Poor Jim Jordan, Loses Again
Daniel Martin 
And even a bigger loss than the first time.
GIVE IT UP PUNK!!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 226 | October 23, 2023 11:01 PM |
"How do we hate thee, Gym? Let us count the ways."
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 18, 2023 6:17 PM |
Good riddance. No one likes Gym. And apparently, no one is afraid of Trump anymore.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 18, 2023 6:19 PM |
He really is one of the most odious motherfuckers in recent memory. I hope this is embarrassing the shit out of him.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 18, 2023 6:22 PM |
Gaye Gym Jordan- I support The Ohio State University Wrestling team!!
Gaye Gym Lied!! I sent that to Gaye Gym every other day on X or Twitter.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 18, 2023 6:22 PM |
[quote] And apparently, no one is afraid of Trump anymore.
The fact that so many votes are going to this loser suggests you’re mistaken.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 18, 2023 6:25 PM |
He’s going to ask Polly to peg him hard with the thick dildo, since he humiliated himself. Twice.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 18, 2023 6:25 PM |
At least he can comfort himself with his wrestlers in singlets.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 18, 2023 6:26 PM |
But clearly not everyone is afraid of Trump. That is a good sign.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 18, 2023 6:27 PM |
Womp fucking Womp!
Meth mouthed pipsqueak needs to GTFO.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 18, 2023 6:31 PM |
Is he going for a round 3 humiliation? Dumb sub.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 18, 2023 6:32 PM |
An analyst said that it was the moderate Republicans ( rising from the grave) who stated to the MAGAts that they would not let the insurrectionists take control.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 18, 2023 6:36 PM |
Is anyone surprised that we haven't heard from Gaetz or Boebert who were so visible to the media when they deposed McCarthy?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 18, 2023 6:37 PM |
How many spiteful Republican votes would the Democrats need to elect Hakeem Jeffries?
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 18, 2023 6:39 PM |
I cannot help but see an aged Jeffrey Dahmer when I look at Jim Jordan.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 18, 2023 6:43 PM |
I hope they don't cave in and vote for him on #3. On CNN minutes ago, Kevin urged him to continue as it took him 15 tries to finally get in.
However, these are different times. 2 wars and the debt limit is up next month.
Kevin also stated that the DEMS can no longer say that they are a party for the people and they were part of making him no longer Speaker.....which is BS as they would have done the same.
MAKE CALL TO YOUR REP OFFICE TO SAY NOT TO VOTE FOR JIM JORDAN. HE CAN NOT GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 18, 2023 6:49 PM |
[quote] How many spiteful Republican votes would the Democrats need to elect Hakeem Jeffries?
That would actually, truly suck for Jeffries. Constantly going out every day to get votes from a very hostile majority party would suck every minute of every day.
I do think they could all come together to support some relatively innocuous Republican. There are no moderates really, but there are the sane and the insane, and they could probably find some sane Republican to settle on.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 18, 2023 6:56 PM |
They would be clueless to put him up for a 3rd vote. Read the room.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 18, 2023 6:56 PM |
[quote] Kevin also stated that the DEMS can no longer say that they are a party for the people and they were part of making him no longer Speaker.....which is BS as they would have done the same.
No matter how badly Repugs fuck things up, they always find a way to blame the Democrats
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 18, 2023 6:56 PM |
So true, r20. And of course it comes from Republicans admitting that they themselves pretty much don't give a fuck and therefore it is up to Democrats to be the only party that gives a fuck about governing.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 18, 2023 6:58 PM |
[quote]Kevin also stated that the DEMS can no longer say that they are a party for the people and they were part of making him no longer Speaker.....which is BS as they would have done the same.
Why aren't the DEMS getting us out of the mess we've gotten ourselves into?
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 18, 2023 7:01 PM |
Can’t we find five Repug House members to slip a roofie to so they miss tomorrow’s vote?
Come boys, we can do this.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | October 18, 2023 7:02 PM |
Even vile Republicans seem to realize that you can’t put an election denier in the Speaker role, before a Presidential election. Plus he ignored subpoenas and was a planner of the scheme for Pence to not accept electors No mercy for Gym.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | October 18, 2023 7:08 PM |
So glad that asshole lost.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | October 18, 2023 7:12 PM |
Like a former champion wrestler repeatedly pinned to the mat, sad Gym seems in denial.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | October 18, 2023 7:16 PM |
In the immortal words of Faye as Joan...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | October 18, 2023 7:18 PM |
WaPo lists these five names as ones to watch when this inevitably lands in the septic tank:
Here’s a quick rundown of the other names worth watching... and lo and behold, there's dear Elise:
Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.): Hern, who made a fortune owning McDonald’s franchises, has been in Congress less than five years. But his stock has risen rapidly, and he chairs the Republican Study Committee.
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.): The other candidate viewed as being potentially next in line, Emmer serves as the No. 3 House Republican and was due to run against Hern for majority leader.
Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.): McHenry is serving as speaker pro tempore, having been selected by McCarthy to steward the House in his absence. But many are floating him as a potential consensus pick if other, more eager options don’t pan out.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.): She came into Congress as a moderate, but of late she’s gone pretty much full MAGA. She also serves in leadership as chairwoman of the House Republican Conference — the No. 4 slot.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.): An unlikely scenario, but McCarthy has made it clear he would entertain the party ultimately coming back to him to fill an unfillable vacancy.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | October 18, 2023 7:19 PM |
[quote]Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.): She came into Congress as a moderate, but of late she’s gone pretty much full MAGA. She also serves in leadership as chairwoman of the House Republican Conference — the No. 4 slot.
Still another New York politician with no clue displays her idiocy.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 29 | October 18, 2023 7:40 PM |
I'm just waiting for one of the crazier republicans who, now that they can bring guns into the building, goes batshit soon and starts shooting the place up.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | October 18, 2023 7:40 PM |
JORDAN NEEDS TO BE STOPPED AS HE WILL ONLY FEED TRUMP.
THE GOP NEEDS TO MAKE SURE NOT TO VOTE JORDAN IN SO WE START TO KILL THE MONSTER.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | October 18, 2023 7:43 PM |
If true, this is just delicious. Talk about twisting the knife...
"NEWS: Some of Jim Jordan's opponents tell me they've been purposely staggering their "no" votes over multiple ballots -- a strategy designed to show Jordan's speakership opposition is only growing.
And that's why they tell me Jordan will bleed even more support on a third ballot"
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 32 | October 18, 2023 7:44 PM |
Stefanik and McCarthy are never going to happen. Just go with bow-tie man and call it a day.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | October 18, 2023 7:45 PM |
Gym Jordan bleeding? What flavor of vodka to pair with my soda?
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | October 18, 2023 7:45 PM |
Does it ever occur to megalomanics like Jordan that there are a lot of people out there, both in Congress and many more outside the Beltway, and throughout the United States who think Jordan is a dirtball scumbag, a disgusting, perverted creep, a lying, thieving con artist/grifter? Does he ever read what's printed about him in newspapers, social media and through emails/snail mail that are sent to his congressional office?
And this latest debacle just shows what I've been saying all along: the clown couldn't get elected dog catcher outside of his gerrymandered district in Bumfucke, Ohio. Which is exactly why he gets by with the shit he gets by with, because he's answerable to no one.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | October 18, 2023 7:46 PM |
R32, WOW and amazing. I love the torture of it all!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | October 18, 2023 7:51 PM |
{quote]Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said he was committed to as many rounds of voting as necessary to put Jordan in the speaker’s chair.Speaking outside the Capitol, Roy said he was “virulently oppose[d]” to discussion of a bipartisan deal that would expand the powers of House speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry, as some Democrats and Republicans have suggested.
[quote]“To do that would be playing games with the third in line to the presidency,” Roy said.
Isn't playing games the very thing the MAGAts have been doing throughout this entire fiasco?
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | October 18, 2023 7:51 PM |
Like an elementary student who doesn’t understand the material, act out until you get sent to the principal’s office.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | October 18, 2023 7:54 PM |
I bet more than a few former Ohio State wrestlers are pumping their fists right now
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | October 18, 2023 7:54 PM |
Chip Roy is on crack. The MAGATS don’t get it that Gym will never win.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | October 18, 2023 7:58 PM |
Elise Stefanik Makes Complete Fool Of Herself While Nominating Jim Jordan For Speaker
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 42 | October 18, 2023 7:58 PM |
Chip Roy is intellectually stunted.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | October 18, 2023 8:02 PM |
Time to get the phone banks up and running so they can make threatening, intimidating phone calls to Congresspeople who won't kiss Jim Jordan's fat, white, perverted, entitled white ass.
It's the MAGAt way: if they don't see things your way, threaten to kill them.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | October 18, 2023 8:47 PM |
And I forgot: if anybody complains about being threatened, yell and scream and stomp up and down about how your civil rights are being violated and how the country is being taken over by dirty commie pinkos.
Again, it's the MAGAt way.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | October 18, 2023 8:50 PM |
How long can this possibly go on for?
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | October 18, 2023 9:19 PM |
^ until he give up or more GOP vote for an alternative.
He doesn't believe Biden is the President. How will that work?? And, he is Trump's bitch.
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | October 18, 2023 9:20 PM |
There is only one reason why Jordan is not giving up: Trump. They are trying to please their leader but it’s failing miserably.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | October 18, 2023 9:43 PM |
^ and that is why he needs to fail. Trump needs to know his hold is loosening.
It is critical that he doesn't get Speaker.
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | October 18, 2023 9:49 PM |
R38, according to the NYT reporting, Chip Roy said he was "violently opposed" not "virulently opposed." Given Jan. 6, the "violently" part is even more telling. Roy is a nutcase.
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | October 18, 2023 10:27 PM |
Gym’s failure gives me hope that MAGA is over. At least weakened. Sorry group that cannot get anything done.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | October 18, 2023 10:39 PM |
I don't think it's that so much as yet another illustration of the very narrow margin between us and disaster. This is coming down in significant part to Republicans in swing states who are making a choice to save their own asses by defying the party craziness. Just as the suburbs and suburban women were a big part of what carried Biden to the White House.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | October 18, 2023 10:45 PM |
R42, part of me thinks she did that on purpose. I think she want that role, and was subtly sabotaging Gym.
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | October 18, 2023 10:52 PM |
Poor thing. Maybe he needs one of those OSU hernia checks.
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | October 18, 2023 10:56 PM |
Didn't Gym's mate and offspring fly into DC in order to be present at his swearing-in as Speaker of The House?!
🎶. Pop goes the looser.
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | October 18, 2023 11:15 PM |
GOP Rep switches her vote from Jordan, gets death threats.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 63 | October 19, 2023 12:09 AM |
But R17, the moderates wouldn’t just be supporting Jeffries. In doing so they would be supporting an entire way of operating the House including an immediate policy agenda of approving the appropriations, supporting the war in Ukraine, aid to Israel, etc. Democrats have actual policies so it wouldn’t be the student council popularity contest that it is on the GOP side. There would be an agreement as to how a moderate, bi-partisan House should be run not this flying by the seat of your pants/I can’t count McCarthy bullshit.
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | October 19, 2023 12:16 AM |
Had Trump’s full endorsement. LOL.
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | October 19, 2023 12:18 AM |
There is no way Republicans will elect a Democratic speaker. Ever.
| by Anonymous | reply 66 | October 19, 2023 12:41 AM |
Obstructionists call for everyone to come together.
| by Anonymous | reply 67 | October 19, 2023 12:49 AM |
The Trump Train is off the rails. No longer has any power and is seen as a LOSER!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 68 | October 19, 2023 1:15 AM |
The most VEEP outcome for this would be McCarthy reelected Speaker.
| by Anonymous | reply 69 | October 19, 2023 1:21 AM |
R69, I'm part waiting for that to happen.
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | October 19, 2023 1:24 AM |
They need a babysitter like bow-tie man. He’s comfortable banging that gavel.
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | October 19, 2023 1:26 AM |
Is Gym wearing his wrestling singlet under his suit? He must be sad tonight and asking for a spanking.
| by Anonymous | reply 72 | October 19, 2023 1:31 AM |
Do they have any plan? ANY plan at all???
| by Anonymous | reply 75 | October 19, 2023 1:39 AM |
R75, their plan for years has been "do crazy shit, have the Democrats bail us out." They can't function when it's really up to them.
| by Anonymous | reply 76 | October 19, 2023 1:41 AM |
[quote] Do they have any plan? ANY plan at all???
Winning! Well, after all the Losing!
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | October 19, 2023 1:42 AM |
His lips are too thin those lawmakers are used to fat lips.
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | October 19, 2023 1:58 AM |
Gym put a statement saying he condemns the death threats that were received by persons who voted against him. Since he taught the R base to act this way, I don’t find his words very convincing. If he had any dignity he would drop out before a third vote.
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | October 19, 2023 2:04 AM |
It's time to nominate the only guaranteed winner: The Mighty Quinn!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 80 | October 19, 2023 2:07 AM |
[quote] There is no way Republicans will elect a Democratic speaker. Ever.
Yes, dear we know.
All we ask is that the Repugs stop asking the Democrats to do the reverse.
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | October 19, 2023 3:40 AM |
Patrick McHenry is kind of a cutie.
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | October 19, 2023 3:49 AM |
Hilarious r84, I just laughed so loudly my partner asked me what the hell I was looking at.l
| by Anonymous | reply 85 | October 19, 2023 5:23 AM |
Only Point Today is that Commander is the true one.
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | October 19, 2023 5:58 AM |
In another thread I brought up how DLers used to drool over Patrick McHenry back in the 2000s, and I was promptly shouted down. Yet here's R82, proving not only that such a delusion is possible, but that it continues even into McHenry's elderyears.
| by Anonymous | reply 87 | October 19, 2023 12:50 PM |
Didn’t some lobbyist say McHenry doesn’t allow gay people to enter, let alone work, in his office?
Not that it would put off many Republicans but it’d make them look like shit to a big part of the electorate.
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | October 19, 2023 1:20 PM |
DLers used to drool over this little midget? Good God I hope the standards have upgraded in the years since.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 89 | October 19, 2023 1:24 PM |
Are they holding another count today? How much embarrassment can he and the GOP tolerate?
| by Anonymous | reply 91 | October 19, 2023 3:17 PM |
[quote]Are they holding another count today?
USA TODAY: "The Ohio Republican told reporters Wednesday he intends to stay in the race and expected a vote at noon Thursday. But as it remains clear Jordan has no path towards the 217 votes he needs to become speaker, the timing of the third speaker election is up in the air."
| by Anonymous | reply 92 | October 19, 2023 3:24 PM |
Thanks, r92. I hope it's entertaining. I got a good laugh out of the vote for Boehner yesterday.
| by Anonymous | reply 93 | October 19, 2023 3:56 PM |
I'd laugh even harder if someone voted for Nancy Pelosi.
| by Anonymous | reply 94 | October 19, 2023 4:13 PM |
There will be no 3rd vote and Gym Jordan is giving up (for now) and is now backing McHenry as interim Speaker.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 95 | October 19, 2023 4:15 PM |
So is that a smart tactical move to buy him time or does he just fade back to being Gym Jordan, disruptor, with what passes for his dignity somewhat in tact?
| by Anonymous | reply 96 | October 19, 2023 4:20 PM |
McHenry is a mini-Rethug Gay man!! If McMurderer gets out of line, The Democrats will release Commander Biden to bite his "closeted-gay ass".
To R84...That was a great post-love German Shepards!!
BTW...There is "NOTHING CUTE" about Patrick McHenry.
| by Anonymous | reply 97 | October 19, 2023 4:27 PM |
R96 Don't count on it working. It fucks with the traditions of the House (which some Rs won't like - enough to sink it?) and puts this pipsqueak third in line for the Presidency which the Ds won't like. It may happen, but I'll be surprised if it does.
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | October 19, 2023 4:43 PM |
Does anyone else think Gym has personal issues? I will bet you anything he is hiding something perverse and sick like child porn.
| by Anonymous | reply 100 | October 19, 2023 4:46 PM |
Why won't the Republicans nominate someone else?
| by Anonymous | reply 101 | October 19, 2023 5:16 PM |
"Does anyone else think Gym has personal issues?"
You mean other than the fact that this human turd couldn't get elected dog catcher outside of his gerrymandered district, he could never win a statewide or national election, most of the people he works with and comes into contact with on a daily basis hate his guts, he's sitting on a huge sex scandal at Ohio State, he's a Russian plant/agent and he's a treasonous threat to democracy?
Other than those inconsequential matters, I can't think of a single thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 102 | October 19, 2023 5:22 PM |
So what does this mean for his political career? When McCarthy was finally elected on his 15th ballot, insiders and strategists like Rick Wilson were giving him 6 months and predicted the end of his political career. Lo and behold.
Jordan was pretty much publicly deballed by his own party. He had over 80 caucus members vote against him privately and is widely disliked. What's next for him? I can't see him going to work for a lobbying firm. Would he fit in on K Street or does he have the skills? He's a sledgehammer dressed in polyester. I'm sure his less-than-intelligent constituents, even the aging boomers and elderly whose Medicare and SS benefits he wants to cut, will keep voting for him. But does he want to return to Congress so diminished?
| by Anonymous | reply 103 | October 19, 2023 5:31 PM |
I agree with everything you said, R102, except the Russian plant. He is a true believer. They don't need to plant him. LOL! He was Tea Party and Sedition Caucus anti abortion, anti Gay, and 100% in favor of government shut downs for years pre dating Trump. He's certifiably nuts. A fanatic. He has a natural, reflexive inclination towards Chaos. In Trump he found a political soulmate. The Russians know who to buy. They don't need to buy Gym.
| by Anonymous | reply 104 | October 19, 2023 5:42 PM |
[quote]Why won't the Republicans nominate someone else?
What sensible person would want it?
| by Anonymous | reply 105 | October 19, 2023 5:54 PM |
Gym, it's time to hit the showers.
| by Anonymous | reply 106 | October 19, 2023 5:59 PM |
[quote]What sensible person would want it?
Even more to the point, what sensible person could win it?
| by Anonymous | reply 107 | October 19, 2023 6:04 PM |
I love it!
Juliegrace Brufke @juliegraceb · 22m Per a source in the room, McCarthy screamed at Matt Gaetz to sit down when he went to the mics, with the source saying Rep. Bost “almost lunging at him.”
| by Anonymous | reply 108 | October 19, 2023 6:11 PM |
He looks awful in R89's pic, but better now. I've always heard he's a closet case.
| by Anonymous | reply 109 | October 19, 2023 6:20 PM |
CNN reports that the Repub conference this morning has erupted in chaos with cursing, screaming, and rejection of Jordan. Much of the ire is directed at Matt Gaetz, who is being blamed for this whole mess. Just wish it would be televised.
| by Anonymous | reply 110 | October 19, 2023 6:50 PM |
[quote]There will be no 3rd vote and Gym Jordan is giving up (for now) and is now backing McHenry as interim Speaker.
Republican Rep. Jim Banks told Manu Raju that "over half" of Republicans are opposed to the McHenry idea and it will only pass with Democratic support.
Another rep told Raju that Jordan hasn't yet formally withdrawn his candidacy, he's going to reach out once again to the 22 objectors from yesterday to see if he can sway them.
| by Anonymous | reply 111 | October 19, 2023 7:23 PM |
Hmmm, wonder what the Democrats will demand. Weirdly, this could be a good thing. It is sort of ridiculous that so many things can't be brought to the floor of the House just because some assholes oppose them. It would be interesting if the House became just a little more flexible in what can and cannot be brought to the floor.
| by Anonymous | reply 112 | October 19, 2023 7:25 PM |
Typical of Gym to not drop out completely. He’s so delusional.
Maybe we can drop the House. Seems like a waste of money to pay all those people.
| by Anonymous | reply 113 | October 19, 2023 7:35 PM |
Pelosi to Jordan:" Begone, before somebody drops a House on you too."
| by Anonymous | reply 114 | October 19, 2023 7:39 PM |
"he's going to reach out once again to the 22 objectors from yesterday to see if he can sway them."
i.e. he's going to pistol whip the men and rape their wives and daughters in true gansta' thug wannabe style.
| by Anonymous | reply 115 | October 19, 2023 7:39 PM |
Will The Donald come to his rescue? BWAAAAH. " I might have met him once, but I don't remember him"
| by Anonymous | reply 116 | October 19, 2023 7:42 PM |
It appears that the McHenry plan is dead.
| by Anonymous | reply 117 | October 19, 2023 8:04 PM |
reports are that McHenry himself wanted nothing to do with the plan.
| by Anonymous | reply 118 | October 19, 2023 8:06 PM |
What a joke! They can’t even agree on a leader. Trump Train is definitely crashing and burning.
| by Anonymous | reply 119 | October 19, 2023 8:10 PM |
[quote]Another far-right Republican, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), said the fresh chaos only bolstered his case for giving the speaker’s gavel to former President Donald Trump. (Trump actually can’t become speaker under Republicans’ own rules, given his multiple criminal indictments, but Nehls dismissed that as unimportant.)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 120 | October 19, 2023 8:11 PM |
[quote] reports are that McHenry himself wanted nothing to do with the plan.
Did they promise him a big box to stand on, and a giant gavel that goes "BOING" whenever you slam it down?
| by Anonymous | reply 121 | October 19, 2023 8:13 PM |
Gawd, these fucking snowflakes! Taking another 2 weeks off to clear their heads! Unbelievable!
The GOP is trying to push this "pro-temp as Speaker" plan but Democrats should push back and really GRIND THEIR FACES IN THIS SHIT. If they want a functioning House with a functioning Speaker, Hakeem Jeffries is ready to take the gavel. Fuck this shit about kicking this down the road until the 3rd of January 2024 - all that does is accommodate the dysfunctional GOP House. There's no reason for Democrats to go along with that. This is unprecedented!
| by Anonymous | reply 122 | October 19, 2023 8:14 PM |
The GOP is only burning their party to the ground - not the government.
Democrats need to stand back and watch them burn. Public opinion will do the rest.
| by Anonymous | reply 123 | October 19, 2023 8:16 PM |
Nancy Mace lies as usual.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 124 | October 19, 2023 8:18 PM |
Democrats need to get 8 moderate Republicans to agree not to attend, get McHenry to call a Speaker vote and vote Jeffries in as Speaker. Job done.
| by Anonymous | reply 125 | October 19, 2023 8:19 PM |
[quote] He's a sledgehammer dressed in polyester.
Bwahahahaha!
| by Anonymous | reply 126 | October 19, 2023 8:21 PM |
Gym's now backtracking on the deal regarding McHenry, and is going to go to the floor for another vote - 'tho it sounds like it won't be today.
What an omniclusterfuck the GOP is!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 127 | October 19, 2023 8:27 PM |
He had a pep talk from Dear Leader, and the Orange Shitgibbon told him to keep trying. Because it will prolong the chaos. I would not be surprised if McCarthy gets back in at some point. Trump is so fucking evil. He wants government shut down and knows Jordan will do everything he tells him to do.
| by Anonymous | reply 128 | October 19, 2023 8:36 PM |
April 15 is only five months away.
WHET "No taxation without representation?"
| by Anonymous | reply 129 | October 19, 2023 8:40 PM |
^ wow...excellent point. We should be able to claim a credit for the amount of time there was no action.
| by Anonymous | reply 130 | October 19, 2023 9:17 PM |
Nitwit Jordan now says he's calling for a 3rd vote tonight.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 131 | October 19, 2023 9:19 PM |
Trump does not like losers, especially ones that publicly humiliate themselves over and over again.
| by Anonymous | reply 132 | October 19, 2023 9:36 PM |
I hate that Reps who are voting against him are being intimidated or threatened.....please stay strong, vote in more numbers and know you are doing the right thing.
If you are in an area where GOP Reps are voting no, please call and send your encouragement. Also, call those who are voting for Jordan and let them know they are not standing on the correct side of history, they are voting for someone who does not think Biden should be president and that Jordan was instrumental in helping Trump pull off the January 6th incident and after affects.
| by Anonymous | reply 133 | October 19, 2023 9:54 PM |
"The GOP is only burning their party to the ground - not the government."
For now, at least. When 11/16/23 comes around, the entire governmental system will come grinding to a halt. That's five weeks from today.
Will these idiots get their shit together in that time? To me, that's highly doubtful.
| by Anonymous | reply 134 | October 19, 2023 10:21 PM |
Although I very much hope it doesn't happen r134, we actually have been through this shit before. The entire nation doesn't explode. It just is a pain in the ass for awhile, while fuckers and goobers dick around shutting this or that down. And then finally the morons realize, oh yeah, government actually does useful shit. I think it would rebound very badly on the Republicans, actually, despite their determination to make it happen.
| by Anonymous | reply 135 | October 19, 2023 10:35 PM |
^ I worry about the stock market....us eldergays can get hit hard.
| by Anonymous | reply 137 | October 19, 2023 10:39 PM |
Jordan was pretty cute once upon a time. I would have totally had the hots for him in high school.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 138 | October 19, 2023 10:48 PM |
R138, He has the look of a bully from a John Hughes movie who gets his comeuppance in the end.
| by Anonymous | reply 139 | October 19, 2023 10:56 PM |
[quote] Jordan was pretty cute once upon a time.
He’d still be good looking if he didn’t have all that evil on his face.
| by Anonymous | reply 140 | October 19, 2023 10:58 PM |
What a disaster to my tea and light refreshments.
| by Anonymous | reply 141 | October 19, 2023 11:05 PM |
[quote]Poor Jim Jordan, Loses Again
No one does that better than republicans.
| by Anonymous | reply 142 | October 19, 2023 11:06 PM |
R142, grievance and self-pity is their brand. Their fund-raising narrative is that they would make everything great but the evil deep state keeps thwarting them.
| by Anonymous | reply 143 | October 20, 2023 12:07 AM |
True, r143, and actually that's why the true wingnuts aren't actually supposed to emerge from the shadows. They are supposed to have some useless figurehead they can blame everything on.
Gym Jordan is meddling with the primal forces of nature.
| by Anonymous | reply 144 | October 20, 2023 12:09 AM |
Jesus Christ on a cracker! His genetic deficiencies were written all over his face even high school. R138 should be ashamed of himself for attraction to an underage special needs boy. His local LE should probably tail him, too, to make sure he's not stalking or threatening its school district short bus.
| by Anonymous | reply 145 | October 20, 2023 12:12 AM |
June Jordan now calling for a third Speaker vote Friday at 10 am.
Why, June, why???
| by Anonymous | reply 146 | October 20, 2023 12:20 AM |
If by some chance he should persuade enough holdouts and be installed as speaker, he'll be spectacularly hobbled by this mess. Will that rule still hold where one person can call a vote to kick him out?
| by Anonymous | reply 147 | October 20, 2023 12:29 AM |
The only reason I can think of is to identify who to target for abuse. He knows he can’t win.
| by Anonymous | reply 148 | October 20, 2023 12:30 AM |
Well the vote for tonight has been postponed until tomorrow at 10am. And the little bowtied munchkin McHenry has threatened to resign as Speaker Pro Tempore. I guess he's gotten his widdle feewings hurt.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 149 | October 20, 2023 1:17 AM |
[quote] the little bowtied munchkin McHenry
Stop, you're making R82 cry!
| by Anonymous | reply 150 | October 20, 2023 1:51 AM |
McHenry knows Trump is running the show and he is as brave as the guy who recommended him for the job. He has all the backbone of Kevin McCarthy.
| by Anonymous | reply 151 | October 20, 2023 3:43 AM |
I'm telling right now, that the Sedition Caucus has no intention of opening up the government. Their goal is to shut it down.
| by Anonymous | reply 152 | October 20, 2023 3:44 AM |
If June Jordan knows that another vote could lead to more violence/threats, and he knows he will lose the vote, why is he endangering his colleagues?
| by Anonymous | reply 153 | October 20, 2023 5:09 AM |
They’ve fucked themselves into a corner. They will never accept a non-MAGA speaker, so they never will elect anyone. They seem to be taking orders from Bannon and Sean Hannity. Once again, there will have to be a crisis to reopen the government again, because this doesn’t have an endgame.
| by Anonymous | reply 155 | October 20, 2023 6:45 AM |
He's tied with Hillary now. That's gotta hurt.
| by Anonymous | reply 156 | October 20, 2023 7:26 AM |
[quote]He has all the backbone of Kevin McCarthy.
Daddy?
| by Anonymous | reply 157 | October 20, 2023 8:59 AM |
Jordan and Trump believe that he can keep having votes and wearing people down. He is totally clueless about how to negotiate. Jordan has never in his life had this much attention and with Trump's backing he is in ecstasy. Marathon votes and bullying. In fact the constant votes is a form of bullying. What gets me is how totally wrapped up in their own drama these assholes are. They are not even conscious of how this looks not just to us, the voters, but to the rest of the world. And yes, this is part of their hopeful coup d'etat.
| by Anonymous | reply 158 | October 20, 2023 12:58 PM |
3rd big loss for the lipless one. Lost even bigger on the 3rd go-round. 25 votes against him.
CHUMP!!
| by Anonymous | reply 159 | October 20, 2023 5:17 PM |
Now the Republicans who voted out McCarthy are saying they will be willing to accept a punishment if other members will vote for June Jordan. These people are crazy. They want Jordan to help Trump in 2024, at any cost. Read the room, bitches!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 160 | October 20, 2023 5:47 PM |
^ Some of them were also co-conspirators/participants in the 1/6 insurrection. I think that's also part of their motivation--avoiding criminal charges by shutting down the government and/or installing Dump as dictator.
| by Anonymous | reply 161 | October 20, 2023 5:50 PM |
So how many times does Jordan have to lose before someone steps in?
| by Anonymous | reply 162 | October 20, 2023 6:00 PM |
Matt Greta is lobbying hard for the Speaker position and he’ll get spanked harder than June.
I am enjoying the show however. Let the humiliations keep coming and sending the long gloved arm of the law up their asses. No lube.
| by Anonymous | reply 163 | October 20, 2023 6:10 PM |
This is Trump's doing. And if Jordan fails, it will be because another Trumper takes Jordan's place at Trump's direction. Trump will back away when he realizes how wildly unpopular Jordan is. Of course Mc Carthy took 15 ballots before getting elected. Maybe Trump and Gym and their lieutenants believe they can shoehorn Gym in with two or three dozen ballots. Good. let the resentment build. I cannot believe it, but apparently, McCarthy stood on the floor to nominate Jordan on this 3rd ballot talked about him being an effective legislator, and the House erupted in laughter.
| by Anonymous | reply 164 | October 20, 2023 6:20 PM |
Bingo, R161.
Gaetz, Jordan, Scalise, Boebert, MTG et al are all desperately trying to shut down the government because they all know they're toast as for as investigations into Jan 6th 2021. They were actively involved in its planning and execution each and every step of the way. And barring shutting down the government, they'll just play the delay game until January 2025, when they're desperately hoping Trump is sworn in again and make the whole damn thing disappear into thin air.
These clowns are guilty. They all know it and they know they're crooked, lying asses are going to end up jail, so they'll do anything to prevent that from happening.
| by Anonymous | reply 165 | October 20, 2023 6:22 PM |
R164, the laughter? Yes, that actually happened.
| by Anonymous | reply 166 | October 20, 2023 6:46 PM |
CNN: Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that “unfortunately Jim is no longer going to be the nominee” after the conference’s vote to remove Jim Jordan as their Speaker designee.
“We’ll have to go back to the drawing board. What history will look at the crazy eights led by Gaetz, the amount of damage they’ve done to this party, this country, is insurmountable. I've never seen this amount of damage done with just a few people for their own personalities," McCarthy said.
| by Anonymous | reply 168 | October 20, 2023 7:31 PM |
WaPo: House Republicans, meeting behind closed doors, voted Friday by secret ballot for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to step aside as the GOP speaker nominee after a third vote on the House floor in which Jordan fell well short of a majority of the full chamber. The vote to remove Jordan was 112 to 86.
| by Anonymous | reply 169 | October 20, 2023 7:33 PM |
Chalk another win for Team Trump & Company.
| by Anonymous | reply 170 | October 20, 2023 7:35 PM |
Yep, R167. MSNBC says he's given up. Boo hoo MAGATS. Think they'll do a McHenry temp powers deal now?
| by Anonymous | reply 171 | October 20, 2023 7:38 PM |
Didn’t McHenry say he wouldn’t do it r171?
| by Anonymous | reply 172 | October 20, 2023 7:41 PM |
Oh, if it’s by popular demand he will.
| by Anonymous | reply 173 | October 20, 2023 7:44 PM |
Jordan was killed in a secret ballot after the floor vote. Ouch. Matt Gaetz is very upset. Wah wah.
| by Anonymous | reply 174 | October 20, 2023 7:46 PM |
And again, Hakim Jeffries got more votes than anyone else.
| by Anonymous | reply 175 | October 20, 2023 7:51 PM |
[quote] Didn’t McHenry say he wouldn’t do it
He now says he's open to it.
| by Anonymous | reply 176 | October 20, 2023 7:53 PM |
I love it when their bluster "we'll keep voting until I am elected speaker!!!", blows up in their faces. Jimmy boy will probably go out tonight and get rip roaring drunk.
| by Anonymous | reply 177 | October 20, 2023 7:54 PM |
I thought McHenry said he'd resign if they tried to make him do anything he wasn't legally authorized to do. They have to pass a law giving him explicit new additional temp powers, otherwise he's out.
Anyway, as is, they can't do anything.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 179 | October 20, 2023 7:56 PM |
I think there's only one answer now: Speaker Santos.
| by Anonymous | reply 180 | October 20, 2023 8:00 PM |
[quote] I think there's only one answer now: Speaker Santos.
R180 Yes, when the Republican members of the House get too fractious, he can do a drag queen story hour to calm them down.
| by Anonymous | reply 181 | October 20, 2023 8:07 PM |
Going home and starting from scratch. Why would anyone vote for these clowns?
| by Anonymous | reply 182 | October 20, 2023 8:08 PM |
MTG for Speaker. Take a vote now. She's popular, isn't she?
| by Anonymous | reply 183 | October 20, 2023 9:16 PM |
If by popular you mean she takes anonymous loads behind the truck stop with a bag over her head, YES.
| by Anonymous | reply 184 | October 20, 2023 9:24 PM |
This will never be resolved.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 185 | October 20, 2023 11:11 PM |
He’s a piece of shit. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
| by Anonymous | reply 186 | October 20, 2023 11:13 PM |
What about this idea? Cawthorn for Speaker!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 187 | October 21, 2023 12:16 AM |
Talk about the dog catching the car and not knowing what to do. Well done Gaetz. What's the next step in your brilliant little plan? It's much easier to be a wrecker than actually try and make government function.
| by Anonymous | reply 188 | October 21, 2023 12:31 AM |
Gaetz's strategy is to foment chaos, exactly like his god, Trump.
| by Anonymous | reply 189 | October 21, 2023 1:16 AM |
That's the point, R188. They don't want the government to function. They want chaos.
In the meantime it's always fun to watch them as they all get out of the clown car and start hitting each other.
| by Anonymous | reply 190 | October 21, 2023 1:17 AM |
It’s frightening that the MAGA cult has stopped government in its tracks. They are succeeding in making sure that nothing gets done.
| by Anonymous | reply 191 | October 21, 2023 1:21 AM |
If Emmer runs, I wish 20 Democrats would vote for him. Just to have a Speaker and burn 🔥 the MAGATS.
| by Anonymous | reply 193 | October 21, 2023 1:32 AM |
I just want a milqtoast. That’s it.
| by Anonymous | reply 194 | October 21, 2023 1:34 AM |
Democratic mandate in 2024 imminent. WH, Senate, House, probably a few governor mansions too. The GOP chose to ignore the writing on the wall since Trump was elected in 2016. Went so far as a violent insurrection. They’re doubling down out of desperation to avoid the consequences of their treason, but they’ll ultimately, and spectacularly, fail.
| by Anonymous | reply 196 | October 21, 2023 4:01 AM |
And I'm sick of the media going all gaga over Republicans every time one of them wins an election IN A RED STATE. They were just doing that with the Louisiana Governor's race--it's Louisiana FFS, hardly a bastion of liberalism. This is how we got all of the red wave talk in 2022.
| by Anonymous | reply 197 | October 21, 2023 4:04 AM |
And Jordan is a wee 5’7”. Napoleon Complex?
| by Anonymous | reply 198 | October 21, 2023 4:05 AM |
I loved how many votes he got once they were allowed to do anonymous voting! Just 86 votes in a secret ballot. LOL
At least he's out of the running now.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 199 | October 21, 2023 4:13 AM |
So if something happened to Joe and Kamala... Patty Murray would be next in line for the Presidency, since the Speaker position is vacant.
| by Anonymous | reply 200 | October 21, 2023 9:00 AM |
The best thing Jordan and McCarthy could do is to retire from Congress rather than stay there and be embarrassed every day. McCarthy has actually said he may leave before his term is up. He's probably been looking for an outside gig since he was kicked to the curb. Just as soon as he finds one he's probably gone.
But then, that's the way those scumbags are. They're only in Congress as long as things are going their ways. When that changes they're out like the wind. They could give a rat's ass about working for their constituents.
| by Anonymous | reply 201 | October 21, 2023 10:02 AM |
[quote]He's probably been looking for an outside gig since he was kicked to the curb. Just as soon as he finds one he's probably gone.
That sandwich take-out window is still available in the fro-yo shop!
| by Anonymous | reply 202 | October 21, 2023 12:25 PM |
[quote]The best thing Jordan and McCarthy could do is to retire from Congress rather than stay there and be embarrassed every day.
If they were capable of feeling embarrassed, they would have left Congress long ago.
| by Anonymous | reply 203 | October 21, 2023 2:22 PM |
Well this deep-dive into Gym is too late to matter.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 204 | October 21, 2023 2:25 PM |
It’ll be interesting to see what gets cooked up over the weekend. I don’t think this is the last of this Gym nonsense.
| by Anonymous | reply 205 | October 21, 2023 2:28 PM |
[quote]The best thing Jordan and McCarthy could do is to retire from Congress rather than stay there and be embarrassed every day.
Ah yes, the Paul Ryan/Eric Cantor approach—scurry away like the vermin they are.
| by Anonymous | reply 206 | October 21, 2023 2:33 PM |
[quote] Jim Jordan is an unyielding combatant
Seems the WaPo was a bit premature in their analogies.
| by Anonymous | reply 207 | October 21, 2023 3:12 PM |
Could some Dems agree to swing over and vote for the (relatively moderate) Emmer? Perhaps get some juicy concessions from him before doing so, like McCarthy had to agree to during his voting rounds.
How likely is this scenario?
| by Anonymous | reply 208 | October 21, 2023 3:40 PM |
For those of you in the cheap seats who still consider Donald Trump relevant, in the past few days:
His endorsed candidate for SOTH lost votes with each subsequent round
He wasn’t even nominated for SOTH himself
He was fined $5,000 for violating a gag order and threatened with jail
The 2 co-defendants in his Georgia RICO case, both lawyers, pled guilty
| by Anonymous | reply 209 | October 21, 2023 5:28 PM |
[quote]For those of you in the cheap seats who still consider Donald Trump relevant, in the past few days:
None of that makes a whit of difference to his voters:
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 210 | October 21, 2023 6:21 PM |
There is no such thing as a national election in which polls from over a year out mean shit.
| by Anonymous | reply 211 | October 21, 2023 6:25 PM |
Nonetheless, you can't claim that the clear frontrunner for the GOP nomination, even a year out, is "irrelevant."
Well, you can, but you'd be intellectually dishonest.
| by Anonymous | reply 212 | October 21, 2023 6:28 PM |
There’s a good pice on Huffington Post about how the Republicans became so damaged and can’t govern anymore.
| by Anonymous | reply 214 | October 21, 2023 6:47 PM |
Today's Republicans are real profiles in courage.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 215 | October 21, 2023 11:30 PM |
That was the knife in his back. In private only 81 people wanted him. They were too chickenshit to vote against him in public.
| by Anonymous | reply 216 | October 21, 2023 11:56 PM |
OK, R216. Let's say that number holds. Emmer runs, and 140 Republicans vote for him. He'd need 77 more votes. Would the Dems go for it? With concessions?
| by Anonymous | reply 217 | October 22, 2023 12:50 AM |
Forgot to say that if Emmer gets the Dems to go for it with concessions, there's a very good chance he would lose votes from his own side.
| by Anonymous | reply 218 | October 22, 2023 12:52 AM |
Yes, but he’d get all of the Democrats’ votes, and would only need five repugs.
| by Anonymous | reply 219 | October 22, 2023 12:56 AM |
No candidate would dare cooperate with Dems. Repubs want to do it on their own and blame Dems for preventing a speaker selection.
| by Anonymous | reply 220 | October 22, 2023 1:22 AM |
[quote]Forgot to say that if Emmer gets the Dems to go for it with concessions, there's a very good chance he would lose votes from his own side.
Actually, this is what I don't understand about this whole thing: the Republicans who voted against Jordan are probably going to be primaried now anyway just for going against the wishes of Dump (who wanted Jordan) and their psycho base, so does it even matter anymore? It would seem they're politically toast now anyway, so they might as well say fuck it and go ahead and make a deal with the Democrats and elect someone reasonable to be Speaker and put an end to this nonsense.
| by Anonymous | reply 221 | October 22, 2023 3:54 AM |
Are you so sure? Let's see what those 25 can whittle away.
| by Anonymous | reply 222 | October 22, 2023 4:06 AM |
[quote] Well this deep-dive into Gym is too late to matter.
R204 Here’s Mary Trump’s take on what that 11,000-word WaPo article might have actually been about.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 223 | October 22, 2023 8:31 AM |
Repugs say “we can’t work with the Democrats!” out of one side of their mouths while asking “why won’t the Democrats work with us?” out of the other.
| by Anonymous | reply 224 | October 22, 2023 12:02 PM |
R223, that article was disgusting. I started reading it and was shocked at the puffery. Especially disappointed in David Maraniss. I've read several of his books, and met him and this is completely out of character for him.
| by Anonymous | reply 225 | October 23, 2023 8:03 PM |
R225 Until the 1% that now control much of the MSM accept that anarchy with a few chosen oligarchs (rather than a stable, democracy-based US government) will in all likelihood make most of them poorer and less powerful rather than more so, this is what I’ve come to expect from all major commercial news outlets.
| by Anonymous | reply 226 | October 23, 2023 11:01 PM |
