVLN)
Too bad my toasters aren't up for it. Someone hooked them into the Internet, and the ones that aren't downloading pr0n are dancing "Gangnam Style".
Should have nuked this planet when we had the chance.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Lord Commander of the Ampersand Army at January 02, 2013 05:16 PM (GBXon)
Posted by: Scooby Doo: Radunno *shrug at January 02, 2013 05:16 PM (LpQbZ)
I'm a Stranglehold fan myself.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at January 02, 2013 05:16 PM (kqqGm)
Posted by: OS Card at January 02, 2013 05:17 PM (yn6XZ)
And she can take a corn dog all the way down to the root. So at least she has marketable skills that will put food on the table in the Burning Times.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 02, 2013 05:17 PM (4uh3z)
Someone needs to tell a guy his cheeks don't look good in a lacy pink thong if he's over about 260#. To me, anyway.
Posted by: Thorvald at January 02, 2013 05:17 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: RNC at January 02, 2013 05:17 PM (UOM48)
I'm most angry at Boehner for:
-- not making a big thing over rapist David Wu
-- clearing Maxine Waters of her crimes
-- allowing that Fluke fiasco to take place
-- not going after Jon Corzine
-- not helping more with Fast and Furious
-- not helping more to get to the truth about Benghazi
The Democrats, if the situations were reversed, would've used the power of the House and screwed the Republicans into the wall.
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 05:18 PM (ptD6d)
Leeches are now free under the Affordable Care Act. You may pick them up when you come in for your free French tickler prophylactics.
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means free rubbers and gun control at January 02, 2013 05:18 PM (Lxw+T)
Posted by: Tonic Dog at January 02, 2013 05:18 PM (X/+QT)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 02, 2013 05:18 PM (jucos)
They were wrong.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 02, 2013 05:18 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: georgeofthedesert at January 02, 2013 05:18 PM (Eq2MX)
so a loss and one yes vote in a we're-screwed-either-way situation turns him from great conservative hope into lah-oo-zer
gimme a break
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:13 PM (60GaT)
Maybe he's proven himself to you but to many he's been a disappointment. He can talk and he understands the math but he has no backbone whatsoever and in this climate, at this time, you need a backbone and to know who you are and what you stand for.
Posted by: Caustic at January 02, 2013 05:19 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:15 PM (SY2Kh)
You mean, like Boehner?
Posted by: who hasn't? at January 02, 2013 05:19 PM (LpQbZ)
Actually, I cribbed that line from a video game. (Don't tell the NRA!)
Posted by: Jordan at January 02, 2013 05:19 PM (Hz1zc)
get a decent deal? Oh that's right weepy would NEVER let that happen.
And then what? How do you think it would've played out?
Remember what happened last time Obama had a 60 seat Senate majority and control of the House? Do you really think it impossible for that to happen again come 2014?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:20 PM (SY2Kh)
Illinois has now made it legal to pick up roadkill (per The Five).
Stupid state. Thanks for Barry, fuckers.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 02, 2013 05:20 PM (UOM48)
Right now, tho', I'm thinkin' we need someone who can send the Commies back under their rocks, and keep their heads down.
Somebody like Preston Brooks.
Posted by: Thorvald at January 02, 2013 05:20 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 02, 2013 05:20 PM (GVxQo)
Corn dog? You get CORN DOGS?
Friends in high places, I'll bet. Out here all we get are fried rats dipped in rice krispies.
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means free rubbers and gun control at January 02, 2013 05:20 PM (Lxw+T)
We put middle of the road milquetoasts who aren't mean in public in power.
They call us evil, we try to be nice and meek.
Fight back!
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 02, 2013 05:20 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Caustic at January 02, 2013 05:20 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 02, 2013 05:17 PM (4uh3z)
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Even I can't do that with the breading on.
Posted by: Linda Lovelace at January 02, 2013 05:20 PM (jucos)
Home state of Chicago.
The future is looking bright indeed.
Posted by: ElKomandante at January 02, 2013 05:21 PM (yUV0V)
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:21 PM (60GaT)
BeckoningChasm for Speaker!
(I'm sure you know when the aliens approach you and say 'take us to your leader', you aim them right at TFG)
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 02, 2013 05:21 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 02, 2013 05:21 PM (GVxQo)
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:13 PM (60GaT)
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I think Paul Ryan could not only get at least some things slowed down or stopped altogether, but come up with some political schemes to make the dems look really bad.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:21 PM (ki2Vw)
Posted by: matt plays us like a violin at January 02, 2013 05:22 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Mia Farrow at January 02, 2013 05:22 PM (ygAxO)
Maybe it's an expansion of WIC.
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means free rubbers and gun control at January 02, 2013 05:22 PM (Lxw+T)
know that the Speaker represents his or her party on the national level.
If they fail, the party fails. The media figured that out in 1995 and
have used that playbook ever since. and do you know what happens when a
Speaker "falls on his sword?" He/she gets replaced. And then same shit,
different day.
OK so now we've gone from. "The speaker CAN'T do it" to "anyone elected WON'T do it" which is a quite different argument than originally made.
I argue there are some that would. You may be correct in that they would never get elected. In the above example I tend to think Bachmann would cowboy up. I think she would either shape it up or burn it down and smile the whole way while doing it. Not that I think she is teh greatest. I just think she isn't risk averse when tackling her core issues.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at January 02, 2013 05:22 PM (0q2P7)
Don't you have to catch the damned things first?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 02, 2013 05:23 PM (UOM48)
Hey now. Them's good eatin'.
Posted by: Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish™ at January 02, 2013 05:23 PM (ZKzrr)
this is fine but i think a distinction can be made between "fighting harder" and some of the flaws certain "fight harder" types have
the guy who mentioned Bachmann for example, does anyone think that'd be a good look for the party nationally? it's not "oh the media will be mean to us" when they will anyway, just general common sense.
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:23 PM (60GaT)
Guest speaker at your local community college perhaps. Speaker of the House? No.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:23 PM (SY2Kh)
put Erick Erickson in charge or something, watch him go from Grassroots Champion to no good dirty establishmentariarian
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:09 PM (60GaT)
When you go into secret negotiating sessions with your opponents and cut out everyone else, you set yourself up to take the blame (or glory) for whatever else follows.
Boehner decided to hold secret and closed-door meetings with SCOAMF and the Democrats - not just this once but multiple times over the past two years. Of all of those times, what have we gotten out of it?
More spending, and now more taxes.
Posted by: blindside at January 02, 2013 05:23 PM (x7g7t)
Newt and Rudy would play good cop, bad cop to the nth degree and the world would be watching.
Posted by: Caustic at January 02, 2013 05:24 PM (/b8+5)
How on earth did they get there all the way from DC?
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means free rubbers and gun control at January 02, 2013 05:24 PM (Lxw+T)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at January 02, 2013 05:24 PM (wR+pz)
Speaker isn't a policy job; it's a cat-herding job. Organization and personal skills count more than policy chops. Ryan always seemed to me more of an ideas man than a party organizer.
Posted by: Jordan at January 02, 2013 05:24 PM (Hz1zc)
Posted by: The Jackhole at January 02, 2013 05:24 PM (nTgAI)
Repub: It's important that we not use inflammatory language that interferes with Congress, both Republican and Democrat, from doing the important things the American public wants us to do.
Dems: Republicans won't support Obama because they are racist scum who wish the KKK still existed. They won't vote to raise taxes because they care more about billionaires than children. Maybe if some white children were hurting the Repubs would try to help. We're sorry the Repubs are so evil, uncaring, and racist.
Repubs: Please stop saying mean things about us.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 02, 2013 05:24 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: ElKomandante at January 02, 2013 05:21 PM (yUV0V)
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News headline: Hobo Victims of Hit and Run Rise Unexpectedly!
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:24 PM (ki2Vw)
The only wavering the next Speaker should do is between napalm and WP: we don't want to burn down the House.
Posted by: Thorvald at January 02, 2013 05:25 PM (1V6Pv)
Wonder if the mayor told PETA to fuck themselves and dropped the furry rat anyway?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 02, 2013 05:25 PM (UOM48)
Guest speaker at your local community college perhaps. Speaker of the House? No.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:23 PM (SY2Kh)
You don't like her cause she's a woman.
Posted by: the NOW resurrected after the elction at January 02, 2013 05:25 PM (/b8+5)
http://1.usa.gov/jPLMyw
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 02, 2013 05:25 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:13 PM (60GaT)
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I think Paul Ryan could not only get at least some things slowed down or stopped altogether, but come up with some political schemes to make the dems look really bad.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:21 PM (ki2Vw)
You know, I think he knows exactly where we stand. He did the easy thing and flipped us the finger while assuring himself a place in the prog movement. I'm sorry, but one big oh shit, does erase 500 attaboys.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 02, 2013 05:25 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: mare at January 02, 2013 05:25 PM (A98Xu)
Maybe it's an expansion of WIC.
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means free rubbers and gun control at January 02, 2013 05:22 PM (Lxw+T)
Sounds like the State of Illinois has figured out a way to save the coroner the cost of Hoovering up dead gang-bangers in Chicago. But who would want to haul those home and cook them?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2013 05:25 PM (29+x5)
That's not plausible. NOW's position is that she's not a woman, she's a Republican.
Posted by: Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish™ at January 02, 2013 05:26 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 02, 2013 05:26 PM (l86i3)
allowing that Fluke fiasco to take place
Can't put that one on Boehner, that was a democrat commitee meeting as a fake testimony that the mfm chose to attend and film. It was not official business. I don't even know if it was in the capitol building.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2013 05:26 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: Steff McKee at January 02, 2013 05:26 PM (WVIkK)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 02, 2013 05:26 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 05:27 PM (ptD6d)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 02, 2013 05:27 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Ms. Jeanne Dixon at January 02, 2013 05:27 PM (pWeX5)
Posted by: LB at January 02, 2013 05:27 PM (CSLof)
but it's not as if people can't see through the Dem/MSDNC rhetoric if given the opportunity. Romney's first debate. 2010. past Republican presidential victories. etc.
it's not a matter of being "nice" just having people who have the qualities that pass through the media filter. no one's saying the current leadership's great at that but some of the people being suggested are worse.
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:27 PM (60GaT)
Someone needs to tell a guy his cheeks don't look good in a lacy pink thong if he's over about 260#.
Posted by: Thorvald
Say it to my face, why don't ya?
Posted by: Bruce Vilanch
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 02, 2013 05:27 PM (kdS6q)
I'm pretty sure it actually hit Nov. 6, 2012. Its designated name read "SCoaMF".
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 02, 2013 05:28 PM (eHIJJ)
But Guy.... GUY,
then why were Republicans in attendance?
They should never have been there! I have to blame Boner for that. And those idiots who went to that staged hearing.
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 05:29 PM (ptD6d)
When I was 10 years old?
No, I was too busy shooting chipmunks with my Crossman 760 to care about politics.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:29 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 02, 2013 05:27 PM (ZPrif)
The MFM painted Bachman like they painted Palin and every other worth a shit conservative individual. Take away there bullshit talking points and you find honor, integrity and the love of the Constitution
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 02, 2013 05:29 PM (l86i3)
He is persona non-grata!
The only person I would except for speaker is a movement conservative who is not currently in congress.
In other words, Thomas Sowell for Speaker of the House!!!!
Posted by: General Woundwort at January 02, 2013 05:29 PM (RrD4h)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 02, 2013 05:29 PM (1V6Pv)
This probably originated with some Democrat, anyway.
Christ.....give it up. Someone turn off the coffee pot on the way out.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at January 02, 2013 05:29 PM (B/ap2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 02, 2013 05:30 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2013 05:25 PM (29+x5)
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Patience. It's coming. Watch for it.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:30 PM (ki2Vw)
A frequent commenter (gold starred, or something)on their political website had never heard the term "pork" used in a political context and didn't know what that meant.
Makes me feel much better about our little moron hoard!
Posted by: LASue at January 02, 2013 05:30 PM (pWeX5)
the Democrats - not just this once but multiple times over the past two
years. Of all of those times, what have we gotten out of it?
Know what other Speaker held closed-door meetings with the opposition party?
All of them.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:30 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2013 05:30 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: LASue at January 02, 2013 05:30 PM (pWeX5)
So, at some point you felt bad? Where you cheating on us?
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 02, 2013 05:31 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Beverley at January 02, 2013 05:31 PM (oRUeA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 02, 2013 05:31 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:31 PM (60GaT)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 02, 2013 05:30 PM (UOM4
And Andrea Tantaros for me
Posted by: The Jackhole at January 02, 2013 05:31 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at January 02, 2013 05:31 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Steff McKee at January 02, 2013 05:32 PM (WVIkK)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 02, 2013 05:29 PM (l86i3)
That seems more accurate.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 02, 2013 05:32 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 02, 2013 05:29 PM (l86i3)
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Agree. Plus she'd fry the brains of some of the commenters here. It'd be fun.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:32 PM (ki2Vw)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2013 05:32 PM (ptD6d)
Posted by: Beverley at January 02, 2013 05:32 PM (oRUeA)
What, we gotta pay the FSA to assault their baby mommies/daddies now?
For fuck's sake.
Posted by: Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish™ at January 02, 2013 05:33 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: R. Aurum Tar at January 02, 2013 05:34 PM (S/akZ)
Posted by: mare at January 02, 2013 05:34 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2013 05:34 PM (69Mdf)
Is speculatin' the same as fapalatin'
Posted by: red at January 02, 2013 05:34 PM (ymJbM)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 02, 2013 05:31 PM (UOM4
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It's to help the chillren that all those dancers leave at home alone every night.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:35 PM (ki2Vw)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 02, 2013 05:35 PM (GVxQo)
He's a drunken prog that had his turn at the helm and fucked it away.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 02, 2013 05:35 PM (l86i3)
Draft Mitt for House Speaker.
Maybe this time he wont hold his punches when he shits on obama.
Posted by: jeremiah God Damn Barack Obama the Mother Fucking SCoaMF wright at January 02, 2013 05:36 PM (+OTLF)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 02, 2013 05:36 PM (aZ6ew)
Didn't notice the colon at first, I thought for a tenth of a second that he had a whipass nickname. More fool I.
Maybe if he'd had a nickname like "Buzz", he wouldn't have wound up being such a detestable crying little surrender pussy. Guys nicknamed "Buzz" make unauthorized flypasts of the tower at over 400 knots!
Posted by: Mike James at January 02, 2013 05:36 PM (cgDgK)
Boehner decided to hold secret and closed-door meetings with SCOAMF and
the Democrats - not just this once but multiple times over the past two
years. Of all of those times, what have we gotten out of it?
*****
Know what other Speaker held closed-door meetings with the opposition party?
All of them.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:30 PM (SY2Kh)
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Know what other speaker lost every single negotiation he/she held with the president?
None of them.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 05:36 PM (HDgX3)
1. Boehner is incompetent and therefore should be replaced.
2. The speaker of the house is actually impotent, and therefore no harm would be done in replacing Boehner.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at January 02, 2013 05:36 PM (0q2P7)
Maybe this time he wont hold his punches when he shits on obama.
Posted by: jeremiah God Damn Barack Obama the Mother Fucking SCoaMF wright at January 02, 2013 05:36 PM (+OTLF)
That has to be sarc.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 02, 2013 05:37 PM (l86i3)
What, we gotta pay the FSA to assault their baby mommies/daddies now?
For fuck's sake.
Posted by: Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish™
Used to be they had ambition and would get off the lazy boy and just do it, but they don't swing a fist anymore without gettin a kick-up in the EBT.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2013 05:37 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: mare at January 02, 2013 05:37 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 02, 2013 05:37 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: rrpjr at January 02, 2013 05:37 PM (Vvj5Z)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at January 02, 2013 05:37 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 05:38 PM (HDgX3)
For most of his career Ryan has been publicly advocating for conservative entitlement, healthcare, and tax reforms while other members continue to hide behind their desks. So I can understand being disappointed about some of his votes but he does in fact have a backbone.
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 02, 2013 05:38 PM (YjDyJ)
Daddy, why is the orange man crying?
Yes, why? Why is he orange? Is that a spray on D.C. tan? Or does he fish a lot?
Posted by: Sphynx at January 02, 2013 05:38 PM (j2McS)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 02, 2013 05:38 PM (GVxQo)
entrance fee in strip clubs. The $ will go to domestic violence.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 02, 2013 05:31 PM (UOM4
How about all the strip club goers just give their wives/girlfriends the three bucks instead of going to the strip clubs.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at January 02, 2013 05:38 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:40 PM (60GaT)
Depends on the meaning of is. "He is not stepping down" is not the same as "He will not step down".
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2013 05:40 PM (FcR7P)
The media is friendly and sympathetic to Olympia Snow, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski. All are portrayed as moderate, reasonable and capable.
Posted by: Jordan at January 02, 2013 05:40 PM (Hz1zc)
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:40 PM (60GaT)
Posted by: MlR at January 02, 2013 05:41 PM (vR2l5)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee at January 02, 2013 05:41 PM (MbXOQ)
Snow, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski. All are portrayed as moderate,
reasonable and capable.
Posted by: Jordan at January 02, 2013 05:40 PM (Hz1zc)
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The media is always sympathetic to Democrats who have an R next to their name.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 05:41 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 02, 2013 05:41 PM (GVxQo)
those people are the worst kind of centrists though
they don't occupy some enlightened space, the middle is not always the Reasonable Choice
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:42 PM (60GaT)
Posted by: Jordan at January 02, 2013 05:40 PM (Hz1zc)
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I'm going to..................Can't. Do. It.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:42 PM (ki2Vw)
Posted by: mare at January 02, 2013 05:42 PM (A98Xu)
Made me laugh out loud. Often.
Posted by: Sphynx at January 02, 2013 05:42 PM (j2McS)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 05:42 PM (HDgX3)
President Barack Obama has issued a national decree. Dead bodies may be consumed in place of burial. Heat treatment recommended, but not legally required.
Posted by: Socialism will work this time- fo real doe at January 02, 2013 05:42 PM (Fazon)
Posted by: Cheri at January 02, 2013 05:43 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: MlR at January 02, 2013 05:43 PM (vR2l5)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 02, 2013 05:43 PM (GVxQo)
The guy who got his ass kicked politically by Clinton at every turn?
No thanks.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:44 PM (SY2Kh)
Clean up on aisle 141?
Yes, please. That's a particularly nasty troll.
Paging Ace or a coblogger.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 02, 2013 05:44 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: MlR at January 02, 2013 05:43 PM (vR2l5)
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What the fuck is wrong with the Western Bunny?
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:45 PM (ki2Vw)
No thanks.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:44 PM (SY2Kh)
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1996 Welfare Reform1997 Tax Reform1998 and 1999 Budget SurplusIf this is an ass kicking, I want my ass kicked.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 05:46 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Sphynx at January 02, 2013 05:46 PM (j2McS)
Posted by: mon nom est mpfs , going full Rand Paul at January 02, 2013 05:46 PM (+1Qws)
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 02, 2013 05:46 PM (XUKZU)
and i'm not just being Mr. Puritan about the third marriage to creepy whatshername. i mean the general self-aggrandizement, "fundamental" sense of Historical Importance, etc. it can be effective when he's ridiculing some dumb idea, other times not so much.
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:47 PM (60GaT)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 05:44 PM (SY2Kh)
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That's certainly not how I remember it. Perhaps I didn't get that lesson at the camps.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:47 PM (ki2Vw)
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 02, 2013 05:48 PM (XUKZU)
The difference of course is no one pays attention tocomments postedto AOS or so I've been told.
Posted by: polynikes at January 02, 2013 05:48 PM (m2CN7)
It is astounding that we can send a direct communication, live, to a sitting member of Congress.
Issa tweets, we reply. Tweet Michael Bennet, he retweets.
Just amazing.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2013 05:48 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 02, 2013 05:48 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Jordan at January 02, 2013 05:40 PM (Hz1zc)
That's would be called the stupid tri-fecta. Or the prog trifecta, or the straight up bullshit FKN commie fake phony bitch tri-fecta,
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 02, 2013 05:48 PM (l86i3)
Do the dems ever publicly take their problems out in the public? No, they keep them inside the party.
Christie bashed Boehner today, so did King for the same thing, a larded up bill for Sandy victims. They will have a clean one in a few days. It's been over two months. Does anyone think all the money can be magically distributed and fix every bit of damage in NY & NJ in a day?
Yes, the same fools that thought TFG was a messiah might believe it.
We have to stop beating the entire GOP. They deserve it but the republicans in office have to stop bashing each other.
Cantor is no better than Boehner, IMHO.
Posted by: CarolT at January 02, 2013 05:48 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 02, 2013 05:49 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 02, 2013 05:49 PM (XUKZU)
I want someone who will get petty and vindictive if he has to deal with, say an arrogant President with a God complex and belief in dictatorships.
There is one sure way to fight an ego as big as teh one. Get someone with a bigger ego.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at January 02, 2013 05:49 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Sphynx at January 02, 2013 05:49 PM (j2McS)
There is too much pork on that bill and fatso should be squawking about that, not Boehner.
Posted by: mare at January 02, 2013 05:50 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Cheri at January 02, 2013 05:50 PM (EAgmr)
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Stepping down and bending over are two separate things.
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 02, 2013 05:51 PM (XUKZU)
Gingrich is a good Republican; glad to have him on our side.
Prez? Nope.
Speaker? Nope.
Preston Brooks may be what we'll need with sociopath Alan Grayson, an actual ticking time bomb, back in for the 113th.
Posted by: Thorvald at January 02, 2013 05:51 PM (1V6Pv)
Ryan is all talk.
When the rubber met the road he voted for tarp, stimulus, Medicare Part D, Bailouts, this POS.
In other words Paul Ryan is whore.
Fuck him!!!
The Paul Ryan everyone thinks exists is a phatasm!
Posted by: General Woundwort at January 02, 2013 05:51 PM (RrD4h)
350 he's a smart guy but he's got, errr, foibles.
and i'm not
just being Mr. Puritan about the third marriage to creepy whatshername. i
mean the general self-aggrandizement, "fundamental" sense of Historical
Importance, etc. it can be effective when he's ridiculing some dumb
idea, other times not so much.
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 05:47 PM (60GaT)
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Granted, he's a bit of a pompous ass. But he's a guy who can
a) articulate the conservative argument better than just about anyone on the political scene
b) has the experience
c) because he is so unpredictable, Obama would always be on his toes. Negotiating with a crazy guy is never easy.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 05:51 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: BlackOrchid-StillMissingDagny at January 02, 2013 05:52 PM (J6kXj)
Posted by: polynikes at January 02, 2013 05:52 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 02, 2013 05:49 PM (YjDyJ)
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NO COMPRENDE
Posted by: NY TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD at January 02, 2013 05:52 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose is Shrugging at January 02, 2013 05:49 PM (0q2P7)
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I've said many times that we need an asshole in power to counter the dems. Newt would be perfect.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:53 PM (ki2Vw)
Posted by: Sphynx at January 02, 2013 05:54 PM (j2McS)
FACTA NON VERBA
his "facta" tend to stink like rino
Posted by: BlackOrchid-StillMissingDagny at January 02, 2013 05:52 PM (J6kXj)
Paul Ryan is a wonk. And a good one. He knows the numbers, the acronyms and the players. He is not a leader. He still thinks things should be fair and square. He has no idea he got fucked so hard his dead grandmother came.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 02, 2013 05:54 PM (l86i3)
And he could try to teach B.O. to add and subtract.
Posted by: wth at January 02, 2013 05:55 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: polynikes at January 02, 2013 05:55 PM (m2CN7)
Why exactly are all these morons suggesting politicians who are not U.S.
Reps as candidates for Speaker of the House?? And arguing about it??
WTF? Mickey Mouse as Speaker of the House! Huzzaah!
Posted by: Sphynx at January 02, 2013 05:54 PM (j2McS)
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Fucknut, the speaker doesn't have to be an elected member. Any other brilliant questions?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 05:56 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at January 02, 2013 05:56 PM (2VCZA)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 05:51 PM (HDgX3)
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d) He can pummel the MFM like chicken in a tornado.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:57 PM (ki2Vw)
Posted by: mare at January 02, 2013 05:57 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 05:58 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: CarolT at January 02, 2013 05:58 PM (z4WKX)
Ah, Sphincter, Constitutionally you don't have to be a member of the House to be the Speaker.
News to me. And thanks for the insult.
Posted by: Sphynx at January 02, 2013 05:59 PM (j2McS)
*****
Schumer has had a shitty reputation since before I can even remember following politics.
I can easily see them telling him to shove it up his ass.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2013 05:59 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2013 06:00 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: The guy who doesn't expect anyone to listen to his measly little opinion at January 02, 2013 06:00 PM (CLkAH)
Posted by: Sphynx at January 02, 2013 05:59 PM (j2McS)
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If you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, it;s better to shut shut the fuck up.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2013 06:01 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: CarolT at January 02, 2013 06:02 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2013 05:59 PM (piMMO)
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Well, Boehner did tell the pederast to go fuck himself after everything was done and over with. I just wish he'd have said that DURING the process.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 06:02 PM (ki2Vw)
News to me. And thanks for the insult.
Posted by: Sphynx at January 02, 2013 05:59 PM (j2McS)
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If you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, it;s better to shut shut the fuck up.
Thanks for being so very very gracious.
Posted by: Sphynx at January 02, 2013 06:03 PM (j2McS)
Hell, you don't even have to represent our interests.
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2013 06:04 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2013 06:00 PM (piMMO)
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Don't you........................ah, nevermind.
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 06:05 PM (ki2Vw)
Instapundit." Highly intelligent, economically conservative, socially a
moderate libertarian, a lawyer, and having an enormous record on the web
that makes him (almost) impossible to misrepresent."
What is this?! Are you trying to suggest someone who is sober, conservative and might actually get some positive stuff done??? Insanity, I say to you, sir. Insanity.
Posted by: The guy who doesn't expect anyone to listen to his measly little opinion at January 02, 2013 06:05 PM (CLkAH)
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2013 06:06 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Admiral Ernst J. King Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet (CINCUS) - for real at January 02, 2013 06:07 PM (3xuEM)
Whatever you say, but it isn't the media tearing down republican women. It's a limited number of people like you, from within the movement. As I said, Collins, Murkowski and Snowe all get a fair shake from what you would call the mainstream media, but are regularly excoriated in venues like this one.
Posted by: Jordan at January 02, 2013 06:07 PM (Hz1zc)
Know who got 100% of the credit for those things?
Hint: It wasn't a member of the party who lost House seats in the '98 mid-term election, and lost both House and Senate seats in 2000.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 02, 2013 06:08 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: mare at January 02, 2013 06:10 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2013 06:04 PM (FcR7P)
HA!
Posted by: mare at January 02, 2013 06:11 PM (A98Xu)
Actually, the technical definition of a double post is where one posts the IDENTICAL post twice. Your posts are different. Example, your first one begins with "Mo, no. We need a black, gay, Muslim..." and your second begins with "No, no. We need a black, gay, Muslim...", so no prize of 1 year free subscription to ace.mu.nu for you.
Sorry!
Posted by: The guy who doesn't expect anyone to listen to his measly little opinion at January 02, 2013 06:12 PM (CLkAH)
Posted by: Soona at January 02, 2013 05:53 PM (ki2Vw)
All, all his skeletons are out of the closet. He's fearless. He's proven he's not afraid of the press. He'd be perfect and he'd get things done and he really is brilliant.
Posted by: the NOW resurrected after the elction at January 02, 2013 06:14 PM (/b8+5)
He's been busted for running coke and illegals across the border.
Other than that, nothing.
Posted by: John Titor at January 02, 2013 06:15 PM (xKC/c)
Dead bodies may be consumed in place of burial. Heat treatment
recommended, but not legally required"
...and thus begins the Zombie Apocalypse...
Man, with the Zombie Apocalypse closing following the Leech Apocalypse, do you think we could find a way to make them to feast off each other and thereby save humanity?
Posted by: Mr_Write at January 02, 2013 06:18 PM (CLkAH)
Posted by: jeremiah God Damn Barack Obama the Mother Fucking SCoaMF wright at January 02, 2013 06:18 PM (+OTLF)
Posted by: JDP at January 02, 2013 06:22 PM (60GaT)
Agreed, but we need the tough, mean guy a-hole rather than Newty, the sleazy, compromising, smarmy kind. There's at least 537 of the latter already in Washington DC.
Posted by: Mr_Write at January 02, 2013 06:22 PM (CLkAH)
If you look back you'll notice he specified *conservative* not republican. In fact, your examples go to prove his point.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, still a Hobbit at January 02, 2013 06:31 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at January 02, 2013 06:32 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: phillip fry at January 02, 2013 06:33 PM (Jsiw/)
I've heard his reasoning for voting for some of those bills and there are others that it sounds like he'd no longer support. Moreover, his voting record has improved and he's helped move the House Rs rightward on certain issues (e.g., Medicare reform). Also, voting against the deal without hesitating would've been the better long-term career move, so it's difficult to label him a political opportunist. I haven't always agreed with him and he's made some controversial decisions but he doesn't make those decisions lightly. That could always change, though.
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 02, 2013 07:03 PM (YjDyJ)
Boehner ain't going anywhere. In fact I read that if it looked like
Boehner might lose the Democrats are prepared to vote for him to keep
him speaker... That tells you everything you need to know about
Boehner...
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at January 02, 2013 06:32 PM (9+ccr)
Why oh why didn't His parent name him Harry?
Posted by: jeremiah God Damn Barack Obama the Mother Fucking SCoaMF wright at January 02, 2013 07:14 PM (+OTLF)
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 02, 2013 07:18 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: Manolo at January 02, 2013 08:01 PM (PttbO)
Posted by: Sgt Jasper at January 02, 2013 08:11 PM (lfNbg)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 02, 2013 09:36 PM (k34Gz)
How about Republicans try representing the people that put them in office, ya know, just for a change !
Being a Reagan was a slam dunk win, let's go back to winning politics the demorats couldn't prevail against. Let's give winning a chance AGAIN !
Posted by: christian at January 03, 2013 12:42 AM (KLIgx)
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That's a great idea.
With the exception of Ronald Reagan, conservative and Republican politicians usually refuse to do that, even when it's the likeliest way to win.
An important reason for that is that the credentialed culture-forming elite, including academia and Hollywood, has been smearing crap on conservative Christian straight white males continually for half a century and more. The result is that in the opinion of the best people, the "aristocracy" of all white countries, the white masses stink. They are considered mean, bigoted, stupid, hostile, gun-crazy and so on.
Standing up for people like that is unacceptable. If you are white, as many of the top people still are, it raises the suspicion that you in your heart are one of "them".
What you want to be is like Bill Clinton, "the first Black President," gloating that America will soon be majority non-white. (The cultural elite don't seem to consider men like Bill Clinton "white" in any meaningful sense. I agree with that.)
That "spiritual non-whiteness" has its appeal for elite Republicans too. A semi-Hispanic identity often seems to be the way to go.
For liberals, this is great.
For conservatives, it means that the voters usually get betrayed by the politicians, because conservative voters are the kind of people that Hollywood and academia smear and make stinky in the nostrils of important people like politicians, with the result that conservative politicians consistently go along with policies that harm and demographically destroy white conservative voting blocks, policies like mass immigration, affirmative action, quotas, set-asides, "disparate impact" law, and so on.
Breitbart advocated trying to engage with popular culture with the idea of making conservatives and their ideas "cool" again. Ace is trying to act on that. I agree this is the way to go.
Posted by: Chromoly Man at January 03, 2013 03:44 AM (y1X7W)
Posted by: Rex the Wonder God at January 03, 2013 06:48 AM (21TJo)
Good. I don't want anyone in Congress to want their jobs. It works better that way.
Posted by: GalosGann at January 03, 2013 09:56 AM (T3KlW)
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