Who else wants to be #53? (Update: Ahahahaha)
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A few days ago a member of the commentariat – I’m sorry I’ve forgotten who it was – asked an extremely important question: Has any other Republican shown an interest in being the next Speaker of the House?
I’m still looking, but so far it appears that the answer is “Nope.” McCarthy isn’t facing competition, just opposition.
That’s hilarious but unsurprising. The GOP is infested with people who couldn’t come up with an original idea if they were caught in a downpour of inspiration particles and those same people are lazy as shit.
Perhaps they have is just enough brain power to know that being SoH would cut into their precious being assholes, molesting barnyard animals and accepting bribes time, and they didn’t go to the effort of running for office to do any actual work, thank you very much. Maybe they’re bright enough to know that if there isn’t a SoH they would have even more time for assholing, chicken fondling and bribe collecting.
Perhaps not. But telling McCarthy what he can or can’t do is as much additional effort as the members of the freedom carcass or whatever are willing to expend, and the rest are just as lazy, but quieter.
I did however come across this howler about disgraced divorce collector Newt Gingrich. Apparently he’s mad because some of the Republican kids in the House are a bunch of obnoxious troublemakers.
“I don’t understand what they’re doing. They’re not voting against Kevin McCarthy, they’re voting against over 215 members of their own conference. Their conference voted overwhelmingly, 85%, for McCarthy to be speaker, so this is a fight between a handful of people and the entire rest of the conference,” Gingrich said.
“They’re saying they have the right to screw up everything,” he continued. “Well, the precedent that sets is…any five people can get up and say, well, I’m now going to screw up the conference too. The choice is Kevin McCarthy or chaos.”
[I learned by watching you! .gif]
It’s just me, but perhaps a political party that can be fucked up by five people is a party that is irreparably fucked up?
Anyway, if you’ve come across clear evidence that KM is facing an in-party challenger, please throw a link in the comments. Feel free to speculate about how clownish this clown show will become. But remember:
People who post off-topic comments are members of the Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) fan club.
Update: Now it’s number four and they can’t get off the floor …
