U.S. Politics January 2023: Kevin McCarthy's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Life

I would describe the mood in the chamber as increasingly sarcastic

— Jim Newell (@jim_newell) January 4, 2023

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5049214/user-clip-jared-huffman-pulls-leroy-jenkins

saw on the nyt earlier that the most votes they've ever done is 133 so y'all might want to pace yourselves

that was bobbin boy!

We can get through 3 votes a day apparently, and if the House works full 4 day weeks we can expect a Speaker around late March.

how many more rounds before people start throwing things?

The beatings will continue until morale improves hyuk hyuk

Actually, I think the greatest danger is for a handful of Democrats to vote for McCarthy just to put an end to the standoff - apparently Kaptur said she was open to the idea.

If that happened it would suck even more to be McCarthy - having won his position with - eek - bipartisan support would doom him even more with the delegation from Crazytown

imagine watching this as a civic minded teenager and ever thinking you might want to go into politics

this seems like something that would happen in italy, tbh

pic.twitter.com/8ogBYM0bbW

— Keith-ish Edwards (@keithedwards) January 4, 2023

How long until someone just yells THIS IS BULLSHIT during one of these roll counts?

1 vote recorded for Rep. Bullshit

Lol

democrats shouted that they wanted Cammack's words about them drinking to be removed from the record. McCarthy responded "there are no rules", meaning that they don't have the rules in place to strike something from the record

just want to note that this is the first cool thing mccarthy has ever said

Actually, I think the greatest danger is for a handful of Democrats to vote for McCarthy just to put an end to the standoff - apparently Kaptur said she was open to the idea.

― Immodest Moose (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, January 4, 2023 3:53 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

the art of war is generally pretty remedial advice but there are people out there who could benefit from it

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JcMAAOSw-s5eAwWq/s-l500.jpg

apparently Kaptur said she was open to the idea

Pelosi and Jeffries seem to have already laid down the law on this and the official position is Don't You Fucking Dare.

mmmmm steak

“I wish I could be part of some kind of a unity caucus that would yield [McCarthy] the votes, because the Republicans hold a majority, and maybe put us in a special category,” Kaptur told Taylor Popielarz, a Washington correspondent for Spectrum News.

what the fuck does that even mean, why do we let 75+ year old people stay in Congress

"put us in a special category" = in an ALF

i have no idea who kaptur is, but if they do that, they're done in politics.

“Maybe Freddy Kruger just needs someone to talk to.”

Bipartisanship has kapturred her brain.

Rusty Foster made the comparison, it's not bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvd6MBsiDBo

we sent a reporter down to a diner in freddy krueger's hellish dream world to find out what regular people in hell think

"Republicans hold the majority" - do they tho

GOP holdouts are now demanding committee spots:

-@mattgaetz wants to chair Armed Services subcmt
-@RepAndyHarrisMD wants to head Approps subcmt on health and human services
-4 of 9 Rules Cmt seats to be hard-line conservatives

Via @HouseInSession https://t.co/Lh8a4VwFAc

— Emily Wilkins (@emrwilkins) January 4, 2023

cspan is funny - watch these idiots

https://www.c-span.org/video/?525146-1/gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-appears-lose-sixth-ballot-speaker&live&vod

i have no idea who kaptur is

I had to look her up--she's from OH 9, she's been serving since 1983, the second-longest serving woman in Congress behind Barbara Mikulski.

“With regards to the fight over the Speaker… that’s not my problem,” Biden told reporters as he left the White House

far from it, I'm sure he's relishing every moment like the rest of us

for gaetz to have any demands at all, after mccarthy looked the other way for his sex crimes, is ridiculous, but then again he keeps skating through life and getting what he wants.

i don't know much about harris, but he is a leading anti-abortion advocate, and he's such a square (and a political dumbass) that he vehemently opposes recreational marijuana. he's the one who wants the health and human services subcommittee position.

Every day this continues postpones the creation of the House Hunter Biden Activities Committee.

Gaetz and Santos chatting on camera

the house adjourns until 8pm tonight.

they should just not bother with it all like when belgium doesnt "have a government" for a year or whatever

they have waffles instead

Belgium otm

waffles are delicious

Good fries also

also Belgium:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dkDepLX0rk

also Belgium:

https://i.imgur.com/iJRlBLI.jpg

https://cdn001.tintin.com/public/tintin/img/static/herge/1961-Tintin_Talbot.jpg

https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/e0ac68bf-93fb-46e4-8c97-692a511d5cf7.jpg

not Belgium but

https://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/We-Need-to-Talk-About-Kevin_i03.jpg

burned boats

Boebert said the “boats are burned.” She said at this point “we need to get to a person that is a consensus candidate.”
Gaetz: “He’s a desperate guy … and I’m ready to vote all night, all week, all month, and never for that person,” per @AnnieGrayerCNN

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 4, 2023

Her Kleagle just had them watch a History Channel show on Hernan Cortes.

The time has come to say "Fair's fair"
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our boats are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our boats are burning?

Boats Are Burning is my favorite Midnight Oil song.

Lol xp

So for Jeffries to win with 212 votes there just needs to be 12 republicans who vote present or forget to come back from dinner

please please please

you just can't make this stuff up

On a call with No Labels, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said that some Republicans are working on a backup plan as McCarthy’s speakership bid continues to stall. Bacon said that “if nine percent of the conference refuses to play ball at all, then we’re gonna have to work with Democrats on this.”

He added that the compromise candidate would definitely be a Republican who is palatable to both sides.

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) greeted the idea with much excitement.

Bacon didn’t reveal many details, saying that “you don’t negotiate Wall Street deals in public.”

If Democrats were to help Republicans out of this self-inflicted hell, of course, they’d demand huge concessions. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), while talking about the prospect earlier, suggested that Republicans give up chairmanships to win their help. It’s a good dose of reality against No Labels’ bipartisan dreams.