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Welcome to the clown show. 15 ballots in January for this. Republicans need to get their house in order. Its embarrassing. Or, at least, it should be. First tim
by cocacola1 3y ago
Welcome to the clown show. 15 ballots in January for this. Republicans need to get their house in order. Its embarrassing. Or, at least, it should be. First time in history the Speaker’s been ejected like this.
- zolbrek 3y agoIt's my understanding that he didn't live up to his side of the bargain struck with Gaetz & Co. to become speaker, so Gaetz acted accordingly.
- theshrike79 3y ago[flagged]
- azinman2 3y ago> The only solution is for Republicans to start working with Democrats across the isle and just ignore the clowns. That was the reason given for his ousting.
- zzzeek 3y agoall Democrats voted against him, so he certainly didn't "work with the Democrats" by their measure. basically he made friends with noone. the next speaker should be a little more careful
- tzs 3y agoazinman2 is talking about the recent deal to avoid a government shutdown, which got 209 Democrat votes and 126 Republican votes.
- logicchains 3y ago>The only solution is for Republicans to start working with Democrats across the isle and just ignore the clowns. Those "clowns" actually represent the views of the republican voter base, not donors in the military-industry complex. A decade ago democrats would have been celebrating an anti-war win like this, but now roles have swapped and democrats have become the party of the warmongers.
- DaveFr 3y agoIt's not anti-war for a country to defend itself against an invader, and Democrats have been and are still against wars of aggression.
- logicchains 3y agoIt's absolutely a pro-war position to fight defending _another country_ from an invader, a country that isn't even an ally.
- DaveFr 3y agoThe US isn't at war in Ukraine, we're not fighting there. Nobody who's actually anti-war looks at Russia's invasion and says "oh that's fine let it happen", everyone supports the right to defend yourself.
- logicchains 3y agoThe US is sending crazy amounts of money over there while average Americans are seeing their living standards get worse and worse. Grassroots republicans want Ukraine to fight their own war with their own money, not keep sending money over their while Americans go hungry.
- DaveFr 3y agoSo then we're not worrying about the "anti-war" position anymore, alright. I mean, grassroots Republicans elected Reagan who beat the Soviets and Bush who wanted to "fight them over there so we don't face them here", they're certainly comfortable with spending money on the military. They haven't historically wanted to spend that money on welfare though, so I'm not sure that Americans are going hungry because of Ukraine.
- swsdsailor 3y ago[flagged]
- monero-xmr 3y agoPolitics is a clown show for me period - both sides. I like the chaos. The government that governs best is the one that governs least - so I’m always rooting for shutdowns, gridlock, automatic spending cuts, etc.
- KerrAvon 3y agoThis is a small child's view of how things work.
- monero-xmr 3y agoOnly a small child thinks one side is “good” and the other is “bad”
- xeromal 3y agoI'm somewhat in agreeance. I don't want a government that's in such lockstop that everything passes.
- mschuster91 3y agoMost of Europe happens to work just fine under that model.
- xeromal 3y agoThat's why I said I and not in the second person. I'm not interested personally.
- KerrAvon 3y agoThey either need to make peace with the Democrats and lose their primaries in 2024 to total MAGA nutjobs, or make peace with the MAGA nutjobs and lose the Biden districts in 2024. Either way, they lose the House in 2024. Making peace with the Democrats would allow them to retain some dignity, but after 2016 that's not been a high priority for them. So I expect the clown show to continue.
- EA-3167 3y agoThe things they needed to do to avoid this scenario are all in the past, they're in the "Find Out" phase of the program now. Going with the Southern Strategy, then amping it up over and over, the chicanery around W.'s election, and then throwing it all in on Trump and the Tea Party. These were all choices that set the stage for this meltdown and loss, and now it's too late to both win AND persevere.
- mrguyorama 3y agoBut this is exactly what so many of them want. How many conservatives are convinced that a deadlocked or obstructionist congress is "better" for whatever reason, as if PURPOSEFUL government incompetency is a virtue