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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 31, 2022 23:03:13 GMT
This is a man who, in all likelihood, has at least made passing comments at his daughter about how fit she is. Shame doesn't come into it. Well, more specifically it was more about wanting to fuck his daughter if they weren't related but yes I see your point. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jan 1, 2023 1:28:41 GMT
Jeez, he said IF THEY WEREN'T RELATED. People are so judgey around here, he's just saying what everyone is thinking.  |
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Post by aubergine on Jan 1, 2023 1:36:15 GMT
This is a man who, in all likelihood, has at least made passing comments at his daughter about how fit she is. Shame doesn't come into it. Well, more specifically it was more about wanting to fuck his daughter if they weren't related but yes I see your point. I think it was “if she wasn’t my daughter we might be dating” |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 1, 2023 1:38:25 GMT
So like I said, wanting to fuck his daughter.
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Post by malek86 on Jan 1, 2023 7:20:51 GMT
Not even wanting to fuck his daughter, but implying that he would definitely fuck his daughter and she would be totally fine with it.
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Post by 😎 on Jan 3, 2023 18:39:27 GMT
Congress right now  |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 3, 2023 18:42:31 GMT
Congress right now Ha, I just read about this today. It's quite amusing to see Republicans talk shit about each other so publicly. I also read that Macarthy had moved into the office without even having all the votes. What the fuck is wrong with these people??? |
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Post by 😎 on Jan 3, 2023 19:25:30 GMT
There’s a scenario pending where Jeffries might end up speaker - if in the second round Rs start voting present or abstain he could cross the majority threshold. That would be absolutely the icing on the cake after the midterms, that they’re so incompetent that even with a house majority they still end up with a D speaker. Probably won’t actually happen but would be hilarious if so.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 3, 2023 19:31:36 GMT
Very entertaining
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Post by Danno on Jan 3, 2023 21:28:01 GMT
So because the Qanon crew - stalwart crusaders against paedophilia - don't like McCarthy, they've thrown a spanner in the works by nominating a....
...Guy notorious for ignoring complaints about underage sexual abuse when he was a school wrestling coach.
Am I getting that right?
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Post by 😎 on Jan 3, 2023 21:31:10 GMT
It’s a protest vote really. No way Gym Jordan has enough support to take a majority even if McCarthy steps aside. That’s when you’ll see moderates abstain or vote present, which gives Jeffries the pathway in. They’re in a situation where they’re absolutely fucked.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 3, 2023 23:15:46 GMT
There's surely not a world where the Dems end up as speaker? Is that even possible?
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Post by 😎 on Jan 3, 2023 23:42:12 GMT
Yeah, it just requires a majority vote of all voting members. If enough GOP are absent or don’t vote, it brings the majority threshold down. The Dems are solid in their support for Jeffries, so if that threshold falls to 212 he’s in.
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Post by 😎 on Jan 3, 2023 23:44:45 GMT
That being said now they’ve broken for the day you can guarantee this evening there’ll be all sorts of power deals going on. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a rally behind another speaker that they nominate in tomorrow’s ballots and McCarthy is off the table entirely. If they have another day of this embarrassment even the base will have a hard time denying there’s a GOP civil war going on, and the more split the party is, the more fucked they are for 2024 and beyond.
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Post by 😎 on Jan 3, 2023 23:58:30 GMT
Another plausible, though probably unlikely given the logistics, scenario someone pointed out to me: if the GOP vote becomes even more split (say McCarthy stays in but more votes get split between Jordan/Scalise/whoever else gets nominated), Dems could also vote present or leave to bring the majority threshold down and vote Jeffries in.
It’s going to be a loooooong angry night for Republicans tonight.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jan 4, 2023 0:06:00 GMT
So what exactly is the problem they have with McCarthy? I haven't been following this at all, but my impression was that he was very Trumpy. So I don't know what their issue is.
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Post by 😎 on Jan 4, 2023 0:22:16 GMT
For some he’s too Trumpy and for some he’s not Trumpy enough, and rather than meet in the middle those on either side would rather self destruct their own party.
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 4, 2023 1:07:23 GMT
The current GOP and the Tories are so similar it's unnerving.
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Post by 😎 on Jan 4, 2023 1:26:03 GMT
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 4, 2023 1:29:20 GMT
Is there any background to how this has happened, it can't be purely because of the mid-term results, right?
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Post by 😎 on Jan 4, 2023 1:35:08 GMT
No one really knows for sure but the buzz is the hard liners and Trumpians want to punish their party for how badly they fucked up the midterms and are now being intentionally belligerent in either an effort to hold the party hostage to their whims or force out all the people they believe to be RINOs/Never Trumpers.
I think the truth really though is that they’re an incredibly fractured party without any central tenet. Some of them want to go back to classic small government conservative, some are dyed in the wool neocons, some are tea party/far right wingers. Some want to govern, some want to just own the libs, etc etc.
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Post by JuniorFE on Jan 4, 2023 1:38:43 GMT
Make him be right. And then never let him forget how right he was.  |
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jan 4, 2023 3:22:42 GMT
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Post by Nanocrystal on Jan 4, 2023 6:40:21 GMT
Was in a conversation the other night and wanted to refer to someone who'd only been in their job a short time as "the Liz Truss of...", but I couldn't for the life of me remember her name!
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Post by Dougs on Jan 4, 2023 7:07:05 GMT
The current GOP and the Tories are so similar it's unnerving. Was just thinking the same thing as I read Gremmi's posts. |
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Post by aubergine on Jan 4, 2023 7:55:51 GMT
Got the same infection. Bullshitters, and people who were fine with that until uh oh. This is why there’s only two Sith at a time. You can’t make a big team out of people whose sole philosophy is self-interest at any cost.
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Post by 😎 on Jan 4, 2023 14:58:22 GMT
Trump is throwing his whole weight behind McCarthy but allegedly the rift of no votes has grown overnight because of it. This may be the biggest “fuck you, you’re done here” sign to Trump the GOP may ever give.
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Post by khanivor on Jan 4, 2023 18:52:34 GMT
Fourth vote failed. Fifth underway.
One R voted ‘present’ this time round. Another four to do the same and I believe that would lower the threshold enough that Hakeem becomes the Speaker
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Post by 😎 on Jan 4, 2023 18:58:07 GMT
Need 8, I think, but I’m hoping there’ll be a domino effect happening now in this fifth round of voting. The big “mystery nomination” people like Rudy were hyping last night turned out to be a nothingburger, despite everyone claiming it would be nominations for Trump. Maybe they misheard “Donald” and went “Donalds” instead.
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Post by dogbot on Jan 4, 2023 19:57:47 GMT
Five fails.
Big loser energy from the Donald clearly helping 🤣
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