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Monday, October 09, 2023

Republican Congress Sets Itself Asunder

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Eight (8) Republicans voted with 208 Democrats to remove McCarthy and now the Democrats are opining that there’s no Congressional Chair in a time of Mideast war!
Really – you burned your bra and now you want support -- one can’t make this stuff up!
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/10/down-with-mccarthy-et-tu-brute.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/10/congressman-goode-big-disappointment.html
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WSJ: McCarthy’s Fall Is a Comedy Without Laughs
His chief antagonist, Matt Gaetz, is a cartoon villain, a man so small he makes decadence look banal.
McCarthy’s Fall Is a Comedy Without Laughs - WSJ
WSJ: What happened in the House this week was irresponsible and destructive, a classless move by classless people for low and shallow reasons. Finding a new speaker won’t be quick; it will be a painful, destructive winnowing that will make America look worse.
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Forty-five House GOP lawmakers decry ‘chaos caucus’ for ousting McCarthy
Forty-five House GOP lawmakers decry 'chaos caucus' for ousting Kevin McCarthy - Washington Times
The lawmakers called for a “fundamental change to the structure” of the majority because they don’t want the actions of “less than 4 percent of our Republican Conference” to dictate the decisions made.
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“We cannot allow our majority to be dictated by the alliance between the chaos caucus and the minority party that will do nothing more than guarantee the failure of our next speaker,” they wrote.
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The Pelosi Magic
When political scientists reflect on the past dozen years of American Congressional history they will marvel at the magic of Nancy Pelosi.
The current chaos that a small-minority of Republicans have caused to their party is in stark contrast to how Pelosi ‘ruled her caucus’, often with a radical minority that could have deep-sixed any vote they chose – but didn’t!
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How can a group of 8-members of a R-party join with the 208 (total) opposite D-party to sink their own leader for ostensibly working with the opposite party?
And to think these so-called-republicans like to call other Rs RINOS – Really!
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